“Dont fear me, Iʼm only dangerous on the decks!” Gaining national fame is Dj C-Vaughn. An unrelenting dj/producer for several independent record labels including “Solution Records, Ill Eleven & Ingen Records” pushing a sound often refered to as Nu-Funk (A hybrid of Florida Funky Breaks and Englandʼs Nu School Breakbeat with trance elements infused). Dj C-Vaughn writes and produces electronic dance music (breakbeats) with close friend J-Virtue. Formerly producing under the monkier “2 hype elements” for Kaleidoscope music. The duo has a heavy production track record consisting of original tracks and remix work previewed on myspace many months in advance of release. Tracks posted on myspace are changed often so be sure to check in and hear all the new Dj C-Vaughn & J-Virtue current productions. Catch C-Vaughn live on the air on 96.5 The Buzz in Kansas City. The radio show, “Liquid Buzz” can be heard on saturday nights from 10pm till 2am. Liquid Buzz is also streamed live over the net (www.965thebuzz.com). Dj C-Vaughn has feature dj sets planned from Miami to Seattle. A sinister look gleems in his eyes and Dj C-Vaughn says, “I hope to rock all of you ...and your girlfriends very soon in a club near you!”

NAME: DJ C-Vaughn (Collin Vaughn)

PLACE: KANSAS CITY METRO AREA

AGE: 28

STYLE: NuFunk (Breakbeats)

OCCUPATION: DJ / Producer

WEBSITE(S): http://www.myspace.com/djcvaughn

http://www.myspace.com/jvirtue (production partner)

FOR BOOKINGS CONTACT:AARON WATERS

Chillfactor Productions

aawaters_79@hotmail.comhttp://www.myspace.com/dj_ex4

(913)636-8100

DJ C-VAUGHN PROMOTIONAL PACKAGE

KALEIDOSCOPE ALL STARSWhat is the Matrix?

(under alias 2 Hype Elements)

SOLUTION RECORDS Bum Rush The Sound

Come With MePressure Point

TemptationLesson OneLesson Two

Escape From OzBean 13

INGEN RECORDSThe Triangle

REMIX WORKRICK WEST “DEF JAM”(DJ C-Vaughn and J-Virtue Rmx)

DJ DEAN “PLAY IT HARD” (DJ C-Vaughn & J-Virtueʼs Break You Off Rmx)DJ CHIEF “1.21 GIGAWATTS”(DJ C-Vaughn & J-Virtue Flux Capacitor Rmx)

HUDA & FIXX “CHECK OUT THE HOOK” (2 Hype Elements Remix)HOTHEADZ (HUDA & VOLUME) “SMOKIN” (2 Hype Elements Remix)

HUDA & FIXX “BREAK TO THE BASS” (2HypeElements)RHYTHMIC BLISS “MOVE ME” (2 Hype Elements)

HUDA & FIXX “UP ON THIS” (2 Hype Elements Remix)

UNRELEASEDLife Support

Broken

Psychotic Psycho

Reality Check

NuFunktion

Crutial Conflict

Roll Call

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION & REMIXES

To deal with the mind-numbing difficulty of breaking onto radio playlists, local musicians might consult Albert Camus ̓The Myth of Sisyphus. In this intriguing work, the philosopher imagines that the mythical king forced to roll a bolder up an enormous mountainside, only to have it fall back to the base of a pit each time, was happy because of a “higher fidelity.” Artists seeking relevant solutions rather than blissful cognitive dissonance must rewind another century and consult Karl Marxʼs Communist Manifesto, in which he hammers home the importance of controlling the means of production. Collin Vaughn, realizing heʼd never be able to convince any radio personalities that his electronic creations would fit between the latest cuts from Lifehouse and Justin Timberlake, took over the airwaves. Not only do his tracks get play, but the rest of the show serves as a showcase for his mixing skills and an audition for paying gigs.

Vaughn, or DJ C-Vaughn, hosts Liquid Buzz on KRBZ 96.5 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Saturday nights. Before getting that gig six months ago, he earned a Monday evening slot called Electronic Elevation on KKFI 90.1 -- a commitment heʼs still keeping. A few years before that, he made a clean start, scrubbing the KKFI offices as a volunteer three to four hours a week. Even back then, as a novice turntablist/amateur janitor, Vaughn told friends heʼd be the one to bring underground techno to area airwaves. At the time, he was taken about as seriously as UHFʼs comic custodian Stanley Spadowski.

“Everyone laughed at me,” Vaughn recalls. “I have the type of personality where if you donʼt believe me, Iʼll show you. It takes that mentality, that persistence.”

Itʼs not unprecedented that a local station would allow a record spinner to introduce fresh sounds instead of simply making hit singles collide (“My Name Is,” meet “Back in Black”), but itʼs been a while since the advent of DJ Ray Valasquezʼs Nocturnal Transmissions. Since that program went on the air nine years ago, the local electronic scene, not coincidentally, has thrived. However, its radio representation still fails to represent its enormous presence. Almost every live music venue, from the Hurricane to Daveyʼs Uptown to the Brick to the Bottleneck, now welcomes DJs, and dance-music events draw thousands with only underground promotion.

About six months ago, a track from record-player player Paul Oakenfold confronted an alt-rock outfit on one of 96.5ʼs nightly hit-it-or-quit-it challenges. Oakenfold won, and he remained victorious for several evenings. Vaughn took notice. During his first meeting with Operations Manager Mike Kaplan, Vaughn pointed out that the popular response for Oakenfold suggested there was an untapped market for beats, bumps and thumps. That conversation took place on a Monday -- the first Liquid Buzz went on the air five nights later.

There was some trickery to Vaughnʼs presentation, in that he doesnʼt really play the pop-leaning Oakenfold or Moby or Fatboy Slim. The tune he names as a request-line champ he has to play every week -- “The Red Pill,” by Scratch-D vs. H-Bomb -- isnʼt even a blip on the average music fanʼs radar. He does, however, make concessions to mainstream tastes.

“Youʼve got to get vocals in there,” he says, “or something sample-heavy. It doesnʼt have to have too many words, but there should be something like an unh or yeah or drop that to carry people through. Some people like techno for what it is, music that expresses itself to the beat, but to reach the masses, youʼve got to help them to understand it.”

Techno newbies, understand this: Vaughn doesnʼt wear both DJ hats at once. He mixes the show at home to a four-hour tape with built-in commercial breaks, then plays it back in the studio while answering phones and manning the mic. On Wednesday, December 11, Liquid Buzz presents its first concert, with Tampa-based playlist favorite Rick West and Vaughn spinning at the Hurricane, but the music wonʼt be aired live.

In the future, Vaughn says, 96.5 might usher other DJs into the studio for weekly one-hour showcases and spring for a few live Liquid Buzz remotes. If not, another station might step in -- the unofficial success of Vaughnʼs show (Arbitron numbers wonʼt be in until January, but he fields a promising 200 calls a show) has other stations scrambling to hire their own mixmasters. Itʼs finally an ideal climate for local DJs, especially those who record their own tracks, to get their due on the dial. As for guitar-based groups, good luck rolling your rock up the hill.

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“RADIO ACTIVE”DJ C-Vaughn takes over the airwaves.

By Andrew Miller Article Published Dec 5, 2002

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DJs are a lot like horror-movie villains. Fist, DJs — like Freddie or Jason or Martha Stewart — are the agents of forward momentum in the plot, propelling lesser beings (club kids, campers, housewives) toward some kind of cathartic climax. Some spinners are Dr. Frankensteins, pulling switches to make their charges dance — though ideally not like Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein. Others lurk behind the decks like Nosferatu, waiting to strike when the moment is right. We could go on, but our advice is to draw the parallels yourself while throwing it down at Nightmare on Mass Street, Saturdayʼs huge Halloween bash engineered by diabolical breakbeat pro DJ C-Vaughn (pictured), who spins the Friday-night dance-music program Liquid Buzz on KRBZ 96.5. Not wanting to face the crowds of willing flesh on his own, C has booked some major slashers, including Factor E (who could well be the Michael Myers of breakbeat) and DJ Fixx (um ... Pinhead?). Anyway, theyʼre all good, and weʼll get to see some scrappy newcomers battle it out when Kid Domino faces Ryan Espey and Bucho takes on Clockwerk. Death to all who fear the beat.

“NIGHTMARE ON MASS STREET”Saturday, October 29, at The Granada.

By Jason Harper Article Published Oct 27, 2005

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Halloween on Massachusetts Street may hold the rank of the craziest free-for-all party in Lawrence each year. Last Halloween was the first installment of Nightmare on Mass Street, a KRBZ 96.5 (the Buzz) and DJ C-Vaughn presentation that drew many Kansas Citians westward down Kansas Highway 10. For Nightmare II, expect 50,000 watts of sound, an assortment of fog and lighting mechanisms, and a sluttiest-costume contest worth $200 that will surely draw once-a-year-hookers from all corners. Sonically, breaks will be the dominant force. Vizual Gym, Ryan Espy and DJ Looe are set to spin nu-skool breaks and electro, with DJ Chief (of Lincoln, Nebraska), C-Vaughn and DJ Fixx (Buffalo, New York) handling Florida breaks and nu-funk. Itʼs 18 and older and rages until 3 a.m. — or until the sluts come home.

“NIGHTMARE ON MASS STREET”Friday, October 27, at The Granada.

By Chris Milbourn Article Published Oct 26, 2006

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Full real name:Collin Vaughn

Dj name:Dj C-Vaughn

Born (date & location):August 7th 1978

Years spinning/making music:4 years

Can be heard regularly at:Thusdays: Club XO

Saturdays: 96.5 the Buzz (KRBZ-FM) 10pm-2am

Toto, weʼre not in Kansas any more... at least it doesnʼt sounds like Kansas (or Missouri for that matter) if youʼre tuned in on Sat-urday to DJ C-Vaughns hosting Kansas Cityʼs largest live radio mix show. It sounds like a massive, dark club with dirty bass beats

booming, with maybe some of his own productions and remixes tossed in to the mix. As heʼs making a name for himself from coast to coast, we check in with Collin Vaughn and find out how its really done, Kansas City style!

Raves.com: Did you have any formal musical training?

Collin: No training. Just a true love and passion for electronic music. I started getting into the music as an early teen. It became an obsession. I would go to the stores cd hunting. Some being good and most being bad. I had no way of knowing what was good. After years of searching and getting familiar with names of artist I finally starting finding who was the land markers. After I had

learned artist styles I wanted the next level out of it. That next level was sharing my style and taste with as many people as I could.

Where and what was your 1st gig as a DJ and how did it happen?

It was at a party here in Kansas City. I had got my own radio show on 90.1fm (a public radio station ) slowly got a fan base. Re-ceived phone calls wanting me to play some partys. The 1st party was a success. I knew then this was for me. It was just like I had imagined. The crowed loves every bit of it. I sucked at the mixing thing at the time. It didnÕt really matter because they loves the

tracks so much.

Where are some of the your favorite places that youʼve DJed?

Atlanta, Houston and Kansas City.

How would you describe the scene in Kansas City to someone who has never been there?

I would say for the size of the city we are one of the biggest electronic music scene lovers. Club wise we have only a couple of nice night clubs. When I mean nice I mean nice ......like lighting and sound ect. This city has a lot of small lounge like rooms. When it comes to partyʼs they are always big. You can count on at least 1400 people. The city is made up of a lot of house heads. It has been created by the house deejays here. Iʼm not a house dj at all. I need the the funk with that broken beat. I have helped break

the city up so its not so itʼs not driven heavily by one genre so much. What kind of music do you play on your radio show? Funky Breaks, Nu skool breaks, progressive breaks and trancy breaks.

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Can people hear your radio show or any of your other music or mixes online?

Yes. go to www.kalmusic.com

You collaborate on most of your music with J-Virtue - how did you two meet?

We went to middle school together and became best friends and still are to this day still.

How did you pick the name “2 Hype Elements” to produce under?

We there are 2 of us. We think our music and re-mixes provide that hype feeling that you hear at the peak of a night when the energy is at its best. We are different elements joining for one cause and thatʼs to make people dance.

How did you did you get your first remix?

I played a track over the phone to Dj Huda Hudia. He liked it! He asked if we wanted to do a remix for him. We gladly agreed to do it. He was happy with it. We then got to do another and so on. After our first re-mix came out we got offered to do a re-mix for Live

Wire Entertainment (Dj Deanʼs - Play it hard)

How has your creativity and style changed over the years?

YES. It seems like it changes every track we do. There is always something new to learn or try.

What are a few of your current and all-time favorite records and artists?

Infiniti - Running away, Rick West - Deff Jam and Dj Icey - Low down Good girl

If someone was going to buy just one of your releases, which one would you tell them to choose and why?

Get on Up because it is a timeless track. That track will be out later this year.

What are some of your records people can look for in the future?

WeÊhave a bunch of re-mixes and some original material coming out on Kaleidoscope music label through the rest of this year. All the tracks can be heard on this site www.kalmusic.com

What are your goals as a DJ and producer?

To make timeless tracks. Play as many city and places as I can. Keep the haters out of my life.

Have you seen the events you play be at all effected by the police crackdown and the RAVE act passing?

No. Iʼm hearing stories already though.

What would you be doing right now if you never bought that 1st record and became a DJ?

Working in sales somewhere?

Whatʼs the best and worst part about being interviewed by email?

The best part is I can do it from home. The worst part is nobody can get the full effect by reading what I type. Emotion canʼt always come through in writing as I would like.

Thanks Collin!!!

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