DJ Icey | |
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 DJ Icey. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Eddie Pappa |
| Also known as | DJ Icee, The King of the Funky Breaks, dropping the mad notes |
| Born | Orlando, Florida, United States |
| Origin | Florida |
| Genres | Electronic, breakbeat, hip hop, progressive house, trance |
| Occupation(s) | Disc jockey, Producer, Remixer |
| Instrument(s) | Turntable, Sampler |
| Website | www |
DJ Icey, (born Eddie Pappa), is an American DJ, electronic music producer, and remixer, credited by Allmusic as having helped to "jump-start the increasingly fertile dance scene in and around Orlando, FL, during the '90s."[1] E, the Incredibly Strange History of Ecstasy credits him as "the prime founder of the Funky Breaks and the Florida Breaks."[2] 1999's Rave America indicates that "the preoccupation with backbeats" characteristic of the Orlando sound was developed by DJ Icey.[3]
- ^ "DJ Icey, Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
- ^ Pilcher, Tim (2008). E, the Incredibly Strange History of Ecstasy. Running Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-7624-3184-7.
- ^ Silcott, Mireille (1999). Rave America: new school dancescapes. ECW Press. p. 127. ISBN 1-55022-383-6.