DJ Cazel

One of the premiere house DJ’s in the San Gabriel Valley since the late '90s. Ruben Garcia (DJ Cazel) had a passion for music at a young age leading to a successful DJ career. Early on, DJ Cazel at a young age would look up to his older brother Freddy. He would sit around in his brother’s lowrider truck listening to old school, oldies and funk music inspiring Cazel’s love for music. Cazels parents and brother noticed his passion for music and decided to purchase a basic DJ setup. After receiving his DJ system, Cazel purchased his first vinyl record at a local record store Mauricio’s Records. Cazel took his newly purchased vinyl records and began to learn the craft of mixing. One evening in 1994, Cazel was mixing in his garage at which several neighborhood teenagers from a local party crew invited Cazel to mix at their upcoming party. Cazel then attended the party and felt the rush and hype of seeing people dancing to his mixing of music. While at this local party, Cazel observed another DJ scratching and he was amazed. This lead Cazel to watch the movie Juice and wild style over and over so that he can master the art of scratching. As time went on, Cazel perfected his craft making him well known in the local party scene. In 1995 while working at Mauricio’s records, Cazel met Alex Arce who introduced him to a local producer, DJ Juanito. While with Juanito, Cazel learned how to produce house music on Juanito’s label Groove Nation. After learning how to produce house music Cazel started his own record label, “Wicked Vinyl” which catered to the Hard House industry. Cazel was able to release 8 albums under Wicked Vinyl at which lead him to receive a deal with “Thump Records/Universal. Under his new deal Cazel released his first CD titled “DJ Cazel’s Hard House Wicked Style”. During this time Cazel partnered with Firme TV and they created a monthly Segment show that featured local party’s and events. As the house music scene began to deteriorate at a fast rate, Cazel decided to take a break from the music and party scene. During this time Cazel met his wife Tanya at which they started a family together. In 2017 Cazel would listen to other DJ’s mix on the local radio and he was inspired by their mixing. Cazel decided to purchase a Mac Book and learn the new trend of mixing with the Serato Scratch program. Early 2017 Cazel started an online mix show called “Wicked Wednesday’s” with his child hood friend Anthony Biscotti. The show was a success from the start. As the show grew a larger audience, Cazel and Biscotti decided to take the show to the Airwaves. The Wicked Wednesday radio show began to air on 102.3FM and was a major success. Late 2017 Cazel started his production company “DJ Cazel Presents”. In April 2017 Cazel had his 1st production show “Pegasus Car Show”. The show was a hit and there was a total of 3,000 fans in attendance. December 2017, Cazel was signed by Bobby Dee Presents to DJ “Kings of the west’ concert at the Microsoft Theater. After a successful evening mixing, Cazel was asked to join the Bobby Presents team. After signing with Bobby Dee Presents Cazel has been the official DJ for all Bobby Dee concerts. January 2019 Cazel started a new adventure starting a record label,“Industry Music Group” alongside with his wife Tanya Garcia and friend Ruben (DJ459) Garcia . In April 2019 Cazel signed his 1st artist Miriah Avila and then eventually signing his longtime friend Rocky Padilla. Late September 2019 Cazel was signed to Old School 104.7FM as a DJ/host for the Saturday Night live with Bam and DJ Cazel show. November 2019 Cazel was officially signed to the Snoop Dogg “I Wanna Thank Me Tour” at which will kick off on December 2, 2019.