New York-born, Dutch and Spanish-blooded, Vancouver-bred, and raised in a house of classical music and opera. This cultural background informs Allya’s eclectic and varied musical taste. DJ’ing has encompassed half of his years on this planet and in that time he has played, produced, and danced his ass off to a plethora of musical genres - but it all comes back to House music. The essence and basis for the subculture of a generation, other genres have waxed and waned, but, as they say, “House music will never die.” It’s his chosen genre in which the majority of his music is produced - all of it with a biting edge, crisp percussion, textured sound design, and a plethora of self-aware, borderline comedic sampling.

Of course, being a DJ fascinated with music of all types, it’s only natural that he would expand his horizons, and expand them he does; Breaks, Bass, Glitch Hop, and Ghetto Funk have all played a part in making Allya the versatile DJ he is today. Even edgier genres like Psy, Hardstyle and Trap have a place in his heart, his mind ever open to new possibilities in this brave new world of cross-genre pollination. This versatility as a DJ has allowed him to open for a who’s who of artists that run the gamut of electronic music. At the end of the day, it’s about sonic enjoyment, playing to a crowd, occasionally having a laugh, and always putting a unique auditory stamp on one’s set.