Baryshnikov is the DJ and production duo of Mike Dextro and My Pal the Crook. The two childhood friends reunited to work together in early 2010 to explore their shared love of Acid House, Freestyle, Synthpop, Italo, EBM and New Beat. DJ/Producer, Mike Dextro has worked with the likes of Proper Villains and The Tom Tom Club to name a few and remains…

Though now splitting her time between Miami and Brooklyn, XLR8R’s “artist to watch” Jubilee will always be Brooklyn’s bass sweetheart. Known for her rambunctious combination of upfront bass music, UK house, and tropical flavors, she has become a surefire remedy for ailing dancefloors around the globe. Co-opting her name from the X-Men character who…

Patrick Rood a.k.a. The Captain, Vice President and co owner of Trouble & Bass Recordings, is a man of many talents that has been pushing and molding the Trouble & Bass artist roster and brand since his induction to the T&B Crew in 2007. When he's not globe trotting around as The Captain, he's at the T&B klubhaus juggling a thousand duties, from cu…

DJ VALISSA YOE Fashion Stylist, Makeup Artist, and DJ http://valissayoe.com/ Valissa Yoe prides herself in being a true renaissance woman. Raised in Westchester, the Big Apple was only a train ride away. Valissa moved to the city to attend FIT for Fashion Design. Right out of school she began working as a designer for KAI MILLA (Stevie Wonder’s wif…

Brooklyn Queen of Heavy Bass Star Eyes is known for throwing down raw, dirty underground tracks, from grime bangers to ghetto house, Miami bass classics to speaker-rattling dubstep stormers. Spinning for more than 15 years, this veteran bad girl has always loved low-end—she was one of first female drum & bass DJs in the US (and a resident of S.F.’s…

Making waves in a genre that is already making waves, in 2011 Proper Villains is poised to help redefine dubstep. As we see it break away from its underground roots, becoming more mainstream, Proper Villains is one of the standout artists of this year, unabashedly mixing pop sounds and dirty bass into dance floor- friendly mayhem. While critics try…