Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

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Born within days and a few blocks away from where the Apache break was recorded Hoola was off to a good start at a very young age. When he was gifted Michael Jacksons “Off the Wall” album in 94 and it started a serious life long obsession with acquiring every disco funk record ever made in the world. Also that year moved to Van city from Nelson to experience the heyday of the “rave”  scene and witness the impact that House music had on a culture that was happening on a fairly large scale. Dickie Doo,T-Bone, Minute Maid, Markem, Doc Martin, Ali, Czech, Little T, Lace, Tripwire, Hebegebe ,Dee Lite, Garth , Jeno and of course Spun-K were the earliest inspirations and introduction to the underground.

Quite soon after tried to teach himself how to make people dance to disco records in 95/96 in Victoria B.C. where djs Koosh, Rennie dubnut foster, tyger dhula, and Wood and the original boomtown records were holding it down.

In 97 back in Nelson Hoola , with a crafty business plan made by his
mom somehow convinced the government and community futures to give him a loan to be a dj because there was only 1 other  in town back then. The next year he packed up and moved out east to Halifax to help throw the first full moon outdoor parties and  work at Vitamin Tribe Imports record store with then future wife and super dj Lion-S Also at the same time headlining Shambhala 01 with a cassette tape?!? While in Halifax he hooked up with east coast hip hop guru and funk soul digger legend  Jorun who taught him the ropes in deep digging and the original funk breaks. There he would learn about the roots of it all and build an empire of old school even Vader would envy. As the decade came to an end Y2K and the end of the world was looming and Hoola, scared to die on the East, ran back to the  hills of B.C.
just in time to headline 1999 Shambhala 02 and the 1st yr of the Fractal Forest. By year 03 2000 started doing the scheduling for a very unorganized yet undeniably wicked party and by 04 2001 took on all the artist bookings with partner  Lion-S. Holding a 8 yr residency In Nelson at club Avalon that later turned into the Legendary Fluid would turn out to be home for Shambhala all year round and a place for underground music  to exist in Nelson for years to come. This is where and when Vitamin Tribe evolved into The Pride and promoting djs year round came about.
RaSoul, Buck, Garth, Metro Area, Doc Martin,Soul of Man, Adam
Freeland, Krafty Kuts ,Solomonic Sound,John Howard, Freq Nasty, Mat
the Alien, Vinyl Ritchie, Smalltown djs, Bassnectar,Skream, Glitch Mob
and basically everyone from A-Skills to Z-trip have experienced  the
Kootenay Vibe.

Around 2003 till the present The Pride took the reigns of the beach
stage at Shambhala ,called it the Living Room and gave the party a
place to chill the fuck out. A sanctuary for all sounds funky organic deep  dubby disco skanky crunky worldly jazzy  and downright downtempo ambient chill. Music you’d play in your living room.

Around 2006-07 Hoola was introduced to the early productions of
Neighbour and the first releases on homebreakin and thought thats the
music i want to make.
(oops… soo stoopid i’m writing this like someone else is writing it
for me duh)    and within a year released the bestselling  Homebreakin
Records  #4  ”Discofari EP” with Neighbour and Soup.
Hoolas biggest accomplishment on wax : 1 2 3 4 eveh buddy on de floor
5 6 7 8 hurry up don’t be late!  first and only record.
And so became instant housewreckers .
Right around this time Hoola helped inspire and renovate the now world
famous super club SpiritBar in Nelson and held down the highly
acclaimed position of Spiritual Advisor till present.
As time passes and fads come and go with music Hoola finds himself
going back in time instead of keeping up with the trends of today
seeking refuge in his scratchy 45′s. Currently working on a funktry
and western cowboy 45 set thats sure to get the cowgirls and boys
rootin tootin and shootin all the way to the rodeo (or stampede)
See ya at the beach