DJ CIDE'S MYSPACE PROFILE

Seattle DJ Cide (David Hatch) spins reggae at the Callaloo Carribean Kitchen a few times a month.

"(Bellingham) is a great town to play for. Nice, cute girls and a very open and young crowd,” Hatch said. "It’s a great change from the club scene in Seattle. I have the freedom to get more creative up here and look forward to more shows."

Hatch was born in Hastings, Neb., and moved to Bainbridge Island when he was a kid. His best friend, Brian Betz, bought a 19-inch rack-mounted mixer with a sampler and one turntable when he was 14-years old.

"We would spend hours sampling beats and then attempting to scratch over them," Hatch said. "After getting my own set about six months later, we started to meet up and practice our scratching skills."

Most of their music focused around artists like Buju Banton, Sizzla, Capleton, Anthony B, Pharcyde and Tribe Called Quest.

Betz passed away in 2001, and Hatch took the DJ name "Cide" in memory of him.

"It was a graffiti name that he had given me in sixth grade," Hatch said. "All my success in music and art would not have been if it wasn't for him."

In 2003, he was no longer content with DJ'ing at house parties and scratching.

"I began networking in Seattle and acquired my first weekly gig at Contour in Pioneer Square as a 19-year-old," Hatch said.

This allowed him to find more shows and venues to scratch at such as the Showbox, Des Amis, Nectar, Venom, Tost, Phenix, Chop Suey, Belltown Billiards and War Room.

In 2005, he had the opportunity to go on a nationwide tour with Jamaican recoding artist Prezident Brown. DJ Cide toured for five months though Washington, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado.

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