Born in San Francisco, California in 1983, Julio Salgado, a.k.a. Birth Defects, has been an international DJ and sound engineer in the El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico for the last 8 years. He has emerged as innovative DJ with his vinyl repertoire which includes afro funk jazz, reggae dub, cumbia, funky disco and hip-hop. He has opened up for head lining bands such as Maldita Vecindad, Fuga, and Frontera Bugalu.

Continuously on the forefront of creativity and innovation, he has mixed three CDs entitled Blasfemia, Throbbing Ears, Super Cumbia Power Mix 2012 which focuses on all types of genres to include, Cumbia, Afro-funk, 80’s and 90’s Hip-Hop, and Progressive Trance.