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Brian Boncher

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The true hallmark of a successful person in the music industry is one who has worn all of the hats. DJ, Producer, record store owner, label owner, promoter and teacher, there's no aspect of the business that Brian Boncher hasn't touched. From the time he won Chicago 92.7's "In the Mix" DJ competition and landed a weekly spot at the age of 16, his momentum never stopped. A year later in '97 he was a music buyer for one of Chicago's best known vinyl shops, SuperDance Records, where he eventually became the owner. Taking on production at the same time, he immediately gained notoriety and landed a deal with Strictly Hype Recordings. In 2001 he beat out thousands of entries in a remix competition for DJ Sasha's Kinetic records and placed in the top 10. He has gone on to produce chart topping music such as 'Ritmo Celoso' that was #1 on Traxsource's Afro/Latin/Brazilian charts for over 6 months, released 'Everybody's Dancing' on the iconic Guesthouse label, and 30 more releases since 2016 on labels such as Moody Recordings, Whitebeard, Moodfunk and S&S Records. Brian has is constantly showcasing his prowess on the decks, playing clubs and events such as Smartbar, Spy Bar, Soundbar, Primary, Annex, House of Sol and Even Furthur. Brian has also partnered up with other industry heavyweights such as Martin EZ, forming the TRU Musica record label, clothing line and event agency. He is also half of the artist collaboration with Rees Urban known as RUBB Sound System, which has been steady gaining worldwide recognition with their nonstop trajectory of music production. They have remixed for artists such as Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle, Lil Louis, Marshall Jefferson, CeCe Peniston and Colette. Brian also believes in giving back, and much of his time is spent teaching various DJing and music production classes at IV ThinkLab as well as guest lecturing at Universities.

Alex Peace

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DJ, producer, emcee, radio personality - no matter how you refer to Alex Peace, it's fair to say that this Chicago mainstay is as much a part of the city's illustrious house history as he is in reshaping its changing future. His resume now boasts vocal appearances on hits like "Bringin' The Funk" to "TRU Skool". Referred to as leader of the Chicago hard house movement, Alex's career beginnings were impressive by any standard. Working with legendary Chicago label Underground Construction, Alex not only created a number of defining hard house records including #1 single with Donna Blakely, "Take Me Up", but was also named Producer Of The Year both in 1997 and 1998. Those days were the groundwork for what has become a vast catalog of solo and collaboration work with some of the most prestigious names in house music, such as CZR, Hatiras, DJ Bam Bam and Bad Boy Bill. While this multi-dimensionality has continually defined Alex, it's what's stayed the same that makes him a true original. A passion for house lead him to not only help define a genre, but stay at its forefront by constantly drawing from the rich resulting culture - and reinventing it. "My influence has always been the dance culture of Chicago," says Alex, "I'll always be a club kid at heart." Alex now owns & operates Tru Musica with partner Brian Boncher.