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Carl Cox (born 29 July 1962, Barbados) is a British techno and house music DJ and producer.
Cox grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, before attending Glastonbury High Boys secondary modern school on Glastonbury Road in Morden.[citation needed] Cox began his career as a hardcore and rave DJ in the mid 1980s. One of the first gigs he played was in legendary promoters John Binton and Terry Onion's Squeeze my buttered Onions! club in Hackney, London Unconfirmed reports suggest he was coerced into swallowing an onion on stage, one of Terry's famous requests he gave to his acts. He was named the "Three Deck Wizard" after playing on three turntables simultaneously at the Second Summer of Love in 1988.[citation needed] He has performed at clubs such as The Eclipse, Edge, Shelly's, Sterns Nightclub, Heaven, Sir Henry's in Cork, Ireland and Angels and The Haçienda, as well as raves for Fantazia, Dreamscape, and Amnesia House. He now spearheads two record labels, Intec Records and 23rd Century Records. He also has his own stage every year at Ultra Music Festival called Carl Cox and Friends.
Thavius Beck is an electronic musician, producer and rapper based in Los Angeles, California. He is a certified trainer of Ableton Live. He was a member of Global Phlowtations.
Thavius Beck is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He moved to Los Angeles, California when he was 16. He played alto and tenor sax all throughout school.
Thavius Beck has released three solo albums Decomposition, Thru and Dialogue on Mush Records. He released an album Zwarte Achtegrond (which means "black background" in the Dutch language) in collaboration with fellow Los Angeles rapper Subtitle under the group name Lab Waste. He has also put out solo releases under the moniker Adlib.
Thavius Beck has collaborated with various musicians from Cedric Bixler-Zavala to Busdriver. In 2007, he contributed a remix of "Survivalism" for Nine Inch Nails, as well as producing several tracks for Saul Williams on The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!. He toured with Saul Williams initially as a bass guitar player.