BIO
Beginning in 2002, Bryan Fisk, aka DJ Ataxic has been punishing Kansas City dance floors with clever mash-ups and genre-defying mixes unachievable by most.
From house to hip-hop, rock, 80's, and top 40, Bryan steers his turntables through an obstacle course of sound. "I love watching a hip-hop head let loose to Thunderkiss 65 or Nirvana and not even realize their rockin' out to it," he says.
In January of 2003, Ataxic opened for his first national act, The Boot Camp Click, at the Hurricane in Kansas City's historic Westport area. Since then he has opened for an avalanche of A-listers like Prince Paul, Blackalicious, LL Cool J, The Pharcyde, Tech N9ne and The Roots, to only name a few.
His efforts haven't gone unnoticed by the local media. In 2006 Bryan was featured in The Kansas City Star's "Top 30 Under 30," a list of local tastemakers. He was a guest on the morning television show "Kansas City Live" in April of 2006, and in 2007 a winner of the "Best Hip-Hop DJ" award given by The Pitch newspaper. Always a great source for a knowledgeable quote, newspaper columnists and bloggers regularly hit him up for thoughts on the Kansas City music scene.
Surprising the crowd is one of Bryan's specialities. "Seeing people react to the songs they have loved and forgotten always makes me happy - maybe throwing in something like Kriss Kross's 'Jump,' or Camp Lo's 'Luchini,' or even something like Nu Shooz or Bananarama," Bryan says.
Bryan's career has weathered the passing of trends in the fickle nightlife scene. He can currently be found playing venues from Springfield, Missouri (at clubs Kai and The High Life), to Wichita, Kansas (Club Indigo), as well as guest spots throughout Kansas City and the Midwest.
In addition to all his skill, the husband and father of three is one of the most humble, easygoing and hardworking guys in the business, which accounts for his many friends and loyal fans.
