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RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
292	601	Techno	Los Angeles, US

DJ Rin has done a lot of living in his 29 years. Born Ryan Egner in East Lansing, Michigan, he was raised by a self-described hippie mom. The family moved to Ohio before migrating to the pastoral town of Fairfield, Iowa. There, young Rin was raised within an extended family of music junkies that had huge collections of vinyl records. As Rin came of age in the early 90s, so too did the Midwest rave scene. Rin started hearing mix tapes that trickled down from some of the top DJs on the party circuit. He began studying the origins of house music, digging through bins at dance-oriented record stores and

collecting more tapes from his favorite DJs. Some of his early influences were Chicago DJs Glenn Underground, DJ Funk, and K Alexi, as well as Detroits Second Generation of techno artists, including Richie Hawtin. By 1995, Rin and some like-minded friends in Fairfield began throwing their own parties. Thus, DJ Rin was born. He purchased his first pair of turntables and set them up in his basement. As his skills developed, he started playing club nights at local bars and anywhere they would tolerate house music. Over the

next few years, DJ Rin would bounce around the country. Finally, in 1998, Rin landed in Los Angeles, California, and eventually made his way up to the Bay area, where he attended the Community College of San Francisco, studying broadcasting and radio production. Rins musical tastes were now moving in a decidedly techno direction, with influences from Detroit and German labels.

In 1999, Rin made a huge move to Australia where he enrolled in the School of Audio Engineering in Sydney. He also landed DJ gigs in the vibrant club scenes of Sydney and Perth. He graduated from SAE in 2000 and was inspired to head home to the States and begin a production career. When Rin returned to Los Angeles in 2000, he found work in post production, mostly for the film and TV industries. However, by 2002, with the music industry in turmoil and

work scarce, Rin decided to follow his heart and move to Chicago, but, after living in the sunshine and heat of Australia and California, Rin could no longer bear the brutal Midwest winters and returned to LA in 2003, this time for good. In Los Angeles, DJ Rin formed a production team with his brother, Miles, and their childhood friend Jeff Harris (aka Hydrogen). The trio christened themselves Chemistry and Rin added The Chemist to his nom de guerre.

The group produced several original tracks, pressing up limited edition white labels of Critical Minded and California Kilaz. Rin soon got bookings at famed San Francisco clubs like The End Up and The Top, and the massive Love Parade festival. He also played monthly events at LAs venerable Circus nightclub, and held down residencies at hip Hollywood hotspots like Geisha House, Dolce, and Le Deux.

During an inspired trip to Ibiza, Spain, Rin witnessed the current phenomenon of minimal techno, a Detroit-influenced sub genre that he had loved for years.

Upon returning home, he and Chemistry hit the studio and cooked up Molecule 1 and Molecule 2 for Rins new label, Jook Music, owned and operated by DJ Tatiana. Both tracks have sold impressive numbers at digital retailers like Beatport and Juno without any promotion.

So, what does the future have in store for DJ Rin, The Chemist? More

Chemistry releases, focusing on minimal techno tracks. DJ Rin will be touring for AQUACabana Magazine in Las Vegas this summer, and will also be heading to Ibiza, Spain. London, Germany and Holland