DJ ILL Muray Swings by to talk to us about his inspirations.

Event Masters Podcast

ILL MuRRaY (aka Mustache Marty) and once known as MC DoG is a South Pasadena native. A Dj, MC, and drummer who traveled south from the Pacific Northwest back in fall of 2006.

ILL MuRRaY has played with various bands including Domex5, The Negatives, and The Suits. Had 2 albums releases with hip-hop group Ebonic $ymphonic in 2004 and 2005. And under the previous alias of MC DoG, Ill MuRRay recorded a solo hip-hop album in his senior year, titled The Pullout Method (2006).

At the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. ILL MuRRaY met Amygdla, (Listen to his Soundcloud Here). Together they performed at house parties and events that took them deeper into mixing house and producing their own beats soon after. Under the group name, Same Cup they began making their own Punk/Reggae sound and performing at house parties and events. Until finally they formed the live band, The Doom Clap. Spinning dubstep, glitch and hip-hop and even incorporating live drum sets within their mixes.

Marty quickly decided to become a Dj after being blown away at a Flying Lotus show in Portland on New Year’s Eve, and thus the ILL MuRRaY moniker was born. ILL MuRRaY/Mustache Marty represents The Emergency Music Systems crew out of Hood River OR alongside DJ's Liggo, DJ Vertigo, and Grimey Griff who have been dropping beats at bars, outdoor snow parties, festivals, and camp-outs since 2011!

At one of the outdoor snow parties is where ILL MuRRaY met GitDown and now form a part of the Boom box In Da Boondox Team!