Homebase: Seattle, WA
Affiliates and Websites: www.liquidbreaks.com | www.sobroken.com

1. What future do you think the Pacific Northwest will have in Drum & Bass? I think dnb will always have a place northwest. I don't know if it will ever be king of the electronic scene here or anywhere, I've seen some really tight DJ's here in Seattle and I know of some great producers in the area making tracks that are mind blowing. But its a hard sell, to me dnb is like the heavy metal of electronic music. Once you step outside your Roni Size's and Aphrodite's the mainstream generally doesn't get it. Dnb is still so young and will only get bigger and better than it already is and the true hardcore will keep it alive.

2. What Artists inspire you? I get a lot of inspiration from movies, I'm a horror buff, I'd absolutely love to score Keoki Vs. the Mummy someday ... yeah that would be sweet. I mainly listen to jazz and lounge music, but a few producers that really turn me on are Andy C. and the Ram Crew, Concord Dawn, DJ Zinc, and J. Majik and of course hardcore irish punk rawk! :)

3. How did you come up with your name? Well my name's really Jason, but go by "Jay", so I just added back the "Cyn" and finished it off with "ik" the name of the alien that abducted me when I was 6.

4. Highlight your career to date, with both highs and lows. I got the DJ-ing bug after seeing AK1200 spin at Moonshine Over America '99. I also saw Cirrus on that tour they totally the rocked the house. So I saved up and bought my first set up in December of '99 and started spinning out in March of 2000. Recorded my first demo as kidVivid about that time followed shortly there after by a live album. On New Years of 2001 I spun a set on the radio station I was working at that blew up into a weekly mix show that I programmed until November when I moved to Portland. After moving to Portland I really concentrated more on writing music, playing with a several bands and producing some of my early tracks here and there. In 2003 after a year of trial and error I made some real headway and started finding the sound that I liked in using live instruments. Now I try to use them as much as possible, I'll start up a beat bust out a few bass lines, then spend hours chopping and tweeking them out until I get the sound I want. Recently I moved up to Seattle and spend most of my time free producing and writing.

5. You're a pretty versatile Producer and DJ genre wise. Do you find this difficult to juggle all of these? Thanks! I really don't DJ much anymore, I decided it was time to step behind the curtain and let some other giant head entertain the kids of OZ... did that make any sense? When it comes to spinning not really, I mean beatmatching is beatmatching and the timing is always same (1,2,3,4) no matter the genre. As for producing mainly I produce when something inspires me, generally dnb but I get the breaks bug from time to time.

6. Go ahead. Make up your own interview question. Just for fun! boxers or briefs? oh, definately boxers!

7. What are your all-time top tunes? Easy top 5 and I know you're going to call me a dork and say "those tracks are way too over played", but here they are in no particular order.

1. Andy C and Shimon "Bodyrock" - to me hearing this track must have been what it was like seeing Pete Townsend smash the first guitar on stage ... it was so amazing that much of a shock!

2. Mr. Oizo "Flatbeat" - I wish Mr. Oizo was my dad! Definately, my hero when it comes to bedroom/basement producers.

3. Daft Punk "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" - Discovery in my opinion is flat out the best electronic album to date... the funk style and the fact that the entire melody line for the song is made from the vocoded vocals still makes me go "oh sh*t!!!" everytime I hear it. I highly recommend seeing Interstella 5555 it's amazing!

4. Roni Size "Brown Paper Bag" - the organic bass lines make this song. This song was one of my first jungle tracks I ever had on vinyl and it still remains the a fav., inspiring me to use live instruments when ever I can when producing.

5. Underworld "Born Slippy" - another early vinyl I bought, though I never had plans of spinning it. I love popping on my headphones late at night and listening to this track (and the remixes) several times in a sitting.

8. What's the craziest situation you have encountered while DJing? I wasn't actually spinning at the time, but we were playing in the basement at this house party in OKC. It was pretty packed and some drunk kid blew chunks all over my friend, his turntables and 2 or 3 other people. Projectile vomiting on the DJ, was by far one of the craziest things I've seen at a party.

9. What are your future goals relating to production and DJing? Keep on keepin' on ... ha ... actually, I'm in the process of doing an E.P. with a producer friend of mine in Kansas City called "big beats from 2 geeks" it's really cool working long distance like that. I'm also putting together an album of early drafts, loops and ideas called "unmastered : forgotten beats and bleeps". Beyond that keep on producing tracks and playing music.

10. Any Favorite Quotes, Last Words, or Shout Outs? "Seacrest Out!"