The Story of DJ Spincycle
Ryan was exposed to the club scene at the tender age of 17 learning and observing styles of other DJ’s in Edmonton. When he turned 19 Ryan took a job at a local Y.M.C.A. as a janitor cleaning floors and washing towels. While mesmerized by the dial on a washing machine, in front of which he spent many days constructing beats and mixing music in his head, he decided to call himself DJ Spincycle from the Y. In 1999, the $600 a month salary earned at the Y.M.C.A. was not enough to support the costs of an up and coming DJ trying to make a dent in the industry, so Spin talked to an old friend who was a DJ at a local nightclub and he let Spin fill in for the night. Spincycle rebelled from the disco format of the club at the time and decided that hip hop was a better choice, and that was the beginning of a blossoming career in music. Since that faithful night Spin has built up quite the roster. He has been lucky enough to DJ with, meet and promote such artists as; Coolio, Two Live Crew, Elephant Man, Foxy Brown, Yung Joc, Sean Paul, Ice Cube, De La Soul, Grand Master Flash, DJ Kool, A-Trak, DJ Dopey, Rascals, DJ Fat Box, Arrested Development, DJ Kemo, Sean Desmond, Saukrates, Jully Black, Choclair, Starting from Scratch (Toronto), Black Sheep, Dead Celebrity Status, Kid Capri, DJ Wax, Little Jazz, DJ Pump (Calgary), DJ Fin-S, DJ OB-One (Las Vegas), DJ Dig Dug (Las Vegas), Playboy’s DJ Roxanne Dawn, Dave Cox, Ryan Spalding, Damon Waynes, Bad Boy Bill and many more.
Featured on/in
Toronto Star, Edmonton Journal, CBC Television (National), A Channel / City T.V. Edmonton, Global T.V. Edmonton, Much Music Canada (Politic Live’s "Block O" Video), 88.5 FM CJSR Collage Radio Edmonton, Red Bull’s Crashed Ice (Edmonton Qualifiers City Hall), Warner Urban.com, University of Alberta “Gateway”, nightlifemagazine.ca by Amanda Ash (Montreal Based)
Accomplishments
Nominee’s List Stylus Awards Edmonton DJ of the Year 2006 Stylus Awards Edmonton DJ of the Year 2007 Stylus Awards Label Rep of the Year 2007 Warner Music Canada Stylus Awards Edmonton DJ of the Year 2008 Toyota YARIS Fan Choice DJ Awards 2008
2008 Canadian Juno Awards (Official DJ Warner Music Canada Division// Tag Team Duo wt Skratch Bastid.)
Feat: Michael Buble, Corb Lund, Blue Rodeo, Russell Peters, Jonas etc
Production / Samplers Canadian Division
The Official Notorious BIG - Greatest Hits Sampler 2006
The Bottom 40 Remix Album 2008
Buck 65 - Shutter Buggin (DJ Spincycle Feat: KeyBored Remix) 2008 Kreesha Turner - Simple (DJ Spincycle Feat: KeyBored Remix) May 2008 Danity Kane - Damaged (DJ Spincycle Feat: KeyBored Remix) June 2008
Other
2002 Edmonton's Urban Substance Sound Crew is Born 2004 Spincycle DJ Academy Opens Whoot Whoot July 2005 Art of Hip Hop. Stollis Lounge August 2005 Miss Grand Prix West Edmonton Mall 2005 Shaggy CD Release September 2005 Tony Yayo Mix CD Release Party Sept 2005 Politic Live Video Shoot August 26. 2005 City TV Edmonton, Breakfast Television feature 2005 Carl Henry Mix CD Release Party 2005 Soul Clap CD Release Mar 2006 Jet CD Release Oct 5th 2006 Cassie CD Release 91.7 FM Live Aug 5 2006 My Chemical Romance CD Release Oct 26 2006 Lil Scrappy CD Release Weekend 12/8,9 2006 Sound, Light and Video Seminar @ Rum 2006 Brian McKnight CD Release 12/10 2006 DJ OB-One & DJ Spincycle 12/15 2006 Gnarls Barkley CD Release Party 2006 Yung Joc Jam Part 1 2006 Yung Joc CD Release 2006 Paul Oakenfold CD Release 2006 Russell Peters DVD/CD Release 2006 Diddy CD Release Weekend 2007 SDA with 91.7 The Bounce and Kwame 02/25 2007 The Used CD Release Party 05/24 2007 Starting from Scratch & DJ Spincycle @ Budo Toronto 2007 On the Decks Tour Canada Toronto Whistler Saskatoon Winnipeg Edmonton 2007 Pretty Ricky CD Release Weekend 2007 The Notorious BIG CD Release Weekend 2007 Certified Radio's Car Audio Gone Wild 2007 Linkin Park "Minutes to Midnight" CD Release Party 2007 "Toyo Tires Driven to Perform Auto Show" 2007 The White Stripes - Icky Thump- CD Release Party 2007 T.I. "T.I. vs T.I.P" CD Release Party 2007 Boyz N Da Hood CD Release Party 2007 Yung Joc "Hustlenomics" CD Release Party 2007 Henry Singer Fashion Show @ Empire 2007 Craig David "Trust Me" Album Release Party 2007 Buck 65 CD release Party 10/25 2007 DJ Spincycle and Playboys DJ Roxanne Dawn 2007 DJ Spincycle & Damon Wayans 10/27 2007 Talib Kweli “Eardrum” CD Release 2007 Craig David "Trust Me" Album Release Party Nov 25 2007 Lupe Fiasco Live to Air CD Release with DJ Spincycle, DXL & Thero 88.5 FM 2007 "P.S. I LOVE YOU" SOUNDTRACK RELEASE PARTY 2007 Pizza Hut Alberta Christmas Party 2007 Rockin It with GRAND MASTER FLASH @ Empire Dec 26 2008 Cheri Dennis "In And Out Of Love" CD Release Party Mar 2 2008 DJ Spincycle @ The Plaza Club Vancouver B.C. 2008 Penthouse Exclusive VIP Industry Party Feb 17 2008 Step Up 2 The Streets Soundtrack Release Party Feb 10 2008 2008 Juno Awards "Warner Music After Party" Apr 6 2008 "Touch Ultra Lounge" along side Starting From Scratch (Toronto) Mar 20 2008 DJ Spincycle @ Double Deuce Saskatoon