Afterhours Sets
Night 3 rolls on with our headliners: Greg “Stryke” Chin. A regular here at the Afterhours event, Greg specializes in blending techno, tech house and just about anything else with a loop in it. Greg is one of the best technical djs you will ever have a chance to see and is constantly updating his act. This time around Greg ditches the turntables in favor of 2 Native Instruments Kontrol X1’s and one CD deck. As usual, his MacBook Pro is sporting the latest edition of Traktor. With a packed house, Greg picked up the pace from exactly where Dave left it and brought the tent down by 1:30. Oh… and this was the night of our many noise complaints. Our apologies to Chariot, Flatfoot 56 and whoever else we annoyed. {enclose ah2010_night2_stryke.mp3}
Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Stryke began his music career at an early age. He started playing classical piano at the age of four. Moving to Miami, Florida (where he still resides) when he was ten, Stryke became heavily involved in early electronic alternative scene. His love for Beethoven and Chopin were quickly joined by his new love for groups such as Depeche Mode and New Order (not to mention an unhealthy addiction to video games, which he still has to this very day). Buying his first synthesizer at age 12, Stryke quickly learned the ways of synthesis and began writing electronic music with his trusty monophonic Roland SH-101 synth. He soon discovered house and techno from a mix tape given to him by his cousin, a DJ in New York. He was hooked. At age 14, the young Stryke had already begun DJing to make money to buy more synth equipment. But after discovering this new underground dance music, he became as passionate about DJing as he was about making music.
