FEATURE: DJ Kemit -ATL SpreadLove

Veteran American DJ and Grammy Award nominated producer, Kevin Hyman AKA DJ Kemit has been intertwined within beats, notes, and rhythms of music since 1981. Though heavily influenced by the electronic sounds of Italian Disco and House music that infiltrated the airwaves of WBMX's Hot Mix Five in Chicago during the early 1980's, it is the harmonies, multi-layered melodies, hi hats and Polyrhythmatic tempos of jazz music that became the foundation of this Milwaukee native's sound. Over the last two decades his music has landed him in the company of music industries finest and his skills as a musician elevate him as one of the most respected turntablists based in the US.

What began in the 1970's with a boom box, cassette tape, and two mis-matched belt drive turntables has evolved into a global brand. DJ Kemit's music has taken him around the world and back from his early days living in the 'Chocolate City' Washington DC to encapsulating sets with 'The Chronicle' at Atlanta's legendary Ying Yang Cafe to DJ booths in Shibuya, Tokyo.

More than a record-spinning DJ, he's a musician that understands composition, scales, and drum rudiments. Since 4th grade he's been fascinated with music. He understands the history of music and the industry's most respected colleagues are in awe of his creative skills and talents. His ability to connect sounds thru a mixer and foot petals allows for the transformation of sound thru echoes, delays, loops, shifting and pitching. Cutting records on top of exported riffs and hi hats allow him to become not just a DJ, but an additional layer of the band.

Known for a style of DJing that encompasses the entire spectrum of music, he's able to painstakingly interject of a half-century's worth of rare, hard to find soul grooves, jazz, nostalgic pop, Latin afrobeats, disco, parliament funk, deep house, hip-hop, drum-n-bass, roots music, country western, and even rock & roll classics, without missing a beat. Enveloped in spirituality, his musical capacity is limitless; his passion for music is measureless; his ultimate mission achieved every time: make 'em dance.

Musically innovative, Kemit has DJ'd private sets for Prince, Janet Jackson, Steve Harvey, Jermaine Dupri and Jane Fonda and has upcoming projects with Carl McIntosh of Loose Ends (UK), Julie Dexter, Anthony David and Algebra Blessett. Currently he is working on two collaborative production efforts: KemeticJust featuring vocalist, guitarist, DJ, producer Just One and AlKemit , the second production project featuring a ten-song 'future release' performed by Chicago-born powerhouse Alex Lattimore.

http://www.experiencespreadlove.com

-- #105 Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 --