DJ Brace

DJ Brace has had a diverse DJ career that began over 15 years ago and features many highlights as a DJ, turntablist and producer. Brace's success began with winning numerous DJ titles which culminated in becoming the 2004 DMC Canadian Champion. Recently he made a brief return to competition and won 1st in the 2013 Kid Koala 8-Bit Blues battle judged by D-Styles, RJD2 and Dan The Automator. After stepping away from DJ competitions he began work on his debut solo album, Nostomania, which went on to win a Juno award (Canadian Grammy) for Best Instrumental Album of 2009. His second solo album, Synesthasia, was nominated in 2011 for Felix award (Quebec Music Awards) in the category of Electronic album of the year. His music can also be heard on the Fox TV series Prison Break and on the Canadian TV channel CBC. Brace currently resides between both New York and Montreal where he actively composes and records in the studio working on his solo material collaborating with Soul Khan, Kabanjak and with rap group Brown Bag AllStars. He is also the official scratch DJ, and a remixer, for Ancient Astronauts of Thievery Corporation's ESL Music.

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Happy Fretless Fridays Ya'll!

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Working on an EP with all the beats I made in #China, these two have a little feature #china #inspiration (at Shangri-La, Yunnan Province, China)

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Headed to the Slipmat factory in Lijiang #turntablism #china #lijiang #oldtown (at Old Town of Lijiang)

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Mu's mansion, our fave spot yet. Still a week to go 🇨🇳🎶 #china #lijiang (at Mu's Mansion, Lijiang)

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Shouts out to everyone for tuning in and supporting my china 🇨🇳 project miss it already, def going back #china #inspiration #portablist @magma_dj_bags @skratchernet (at China)

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Getting out of our comfort zone, having chilli for breakfast #china #lijiang (at Old Town of Lijiang)

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Another one from Guilin's Shangri-La #china #guilin #shangrila 🙏🏼 (at Guilin 계림)

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Guilin's Shangri-La was so inspiring. We danced with the locals and heard their music. This place is a gem, apparently they had no wars there and peaceful living for ages #shangrila #guilin #china (at 兩江機場)

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This man's beautiful strings, draw us to him through the mountain #guilin #sevenstarpark #china #strings (at Seven Star Park)

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Today I scratched at the Seven Star Park in Guilin, China. This place was so dope! We saw monkeys, taught babies how to scratch and hung out with Buddha. Hope you guys are having as much fun watching the videos as we are making them! Full video on my youtube & facebook #guilin #djbrace #china @portablist @skratchernet @magma_dj_bags @innofader #vestax #djbrace #sevenstarspark (at Seven Star Park)

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Got a seven star recording at the seven star park #sevenstarpark #china #guilin #djbrace (at Seven Star Park)

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Seven Star Park is rad, hung out with monkeys and taught babies how to scratch. new vid drops tomorrow #guilin #china (at Seven Star Park)

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#lamatemple #beijing (at 雍和宫 Lama Temple)

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I busted out the original shit at the Temple of Heaven! @magma_dj_bags @skratchernet #china #djbrace @portablist #templeofheaven (at Temple of Heaven)

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Summer Palace was super cold, but really dope. I got some great audio of a man whistling some Chinese melodies #summerpalace #china #djbrace #beijing (at The Summer Palace.Beijing, China)

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#china #beijing (at Forbidden City)

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New video drops Saturday morning, cuttin it up at the Temple of Heaven. People were buggin out, hope you dig it too! #china @magma_dj_bags @innofader #vestax @skratchernet #djbrace @raidenfader #templeofheaven (at Temple of Heaven)