Danny Robledo, better known as Hypno5ive or Hypno5 is an alternative music DJ, artist, promoter, designer and publisher of a music website of the same name that offers news and reviews focusing on industrial, ebm, darkwave, gothic, post-punk and alternative genres.

Background

Hypno5ive has produced extensive promotional work for radio, video and club appearances including concert support for

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, Vomito Negro, and local Miami industrial music bands Vociferous Mutes and Another Nation, which helped develop alternative music popularity in the region as well as draw national and international attention to the underground music environment in

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. In addition to being a frequent contributor to many alternative press publications, he wrote and published his own alternative music reviews, including the music publication ''220 Volts'' while living in

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. In 1990, Hypno5ive founded the historic Edge in Kendall, Florida and helped give rise to the fledgling South Beach dance club scene of the time while promoting EBM and industrial music. Club work since the late 1980s has included: Club 1235, Club Nu's Backdoor, Church, Kitchen Club, Club Beirut, Jonestown, Cameo, Red Room, Another World, Hell's Kitchen, Institute, Noise Unit, Right Wing, The Catacombs at Power Studios, Thrashcan, DarkWave Club, Edge, and Marsbar. Additional work included promotional studio remixes of Front 242 hits for Miami distributors as well as conceptual artwork on various alternative and industrial band albums. In the mid 1990s, one of Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids' first self made promo tapes was discovered among his collection. This find was disputed by some fans as never existing. After an extensive debate by members of the web community and fans the '' Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat'' was sold to a collector in Japan. Today Hypno5ive resides in NYC and besides the web publication, he works in web development and continues to DJ. Hypno5ive creates the ''

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'' Mixcloud music collections featuring new and classic alternative, darkwave, ebm, electronic, goth, industrial, post-punk, and synth tracks.

Early years

Nice & Nasty / Double Duce

The first exposure to being a DJ was in the late 1970s and early 1980s spinning Punk Rock and New Wave records as a mobile DJ for parties. Part of the inspiration to become a DJ came from listening to the University of Miami's

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90.5 FM radio station. Drawn to new styles of music, including early Hip Hop, Hypno5ive worked under the name Nice & Nasty during the early to mid 1980s. Working first as part of a duo with another DJ from New York and then on his own playing a role in a different styles of emerging music, Nice & Nasty became part of the Miami hip-hop / electro /

Miami Bass Miami bass (also known as booty music or booty bass) is a subgenre of hip hop music that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The use of drums from the Roland TR-808, sustained kick drum, heavy bass, raised dance tempos, and frequently sexual ...

movement. During the developmental years of hip-hop and bass in Miami, Nice & Nasty played at numerous events including jams at local parks, Video Powerhouse, Dade County Youth Fair, Calle Ocho festival, live mixes on air, and brought DJ battles and hip-hop shows to Key West, Florida showcasing local South Florida talent such as DJ Laz, MC Mighty Rock, MC Flex, and Beatmaster Clay-D.Moon, Tom (July 16, 1987). ''As Midnight Horns prove, dance bands alive and well.'' The Miami Herald. Nice & Nasty was a performing member DJ of the group Double Duce on stage with MC Mighty Rock at concerts and recorded scratching effects at

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's (of

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fame) studio in Miami for Amos Larkins production of Double Duce's ''School Breakdown'' and later on ''Fresh Out the Box'' today considered among the early titles categorized as Proto-Bass contributing to the development of

sound.Unterberger, Richie (1999). '' Music USA: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides.'' pp. 144–145. . Working with

, Paul Klein, and Larry Davis (

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) at Hot Productions record company in Miami, he continued marketing and promoting all of the studio's releases and acts including

Gucci Crew II The Gucci Crew II was a Miami bass group popular between 1986 and 1994. The group was made up of MC V and TFS (aka 240 Shorty), along with Disco Rick, who was their DJ early on. Debut single: "Gucci Bass" Their first song, "Gucci Bass", was ins ...

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, Bose, and comedy rap duo 2 Live Jews. Nice & Nasty's major exposure as a DJ occurred at Miami's Skylight Express alongside Mohamed Moretta and then independently on weekly radio broadcasts live from the club at the height of the

Miami bass Miami bass (also known as booty music or booty bass) is a subgenre of hip hop music that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The use of drums from the Roland TR-808, sustained kick drum, heavy bass, raised dance tempos, and frequently sexual ...

popularity in the mid 1980s.

Discography

Singles: * 1985: School Breakdown (from DD-1004 12" Single) Double Duce Records * 1987: Fresh Out The Box (from HAL-1224 12" Single) Boomtown Records Compilations: * 1987: Fresh Out The Box (on HTCD 3302-2, Jam On Bass Vol. 1) Hot Productions * 2011: Miami Bass Throwdown (8 94231 18982 1) Essential Media Group Mixtapes: * 1987: Double Duce Live At The Crib * 1987: Kraftwerk à la Nasty Productions as ''Hypno5ive'': * 2006: Cult-like * 2006: Better Killer

References

# “Hypno5ive.” Discogs, https://www.discogs.com/artist/3984844-Hypno5ive. # Potash, Chris (December 29, 1988). ''The local music scene in 1988: A to Z.'' The Miami News. # Faiola, Anthony (July 12, 1990). ''Kendall Nightclub on the Cutting Edge.'' The Miami Herald. # Potts, Jackie (July 14, 1995). ''Revenge of the '80s, We Got the Beat.'' The Miami Herald. # Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat,

Marilyn Manson (band) Marilyn Manson is an American rock band formed by namesake lead singer Marilyn Manson and guitarist Daisy Berkowitz in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1989. Originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids, they gained a local cult following in ...

. # Marilyn Manson, Neil Strauss (1998). ''Marilyn Manson: the Long Hard Road Out of Hell'', Plexus Publishing. # ''Mixcloud'', https://www.mixcloud.com/hypno5ive/. # Cummings, Valerie. (February 22, 1984). ''Break Your Booty''. The Miami Herald. # Thorton, Linda R. (December 14, 1984). ''Club Scene Gives Teens Everything But Booze.'' The Miami Herald. # Moon, Tom (July 16, 1987). ''As Midnight Horns prove, dance bands alive and well.'' The Miami Herald. # Gonzalez, Fernando (July 23, 1995). ''Father of 'Miami sound' keeps on plugging away.'' Corpus Christi Caller-Times. # Papawheelie (August 1, 2005).
Miami Bass: The Primer
'. Stylus. # Papawheelie (July 12, 2006).
The Real History of the Miami Bass Sound!!!.
' 305HipHop.com. # Unterberger, Richie (1999). '' Music USA: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides.'' pp. 144–145. {{ISBN, 1-85828-421-X.

External links

Official WebsiteHypno5ive on DiscogsHypno5ive on Mixcloud
Living people American DJs Music of Florida 1965 births