OG_Balam

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Born and raised in Los Angeles, I got into DJing in the early 1990s and quickly fell in love with the OG sounds of hip-hop but was instantly captivated by electronic music. I explored various genres, from trance and techno to breakbeat-techno and jungle, before finally gravitating towards the smooth and soulful sounds of liquid DnB. My passion for music led me to work at WP Records on PCH in Lomita CA, where I helped to bring jungle and DnB to the south bay/harbor area of Los Angeles. In 1999, I started throwing warehouse and rooftop parties with the Fun House crew, cementing my place in the local music scene for many years. In 2010, I took a job at Pro Sound & Stage Lighting, where I discovered drum machines and keyboard synthesizers. With my first musical tools the Roland MV-8800 drum machine and SH-201 keyboard synth, I started making beats, eventually transitioning into structured songs around 2022. Nowadays, I'm finally distributing my own music under JungleLove