Biography
DJ Me DJ You emerged from Los Angeles, the city nicknamed La La Land, where the duo pulls production elements from an eclectic array of unconventional sources. The project consists of Los Angeles-based artists Ross Harris and Craig Borell, who have worked in the studio alongside the Dust Brothers, Green Day's Jerry Fin, and Beck. Drawing on samples lifted from Indian B-movies, vintage Italian opera, and instructional recordings, the pair applies its cut-and-paste creative approach to shape tracks. Outside of this project, Harris and Borell function as multimedia artists and constitute half of Sukia, the act signed to the Dust Brothers' imprint Ideal, previously called Nickel Bag.
Prior to launching DJ Me DJ You, Borell and Harris collaborated with Sasha Fuentes and Grace Monks in the space rock outfit Sukia. That band provided an effective bridge into production work, giving the pair direct studio time alongside the Dust Brothers, whose credits include Beastie Boys, Beck, the Rolling Stones, and Marilyn Manson. Through Sukia, Craig and Ross also released material on Ideal as well as the U.K. label MoWax. Sukia's off-kilter character is evident in the title of its debut album, Contacto Espacial Con El Tercer Sexo (Space Contact With the Third Sex), drawn from a Mexican comic about a lesbian vampire and her companion Gary Supermacho.
Harris and Borell left Sukia to operate as DJ Me DJ You, issuing their initial EP, Simplerockmachine, in 1999. The eight-track release incorporates samples from hip-hop, Indian film scores, and B-movies acquired during the duo's thrift-store excursions. Their first full-length, Rainbows and Robots, appeared in 2000 on Emperor Norton Records. Borell and Harris revisited the same sample wells as before but explored them more deeply, while also enlisting live musicians on drums, sitar, and vintage keyboards the two have gathered. Beyond their own recordings, DJ Me DJ You has produced tracks for Takako Minekawa, Grand Royal Record's Titans, Beth Orton, Beck, and the Fantastic Plastic Machine.
Separately, Borell and Harris remain active in the Los Angeles art and music communities. Harris assembled The Best of Bruce Haack and Dimension 5 for Emperor Norton and created a tribute album to the electronic pioneer Haack that supports children with autism; he additionally appeared in and co-starred in the fictional film The Recycler through Propaganda Films. Craig Borell works as a graphic designer and contributes to the Ideal record label.
Prior to launching DJ Me DJ You, Borell and Harris collaborated with Sasha Fuentes and Grace Monks in the space rock outfit Sukia. That band provided an effective bridge into production work, giving the pair direct studio time alongside the Dust Brothers, whose credits include Beastie Boys, Beck, the Rolling Stones, and Marilyn Manson. Through Sukia, Craig and Ross also released material on Ideal as well as the U.K. label MoWax. Sukia's off-kilter character is evident in the title of its debut album, Contacto Espacial Con El Tercer Sexo (Space Contact With the Third Sex), drawn from a Mexican comic about a lesbian vampire and her companion Gary Supermacho.
Harris and Borell left Sukia to operate as DJ Me DJ You, issuing their initial EP, Simplerockmachine, in 1999. The eight-track release incorporates samples from hip-hop, Indian film scores, and B-movies acquired during the duo's thrift-store excursions. Their first full-length, Rainbows and Robots, appeared in 2000 on Emperor Norton Records. Borell and Harris revisited the same sample wells as before but explored them more deeply, while also enlisting live musicians on drums, sitar, and vintage keyboards the two have gathered. Beyond their own recordings, DJ Me DJ You has produced tracks for Takako Minekawa, Grand Royal Record's Titans, Beth Orton, Beck, and the Fantastic Plastic Machine.
Separately, Borell and Harris remain active in the Los Angeles art and music communities. Harris assembled The Best of Bruce Haack and Dimension 5 for Emperor Norton and created a tribute album to the electronic pioneer Haack that supports children with autism; he additionally appeared in and co-starred in the fictional film The Recycler through Propaganda Films. Craig Borell works as a graphic designer and contributes to the Ideal record label.
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