Stuart Li. Also affiliated 1: with Foot Prints Crew Jason Palma and General Eclectic 2: Lab.our Union with DJ Jason Ulrich.
Influences
Main influences: Early Chicago house, Detroit techno, Jazz, Soul, Disco, Funk, Latin, Brasilian. But also open minded about anything else that's good!
Sounds Like
Strongly rooted in early Chicago and Detroit sound but with influences from the so called "broken beat" and "nu-jazz" areas and jazz, latin and brasilian (bossa/samba/etc).
DJ/Producer/Promoter/Graphic Designer Stuart Li. Born in Hong Kong and based in Toronto. Early club music interest started in the late 80's listening to Toronto college radio stations playing house and hip hop. First taste of club scene in the early 90's during Toronto's Warehouse days with DJ's playing New York, Chicago and Detroit based house music. Working at Cosmo's Records (run by Movement crew's Aki) during the late 90's and diggin' into the crates lead interests into disco, jazz, soul, funk, latin, brasilian, etc. Started Djing various styles at various lounges, bars and clubs leading into current jazz/funk/latin/etc. monthly called "Foot Prints" with Jason Palma (Movement, Higer Ground) and General Eclectic at the Rivoli in Toronto (4th year and running!). Started producing in 2003 with first release "Basic Soul" as Basic Soul Unit moniker on Iwanai doing deep house and techno influenced by that early Chicago and Detroit sound with tinges of all the other aforementioned influences. Subsequently have released music on Do Right!, Left Of The Dial, Versatile and Compost. As Basic Soul Unit, DJ sets run more into house and tech territory; as DJ Stuart into the jazzier side of things but both do crossover at moments and sometimes all genres can be heard...
Stuart is about to embark on heading the relaunch of the Do Right! sublabel Left Of The Dial with partner and DJ cohort Jason Ulrich. The label will focus on the more electronic and dancefloor spectrum of leftfield music. info@lotd.ca
Cheers from the the PSYCHO THRILL | SAVE THE ROBOTS space: there are no rules, fear is unknown and sleep is out of question. May the Allmighty Force be with you wherever U go !
Love & respect for yor cool and tasteful trackwerk from Cologne's badassed Techno-N-House ghettoside.
thank you for the laid back weekend and your top dj-set! we wish you (two!) a good trip in the north of europe! hope to see you again... N*E*A*T L*O*V*E*S Y*O*U!!
Hey Stuart! Yes it was nice to meet you! I was in Chi-town a few days later, I met some of the Mathematics peeps. I'll see Gilbert soon too! All the best!
great. Hey! Since you're probably awake at that hour you really should listen to beatsinspace tonite where my friend QLint is spinning. Stream at wnyus homepage...
