85Live

Was the catalyst for everything.

I distinctly remember the moment when I first heard 85Live.

Tony’s parents were out of town, leaving us to wreak havoc in their modest Hermosa Beach home.

Vanessa popped in a tape. And suddenly, my focus was only in one place.

This is Mike and Tyler, she told me. Their mix.

I made her copy it for me. And I studied it. The layers.

This was an era when information was a lot harder to come by.

It’s nine DJ’s in a circle, someone told me.

I later learned that this was a Roadium tape. And this is what drew me to Roadium records.