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Justin Huang Ford (aka dj_navi)

Navi is Justin Huang Ford, who first emulated the amen break using a combination of the base of his hand and his thumb on his grade 5 homeroom desk. He went on to become a Kiwanis award winning Suzuki Method piano player, and a rhythm guitar player in a plethora of self created bands throughout high-school.

He returned to the breakbeat while completing his Bachelors of Architecture at Carleton University. This time utilizing a friends pair of Gemini’s that were a real crapper to keep in pitch, a similarly junky Gemini mixer, and some filthy drum and bass/jungle plates.

Now living in Santiago Chile, he has refined his djing skills while rocking out anything that has intricate drums, rude bwoy bass, and rides atop dense layers of atmospherics.

In 2005 he started [spatial breakbeat research] which mixes a wide range of mediums (architecture, fiction, poetry, music, graphics, animation, web design, illustrative art) to create an immersive environment that adds texture and depth to urban investigations.

navi@spatialbreakbeatresearch.com