Ava Hegedus is a freelance writer and DJ whose mind is fixated on electronic music about 90% of the time. She has to block out the constant stream of beats, clicks, glitches and synthesized basslines in her head in order to get anything accomplished. She can explain the difference between Detroit electro and Chicago house, tell you why Berlin became the epicenter of minimal techno early in the new millennium and guess with startling accuracy how many beats per minute are in any song after hearing a three-second sample.

DJ Safi got her start at age 14, buying records with babysitting money and spinning them on her high school radio station. The Japanese call her style “free soul,” which basically means she plays whatever she wants with no regard to genre. That being said, she has a deep, abiding love for underground rock, African pop, early American blues, third world cassettes and the entire Jamaican trajectory from mento to dancehall.

Taylor Twist is an art director and writer at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland, Oregon. After a stint in the agency's one-year ad school, W+K12, he has spent the last three years creating compelling communication for Nike, including work on the 2010 brand campaigns for both Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. This guy sure does love his food! Taylor can be found at Fuller's diner most days of the week. He recommends everything on the menu. . . chicken salad club sandwich, cheeseburger on white bread, strawberry shortcake, butterscotch milkshake and grilled cheese!

Adam Spring is employed as a high school teacher in Rhode Island. He currently teaches courses in sports management, sports marketing and business law. Adam also coaches both an NCAA Division III college tennis team in Providence and the girl's tennis team at his high school. (Three State Championships in the last four years. Dynasty?) He's also a 10-year New England Patriots season ticket holder. (Dynasty?) In reality though, he just tries to inspire people to do cool things. And he has his summers off. . .every year. Don't hate on him for it though!

Dirty Street-Level Hits is your point of contact for the latest in street bass music from around the world. Join DJ Turbodracula every first Thursday of the month from 3 to 4 p.m. PST for an hour of new dub, hip-hop, glitch,
dancehall, drum & bass and other heavy-duty low-end sounds. If it’s hot and it booms, you’ll hear it on DSLH.

On Unclassified, there is one goal: to bring you the music you can't live without. Host Cynthia Valenti has been destroying Portland dancefloors as a club DJ under the moniker The Perfect Cyn since 2003. Whether it's chunky steppy tech house, slutty low-slung techno or robotic electro, Cyn always serves up the best in cutting edge dance music. For Unclassified she'll be offering all of the above plus more, including the best in new releases from indie, electronic and pop bands, complete with her own humble live commentary. New on Unclassified is the "Desert Island Discs" segment, where guests play the top 5 tracks they would bring if stranded on a desert island, plus tell us why they can't live without them. Also featured are guest DJ mixes, live recordings from local electronic dance events, and DJ mixes of her own.  

Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo Lab (W+K Tokyo Lab or W+K東京Lab) is a music label offshoot of Wieden+Kennedy’s Tokyo office. Launched in 2003, its stated mission is to release music of hybrid artists from Japan, and to collaborate with and promote them locally, as well as to audiences internationally. The label also functions as a kind of artist collective of graphic designers, directors, illustrators, animators and other artists who work together to create strong visual identities in collaboration with the musical acts.


Lauren Ranke stumbled on the Portland office in 1995 wearing hippie cutoffs, unshowered. She was hired that day and has spent the better part of the last 15 years growing up there. Her experience in Creative and Project Management eventually led to her becoming Creative Recruiter. She loves misshapen vegetables and people who know about physics.

DJ Couch and DJ Furnace take you on a two seated soul-cleansing ride through the light of darkness. Reaching deep into the wasteland of musical genres and tastes. Tune in every Friday from 4-5pm PST for the embodiment of adorned fervor. We pledge to amplify your worldliness, your knowledge, your robust prowess.

Join Bob live, M-Th from 4-5pm PST, for a musical mishmash ranging from rock roots to '80s new wave, '70s glam to modern electronic sounds. DJ B.O.B. is bringing back the easy feel of '80s college radio—live DJing from his lips to your ears. Bored yet? Just listen, and do enjoy.