artist Dj Wood

DJ WOOD made his name in BC's drum'n'bass scene, promoting some of Victoria's earliest d'n'b club nights including first appearences by old-timers like DJ Phantasy and Kenny Ken. Re-locating to Vancouver in 1999, Wood went on to host "Solar Bass", HQ Communications' radio show on Planet Aaj 96.1. He also held a residency at HQ's "Tecknowledgy" club night where he supported world-class talent like Ray Keith, DJ SS and Bad Company.

After Solar Bass went off air, Wood started his own radio show on the same station. "Sunday Sessions" gained a wide listenership throughout the lower mainland & Vancouver Island, and eventually spawned a club night at Sonar of the same name.

In addition to Sunday Sessions, Wood was also a resident DJ for "Zwack!" Fridays at Unit 20, an open-format club night where breaks, d'n'b and hip hop ruled the roost. It was here that Wood first made contact with his future collaborator DJ Soo, an aspiring turntablist & fellow drum'n'bass DJ. In agreeance that the drum'n'bass scene had grown stale and unimaginative, the duo launched a new club night at The Met Pub, "Bangers 'n' Mash", that would allow them to explore their full range of musical taste.

After the cancellation of Bangers'n'Mash in late 2004, DJ Wood & DJ Soo were ready to step their game up to the next level. At a New Year's Eve party called "Mangladesh", the duo played together on 4 turntables, surprising even the most jaded partiers with their genre & tempo defying set. This set, re-recorded at Wood's apartment later that month, became the duo's debut mixtape and has gone on to become a world-wide cult classic.

That same year saw the launch of Wood's production career. Spurned by the success of their club nights & parties, local breakbeat crew TwentyHz Music were set to launch their record label. For their debut release, head-honcho DJ Soda chose the tune he'd been opening his sets with for the past year - "Bun Dem" by DJ Wood. Wood went on to produce another track for the label, 2006's "Poppa Large". His third release, 2007's "Eye No", came out on the debut single for the UK label Goodgroove Recordings.

In 2008, Wood'n'Soo are now established as one of the west coast's premier eclectic DJ crews, and have completed their first cross-Canada tour. Wood has been busy in the studio crafting new beats, including a collaboration with notorious Vancouver MC Lady Precise that has been scooped up by Goodgroove for a release later this year. Also watch out for a remix of "Eye No" by Goodgroove labelmate Feature Cast.