(New York)The Scion Emerging Artists Tour will be back in Los Angeles this weekend, for the first of two Audience Awards parties, showcasing LA’s best up and coming talent!
Supporters are to encouraged logon to www.emergingartiststour.com/vote and vote for their favorite Los Angeles DJ to determine who will be sent to Miami for the 2006 Winter Music Conference!

LA’s Audience Awards party will be held on Saturday, December 3rd at CIRCUS, with performances by internationally renowned DJ, KEOKI and Las Angeles favorite Scott Stubbs.
Adam Bauer, Owner and Producer of Big Sky Media, created the Emerging Artists Tour in 2003 with support from Scion. The Tour has become known as the all-inclusive dance party, targeting no specific audience, but a versatile blend of individuals who are there to party and dance their cares away. Audience Awards parties have lived up to this reputation as well as they are just another way to celebrate great local talent as they make their way to the top!

Voting for the 2005 Los Angeles Audience Awards will begin on December 3rd and end at midnight on December 11th on the Scion Emerging Artist Tour website, www.emergingartiststour.com/vote. The winner will be sent to Miami for the 2006 WMC along with the winners from the following metropolitan locations: Denver, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Austin, and Phoenix.

December 3rd Lineup

DJ Scott Stubbs

Las Vegas superstar DJ Scott Stubbs (Las Vegas' # 1 selling DJ) has spent the last 13 years as one of North America's pioneers of Progressive, House & Trance. As a national headliner, he has gained a reputation as one of America's premier DJs, who continually rocks many of the biggest and most influential clubs & events throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, South America, Asia & the UK. Scott's DJ sets continue to blur the lines, often combining elements of Progressive, Trance, Tribal & House into one seamless diverse crowd pleasing mix.

Scott has already released seven commercial mix CDs. The first 5 were released on Topaz Records NY. They include: "The Depths of Progressive Trance," "Platipus presents: The Evolution of Trance," "The Depths of Progressive Trance, Vol. 2," "Nokturnel Mix Sessions," & "Progressive Anthems: The Best of Limbo Records UK." The sixth release "Trance Vertigo" was released on Neurodisc with major distribution through EMI. Scott's seventh and most recent mix CD, "80s Remixed" was released at the end of 2004 on Organica with major distribution through Tommy Boy USA. Scott is currently taking the next step into music production, working on various tracks and remixes to be released in the coming months.

Throughout 2005, Scott will maintain his global DJ schedule, as well as head the highly successful Nokturnel Artist Management company that he recently relocated to Las Vegas. Nokturnel's newest offshoot, Nokturnel Productions, now throws many of Las Vegas' favorite club nights with Scott as the featured resident DJ. Scott's constant touring and tireless promotion of House, Progressive & Trance continue to make him one of the most sought after DJs in the US today.



KEOKI
Probably the most visible DJ on the mainstream U.S. dance scene, Keoki released a half-dozen mix LPs and, beginning with 1997's Ego Trip, his own breakbeat-trance productions as well. Born in Panama but raised in Hawaii, Keoki hit the mainland in the mid-'80s and gained an airline job in New York. While moonlighting at the Danceteria nightclub, he decide to translate his love of music into a DJ career and soon became one of the city's most flamboyant DJs -- he dubbed himself "Superstar DJ Keoki" long before he gained any fame at all.

After releasing several mixtapes during the early '90s, Keoki gained a licensing deal through Moonshine Music and debuted with a volume in the label's Journeys by DJ series in 1994. Several more mix albums followed during the next two years, with Keoki spotlighting his love of deep trance on 1995's All Mixed Up and cultivating a sense of humor on the following year's Disco Death Race 2000. Though he released his fourth mix LP in 1996 as well, Keoki had already decided to pursue a different path, with the release of his first own-production single, "Caterpillar." The single crested at number three on the dance charts and earned him a spot on that summer's Lollapalooza circuit. After a move from New York to Southern California, Keoki began work on his production debut album, and released Ego-Trip in July 1997. Always one to stay at least a step ahead of expectations, Keoki returned in 1998 with another mix LP plus an album of Ego-Trip remixes (from the Crystal Method, Rabbit in the Moon, Omar Santana and Cirrus, among others). Djmixed.com followed in 2000 and was chased by the full-length album Jealousy a year later. The limited edition of the album includes remixes and unreleased tracks. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide