John Bas

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, this former Graffiti Artist turned DJ has been an influential part of the underground music and culture scene since the early 90’s. Credited by his peers as being NYC's first and possibly the east coasts first hardstyle DJ he has been the one person really pushing this sound the longest, he is the person who first brought the Hardstyle sound to NYC underground. On top of being NYC’s first hardstyle dj and producing, Bas is also the founder of Electronic-Chaos. He has thrown countless underground hard dance events from the mid to late 90's through today. Many of which have been at his own expense to help expose the hard genres to newcomers at low or no cost to party goers and has had some great success even sparking NYC's 2010 BOOM which helped create the foundation for the hard dance scene we know and love today. After cementing his name in history with Electronic-Chaos as one of Brooklyn's best electronic promoters, awarded the honor by HUGE magazine in 1998, John later turned his attention to, and concentrated on, spinning. Beginning his career as a Hardcore DJ in 94, he has rocked the decks and shared the stage alongside such east coast legends and while he is extremely humble, John is considered by many to be one of the best, and one of the first, DJs to play Hardstyle here in the United States. This veteran of almost three decades, known for rocking dance floors as if it is going out of style, John has proven himself repeatedly over the years. Holding residencies at some of New York City's top nightclubs back in the day, like Avalon, Limelight and Tunnel, Reason, Lost & Found, there is no question that John Bas is one of New York City's premier underground DJs! One of the first Hardstyle artists on Beatport to release his tracks for download. With Tracks like "Feel It", "Take Me To The Top", "Locked Inside Your Mind", and "Kick In The Bass", that made their debut on Dj Venom's Straight Banging 3 released in 2004 Not to mention his releases on Kontaminated: “The Power of XTC”, “Stumbling Drunk” his live mix series “Hardstyle is my Style” and even more production hits like that to his credit combined his superb track selection, it's no wonder why Bas is one of Brooklyn's underground favorites and one of the NYC Underground's best kept secrets, John Bas!!!