RE:SOUND | MIZUMO MUSIC | MIAMI, FLORIDA
Degenerate gambling spoon salesman by day, ass shaking, house rocking DJ by night. This is the Yin and Yang of the one they call The Sloppy 5th's. The Sloppy 5th's (aka Dave Raphael) horrible life choices seem to have no effect on his ability to stone cold kill it once he gets behind the one and two’s; all his troubles are left behind… child support payments, his glue sniffing habit and the carpel tunnel syndrome generated from scratching too many scratch tickets. Dave says his struggles forced him to become the best DJ & producer he can possibly be. Using this motivation to stay out of the Miami Dade County Correctional facility is actually serving him well as things are seriously picking up for this loveable misfit. My style is simple says Raphael… “Play tunes that get people rocking”. “It may be techno, electro or funky house, as long as it's underground and the crowd's digging it, then it's a go”... One would be hard pressed to hear tracks you've heard before, during his sets; and for good reason, he spends endless hours collecting un-tapped gems rather than settling for run of the mill commercial tunes. In a recent online interview, his now infamous quote of… "Dj's need to spend more time looking for original tracks and less time pimping out their laptop”; “the same laptop they play their pre-recorded bullshit sets on,” has become his mantra for some reason. If Dave should see someone "mixing" without headphones or playing nothing but the weeks top 10, he's been known to take off his clip on tie and beat them down with it (& then pick their pocket). Spite all the chaos in this troubled man's life his productions have really taken off, charting regularly on Beatport, trackitdown.net and other funky download sites. The world of electronic is taking notice of “The Sloppy 5ths”. With multiple mixes for Sirius XM and Itunes under his belt and a slew of releases and remixes on such labels as Mizumo, House Recordings, Peak, Re:Sound, Clubstream, Proud Sound, Cubic & Deux Minds and other junk slated for release in early 2012. So check out the music and follow the artist - it's going to be a sloppy ride, that’s for sure…

The Global After Party Radio Show 12-31-2011 HR 2 - The Sloppy 5th's by