THE DJ DIMENSION
THE DJ DIMENSION
Biography
Pablo “Dj Smoke” Calderon is an American Dj, producer, writer and sound engineer. Beginning in the early 1990’s, he established himself as a pioneer of “turtablism dj’ing”. Turntablism is the art of blending music, while performing tricks using the dj equipment, i.e. mixer, turntables and CDJ’s. Taking his talents into the Rave scene, he travelled throughout the country and abroad into Europe. He also gained fame as a competition champion at this time. Dj Smoke held many residencies in the New York scene, in clubs such as The Bank, Gothica, Limelight, The Underground, Emerald City, 1018’s, Palladium and the Tunnel, just to name a few.
As a music producer, Pablo has released several remixes and two Ep’s that are available on most streaming and online music stores. His albums include “Smokedelic”, a cinematic Electronica album, as well as “4CES of N8URE”, a Tribal/Afro House production. Both published by CdBaby. He is a member in good standing with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
In tv and cinema, Pablo has full feature film credits in two movies and various commercials, videos and independent music endeavors. As an editor/producer, he worked for early MTV, and then became a solo producer. “Da’ Hip-Hop Witch”, directed by Dale Resteghini, and “The Arcadian” directed by Dekker Dreyer, are the two feature films. He is credited as Foley, sound engineer and score master in these projects. Pablo made a short film for his music Ep, called “4CES of N8URE: A VIZUAL JOURNEY”. He also fully produced a comedy/horror animation, “THE THANG”, by himself. Both projects can be found on YouTube. He is actively available for contracting in graphic design, marketing, and music and video editing.
Pablo “Smoke” Calderon has also written several registered screenplays and a poetry chapbook. The chapbook, “Deep In”, is available through Kindle on Amazon, and contains original graphic art and shape poetry. He is a registrant in good standing with the Writer’s Guild of America-East (WGA-EAST).
Currently, he has established an online radio show called “Ember Radio Live” (www.EmberRadioLive.com), since 2011. Now, 20 seasons later and with over 400 live produced shows, he still produces, engineers and is a talent on Ember Radio. The show streams live on Twitch and on YouTube, and can be found with the search tag @EmberRadioLive.
