Master Kev’s victory in a mix-off contest in the 1990’s proved that the years of obsessing over the mixes of Timmy Regisford, Tony Humphries and others on radio and in clubs, studying underground dance and beat syncopation and accumulating a killer collection of records finally paid off . And as the number of shows soared, so did Kev’s talent. Soon after, hero Tony Humphries called Kev to ask him to join forces with him on his Yellorange Label. His answer? A triumphant ‘Hell Yeah’.
After spinning in his first WMC in the year 2000 and embarking on several trips to Europe , Asia and beyond, with Tony Humphries and even solo, his DJ career was officially on the rise. Playing with some of the most prominent clubs in major cities all over the world and playing alongside some of the prominent names in the industry including Louie Vega, Timmy Regisford, David Morales, Danny Krivit, Kerri Chandler and so many more. Also, in 2000 Kev along with founder Marlon D and others helped form the Underground Collective – a collection of DJ’s, performers, musicians..etc created to draw exposure in the dance music industry to major labels and beyond.
While working with Tony Humphries at Yellorange from 1999 – 2004, Kev had many ‘Net Shows’ on the site along with Tony Humphries and the other Yellorange DJ’s that were updated once a month. Then in 2004, Kev started a weekly radio show on CyberJamz Radio (cyberjamz.com). The show has grown more and more each year, with many producers giving Kev the upfront heat and unreleased jams. Also, many labels send Kev promo’s in hopes that those tracks/songs will be played on his very highly listened to radio show. With the amount of weekly hits in the archives it was no wonder they would think of Kev to help promote the new music.These days u can find the Master Kev ‘Sessions’ shows or his podcasts on Podomatic (www.masterkev.podomatic.com ) or Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/master-kev) which are updated frequently.
In 2006 Kev partnered up with long time friend and former Yellorange/Underground Collective DJ partner David ‘Vibes’ Tobon and keyboard wizard John Crockett to form MKDV. They produced their first track together titled ‘Twisted’ which gained a lot of early support from the biggest names in the dance music industry and was a very popular release on the Code Red & Defected labels. They also worked on original tracks for Tony Records and remixes for Louie Vega’s imprint Vega Records remixing Sara Devine’s ‘Special’ as well as remixes for Mel Cheren’s and Kevin Hedge’s (Blaze) West End Records. In 2007 Kev partnered up with good friend Scott Wozniak to produce more tracks for Code Red & Defected titled ‘String Thing’ and ‘Uncooked’ .. ‘String Thing’ became the number 1 download on Defected’s website for weeks .. They also did some remixes on Stevie Wonder’s ‘My Cherie Amour’ and Joe Cocker’s ‘You Are So Beautiful’ (high in demand since the 2007 WMC) which were never released to this date. Later that year Kev also partnered up with Abicah Soul and worked on original tracks and remixes as well. One of those tracks ‘Kora’ was released on Iwanni Records from Toronto.
With an abundance of traveling and playing in major clubs as well as major clubs back home in NYC such as Cielo, Santos, Sullivan Room..etc..work and the frequently updated podcast shows on Podomatic & Soundcloud, Kev is once again back in the studio this time with very talented Tony Loreto from Italy. They have been working together a lot throughout 2009-2013. They have done remixes for Tortured Soul ,Arnold Jarvis, Kenny Bobien, Peven Everett, Underground Collective,Michelle Weeks, Boddhi Satva’s Offering Label, DJ Spen’s ‘Code Red’ label, Louie and Anane Vega for Vega Records and scores of others as well.
Master Kev & Tony Loreto have done a few boots as well including the remix of ‘Wicked Game’ Chris Isaac, Leela James, Soundgarden’s ‘Black Hole Sun’ .. Nina Simone’s ‘I Put A Spell On You’ , Nirvana’s ‘ Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and probably their 2 biggest yet for Radiohead ‘Creep’ And Depeche Mode’s ‘ Personal Jesus’ which has made very big noise worldwide from some of the greats such as Louie Vega, Dennis Ferrer , Loco Dice, TMB, Marques Wyatt, Ame, Dixon, Kerri Chandler, JoJo Flores and many more.
These days Kevin is usually travelling often between the west coast and east coast of the US among other places and is also getting ready to embark on an Underground Collective tour to Asia, Russia, South Africa and many more exciting places! And is also hard at work once again in the studio and looking forward to working with other great up and coming producers, musicians…etc.. His latest work has been with the rapidly rising star Kenny Summit. They have formed a new moniker for their collaberations called ‘Bi Polar Bears’ with many releases on the way soon!
