INSPIRED BY BAD-BOY BILL…RYAN SANTOS AKA DJ ERGE HAS BEEN MOVING CROWDS FOR OVER A DECADE. FROM THE AGE OF 14 HE DEVELOPED HIS SKILLS AT THE ART BEHIND THE TURNTABLES AS HE WATCHED AND LEARNED FROM HIS BROTHER, JASON SANTOS – FORMER MEMBER OF AUDIO NETWORK PRODUCTIONS.
ALSO A BIG INSPIRATION TO ERGE WAS TONY CABRERA OF THE MAGNIFICENT THREE, TCP, AND AUDIO NETWORK PRODUCTIONS. OVER THE YEARS DJ ERGE HAS PERFORMED AT MANY DIFFERENT VENUES STARTING IN 1992 AT HIGH SCHOOL AND PRIVATE PROMOTIONAL PARTIES. ON THAT SAME YEAR ERGE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO SUNNY PHOENIX, ARIZONA WHERE HE PIONEERED HIS UNIQUE SOUND OF CHICAGO STYLE “CHICAGO HOUSE” AND “HIP HOUSE”. DURING HIS STINT IN ARIZONA ERGE QUICKLY MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE PARTY SCENE. THERE HE TEAMED UP WITH DJ TRANZ AND BENER ONE OF THE FUNKY STYLE PARTY CREW AND WISE, EVILONE DJ SINK OF “RTL”, WHERE THEY SUCCESSFULLY PROMOTED EVENTS AND CLUB EVENTS AT VARIOUS VENUES ACROSS PHOENIX. TO NAME A FEW, ERGE PERFORMED AT THE FUN HOUSE, CLUB ALAMO, AND THE 411 CLUB. AFTER YEARS IN PHOENIX ERGE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED BACK TO CHICAGO.
IT WASN’T LONG UNTIL ERGE PICKED UP IN CHICAGO RIGHT WHERE HE LEFT OFF IN PHOENIX. FROM 1996 THROUGH 1997 HE TEAMED UP WITH DARK ENTERPRISE, WHICH LEAD TO HOLDING A RESIDENCY AT CLUB PAPILION EVERY SUNDAY. IN 1998 ERGE BEGAN HIS TWO YEAR COLLABORATION WITH DYNASTY ENTERTAINMENT WHO ALLOWED HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE HIS TALENTS AT VENUES ALL ACROSS THE CHICAGO LAND SUCH AS CROBAR NIGHTCLUB, DRAGON ROOM, FUNKY BUHA LOUNGE,HOUSE OF BLUES, BIOLOGY BAR, VELOCITY NIGHTCLUB, VISION, D’FLY, TRANSIT NIGHT CLUB FUNKY BUDDHA LOUNGE, ONTOURAGE, CLUB SAGA, SILK NIGHTCLUB, REDNO5, HEAT NIGHTCLUB, LEVEL CHICAGO, CRIMSON LOUNGE, SPY BAR, VISION, MARTINI RANCH, ENCLAVE, CLUB ASIA IN LAS VEGAS, R-GENERATION AND HOT IMPORTNIGHTS EVENTS. OTHER PEOPLE HE WORKED WITH: DJ QBERT, BAD BOY BILL, DJ MARK LOJO, DJ FLIPSIDE, DJ D DOUBLE, DJ Q, DJ ASIA, DJ KRISKUT, DJ HEAVY GRINDER, DJ VARGI,DJ JAYFUNK, DJ SPIN, DJ MIXIN’ MARC THE LIST GOES ON!!!!
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