DISTRIKT of Columbia

Standing at the forefront of the ever-growing West-coast house & techno movement in the US is Ben Seagren ??? DJ, Producer, and visionary contributor within the Burning Man community.

Ben is best known for his dual roles as co-founder and resident DJ of DISTRIKT recognized as the staple party experience of the Burn for its reputable artist roster, beautifully positive crowd experience and definitive, cutting edge sound. Playing host and DJ to well over 30,000 guests every year during one magical week in the desert, it comes as no surprise that Ben and his DISTRIKT moniker continue to entertain thousands of fans and followers with weekly podcasts on Soundcloud and Pod-o-Matic.

Dominating San Francisco???s house & techno scene for over a decade with long-term residencies at both award-winning Ruby Skye (2003-2009) and legendary End-Up (2004-Present), Seagren???s impeccable taste and undeniable talent earned him the respect of even the most discriminating of techno aficionados- fans and peers alike. With a passion for connecting like minded souls on the dance floor and the continued support from a loyal fan base, Ben is propelling himself to new heights as one of the sonic architects behind tech-house???s most recent redesign.

While traveling constantly between Los Angeles and San Francisco, Ben still leads the charge in SF with a residency at the End-Up, regular events at Public Works, Mighty and Audio. He is also constantly organizing DISTRIKT events and performing over 100 gigs per year in clubs and festivals across the US and Mexico. Ben has been a guest performer at the BPM festival in Playa del Carmen since 2012, headlined both LA and SF Decompression, and is a frequent guest at Frenzy After-hours at Bardot/Avalon Hollywood, and has held court at Ayslum After-hours in Honolulu, uHall in DC, Pacha NY and Nikki Beach Cabo San Lucas, to name a few.

His most recent Beatport release, ???Calling Me??? on acclaimed Spanish label BeatFreak Recordings, (a massive big room techno banger) currently climbing the Beatport Top 100 techno chart, and is destroying dance floors internationally with support from contemporaries Victor Calderone, Carlo Lio, The Junkies, D-Formation, Peter Bailey and co-collaborator Richie Santana.


With a career spanning over fifteen years, Kramer is one of the most respected Tech House DJs to come out of San Francisco. With a sound, style and energy all his own, Kramer can move a dance floor like no one else.

Kramer is one of the co-founders of DISTRIKT, the largest daytime sound camp at the yearly Burning Man festival. Hosting over 3,000 people every day on it???s dance floor, DISTRIKT has became legendary. Kramer???s annual Saturday closing party set at DISTRIKT has become one of the biggest and most popular parties at Burning Man.

Kramer is also one half of the production team Methodrone. Their highly regarded debut albums "Nonlinear Reality" (Looq Records 2010) and "Where is the New World?" (Looq 2011) have been compared to classic ground breaking productions by Charlie May & Sasha, Voyager and Breeder. Their music has caught the ear of Hollywood, with tracks featured in the number one rated show CSI: New York and the racing game WRC FIA World Rally Championship. Notable remixes by Methodrone include the Jondi & Spesh classic "We Are Connected" and well as MoMu???s "Space Pimp." Their third full-length album "Spacial Recognition" was released on Looq Records in February 2013. On his own, Kramer also has dance floor singles on Sequential Sounds, Pop+Lock, Transition Records, Helvetica Noir, Lo-Rise Recordings and Knob Records.


Paul Geddes has provided his eclectic, energetic, and soulful sound to parties, festivals, and events for the better part of a decade. As a founding member and Resident with the San Francisco based DISTRIKT, he, along with an amazing group of cohorts, has been bringing joy, excitement, and compulsive beats to audiences from east coast to west, and on multiple continents.

With a large musical catalogue from which to draw, Paul feels at home in any style of party. From deep to electro house, DJ Geddes draws on eclectic and world sounds that highlight harmonic and melodic complexity, while at the same time bringing torso rattling beats conducive to listeners losing themselves inside the music. Music, especially delivered in this electronic form has the power to transport the listener and performer alike, and it's Paul's intent in every set to strive to evoke excitement and transcendent happiness from everyone in the room.

Paul lives in DC, but travels and plays extensively throughout the world, and is always on the hunt for new and exciting combinations of sounds to transport his audiences to a heightened level of enjoyment that is best experienced live and in person.


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Marko Peli started out as a Battle style DJ at the age of 14, His early love for house music which was greatly inspired by his summers in greece and the Yoshitoshi record shop in Georgetown quickly shifted his attention to becoming a House music DJ. Marko First started playing professionally in San Francisco in 2009 as godBrother. In 2010 He Started spinning as "Marko Peli" launched by a few good friends with a stage at a west coast festival. Marko is now based out of his home town of Washington DC. He has gotten the chance to play in clubs from LA, SF, NYC, Philly, to DC. His affiliations are with PEX (Philly) and Nomad (DC).


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