Ming (DJ)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Aaron Albano |
| Born | January 1, 1972 |
| Origin | Stony Brook, New York, United States |
| Genres | House, progressive house, tech house, dubstep, moombahton, breaks, hip hop, pop, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Disc jockey, record producer, songwriter |
| Instruments | synthesizer, drum machine, music sequencer, personal computer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Om Records, Dim Mak Records, Spun Records, PBR Recordings, Big Alliance Records, Straight Up!, Peak Hour Music, Nervous Records, Hood Famous Music, Firepower Records, Ultra Records, Mau5trap |
| Associated acts | Jumpshot, Abstract The Ism, Kaskade, Steve Aoki, Datsik, Monolythe, Ricky Vaughn, Mister Black, U’moon |
| Website | www |
Aaron Albano (born January 1, 1972), better known by his stage name Ming (stylized as MING), is a Grammy Nominated American record producer, song writer and DJ. MING rose to prominence during the American drum and bass and turntablist movements in the late 1990s alongside DJs such as Z-Trip, DJ Spooky, The Beat Junkies, J-Boogie and DJ Craze.
MING was born in Syosset, New York January 1, 1972. He grew up in Stony Brook, New York and attended Ward Melville High School. He attended University of Miami where He graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in audio.
MING was one half of the experimental hip-hop and turntablist duo Ming + FS (Founded in 1996). The duo used breakbeats as the foundation for most of their work, but were best known for eschewing musical boundaries, freely incorporating elements of house, electro and drum and bass into their music. They dubbed this smashed-up style “junkyard”, a moniker that got picked up in dance music press, and on their own releases (like 1998’s “Junkyard Drum ‘n’ Bass”). Over the course of a decade, Ming + FS performed over 1,000 live shows in the United States and abroad. The pair released three albums on San Francisco based Om Records(:Hell's Kitchen,The Human Condition and Subway Series. Ming + FS also released a five song EP Applied Pressure on Sound Gizmo Records and a fourth album on NYC based Spun Records entitled Back to One, as well as many singles on their own Madhattan Studios label. In 2003, MING co-wrote five songs on Toby Lightman's debut record Little Things on Lava Records a subsidiary of Atlantic Records.
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