The Digital Connection

“The Digital Connection” is the musical alias of Ricky Shine. In 2008 Ricky Shine, at age 18, was living in the heart of downtown Denver,
where he was exposed to the vast dance music scene. Attending club Beta and other shows almost weekly, the desire to be behind the decks grew even more every weekend. Having a background playing bass guitars with several local metal and jam bands, this new found passion of “bass” music seemed like the direction to go. The first songs were made on FL studio under the name “Stucatto”, and can mostly be considered Electro House style. Ricky’s college friends were the first people to introduce Him to the world of mixing. The first live DJ
performance by Ricky was a house party, which was thrown by the soon to be Got Bass Music crew in the spring of 2009. During the summer of 09′ Ricky dubbed himself the alias “The Digital Connection.” The first track made under this name was an ambient track called “Waking Awareness”, which featured a clip from artist Alex
Grey. After a month or so of developing a new style, he was introduced to the program Ableton Live, and the ability to mix tracks using the APC40 midi controller. This opened up a whole new world of possibilities by allowing him to bring the songs to a live set. After a while Ricky started DJing house parties and personal shows for friends, which eventually turned into playing for crowds of people with Got Bass Ent. only a few months later.
“The Digital Connection” has performed in many small clubs and bars in the Denver and Boulder area including Mix Music Lounge, Mini Bar, Diamond After Dark, The Marquis, Cervantes, and even the A-Basin resort. Recently, with the self-release of “The Space Man E.P”, The Digital Connection has received a lot of attention from music blogs, websites, and music labels. With Ricky’s passion for all kinds of music, you can expect to hear anything ranging from down tempo ambient tunes to dubstep and glitch hop bangers in his live set. Live instruments are being incorporated into the mix with a live drummer as well as live bass and synth to bring out the full experience of DC’s music. With plans for several releases before 2011, you can expect to hear and see a lot more from this growing musical artist in Colorado within the next coming months.

Latest tracks by The Digital Connection