Ie.Merge

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The correct title of this article is ie.Merge. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

ie.Merge (also referred to as I-Emerge, I.Emerge, ie.MERGE and ie.MERG) is an American hip hop mixer who is the reigning world individual mixer champion in the DMC contest, having won the world 2004 and 2005 DJ Championships. [1] He has won 9 American national titles and 4 world titles since commencing competitive DJing in 2002.

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[edit] Early history

Growing up in Northern New Jersey, Merge was heavily influenced by the New York hip hop scene. At age 13 he began his DJ journey by djing local parties and practicing at home. From influences such as former X-ecutioner Mista Sinista as well as Q-Bert, he worked to perfect his craft while keeping an open ear to other genres as well, such as drum n bass, rock, jazz and soul.

After years of practice, Merge began to enter DJ battles, bringing a new level of aggression and technique to the plate. Quickly, he swept the battle scene with a power tide, winning virtually every competition he entered. His passion and determination did not go unnoticed throughout the dj community though. Shortly after winning the 2002 ITF US Advancements, Merge was inducted into one of the most respected DJ crews in the world - the 5th Platoon. Now with the support of decorated turntablist veterans he continued to dominate the battle circuit.

[edit] Championship DJing

The year of 2002 proved to be the beginnings of what would eventually turn into a career for Merge. He became actively involved at Scratch DJ Academy in New York, (Founded by the Late Jam Master Jay). Merge's became Head Professor at the Academy where he then developed the curriculum now taught in every scratch/juggling class. He maintained his domination of dj competitions in the United States. In the next 3 years (36 months) Merge won 35 battles, which factors out to winning 1 battle a month for 3 years straight.

Since 2002, Merge has won 9 national titles and 4 world titles, which is more championship titles in 3 years than any other DJ has accumulated in a lifetime. He has won every prominent National title in the US as well as world championship titles in every world DJ competition organization in existence. Ie.MERG’s most prestigious title came at the 2004 DMC World Championship. Ie.MERG became the first to successfully defend his DMC World Title in 2005.

[edit] World Champion

The DMC World title is the most important of all DJ titles. In only his 2nd year of participation in the competition, Merge brought the DMC title back to New York after its longest hiatus away from America ever. (4 years) In Winning, he became the sixth American to wear the DMC World championship crown, which has also been worn by greats such as Roc Raida, Mix Master Mike, Cash Money, Q-Bert, Craze and others. In an ever expanding world dj community, Merge has kept the United States at the top of an extremely competitive global scene by being the only dj to win solo world titles for America in the past 3 years.

He considers his work in the competition realm far from finished. If he so chooses, he has 4 championship titles to defend next year (Guitar Center, US DMC Supremacy, DMC World, Vestax World). Merge has started the transition from battle dj to producer by incorporating his own production into his battle sets.

[edit] 2005 championships

2005 DMC World DJ Championships World DJ Championship [2]

The 2005 Championships took place on Monday 26th September 2005 at Hammersmith Palais, London, United Kingdom.

World DJ Championsip

1st: ie.MERG - USA
2nd: Pfel - France
3rd: Izoh - Japan

[edit] 2004 championships

2004 DMC World DJ Championships World DJ Championship [3]

The 2004 Championships took place on Sunday 5th September 2004 at Carling Apollo Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom.

World DJ Championsip

1st: I-Emerge - USA
2nd: Rafik - Germany
3rd: Dopey - Canada

[edit] External links

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