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RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
6036	21	Techno House	San Francisco, US

Jaime James' foray into the DJ scene began during the mid-80s in Northern California. Though he was affiliated with various DJ crews, including Ladda Sounds, it wasn't until his younger brother brought home a pair of rickety belt-drive Technics and a beat-up 2-channel mixer that things truly began. Back then, his vinyl record purchasing habit leaned heavily into hip hop.

Things gained momentum after the unfortunate passing of the DJ and owner of Divine Styles Productions; Jaime and his brother subsequently assumed ownership and continued to DJ, also providing sound and lighting reinforcement. Their many gigs in the '90s encompassed weddings, debutante balls, school proms, collegiate events, gigs at nightclubs 111 Minna, Club X, Il Pirata, and DJ/Production showcases, most notably the '92 Battle of the Bay-DJ?s Extravaganza.

After a nearly ten-year hiatus and with mobile DJing far behind him, Jaime returned to the scene in the Spring of 2005, with a calling to dance music. He DJ's under his birth name, Jaime James, and occasionally under the alias Gaijin. Jaime's mixing style blends minimal, techno, tech-house, and other dance genres he feels will move the crowd.

Since his return, Jaime has DJ'd numerous underground events and clubs around the San Francisco Bay Area. Venues include 1015, 222 Club, Anu Bar, Shine, Supperclub, Wish, and monthly residencies at the legendary Endup. He has also DJ'd at events sponsored by the clothing stores Club Monaco, Nike, the national fitness center chain 24 Hour Fitness, Jane Magazine, and the 2007 San Francisco Fashion Week. In addition to an endorsement from Monster Cable Products (USA), he's performed during the 2007 Winter Music Conference (Miami) and the 2008 Viva La Electronica-World Club Tour (Europe).

Jaime's DJ mixes have been broadcasted internationally on Borgradio.de -M2M (Germany), Danceradio.gr (Greece), Live365.com -Spectrum (UK) and Radio 3 -RNE (Spain) while holding a monthly residency with Cybrix.de (Germany). With the attention garnered by his radio spots, Jaime's DJ sets have been showcased from the likes of Deephousenetwork.com (Ireland), Drom.sk (Slovakia), Kostenlos.de (Germany), Livesets.com (Netherlands), Radarr.kiev.ua (Ukraine), Schranz.nnm.ru (Russia) and Stinkybeats.com (USA).