Onstage, his energy is unmatched... as he cuts, scratches and mixes his way through a world-class selection of the funkiest of the funk, the original Fader Freek never stops dancing, popping and locking like an electrified robot. After over two decades behind the decks - sharing the bill all over North America with the world's top DJ's & electronic acts and performing for audiences as large as 80,000 - Diggabeatz knows how to move the crowd into a sweating frenzy like no other.
Over the last 10 years, he's become one of the hottest touring breakbeat talents in the U.S. - destroying crowds from coast to coast with his slammin' B-boy beats, explosive stage presence and amazing skill on the decks. His track selection is intelligent, playing breakbeat sets that range from dark to progressive, but always funky – where electrofunk sets are robotic and jungle sets are ragga. A true B-boy at heart, when Digga plays, the breakers and poppers come out in full force.
After making his first major rave appearance in 1997 at Tribal Gathering with Icey and Kelly Reverb during the five years he lived in Miami, he broke into the national scene in February of 1999 when he and Jason Dunne performed a ballistic 2x4 set at Music is the Key in Cleveland. Word spread fast, and in less than six months he found himself on a busy touring schedule around the country. Ever since, his underground popularity has exploded all over the nation, with Digga logging over 500 performances from coast to coast, billing alongside almost every major name in the business. Along the way, Digga captured a number of minor battle accolades, including placing second in Miami Winter Music Conference spin-off in 2002.
Although originally hailing from Macon, Georgia and currently residing in fabulous Las Vegas, Eric has spent most of his life in Utah and considers Salt Lake City his true home. As one of the few Utah DJ's to headline nationally, Diggabeatz is literally a living legend at home in Salt Lake, with a devoted following that borders on worship. He also choreographed and performed as a breaker with Earth, Wind & Fire in the closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics, featured in a close-up of his dancing before a world-wide television of audience of more than 3 billion people! It was an experience he says he'll never forget, working with the legendary producer/director, Kenny Ortega.
Though he has had a career that would make most other dj's heads spin, Digga says he's just getting started. After two releases on Swell Records ("Egyptian K'nyptian" and "Body Free"), he opened HiPoint Recordings in 2003 with DJ Destrukt, the owner of Salt Lake City's famous V2 Events. They released tracks, mixes and videos from their healthy roster of producers and dj's (with Digga himself producing several tracks, a live performance DVD from the legendary Valentine's Day rave Luv2K, and five mixed CD's: Live @ Tribal Gathering, Define the Vibe, Fear & Loathing in Cleveland, Put D'needle on D'rekkid, Mechanical Man and Voices of Angels).
Recently signed to East Music Group where he shares the roster with the legendary Frankie Bones and other notables, and now a sponsored DJ for Haven Apparel, Diggabeatz continues to tour and release material, consistently proving that he really is, as one Cincinnati promoter states on a flyer, "...simply one of the most devastating breakbeat DJ's in the country."
