Javier Drada

Javier Drada born March 16, 1971 - Queens, NY. At age 33 Javier Drada's musical history goes back to his early childhood where three distinct records are permanently engraved in his memory. "The first, Fly Robin Fly by Silver Convention 1975, gosh I was five years old, I guess my memory is not so bad. Anyhow then there was Funkytown by Lipps Inc. 1979 and the third was Clear by Cybotron 1982. That record really had a huge impact on me. I was down in the playground and I heard some kids that were playing handball jamming to it on their boom box, I ran upstairs and searched for it on the radio, needless to say I caught the tail end of it on tape." In 1983 his mother would bring Javier to Miami where he would dive head first into the B-Boy Breaker scene. Then during the later part of High School he would be exposed to the Underground Chicago House sound which exploded in Miami. "House Music made a big sweep through Miami in the mid to late 80’s; High Schools were having Jacking Competitions during the Pep Rally’s. We used to skip school and sneak into other schools to battle. Then we’d hit the nightclubs. I was a Breaker (Be Boy) so the House thing was a natural progression for me."

Originally a Dancer he moved on to become a promoter in the local South Beach scene where he promoted many successful venues and parties. "Around 1989 I started throwing parties with George Acosta. We then moved into the beach and did the Junkyard for a few years; we were called Creep House then, god that shit makes me laugh. I ended up working for Michael Capponi and Gary James two of South Beaches most well know promoters. They did all the Avenue A parties in Miami and the Ford Modeling Agency Parties, that was a big time period for things in Miami. I progressively got deeper and more involved and then around 1992 things changed and I got heavy into Detroit Techno and early German Trance. After that I dove into the Ambient realm. Actually prior to that George, The Rave Doctors and I threw the first known Rave in Miami. I gotta laugh at the names that were used in that time. Anyhow needless to say I did allot of events in Miami, too many to name right now."

In the late nineties he dove into the realm of the DJ where he served as Miami's most underground Ambient DJ then known as "Ambient Junkie" and in 1996, Javier Drada along with friends, DJ Fitz and Victor Delauz set out to communicate the Underground Vibe over the airwaves of Little Havana in Miami via a show called Reflections. Reflections, Reflecting on the past, present and future of Underground Music, would air weekly at a pirate radio station in Miami then known as, “The Beat 101.1 FM”. Later during that time he would serve as one of the residents of South Beach local pirate radio "The Womb". "Well prior to the WOMB Joseph Fitzgerald aka DJ Fitz acquired this pirate radio station called the Beat 101.1 FM we kind of took over and started doing our own underground Radio Show, that’s where the whole Submerge The Show thing started except then it was called Reflections, Reflecting on the past, present and future of Underground Music. Anyhow Duncan who is one of the originator of the WOMB would come by and do a guest spot. When he acquired the WOMB on South Beach he invited me to do my show on WOMB and so I did for a while, I left because I moved to New Orleans. For a period of time there were two pirate stations catering to the same sound, one in South Miami/Coral Gables and one in South Beach. That was a really cool period."

Two years later Javier would move to New Orleans and as an exclusive net cast on Flyfm.net, Javier Drada would team up with Dave Manic in order to convey Underground Music once more to the masses via “Submerge, the Show”, which aired on Flyfm.net in 1998. Submerge The Show's main assignment then would be to provide a full Underground Assault on the perpetrators of the Underground Detroit scene. Set out to re-educate the lost masses, Submerge, the Show became home to Mike Banks of UR, UR member DJ Rolando a.k.a. The Aztec Mystic, Damon Wild of Synewave, Mike Grant of Moods & Grooves, Alan Oldham a.k.a. DJ T1000 of Pure Sonik, Sean Deason of Matrix, DJ Marquis of Upstart Records, Norm Talley, DJ K-1 a.k.a. Keith Tucker of Puzzle Box, DJ KAOB of The Microknox, The Source, Thomas Barnett and The Black FU of Visillusion.

During this time Javier Drada would begin his web-design training and develop www.undergroundcommittee.com where he would host his magical journey of sound ranging from early 70’s Paradise Garage and Loft Classics, Deep House, Soulful NY/Chicago House and Detroit Techno. In the early stages Underground Committee would host exclusive mixes by world renown producer, DJ and founder of Alleviated Records; Larry Heard a.k.a. Mr. Fingers as well as, now defunct, Nuphonics very own Jools Butterfield.

Now as an aspiring producer, a higly acclaimed DJ and label owner, Javier Drada continues to pursue his love for music in New Orleans. Javier Drada's work includes BounceFM, Bang the Party, TribalWinds, Track Mode Recordings & his new venture with Walter Jones, Muema Lombe as, "Resisted Resonance Records".

Quotes courtesy of BounceFM, taken from "QnA: Javier Drada – DJ – New Orleans, Louisiana"

:: Javier Drada
:: Walter Jones
:: Muema Lombe
:: Pete Golibersuch