BRYAN C [Hemisphere Groove Collective : AboveGround Sound : Spooloflife) hails from Chicago, the birthplace of House music. Growing up in an artistic family in the entertainment and music industry he pretty much called nightclubs and performance venues his home since birth. As a child Bryan C produced and distributed his first mixes for friends and family by making mix tapes using the simultaneous record and play function of a two tape decks "boom box." Bryan C became an active force in the electronic music community in 1998 when he started E=MC2, the Electronic Music & Culture Coalition at Indiana University that held grand scale events like the annual Bloomington Electronic Music Festival and provided education to the public about the growth, and cultural influence of electronic music. Two years later Bryan C held a founding role in the creation of the Bloomington Bass Syndicate which was an all-star promotional crew including two representatives from the top promotional crews in the