“Break DJ E Double” aka Erik was born in 1979, raised in Chicago, IL. As a
child growing up he would peek into his father’s record collection to look at his
Spanish records wondering how a record was played. Later on into his teens his
brother’s friends had turntables and they let him try them and experiment on how
to “mix” and “blend”.

His cousins formed a BBOY crew by the name of PHAZE II back in 1982 and
in 1998 they were working on a routine for a show they would later perform in a
Germany that year called Battle of the Year. As he watched their routine, Dj Presyce
was sitting next to him while listening to the music he provided for their show.
While Presyce was sitting next to him he decided to take advantage of the moment
and ask as many questions as he could. One question was the name of the artist who
created the song “The Mexican”. DJ Presyce was gracious enough to drop some
knowledge and from that moment, he guided Edouble in the right direction to
search for the music, to love the music, and to respect the music as well.

Fast forward to the present, he’s proud to say that he’s had the privilege to Dj
across the country for himself and for his crew PHAZE II. He’s DJ’d in Boston for the
Floor lords anniversary, he did the first Battle of the Year in the United States in Los
Angeles, California. He’s been to Iowa and Wisconsin as well. If there was a style to
describe him as a DJ he thinks he would say he is well rounded like his crew
members. He’s very traditional in the way he spins. If he was around the time that
Hip Hop began, he would be spinning the same way with the same flavor. The
genres he spins are Latin funk, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Hip Hop etc…