Schmidt Breakz
Dan Pearce is one of Bristol's hottest DJ's with a huge following in his home town and a reputation for his unforgettable sets, unique sound and trademark cutting edge style.
Masa Toyota was born in Tokyo, Japan. Masa came to England when he was 16 to produce music. Since then he produced a wide range of tracks from trance to deephouse with singles released on his label "DeEsser Recordings".
Schmidt was formed in 2002 when they met by chance at a local club in Bristol. Realiszing they had a common interest in dance music, breakbeat in particular, they began to write together in Masa's Bristol Harbourside studio. In the early days, their materials included some house remixes and funky house but they started to write more and more Breakbeat as they realized Schmidt's own unique sound is more suited to the funky rock beat rather than a simple 4-to-the-floor loop.
After 3 years of a solid studio work to build Schmidt's materials, they now have a busy summer this year to promote their materials through their super funky live P.A. Schmidt played their debut live P.A. at Black Swan in Bristol for Ripsnorter on the 6th of May 2006. Although they were a little nervous before the gig, they really tore the roof off as they gathered speed in their 90 minutes set consisting of funky rough electro breaks played with their laptop and the CDJ. You can find the latest Schmidt live schedule in this website.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
In Bristol, UK mainly. Looking to play in London and in Tokyo in the near future.
Your musical influences
Funky house, Electro house, in general "choppy' kind, like Switch. We also like people like ED209. How do they make that kind of phat tunes?
What equipment do you use?
Live, Reason, ProTools. Supernova and AKAI.
