Bryan Balli
INFLUENCES: I was influenced by mid '90s, snare-ridin’ disco/booty bass, acid & hard house music: Todd Terry, Houz Mon, Dee-Lite, Paul Johnson, Larry Heard, Bernard Badie, Kenny Dixon Jr., True Family Unit's Turbotic and Adonis Childs, Mystic Bill, Roger from Ripe (R.P. Smack), Phantom 45 (he spins dope house).
MUSICAL STYLE: Hard knocks, deep basslines, introspective vocals - always deep, always driving, always HOUSE. I'll put down most anything with a 4x4 beat: classics, vocal/deep house, mid '90s disco and acid, minimal/techno, whatever ADDS to the environment of that house spot boy I'll bring it...
WHERE HAVE YOU SPUN AT? Just about everywhere in Chicago.
CURRENT RESIDENCIES/GIGS: Residing at Zentra on Thursdays currently.
TOP 5 SONGS: I feel like I need to quote House trax but nobody will know them by name, so how about top 5 albums: Ween (Chocolate & Cheese), Dee-lite (Sampladelic Relics & Dancefloor Oddities), Cypress Hill (Temple of Boom), Michael Jackson (Off the Wall) and Pharcyde (Bizzare Ride II the Pharcyde).
DREAM JOB: Lottery Winner!
QUOTE: "Don't bow to the digital revolution. MySpace and internet message boards do not contain all the answers!"
CONTACT/BOOKING INFO:
web: myspace.com/truefamilyunit
email: chicagohouzproject@hotmail.com
phone: 312.286.5129