DJ Jester the Filipino Fist
About: In July of 1976, Dr. and Mrs. Gregorio P. Pendon gave birth to their fourth kid. They named it Michael. Raised in the backwoods of West Columbia, TX (50 miles south of Houston), Miguelito always knew he didn't quite fit in, that is...until MySpace came along. Damn, I finally have "real friends!!!!!" I dj (on the side) and market stuff like Boca Burgers (on the main) throughout the US. Meaning, I travel A LOT. Did I mention that I am the dj for a group from Pittsburgh called Grand Buffet? How about that I am in a turntable band with this dude from Canada they call Kid Koala? So, yeah...like that dj thing has taken me all over the frickin' world: Europe, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, etc. And I still ain't done yet... I am very independent. I sort of have two homes: San Antonio and San Francisco. I tend to leave TX for long periods at a time, but it always keeps sucking me back in. When I am at home, I clean, I sometimes cook (I make a delicious "trailer magic"), I ride my bike. I enjoy films, mostly of the "ethnic variety." I enjoy food, mostly of the "ethnic variety." I have a brand spankin' new mix cd coming out in 2006 called SECRET LOVE, which should be available at the merch booth in January/February when I hit your town on tour with Of Montreal + Grand Buffet.

Ernest Gonzales aka Theory of Everything
About: My name is Ernest Gonzales and I am a "Hyphenated American" aka Hispanic, Chicano, Latino, or Mexican - Whatever you want to call it. I grew up next door to the Alamo, but my Spanish is muy pequito. I am the only child of an electrician father and a Home Depot customer service rep mom. Latch-key only child = video games, drawing trees, making bow and arrows, too much MTV, and pizza pockets. Somehow in between engineering camps I decided to go to art school but I have no plans on painting the Virgen de Guadalpe. During that time I used extra scholarship money to buy my first drum machine. See kids...it does pay off to make good grades. All this leads to music production. I have no plans on making any raggaeton beats. So I leave you, Ernest Gonzales, a Hyphenated American making music. Hip Hop, Experimental, Electronic - whatever you want to call it.

Prince Klassen
About: Klassen, a straight edge vegan graffiti artist scratch wizard has honed his skills as resident DJ for the nationally recognized San Antonio Puro Poetry Slam and as a member of the infamous Supa Brotha Scientists whose members also include DJ Jester, Donnie-D, Scuba Steve, Gib, and Theory of Everything. Spinning everything from underground hip hop, glitch, obscure pop, electro, and drum & bass, Klassen has made a mark on the Texas DJ scene.

Diego Chavez aka Aether216
About: Aether216 is the alias of Diego Chavez, a 21 year old soft-spoken multimedia artist. Diego spent his childhood summer days at his father Carlos Chavez art studio conversing with painters, surfing the internet, and daydreaming. With a strong passion of hip hop and skipping school to jam with friends, Diego soon began producing beats as a member of the conscious and poetically based hip hop group Lotus Tribe. As Aether216, Diego's solo music has floated away from hip hop and has become more organic yet technical. Diego's music speaks without words...it is an epiphany...the slow motion sequence...that perfect moment in time.

Darby
About: Darby’s spark into the musical fray just happens to be illegal. Getting his hands on audio software that produced a series of tones, mimicking those used by analog payphones, allowed him to make free phone calls, but more importantly set him on the path of producing music. That was ’97. Over the next few years he busied himself producing beats with San Antonio emcees, co-founding the Labkids, and collaborating with San Antonio hip-hop cohorts the Sleepwalkaz, Imperial Lynx, DJ Shon, DJ Jester, Mickey Pop, and DJ Donnie Dee. He’s gone on to produce two albums, ‘Death of a Salesman’ and the forthcoming ‘Children’s Hell’, produce music for instillation pieces by Philadelphia based artist Carole Leoffler, and navigate the growth of Labkids. This kid’s deep. Underpinning his entire bag of beats is a musical philosophy steeped in the science and theory behind sound and how the body and mind react to it. Think Nikola Tesla. Packing as much emotion as possible into each beat Darby strikes with each track to accomplish his maxim of making music for advanced listeners.

Mnolo
About: Mnolo is Manuel Antonio Escobar, a half El Salvadoran half Nicaraguan music kingpin and beat smuggler. Escobar, the second of three children in a family of doctors and lawyers was born in Pennsylvania, raised in the backwoods of Texas, and Catholic schooled in San Antonio. Needing some kind of outlet for the Central American rhythm flowing through his blood, little Manuel began playing drums at age 5. Eventually, Escobar traded drums for a sampler and began producing electronic experimental rhythms. As Mnolo, Escobar creates otherworldly sound environments translating messages of bliss, fervor, fear, love, pain, joy, and anguish. Oh yeah...and he enjoys, freaking drums beyond recognition, layering vocal tapestries, harddrive mixing and who could forget...walks in the park.

A.M. Architect
About: A.M. Architect is the side project of Diego Chavez aka Aether216, and Daniel Stanush aka Magic Note , lead guitarist for the band, the Panic Division. A.M. Architect's music combines Rhodes played by Stanush combined with Chavez's intricate pixelated drum & melody samples. The project developed on down time with the Panic Division & continued via email with each other exchanging beats and melodies. Although it is generally accepted that beauty is subjective, A.M. Architect's music cannot escape being described as such.

Rae Davis
About: Rae Davis, a 24yr old mexican native of Texas who grew up on the streets of San Antonio, found much refuge in basketball, movies and music. Growing up to the sound of oldies, soul, tejano, and lots, and lots, and lots of Rap. Rae started his career as a musician in high school, learning piano and guitar, and soon after started dabbling in music production. His musical resume is vast, citing everything from indie rock bands to film scores to jazz bands to, of course, hip hop projects. Rae recently begin working on his album that is due out this spring. "Positive Thinking" a record that is heavily influenced by jazz, r&b and soul, yet stills draws on the driving beat of hip hop. His other influences range from Allen Iverson to Nas, to Terrence Malick and J Dilla. While he is currently enjoying writing his own music; Rae's dreams are to score films and be able to dunk a basketball.