Music

Dean Coleman brings 10 years of experience to the decks and a flare for on-the-fly remixes which have landed him at some of the hottest spots around the world from Tunisia to Budapest to New York City. He recently lit up the room to a packed house at Cro Bar in NYC and notoriously makes an impact on his audience with his creativity and strong passion for music at his monthly residency, SPANK, in Washington, D.C.

Dean struck gold in 2002 with a bootleg of Narcotic Thrusts Safe from Harm, which was later signed by Deep Dish to their Yoshitoshi imprint. Since 2004, Dean Coleman has been on four Yoshitoshi releases and there are more to come. Dean has already created a discography that many in the industry have taken a lifetime to produce. He produced/remixed for Deep Dish, Erick Morillo, Harry Choo-Choo Romero, Roger Sanchez, Hernan Cattaneo, Josh Wink, Eddie Amador, Julie McKnight, and Felix Da Housecat. With countless original production, edits, and remixes to his credit, Dean always has something fresh in his record box.

Coming from a musical family, DJ Neekola has been involved in music from the very beginning. Her mother was a well known guitarist in the NYC area, and her father played in a few bands as well.

Neekola was never encouraged to pursue her musical abilities due to her parents lifestyles, however she knew she had a place in the music scene and began pursuing it on her own. Her early inspirations were the work of Kraftwerk, Herbie Hancock, and Faithless. Her curiousity had landed her jobs as a vocalist and keyboardist in various rock bands, however she felt that she had to do more. She started collaborating with other musicians, producing her own rock music, and writing her own lyrics. Although she had started to accomplish a lot, her heart wasn't completely into it, as her real passion was within the electronic beats of her inspirations.

Rich Webb is a legendary DJ in the Washington, D.C. club scene. With more than 6 years of experience, he has been a pioneer in bringing the progressive house sound back to the District headlining top venues such as FUR, Nation, FIVE, Lima, SPANK at 1223, Andalu, Eyebar, Saki, Home Nightclub, Indebleu, K Street, and Club TEN in Baltimore, M.D. Playing alongside Samio of Yoshitoshi, Shinichi and Yo, Webb has destroyed dance floors becoming one of the most successful and well respected names on the D.C. scene.

Since 2002, Webb has been a featured DJ at Home Nightclub, Club Pulse at Andalu and Club SPANK at 1223, all in Washington, D.C. His weekly weekly residency with Soulstice Productions at Bliss events has launched his career to a new level. Webb has recently impressed himself in production work with tracks to be released this summer.

Over the last two decades Royce Haven has become a driving force in the Washington D.C. house music scene. Working closely with his partners Mike Haddad, Alex Haje (Emerging Media Concepts) & Rohan Malhorta (Lush Promo), the group has established themselves as one of the leading promoting teams in DC bringing international talent from all over the world to local venues including Satoshi Tommie, Pablo Ceballos, Desyn Masiello, & Superchumbo just to name a few.

Currently Royce is resident at all EMC, Soulstice Productions and NY’s Groovanuats events. He was also a head resident at the internationally renown PULSE as well as Dragonfly and plays regular sets at Club Five, Spank @ MCCXXIII, Rise (Boston), Sullivan Room (New York), Avalon (New York), and the legendary Le Souk (New York).

As a result of his hard work, and consistent dedication to the local scene, Royce has had the privilege of playing alongside some of his most admired and respected peers including Deep Dish, Nic Fanciulli, Infusion, Saeed Younan, Dr. Kucho, Max Graham, and Luke Fair among others.