He's got breaks and breaks and breaks. No pun intended. DJ Icey braved the icy roads last Saturday night to Citywalk. Not only that, but the house was packed as well.

Coming from Orlando, Florida, break-beat DJ Icey managed to make time for the Oklahoma dance crowd. Icey took the time to converse with The Daily to reflect on the show, dance scene, and life in general.

The Daily: How was the Oklahoma City show? The roads were terrible that evening. Was the turnout okay?

Icey: "The turnout was great considering your weather, I even had some friends from Dallas drive up to City Walk that night as well, straight up I-35. They had a full main room, over 800 people and everyone seemed to be happy to be out of the house as well as your weather was crap all weekend and my flights were even on time in and out of OKC."

The Daily: What are the most memorable moments from the OKC crowd?

Icey: "This is the second time I have played the Citywalk venue and the crowd their is always up for it, great dance floor and energetic crowd all night. One of the Venue owners even did lights for me for part of the night."

The Daily: How was spinning here different from the rest of the country?

Icey: "Not really that much of a difference. If a club has decent sound and people ready to dance it's all good and OKC had that."

The Daily: Do you know a set vibe for each part of the country since you have been touring so long? For example, would you say that the Southwest may like their electronica a bit more hard house and New York might like it a bit more terrace or loft? Why do you think there is such a split in musical tastes throughout the different parts of the country?

Icey: "No I don't concern myself with that kind of stuff, I don't preprogram my set for different parts of the country; I go in and feel the crowd and vibe off them and throw down a set for the dance floor. I play breaks, all types of breaks; I don't play hard house or other styles."

The Daily: When crafting your sound what vibe do you initially try to set out? Do you try to put your personality and mood into the tracks and sets and then, try to get the crowd to conform? Or do you just play off the crowd and try to give them what they want constantly instead of trying to challenge them as music enthusiasts and dancers

Icey: "I play tunes that I want to hear and expose to the crowd, as well as tunes that will make them dance and tunes they want to hear, it is a partnership of movement on the dance floor."

The Daily: On that note how do you feel the club scene has evolved since the early nineties? Thank God I'm not seeing gigantic JNCO's and binkys anymore, and the glow sticks are at the minimum. How do you feel you contributed to the scene in the nineties and where do you want it to go?

Icey: "The scene will evolve and change and morph just like everything else in this world. The dance scene is a bit smaller worldwide but that is fine as the people that are in to it have a real love and passion for the music at the moment, so being smaller is all good."

The Daily: What type of equipment do you use to produce and mix your tracks?

Icey: "I use Pro-Tools and loads of Hard Synths."

The Daily: What are your thoughts on the war between Vinyl vs. Digital? Personally I feel that in current times, a DJ wouldn't really be able to survive without CD's to accompany the Vinyl. Not only that but, there are a lot of people out there using their laptops which are armed with 1000's of mp3s and Traktor. How would you say you fit into this war? Do you use more Vinyl, CD's, or your laptop?

Icey: "Well I travel to different venues every week so using a laptop is out of the question as the stability issue at dif venues would cause constant problems. I play half Vinyl Record, Half CDs, I like Vinyl still and enjoy playing records in addition to dropping songs on CD. It is a happy medium for me."

The Daily: Considering you spend a lot of time on the road, how do you find time to find new music? Do you go hunting for record stores in the cities you are in? Make music on your laptop while on the go?

Icey: "I shop from some of the many great online record stores as well as hitting up the indie Vinyl shops in the bigger cities that I travel too, I love to buy new tunes and constantly are in search, I also have friends who are producers from all over send me upfront tunes in advance of release."

The Daily: Who are some of your current favorites? Not just in the dance scene but as a DJ I expect that you are pretty well rounded. Who gets you going dance music wise and as well as other genres?

Icey: "I love DJ Feelgood, Gina Star, Kelly Reverb, Jen Lasher, so many great DJs, too many to list really, however I listen to everything from Taking Back Sunday to Damian Marley and all points in between."

The Daily: Where would you say is your dream residency? Or would you prefer traveling the way you currently do? Have you ever spun in Ibiza ? If so, us about this experience?

Icey: "I had a residency at The Edge in Orlando FL for 4 years after the club closed I went on the road and have stayed on the road, I enjoy playing to different crowds every week and traveling, 2 things that you have to enjoy to be on the road for as long as I have. Never have Played Ibiza, I play at the US Ibiza, it's called the Winter Music Conference, LOL."

The Daily: Throughout your career, who/whom would you say, has been the best DJ(s) you have encountered? That includes superstar DJs as well as unknowns.

Icey: "So many good DJs. The DJ that got me started DJing and was the Catalyst for me becoming a DJ was Dave Cannalte, he is the Godfather of the Dance Scene in Orlando and was hugely influential to me."
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