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ミシシッピ生まれ、ニューヨーク在住のプロデューサー / DJ。Cosmo Baker、Eleven と共に「ブルックリン最高のパーティ」として賞賛されるThe Rubを2002年から主催、同パーティを欧米だけで60都市以上にて開催、自己名義では少なくともアナログで20タイトル、ミックスCDでは40タイトルをリリース。いずれも各方面から高い評価を受ける。ヒップホップ、ハウス、ベース、レゲエ、ロック、クラシックス等々を紡ぎ上げ創造される、唯一無二のパーティ・ミュージックは数多くの伝説を生んできた。
Originally from Mississippi, DJ Ayres got his start in upstate New York spinning hip-hop on college radio and at parties. He is known for playing a wild range of music, from rap to house, bass, reggae, rock-n-roll and classics. On top of promoting and DJing at The Rub, Ayres rocks parties all over the US and releases a new best-selling mix CD every month.
In 2002, Ayres had his birthday party at his friends’ new Rock & Roll venue, Southpaw. They called the party The Rub, and played mostly disco and weird eighties records with some rock and hip-hop thrown in for good measure. 500 people packed in the dance, and The Rub was made a monthly, with residents Ayres, Eleven & Mikey Palms. Over the months and years at The Rub, Ayres and the crew have given shine to dozens of incredible guest djs.
The Rub was widely recognized as the best monthly club night in New York City, and by 2004 the word was out. An article in The New York Times about DJ Ayres, Danger Mouse and Hollertronix said DJ Ayres “has quietly become one of New York’s best mixtape D.J.’s.” In annual Best of New York editions, The Rub was named “Best party in Brooklyn to dance sweatily to smart music” by The Village Voice and “Best party in NYC” by The New York Press. Ayres and The Rub were featured in Vice, XLR8R, Urb, The Fader, Hip-Hop Connection (UK) and more. Spin Magazine called The Rub “New York’s hottest dj collective.”
In addition to The Rub monthly in Brooklyn, Ayres has DJed in 60 cities in North America and Europe, toured with Ghostface Killah, played shows and parties alongside Public Enemy, Fat Joe, Snoop Dogg, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mark Ronson, Diplo, Spankrock, LCD Soundsystem, Justice, Chemical Brothers, Z-Trip, DJ Premier, Chromeo, Tom Tom Club, ESG and countless others. Ayres’s remix work has been released on more than twenty records on T&A, Money Studies and Smelly Fatso in the US, The Rub in the UK, MPM in Germany, GAMM in Sweden and Top Billin in Finland. With more than 40 mix CDs released in the last five years, sales are through the roof worldwide