For one year we studied the DC scene, before we began our mission.  We had gathered up contacts for hundreds of DJ’s & their affiliates throughout the East Coast.  With these vital contacts & those we already had from the West Coast we were ready to start the unification process.  We had already been preaching Unity for one year to thousands of ravers and clubbers on the East Coast, so when we did my first party it was a great success.

 Monday, September 14th 1998 Unity brought Fyxtion to DC.  Fyxtion was the name of our crew back in Newberry Park, Ca, so we thought it was appropriate to show the scene where our roots were.  We had already picked up a few residents for Unity and this was their first night out representing us.  With the help of my girlfriend (Susy) we put out 5,000 fliers and had 321 people show up to TRACKS.  It was a great turnout and an unbelievable vibe.  Special thanks to Charles Feelgood for turning it loose at midnight.

 We went on with this monthly Monday night party for two more months.  On one of the occasions we booked a tour for RAW, Curious, & APX-1 on the East Coast.  This was our first step in the direction we were aiming for; that is helping great DJ’s get the opportunity to play all over the United States.

 After doing this Monday night party once a month we had an offer to take over DC’s biggest longest lasting weekly event.  Tracks Thursday night was college night.  The main room was traditionally house music and the small room was gothic and industrial.  The numbers over the last three months were down to an average of 675 people.  Four hundred of those people were gothic/industrial.  This was our test.  We took a very small DJ budget for a main room that can hold almost 1000 people and turned the club inside out.

 January 7th 1999: Opening night of Life by Unity Productions.  The East Coast Boogiemen ignited the fire for a phenomenal crowd of 1235 people.  This was their first really huge turnout at a party that they were the headliners and from then on everyone knew who the East Coast Boogiemen were.  Ken and Juan are the most talented 2x4 I have ever witnessed.  They earned a spot as residence once a month @ Life and joined the talented Unity roster.

For three months we struggled keeping the crowd interested with a small budget, but our DJ’s kept doing favors to play for cheap in front of the most responsive mixed crowd of about 1,000 people every week. The people not only knew who the East Coast Boogiemen, Cary B, Tyke, Wish, Onit, Brad Smith, Frank Anthone & InfinitEtrip were, but they couldn’t wait until the week when they were playing.  People obviously are still doing drugs, but now at least they know who the DJ’s are and who is making those seamless mixes.

Our next big thing was Uberlife.  Once a month we got the club to spend a little more money on DJ’s.  First there was Thee-o from Los Angeles.  That night we drew 1255 people to the club and had another of those were doing it experiences.  The next month was our biggest ever.  The East Coast Boogiemen were now getting booked all over the country at huge raves and we put them on the flier with Jason Blakemore a.k.a. DJ Trance as the headliner.  This was the largest crowd that ever showed up to Life or any party at Tracks on Thursdays.  Jason Blakemore went on just after 12:15.  We threw out 150 glowsticks into the crowd as Jason threw on his second record and the crowd was going crazy.  By the time the East Coast Boogiemen went on (2:00) there was 1535 people packed inside Tracks.  Only about 350 were on the gothic/industrial side.

 In the end of our days at Tracks we produced a Wednesday night party @ the EDGE and a Friday night party @ Tracks.  We were doing three parties a week.  This was happening because Buzz was no longer.  First they were down for a month or so to renovate & then Fox 5 took in some hidden cameras and caught a lot of people talking about “E.”  Tracks was going to close & move into a new building.  Buzz came back as Sting on Fridays.  We were spent and decided to focus on booking our DJ’s.  Mainly helping out the East Coast Boogiemen, who are currently producing tracks in their studio. 

 In the future Unity Productions is looking to help out other productions, promoters, DJ’s, agents & most importantly the record labels that are putting the money into the vinyl.  If it were not for the record labels acknowledging the talent of underground music producers, we would have not had this love for the rave culture.  To all of those songs that are stuck in my head from the first year I was experiencing the vibe; here’s to all of those producers and labels that inspired me every day of every year since 1994. 

Peace Love Unity & Rave on forever