Steve Gamboa (a.k.a. Stevie G) has been involved with dee jaying, producing, and performing live music for 2 decades. He began as a DJ in 1988, spinning hip-hop, rare groove, and funk at various parties in his hometown of Washington, DC. Soon after, he became the bass player for the seminal underground punk group, The Nation of Ulysses, and afterwards, the drummer for The MaKe uP, which released several full length LPs and went on to tour the US, Europe, Australia, Japan, and Brazil.

In 1995, Stevie became co-founder and resident at the “Cold Rice” weekly party at the Kaffa House in DC. He spun there once a week playing an eclectic mix of rare groove, funk, house, and drum and bass. He was also resident at this same venue on Fridays under the name, Killa F.M. (Killa From Manila), where he was the opening dub/roots and culture DJ for The Upsetter International dancehall sound system. He was also dancehall legend, Sister Nancy’s (“Bam Bam”) featured DJ when she appeared at Club 5, Washington, D.C. to perform her hits in June 2004.

Currently, Stevie has been concentrating on his career as a soulful/deep house and disco classics DJ. His eclectic combination of organic styles, ranging from deep and sexy to rhythm-centric percussion tracks, also includes a wide range of underground Paradise Garage classics. In October 2000, he began as solo resident for his own party called, “Sunday Shoutin,’” at the popular DC nightspot Andalu. Guests at his party included Antonio Ocasio (Tribal Winds, NY); Boo Williams (Diaspora, Chicago); Anderson Soares (Sao Paulo, Brazil); Phil Asher (Restless Soul, UK); Miguel Migs, Rasoul, and Lisa Shaw (Naked Music).

In DC, Stevie was the main resident at The House of Secrets for over 6 years. This invitation-only weekly party was quite likely THE longest running house party in the world. Located in a mansion near historic Howard University, this party was in effect for over 30 years. He once played a private party for Prince at Secrets, where The Artist holds his after-show gatherings whenever in DC. He was also the summer resident at M3 Music’s Sunday twilight party, “Sunset Soiree Sessions” at Club 5 and has supported many visiting DJs, including Timmy Regisford (Shelter, NY), Matthias ‘Matty’ Heilbronn, Neil Aline (Chez), and Alex From Tokyo (Yellow, Tokyo). Stevie has supported local house music DJs, Doug Smith (95 North Records) and Pope and Oji (Poji Records) at The Sanctuary, another well-known underground weekly house party, and has also graced the famous 18th Street Lounge (headquarters for DC’s hometown heroes, Thievery Corporation) with his eclectic downtempo sets.

Outside of DC, Stevie has played with Neil Aline (Chez) and Darshan Jesrani (Metro Area) for their NY residencies at APT, and with Adam Goldstone (Nuphonic) at 59 Canal St. in New York. In October 2001 and March 2005, he played gigs in San Francisco and LA as part of the Umoja team of DJs (www.umojahifi.blogspot.com). He also toured Brazil in October 2000, playing in Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Londrina, and Curritiba. In May 2004, he was a guest at The Shelter (the venue, not Club Shelter the party), New York City’s longest running house club (over 15 years) where such legends as Timmy Regisford, Li’l Louis Vega, and Joe Claussell have spun. In March 2005 as the featured DJ for the wrap party for “The Fountain,” a science fiction movie directed by acclaimed indie-director, Darren Aronofsky (“Requiem for a Dream,” “Pi”) at The Mile End Bar in Montreal, Canada.

During 2001 and 2002, Stevie completed two separate and very successful tours of Spain where he spun in clubs and bars in Barcelona, Tolosa, Zaragoza, Pamplona, Madrid, Bilbao, Valladolid, Gijon, and Logrono. He also performed at two large music festivals in Mallorca and Jerez de la Frontera where guests included Thievery

Corporation (ESL Records) and Jose Padilla (Cafe Del Mar). During the annual Winter Music Conference in Miami 2002, he was a guest DJ at the Yellow (Paris) / Vinylicious (DC) party (”Just For Friends”) and during WMC 2004, he played at the famous Astor Hotel in South Beach and also played at Rain in South Beach in December 2006. In Asia, Stevie played at MOOV Bar on Koh Tao island, Thailand in April 2008.

Stevie has been an imported guest DJ at the world-renowned, Ku De Ta bar/restaurant in Bali since 2002 and is currently a permanent resident spinning for sunsets, dinners, and late nights throughout the year, as well as for specially themed events such as the monthly “Funked Up Fridays” sunset sessions. Since August 2005, his other weekly residency includes 2 very successful alternating Thursday classics parties (“Bam Bam” and “Hip Shaker”) at F Lounge in Seminyak where he specializes in playing roots Reggae and dancehall as well as bringing funk, soul, and underground disco classics to a steady crowd of soulful music fans. The Hip Shaker party won the “Best Weekly Party” Award at the Beat Magazine Awards 2007, a distinction obtained by popular vote. His live sunset sets from Ku De Ta can be heard as podcast on the venue’s website: www.kudeta.net

Around Bali, he has also played at Sentosa Villas/Blossom Restaurant, Liquid, Lush Bar, Chandi Restaurant, Backyard Lounge, Ma Jolie, Casa Pasta (Ubud), MbarGo, Hu’u Bar, Paparazzi Lounge, Syndicate, Macaroni, Bacio, DeeJay Café, Double Six, and Dreamland Beach; in Jakarta at Public, X-Lounge (Vertigo), Poste, Willow (for Quirk It!) and for the opening of nightclub Mezza9; M Club in Makassar, and at Horizontal Lounge, the only lounge on Gili Trawangan, Lombok. As of April 2007, Stevie has been the producer and one of the featured DJ’s for the Ku De Ta sunset radio show “KDT Radio” which began broadcasting 2-hour slots on 87.6 KissFM, Melbourne in May 2007 and as of February 2009, may also be heard up to 3 times weekly on Bali’s only dance music station, 98.5FM Beat Radio Plus. Sets from the radio show will also be streamed and podcast on Ku De Ta’s website (www.kudeta.net). Beyond clubs, Stevie has also played for a variety of functions and weddings at Hotel & Villa Tugu, Canggu Club, The Ritz-Carlton Resort, Westin Hotel Nusa Dua, Desa Seni Villas, The Istana, Villa Atas Ombak, Villa Pemutih, Villa Devatas, Villa Ylang Ylang, Villa Luna, Villa Karang Putih, Lagen Cliff Villa, Ma Jolie, Tao Restaurant, Villa Pantulan, Villa Bayuh Sabbha, Villa Artika, Villa Khayangan Estate, The Arsana Estate, Umah di Beji among others. In January 2008, The Pearl South Pacific Resort, Spa & Championship Golf Course (www.thepearlsouthpacific.com) in the Fiji Islands commissioned over 100 hours of his archived and current sunset, dinner and late night mixes for use in their establishment.

Stevie’s production credits include a house remix (”Givin’ Up”) performed by DC neo-soul performer, Deborah Bond. The remix, which also features his live percussion on an A.S.E. (of Odara Productions) remix on the B-side, has garnered praise from many and is currently out now on Sahara Records (No. 6). A percussion edit of the A.S.E. track is also featured on Sahara No. 7 that was released in December 2003. The Deborah Bond remix is also currently featured in a promotional compilation CD enclosed with the “Bedroom Rockers - Where DJs Call Home” book released by Adidas in early 2005. This publication features DJs and their equipment set-ups from 5 U.S. cities (Boston, Miami, New York, Portland, and Washington, D.C.). Stevie’s double page-photo spread and comments are featured as one of the DJs representing Washington, D.C.

In June 2007, Stevie was the recipient of the “DJ of the Year” Award at The Yak Magazine Awards 2007 in Bali. He was nominated (along with 4 other DJs) by a peer group consisting of last year’s nominees and won the honor via a large popular vote margin. In April 2008, Stevie received 3rd Place our of twenty nominees in the “Best Local DJ” category at the Beat Magazine awards, also decided by popular vote. More recently (December 2008), Stevie is currently nominated as the only international DJ out of 6 nominees representing the “Rural DJ of The Year” (outside of Jakarta) category in Hard Rock FM’s (http://www.hardrockfm.com/index.php) “Paranoia Awards 2008,” Indonesia’s first and most prestigious dance scene award.

Beyond dee jaying, he has also contributed a large number of features, reviews, and editorials for XLR8R music and culture magazine (San Francisco), Fine Restaurants and Villas (Bali), HOT! Property (Bali), Hello Bali (Bali), and the Beat magazine (Bali/Jakarta), where he was also an editor and photographer for almost 2 years. Since March 2006, Stevie has written numerous press releases and advertising / marketing copy for Ku De Ta, including copy for the 2006, 2007, and 2008 High Season Passports and the CD/DVD “Sunset Soundtracks” 1 & 2. He is currently Ku De Ta’s sole chief freelance copywriter and is also one of three copywriters for Creative Copy, Bali under whose aegis he writes copy for websites and property companies.