Drumcell

Growing up on a diet of punk, grunge, and industrial, Moe Espinoza originally cut his teeth playing in local L.A. hardcore bands before attending his first rave in 1995, which changed his perspective on music. Buying himself a drum machine and starting work at a recording studio in Hollywood, he focused his songwriting on dance music, utilizing the studio's array of classic synths and Roland drum machines. After a handful of releases on various labels, Espinoza helped form the Droid Behavior collective -- alongside Vangelis and Vidal Vargas (aka Raíz) -- in 2001 to kickstart the techno scene in L.A. Using the name Drumcell, Espinoza delivered his debut release, the Genetix EP, for the collective's label Droid Recordings in 2003. Over the next few years, DJ'ing, production work, and building the Droid collective brand continued apace, with the label delivering not only releases by Drumcell, but by artists such as Audio Injection, Dustin Zahn, and Acid Circus.