Basement DJ Bios


Name: The Doctor, AKA Mr. Dr., DJ Joel, Ignacious Esquire III
Time Slot: Mondays 9pm - 11pm, and I often host "Best of the Basement" Tuesdays 5pm - 6pm
Major: English: Literature, Language, and Culture
Minor: Mahjong
Years at KUMD/The Basement: Two Years
Personal Music Interest: Krautrock, Industrial, Industrial Kraut, Post-Punk, Pre-Punk, Country Teasers, Joy Division, Dead Kennedys, Seefeel, Portishead, and hundreds more artists/genres/ideas.
Favorite Album:
The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails






Name: DJ Swanbomb, Mummy-Legz or Andy
Time Slot: Every other Thursday from 9-11pm
Major: Undeclared
Years with KUMD/The Basement: 1st year
Types of Music Played: I dig a lot of "folk" inspired music. So I basically play whatever I am into at the time, whatever that may be.
Personal Music Interest: Punk, Bubblegum Punk, Grindcore, Rock and Roll. A lot more music, as long as its rad.
Favorite Album: Digital Ash in a Digital Urn By: Bright Eyes






Name:
Liz
Time Slot:
Tuesdays 9pm - 11pm
Major:
English (Liberal Arts)
Years at KUMD/The Basement:
One magical year.
Personal Music Interests:
David Bowie, The Pixies, David Byrne,  Roy Orbison...and so much more. I just dig music.
Favorite Album:
Here Lies Love by David Byrne & Fatboy Slim,
and Doolittle by the Pixies.  I also really dig all Lou Reed, You can never have too much Sweet Jane in your life.








Basement DJ ErikName:
Erik
Time Slot: Thursdays 11pm - 1am
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Minor: Math
Years at KUMD/The Basement: This is my first year.
Personal Music Interests: I listen to many different genres and artists. A few artists I've really been digging lately are Arcade Fire, Pomegranates, Jay Electronica, Big Boi, The Black Keys, The National, Girl Talk, Explosions in the Sky, and Reflection Eternal.
Favorite Album: Tough question...one album does not suffice here.  A few favorites albums include OK Computer by Radiohead, DonutsATLiens by Outkast, How I Got Over by The Roots, The World is not a Cold Dead Place by Explosions in the Sky, and Colors by Between the Buried and Me. by J Dilla.







Name: Crafty Ellen, and sometimes Gangsta Snax
Time Slot: Every other Thursday from 9-11pm
Major: Anthropology
Years with KUMD/The Basement: This is my 2nd year
Types of Music Played: I like to play Funky, Grungy, Hippity Hoppity, Punky, Groovy, and Rockin tracks.
Personal Music Interest: I like to listen to 90s music, funk, rap, punky-metal rock stuff, and sometimes ska.
Favorite Album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik By: The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Description: I am a dazzling seductress of the air waves. Like a siren, I lure listeners to KUMD and deliver the choicest morsels of brand new college and indie music. My compadre, DJ Swanbomb, and I mak e it our business to keep it real and do your ears right on Thursday nights.






Name: Sam
Time Slot: Mondays from 11:00pm-1:00am
Major: Marketing
Minor: Communications
Years with KUMD/The Basement: This is my second year with the station, but my first year on air.
Types of Music Played: I like to play a large variety of music, everything from Folk, and Punk to Hip-Hop, and everything in between, except country.
Personal Music Interest: I Like the music I play to have a large variety of genres. However The Pixies, Bob Dylan, Atmosphere, Grieves, Black Keys, Blakroc, Dessa, and The Strokes are usually in my personal rotation of music.
                                              Favorite Album: My top three albums as of today are Good News for People Who Love Bad News By:                                                   Modest Mouse, You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having By: Atmosphere, and Blonde on Blonde By:   
                                              Bob Dylan
                                              Description:
My set will usually consist of a lot of new music, as well as older tracks that have stood the test                                                 of time. While I like to play a bit of everything, I try and flow to the order. Tune in to find out what I mean!






Name: Hannah
Time Slot: Wednesdays 1am - 3am
Major: Psychology
Minor: Women's Studies
Years with KUMD/The Basement: This is my first year
Types of Music Played: I keep it fresh playing the newest indie and hip hop jams
Personal Music Interests: I usually listen to underground hip hop or alternative- y folkish rock/indie music. I really like music with poetic lyrics.
Favorite Album:
Description:
I try to be fun and upbeat to get people in the mood to listen to some awesome music! I like to play music that is relatable.






Name:
Slick Rick
Time Slot: Fridays 9pm - 11pm otherwise known as "Finding the Groove"
Major: Communications
Minor: Arts in the Media
Years at KUMD/The Basement: This is my second year
Types of Music Played: I like to play a lot of early Progressive Rock, like Gentle Giant and Pink Flooyed, as well as Psychedelic, Jam, Folk, and Funk.
Favorite Album: Rum, Sodomy, & the Lash By: The Pogues; Hot Rats By: Frank Zappa and The White                                                         Album By: The Beatles
                                              Description:
My on air personality fits the music fairly well, a little spacey but full of soul. I tell the truth and      
                                              stick to the music. I don't like limiting myself to one genre so I branch out as much as possible. I                                                 experiment with blending different genres together and try to make the show flow with harmony. Listen to                                                 the show to figure out what I mean.







Name:
Jordan aka J. Peach
Time Slot: Fresh Produce, Fridays 12am - 2am
Major: Communications and German
Years at KUMD/The Basement: Two Years
Type of Music Played: I focus on electronic dance music for my show but I've been known to dabble with anything with a good melody or rhythm.
Personal Music Interests: Trance, House, lots of chill stuff and also KUMD!
Favorite Album: That's a toughie...there are too many but a couple food ones and Led Zeppelin II and Discovery by Daft Punk.







Name:
Sheamus
Time Slot: Two Hours of Brutality, Sundays 11pm - 1am
Major: Anthropology
Years at KUMD/The Basement: I am currently starting my second year.
Types of Music Played: I play metal exclusively; my style tends to be more towards the metalcore and deathcore side of metal.
Personal Music Interests: I listen to a lot of genres in my free time. A lot of metal but I also am enjoying the Mars Volta as of late.
Favorite Album: My favorite album is probably De loused in the Comatorium by the Mars Volta.