Anthrocon 2009 DJ Spotlight: Big Blue Fox

Anthrocon features some of the most talented DJs in the Furry Fandom, but who are they really? We'll be taking some time in the weeks running up to the convention to let you know, in their own words, what makes them tick and what you can expect from their sets.

We're back again! Some might say this post is late, but they just don't appreciate anticipation! This time around we'll be featuring that Big Blue Fox from across the pond!

Fandom Name: Big Blue Fox
Stage Name: DJ Big Blue Fox
Age: 34
Influences: Toni Peret, Jose Maria Castells, DJ Deep, Ben Liebrand
Genres Played: Trance
DJ Style: Club

Biography:

Music has always been my biggest passion, and it's still my only drug, the thing that keeps me going when nothing else works anymore. My early influences were international pop stars, and as I grew up, they quickly focussed on bands such as Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Depeche Mode, and later on upcoming, new styles such as House, Sampling, Acid House, Techno and even HipHop. Inspired by European DJ legends such as Toni Peret and Jose Maria Castells, a Spanish DJ duo, Dutch legend Ben Liebrand and others, I began playing with music and creating mixes in the late 1980s by the use of a tape recorder and cheap turntables, the only thing I could afford back then. The results are hidden in my archives, never to be seen again.

My first job bought me real turntables, the classic SL 1210 by Technics, and I learned spinning vinyl, scratching, and other fun stuff. I started to buy and collect 12"es which as of now have summed up to more than 7.000! I started playing music at birthdays and smaller parties and in the mid nineties, I entered the professional DJ scene more by accident as a club I used to go to was in need of light jockeys, and I used this as short cut to get to know DJs there who'd eventually let me spin. This turned into a brief but fun and successful DJ career, until I decided that doing this as a regular job conflicts with my normal job too much.

Nowadays, I'm spinning for up to 8 hours in one go at Eurofurence and MMC (a smaller German convention) as "resident DJ", and I'm a regular in many other conventions and events such as Confuzzled, Cologne Furdance, Further Confusion and several smaller furry events. My style is rather flexible, ranging from 1980s Pop and Wave to Fursuit Cheese, Eurodance, House, Techno, Jumpstyle, Bounce and Hardstyle. For longer dances, I try to create an interesting combination of all those styles, starting with slower, bouncy mainstream music and then eventually ending with harder styles such as Acid, Breakbeats, Classic Rave or Hardstyle. However, for short gigs such as the FC and AC dances, I usually go with a combination of Eurodance, Hands-Up and Trance, as these styles combine danceable rhythms with nice melodies.

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Keep checking back, as this week and next we'll be featuring Anthrocon's own, Draconum, the master of Industry Ironheart, and a long time favorite, Rory!