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 Hailing from South
Gate, California.SKIDD/ DJ Abel AKA Abel Djay
now, was first introduced to gabber house techno music in the summer of 1993. Abel's first influences were Dyewitness,
TNT criminal mind, Bald terror, Rotterdam termination source, human resource, Speedy J,Joey Beltram Hocus pocus and many
other Dutch, German, Belgium, Italian and US producers. He was also very influenced by the early releases coming from ZYX
records, Watts music,downtown,!hype and later Rotterdam Records, Mokum, Ruffneck,Terror tracks, Knor, Master Maximum or anything
distributed by Mid Town in Holland.
1993 also brought the fascination of spinning. Starting at local house parties and some of the early
warehouse break inn parties in South Central,East L.A and Compton area better known as the "Underground Latin Scene"
from 1993 to 1997, he was then known as DJ SKIDD after his graffiti name "Skider". Abel has been in following of
the Los Angeles hardcore scene and has taken part in it's early development.
 
In 1999 Abel established his name once again with the help of DJ Menphisto,creator
of the "Free Daytime Hardcore gatherings". Finding himself quickly becoming resident to all the Hardcore gathering
events and also part of PLANETCORE.Lost fact Also in 1999 abel entered the legendary powertools dj contest. Out of nearly
300 dj's that enter that year Richard Humpty Vission
named DJAY ABEL of the top 40 dj's that year .
Thrugh out the years abel found himself playing along
side such great legendary's hardcore dj's such as Dr.z.vago, Miss flower, Hellfish, tommy knocker, Shodowland terrorists,
Akira, Evil activities, The Horrorist, Omar Santana, Ron d core, Demigod, Rob Gee, Dj Tron (R.I.P), Delta 9, Delirium and
many others great US and european hardcore dj's.
Abel also been knowed in producing small intimate hardcore partys like QUASAR in 1996, Phychosis, DISTORTION 1&2,ULTRABASS and EAR DAMAGE 1&2
a new series of daytime events. To all the way making memorable dj apperances at LAW & DISORDER
1,2,4. Headstrong 4, Nocturnal Wonderland 2004 and many other raves from 1995 -2010. Great memories!!
 
Now 2010 moving on to conquer the world of uplifting melodic Hardstyle with his unique
style of mixing, record selection and programing, he has his mind focused on making DJ'ing his one and only profession.
In the future he also plans to start working on original tracks of his own and collaborating with many other producers, always
inspired by Punk rock, Metal, hip hop,electro,house,Drum & bass,dubstep, techno and now Hardstyle. always keeping an open
mind towards music.
 
Special shout to all the recent hardstyle record labels that abel has been influnced by, scanntraxx,fusion,dirty works,dj's
united,midify,torque beats,killer traxx,titanic and many others. the journey has begun. 100% vynil mixing,check back in 2010.
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| at club glam with cherish and friend. |
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| Crowd surfering @ Headstrong 4 |
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| abeldjay,drehectik,omar santana,inyoung & mc lucifer back in 2001 |
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| Abel djay & Omar santana 2002 |
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| old skool Dr sisko and abel djay |
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| abel djay & Dj kookane at Vibeflow studios |
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| Almighty R.A.W and Abel djay |
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| abeldjay , capt rave and mike hemp |
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| abeldjay & Used & Abused,and nicole |
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Influences & Musical taste
In no especific order and other genres
of music i like include Frankie bones, Joey beltram, Adam beyer, Commander Tom, George acosta, Donald Glaude. legendarys dj's
of course like grand grand master flash, master dst, dj steve dee, Q-bert, Apollo, Mix master mike, X-cutioners, roc raida,
The beat junkies, dj babu, The allies, Scratch perverts, dj z-trip,dj swamp,dj craze, and many other dj's. I cant forget
about my comercial & underground hip hop artists like of course Tu-pac, Biggie smalls, The Game, Snoop dogg & the
dogpound, daz ,corrupt, all the members of Wu-tang clan, Cypress Hill, Phycho realm, Gangstar, Krs-one, T.I, young jeezy,
jim jones, The streets, Eminem. I also like bands like System of a Down, Pennywise, Korn, Rage against the Machine, Slipknot,
Sublime, Blink 182, The transplants, The killers, The bravery, shinny toy guns, she wants revenge, the yeah yeah yeahs, bloc
party, the presets, The used, The Prodigy, Cristal method, Moby. And Guess what? big ups to the Drum & bass dj's and
producers like Dieselboy, Dj Craze, from the UK Ed Rush & Optical, Dillinja, Bad company, Tech itch, Goldie, Adam f &
J Majic, Roni Size, Andy C, John b, DJ Zany, technoboy, psyko punks, wildstylz & headhunters,scope dj, brainkicker, bass
modulators, brennan heart, hyper drive, andy zeta, noise controllers, sylenth& glitch, lady tom. others included DJ Paul
elstak, Dj Ruffneck, Neophyte, Dj Promo, Catscan, Rotterdam Terror Corps, Rotterdam termination source, Dyewitness (Dj misjah),
Human resource, Outblast, Dj Zany & Vince, Dj kristof, Noize Supressor (dj bike), Marc acardipane (ace of spades), Miro,
The Bulldozer Project, Speedfreak, Scott brown, Bass D & King mathew, Dj issac, The viper, Nosferatu, The predator, Digital
boy, Dr.Macabre, Dr zVago, Kenny Kramp, The crossbones label, Charlie Lownoise & Mental theo, Speedy J, Lenny Dee, The
horrist aka oliver chesler, Omar Santana, Dj Tron, Delta 9, Rob gee. I also gotta give props to the 90's L.A rave scene
foe shoe! lol dj's like Ron d. core, Dr sisko, Demigod, R.A.W, Menphisto, Hipnotik 23, Koo-kane, Theo-o, Doc martin, Dj
trance, Fester & Oscar da grouch, Christopher lawrance, Simply Jeff, DJ Dan, Dj daniel, Thomas michael, Sandra collins,
Eli star, Paulina taylor, Curious,Herectic,Bad boy bill, Richard Humpty Vission Mark v & poogie bear, Tony B,dj irene,dj
nemesis, so many others i forget.
I like all kinds of music and bands from the 60's, 70's, 80's
and 90's. It really depends whos around me, I LIKE IT ALL!
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