Throughout the 1990s he tried his hand at just about every variation on the high speed breakbeat musical idiom and has collaborated with many influential jungle and drum and bass artists including Aphrodite ( Artist ), DJ Dara, Danny Breaks, Dieselboy, and MC Navigator, as well as with hip hop artists such as A Tribe Called Quest.

Dieselboy was the first American to be voted into the UK-based Drum & Bass Arena Top 10 DJs 2004 online poll, and has played events on six continents.

Currently based in Brooklyn, New York, Dieselboy has also performed at rock festivals and extreme sports exhibitions.

Dieselboy also released a triple vinyl LP pack featuring remixes by various artists such has Gridlok, Kaos, Karl K, Jae Kennedy, Stratus, and KC.

Dieselboy has played on six continents, countries including: England, Scotland, Finland, France, Austria, Serbia, Holland, Macedonia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, Lithuania, Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Venezuela, Costa Rica, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Puerto Rico, and all major cities in the United States and Canada.

He has played numerous major music festivals including the Bonnaroo ( Manchester, Tennessee, 2010 ), Camp Bisco 9 ( Mariaville, New York, July 2010 ), Jisan Valley Rock Festival ( Seoul, Korea, July 2009, also featuring Oasis, Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Basement Jaxx ), PHAT 09 ( near Westport, New Zealand, New Year's Eve 2008 ), Pirate Station ( St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Russia ), Summerfest " The World's Largest Music Festival " ( Milwaukee, 2008 ), Sanctuary Drum & Bass Festival ( Dieselboy vs. Noisia )( UK, 2008 ), US Virgin Mobile Festival ( Baltimore, 2007 ), South by Southwest ( Austin, TX ; 2010, 2009, 2007 ), Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival ( Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Puerto Rico ), Ultra Music Festival ( Winter Music Conference, Miami, 2010, 2009 ), Love Parade, Bassrush, Creamfields, Shambhala ( Canada, 2010, 2007 ), DEMF ( Detroit Electronic Music Festival ), Starscape ( Baltimore, MD ; 2010, 2009, 2008 ), Global Gathering ( UK, 2004 ), HFStival ( Washington, DC ; 1999, 2000 ).

Dieselboy has also played at the Homegrown drum and bass event in Cape Town, South Africa.

On New Year's Eve 2009 headlining a 3D Productions event at Club 24 in Washington, D. C., Dieselboy played a 3-hour multi-sub-genre set including drum and bass, dubstep and electro.

At a New Year's Eve 2009 event by 3D Productions at Club 24 in Washington, D. C., Dieselboy played a 3-hour multi-genre set including dubstep and electro.

In 2008, Dieselboy played Milwaukee's Summerfest " The World's Largest Music Festival ," sharing the bill with John Mayer, Alicia Keys, Paramore, Gnarls Barkley and Rush ( band ).

In 2000 he joined forces with fellow U. S. DJs Dieselboy and DJ Dara to create Planet of the Drums crew which toured the U. S. to great acclaim.

2000 saw Dieselboy joining forces with Palm Pictures / Island Recordings and his releases The Descent, Invid, Render.

The album art was created by Dieselboy with graphic artist Joel Savitzky.

" In conjunction with this release, Dieselboy initiated the " Monsters of Jungle " tour with rotating Human Imprint label artists including Evol Intent, Ewun, Demo, Mayhem, SPKTRM, Infiltrata and MC Messinian.

In summer 2010, Human relaunched with Steve Gordon of Steez Promo and Circle Management as new co-owner with Dieselboy, and they created the SubHuman Imprint for dubstep and electro releases.

In a January 2012 interview with Crowdnoize ( Milwaukee ), Dieselboy said of his then upcoming mix, " My goal is to make the most intricate, layered, and amazing mix that ’ s ever been done.

Dieselboy ( with MC Messinian ) tag-teamed with Andy C ( with MC GQ ) at the second annual US Virgin Mobile Festival, held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland in August 2007, which also included artists Smashing Pumpkins, The Police, Beastie Boys and Wu-Tang Clan.

In 2000 Dieselboy united with two other North American drum ' n ' bass DJ's, AK1200 ( Dave Minner, Orlando, FL ) and Irish ex-pat DJ Dara ( Darragh Guilfoyle, New York, NY ), to create an annual tour, the Planet of the Drums.

On February 12, 2012 in accepting his Grammy for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, Skrillex ( Sonny Moore ) ended his comments quoting Dieselboy as saying " All the boats rise with the water.

In 1998, Dieselboy was the first American drum & bass DJ to be nominated for Best Drum & Bass DJ at the Global DJ Mix Awards, tying with LTJ Bukem.

* Interview with Dieselboy by Lily, Beatification KUCI on 88. 9 in Irvine, CA, kuci. org, August 18, 2011

* Twin Cities CityPages. com Q & A with Dieselboy by Jen Boyles, November 24, 2010

* " Champion Sounds ft. Dieselboy " ( with photos by Chris Murphy ), by Jenn Silver, Supreme Hustle, November 21, 2010

* Interview with Dieselboy ( US ) & The Upbeats, Broken Beats ( New Zealand ), May 8, 2009

* Interview with Dieselboy, Substance D, April 29, 2008

In July 2009, Human Imprint parted ways amicably with System Recordings, and Dieselboy created the SubHuman: Human Imprint for dubstep and electro releases.

The album art was created by Dieselboy with graphic artist Joel Savitzky.

* Opticon – Orgy ( Dieselboy + Technical Itch Arena mix ) Reprise ( 2001 )

* Opticon – Orgy ( Dieselboy + Technical Itch Arena Mix ) ( 2001 ) on Orgy: Opticon Remixes ( 12 ") – Reprise Records

* Opticon – Orgy ( Dieselboy + Technical Itch Arena Dub Mix ) ( 2001 ) on Orgy: Opticon Remixes ( 12 ") – Reprise Records

Dieselboy was born Damian Higgins in Tarpon Springs, Florida in 1972.

The 6ixth Session was a double CD release on Palm Pictures, featuring a cyborg-themed mix described by the Washington Post as “ hard-edged hyperdriven dance music ,” which marked the beginning of Dieselboy ’ s VIP remix phase.

projectHUMAN was also Dieselboy ’ s first foray into remix commissioning, most of the tracks featuring American producers remixing UK and other international producers, and vice versa.

In 2003, Dieselboy was invited by globally distributed DJ Magazine to create a mix showcasing American d & b entitled DJ World Series: D & B From The United States, on which he featured American producers Hive, Echo, Mason, Juju, Kaos, Karl K, Jae Kennedy, Stratus and Sinthetix.

" Monsters of Jungle " was the name originally proposed in 1999 by Dieselboy for The Planet of the Drums.

Dieselboy was the highest ranked drum & bass DJ (# 45 ) in the 2008 DJ Times America's Best DJ Poll.

* 2008: Timewarp VIP, N / V / D ( Counterstrike Zentraedi Remix )-Mixed By Dieselboy on Substance D

Substance D is a drum and bass compilation album mixed by Dieselboy.

" Dieselboy hired Paul Miller of Airline Industries of Washington, D. C., to design the art.

In May 2008, Dieselboy released his ninth major mix-CD Substance D ( Human Imprint ) which includes all exclusive tracks commissioned or licensed specifically for this project.

CD2 included unmixed tracks Dieselboy + Evol Intent + Ewun's " Midnight Express ," Demo's " O. D .," and SPKTRM's " Machine March.

* N / V / D ( 12 ") – Dieselboy ( Counterstrike Zentraedi remix ) Human Imprint ( 5 / 8 / 08 )

* " Dieselboy and the Dungeon Master's Guide ," by John D.

* Dogs On Acid Interview, Dieselboy Prescribes Substance D, April 2008

* N / V / D – Dieselboy ( Counterstrike Zentraedi remix )/ O. D.

Julie Harrington, Robert Illes, Gary Butcher, D: Fuse, DJ Micro, AK1200, DJ Baby Anne, DJ Dara, DJ John Kelley, Dieselboy, Freaky Flow, Cirrus, Anabolic Frolic, Ferry Corsten, and Screaming Leads.