DJ Ron Medina

Myspace profile:  http://www.myspace.com/ronmedina
Facebook profile:  http://www.facebook.com/ronmedina

Everything 80's (Last Friday of Every Month) - Main floor
Dominion (Every Saturday) - Main floor

DJ Ron Medina first started DJing in 1989 at the age of 17. He began, spinning various forms of underground house music. He diligently honed his craft using only vinyl records. Back then, beat matching and blending was not an option, it was a necessity. In the early nineties, he began to include techno and industrial into his repertoire. During those years, he organized dozens of extremely successful warehouse parties. These "traveling nightclubs" were able to combine different genres of music and people into one unique entertaining experience.

In 1991, Ron had the opportunity to check out a club in Newark called "QXT's,” where he quickly became a regular patron. Word eventually got around about his DJ'ing, and he was offered a guest spot in 1993. The manager, Javier, was so impressed that he offered Ron several more guest spots in the following months. In 1997, the resident QXT's DJ decided to call it quits. Javier tracked down Ron after several months and offered him the Resident DJ spot for Friday nights. The night quickly gained popularity and soon had a good crowd attending every week. The music being played was mostly 80's new wave with some goth and industrial. A few months later, QXT's expanded to include Saturday nights as a weekly party with DJ Paulo manning the decks on the main floor. With the growing success of the nights, the club owners decided to expand further, and they opened the gates to the lower level on Saturdays to bring a whole new dimension to QXT’s. The new DJ's downstairs were Ben and Scott (now known as Dysfunction and Helix). After several months, a decision was made to switch Ron to Saturday nights, where the music would be a little darker and more scene oriented. At the same time a new promoter, Damian Plague, was hired to help spread the word about the new night. QXT's quickly jumped to the forefront of the goth\industrial nightclub scene due to mixture of great music, a supportive and knowledgeable crowd, and the incredible atmosphere that QXT’s created.

At present, Ron is still spinning every Saturday on the main floor playing a mix of EBM, industrial, synthpop, 80's and everything in between. He also teams up with DJ Ash on the last Friday of every month for the Everything 80's party, which caters more to 80’s, Rock, Freestyle, New Wave and Pop music of the decade.

Ron is also the in-house live sound engineer for the electronic bands that perform at the club.

DJ Dysfunction

Area 51 (Every Weekend) - Downstairs

DJ Dysfunction started off back in 1996 as a radio DJ at Montclair State University. He had the pleasure of bringing goth/industrial music to the local airwaves with his weekly program, "The Continuum." Not long after, in the summer of 1998, he and co-host, DJ Helix, began DJing a weekly goth/industrial night in QXT's lower level. Since then, the club has evolved into what is currently the longest running goth/industrial event in the NY/NJ area.

As his time at QXT's went on, he eventually found himself in the role of promoter, helping to organize, book, and promote various events. Meanwhile, Dysfunction could be found guest DJing at other events, such as Batcave, Evilution, and Zenwarp.

After a brief hiatus from working at QXT's, DJ Dysfunction has returned to the DJ roster and promotional staff. Dysfunction can now be found every week downstairs in Area 51, spinning a variety of hard electronic music.

 

Facebook profile:  http://www.facebook.com/djfatherjeff

Myspace profile:  http://www.myspace.com/DJ Mindsolvent

Every Friday and Saturday - In the Crypt


DJ Mindsolvent started his dj career in the mid to late 90's spinning gigs and guest spots at clubs like Pipeline and Aldos. A couple of demo tapes widely circulated in the tristate area led to his big break with a dual residency at New York City's legendary Bank nightclub which was a mecca for gothic industrial music in the 90's. His DJ sets with his then partner, DJ Cyn, in the industrial/electro room at the Bank were considered to be groundbreaking as many new bands and styles of EBM were introduced there which paved the way for their popularity with dancefloors in every alternative danceclub in New York/New Jersey. As the Bank closed its doors in late 1999, a new chapter was opened for DJ Mindsolvent at New Jersey's famous QXT's nightclub. His diversity is reflected in the clubs atmosphere of cutting edge electronic/industrial/alternative playlists. For the past seven years his residency at QXT's has played host to a wide variety of bands including Accessory, Grendel, SITD, Aslan Faction, Noisex, Cruxshadows, and many others.

Previous Residencies or Highlights:
~The Bank -New York City(Realm,Atrocity)-residency
~Pyramid -New York City (Cybertron)-residency
~Loop Lounge -New Jersey (Futurewave)-residency
~Byte (New York City)-Guest
~Smack (New York City)-Guest
~Zenwarp (New York City)-Guest
~Absolution (New York City)-Guest
~Straynoize (New York City)-Guest
~NYC Assault- (New York City)-Guest
~Funhouse (New York City)-Guest
~Pipeline (New Jersey)-Guest
~Evolution (Philadelphia) -Guest
~Sin Thursdays (Trenton) -Guest
~NYC Assault
and many others

Myspace profile:  http://www.myspace.com/dj_cub

House DJ

Crypt styles: Goth, New Wave, Punk/Ska, Synthpop, Industrial, Indie


Bio:
DJ Cub began spinning in 1990 at Atlantic City Community College's on-campus radio station (WACC), where he played an eclectic mix of industrial, dance and metal. He was appointed music director a short time later. in 1992, he also began interning at Stockton State College's FM station (91.7 WLFR, Pomona) on various shows, then started his own, "The Lunatic Fringe," where he could again mix all his favorite genres together. As his interest in electronic music grew, he combined his show with another with another DJ, and for six hours every Monday night, they explored the relationship between industrial and other styles of dance music, including techno, EBM and synthpop. In 1994, he began spinning at Reds in Margate, N.J., on Saturday nights, an "alternative" dance club catering to the local college crowd that was known for its new wave nights. Within months, Cub had helped transform Saturdays there into South Jersey's only regular goth/industrial night, featuring a harder edge; more goth, dark wave, indie and album-oriented new wave selections ; and a continued focus on new electronic music. After moving to the NYC area in 1996, Cub spun guest spots at a number of venues, but primarily focused on his role as keyboardist and guitarist of My Psychotic Motor (who played lineups with Rammstein, Spahn Ranch, C-Tec, and Croc Shop) for a number of years. In 2004, he began spinning at QXT's as a guest DJ in Area 51. In 2005, he became a resident DJ at Korova Milk Bar in NYC for Electric Dreams, yet another Monday night gig of electronic music, and continued to guest DJ at QXT's, both in Area 51 and on the main floor at special events, like the Blacklight Party. He became a resident DJ at QXT's early in 2006, taking his place in The Crypt, where he now spins new wave, dark wave, industrial classics, goth, punk, synthpop, electro, indie and 90's alternative.

Residencies:

SUGAR, 2008-present - weekly electro night (Tuesdays @ Delancey Lounge, NYC)
Dystopia, 2009-present - monthly goth/industrial/new wave party (@ Abbey's Too, Bayonne, NJ)
Euphoria, 2009-present - bi-monthly electro dance party (@ Sullivan Room, NYC)
Sonique, 2008 - electro party (@ R Bar, NYC)
Das Bunker NYC, 2006-2007 - bi-monthly industrial party
Korova Milk Bar, 2005-2007 - Electric Dreams, weekly electronic party
REDS nightclub, 1994-1996 - Saturday nights
FM 91.7 WLFR Pomona, 1992-1996 -weekly radio show
ACC Campus Radio, 1990-1992 - daily radio show

Guest DJ At the Following Events/Clubs:
BYTE (NYC), Assault (NYC/NJ), Shock Therapy/Vesago (Philly), Confessional (Seattle), Asylum Guild (NYC), Shadowland (Lancaster)

Also, a member of Panic Lift

Myspace profile:  http://www.myspace.com/djaengel

House DJ

DJ Aengel spins a mix of goth, industrial, and EBM. DJ Aengel has been spinning at various clubs in the New York area since 2000, blending the dark melodies of Goth with riveting Industrial to create a unique dark dance atmosphere.

In addition he is a regular guest of Abstraction!, Chamber, Club Anubis, Dead Heaven, & Wasted and has been guest dj to such prestigious events as Absolution, Albion, Bloody Mondays, BYTE, Cybertron, Diabolik, Hidden Sanctuary, Long Black Veil, Paradise Lost, Red Party, Sundown & Underworld.

Myspace profile:  http://www.myspace.com/pete_dj_tm5

Everything 80's (Last Friday of Every Month) - Main floor

DJ TM5 provides QXT's with audio and visual stimulation through his video projections once a month for Everything 80's. DJ TM5 used to be one of the resident DJs at Dementia, held at Conduit in Trenton, NJ (industrial, 80's, ebm, goth, etc ). He listens to Sade and Skinny Puppy and moshes to Ministry. He can mix Chuck Berry and VAC when he DJs. TM5 loves the Warp record label. sushi, Grendel, and chocolate ice cream. He currently DJs a radio show on WPRB 103.3 in Princeton, NJ. It is called Transitional Soundscapes and runs every Tuesday night from 9pm to 12am (electronic, IDM, electro industrial) Listen online at: www.wprb.com email : pdefillipo@aol.com