Hakim Murphy

Chicago, IL USA

Hakim started his DJ career when herealized that he had an ear for beat matching. Soon after he started to get gigs that paid some decent money. Hakim’s musical influences stem fromdisco, jack and house music. The beats pump straightfrom his heart. Some specific influences are RoyAyers, DJ Deeon, Jammin’ Gerald, Paul Johnson, DerrickCarter, Cajual Records, Relief Records, Cajmere,Masters at Work, Strictly Rhythm records, Robert Armani and Dance Mania Records. Hakim says he picked up his mixing influences from all the DJs he met when he first started mixing in 1996. His favorite places to spin records are places he can beat his tunes as loud as he wants and the entire dance floor moves. He says his favorite record that never fails to move the floor is “Downtime” by Salt City Orchestra.

Hakim says he is happiest when he’s playing records because it’s like a state of meditation when he brings mixes together. The rhythms bring his thought process to another level. To keep his music fresh he changes up his musical output by rotating his expertise in playing records, playing the piano and making tracks.

Hakim aspires to become a world-renowned DJ and music producer. Sometime in the near future he plans to incorporate his piano playing into his live DJ sets. He would like to work with Miles Maeda and DJ Heather to incorporate their record spinning. He also would like to produce tracks with Derrick Carter, Paul Johnson and Glenn Underground someday.  Hakim's style ranges from deep, rhythmic-minimal house to up tempo raw, jackin' tech-house.

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