Omar Santana

A breakbeat producer because the times of Arthur Baker and Jellybean, Omar Santana continues to be the leader within a distinctly American make of psychedelic breakbeat acid-techno under a large number of aliases including Hard Hop Heathen, Water Metal, Dark Part from the Shroom, NY Terrorists, Car Jacker, Stories through the Hardside and Wizard of Oh. Santana’s early profession was spent focusing on blend creation and editing for functions which range from Debbie Harry to Dynamix II in addition to work at Slicing Information, the seminal freestyle label that also presented the skills of Todd Terry and Tony “Freestyle” Butler. From the switch of the ’90s, Santana got crossed to the growing acid home and rave group with strikes like “Mr. Dynomite” as Water Metallic, “Slamma Jamma” as NY Terrorists and “Boy Can be Banging” as DJ Oh Oh Omar Santana. His brand “hardhop” design of acidity breakbeat techno became common money on America’s Western Coast from the past due ’90s, and Santana helmed many blend albums for Moonshine Music including Tricked Out, Hardhop Tricked Out and Fight for Planet from the Breaks. Santana in addition has put together hardcore/gabba compilations for Moonshine, including 1998’s Hardcorps. He regularly information with fellow breakbeat get better at Freddy Refreshing (as Imperial Stormtroopers). 2 yrs afterwards, he released Hardcore for the Headstrong.