Onionz (born Andrew Venegas; 1970) is an American music producer, DJ, and musician. The native New Yorker is known for his many contributions to

Electronic Music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

, and more specifically, his unique signature DJing style of blending

House music House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ...

and

Techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time (4/4) and often ch ...

sounds together. In 2002, he was nominated for

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’s Beat Box DanceStar USA Awards in the Best Breakthrough DJ category. Onionz' earliest musical influence was his Brother Evan and father
Victor Venegas
who played

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alongside important

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and

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musicians such as Mongo Santamaría,

Celia Cruz Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a naturalized Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during t ...

, Nina Simone, and Harlem River Drive Band. By the age of ten, Onionz was an accomplished

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on his own, making regular stage appearances together with his father and other notable musicians including

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, and Paquito D'Rivera. As a youth, Onionz gained further musical inspiration from

David Mancuso David Paul Mancuso (October 20, 1944 – November 14, 2016) was an American disc jockey who created the popular "by invitation only" parties in New York City, which later became known as "The Loft". The first party, called "Love Saves The Day", was ...

( The Loft NYC creator), DJ/producer duo The Latin Rascals, and Red Alert. By mid-1982, Onionz began mixing together early styles of Hip hop,

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, and

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records while DJing local NYC venues. Over the last 30 years Onionz has toured and headlined premier dance music festivals and events throughout 44 states within the US and 35 countries abroad. Onionz has held residency at celebrated dance venues including

Roxy NYC Roxy first opened in Dec. 1979 by Steven Bauman, Steven Greenberg and Richard Newhouse. Steve Haenel was the owner 1982-1985 The Roxy (sometimes Roxy NYC) was a popular nightclub located at 515 West 18th Street in New York City. Located in the ...

and Stereo Montreal, with regular appearances at Pacha Ibiza, The Sound Factory, Limelight NYC, Twilo,

Webster Hall Webster Hall is a nightclub and concert venue located at 125 East 11th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, near Astor Place, in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. It is one of New York City's most historically significant ...

, Tunnel and

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. Within the past 20 years, Onionz has contributed both original productions and remixes to numerous dance music labels including

Intec Digital Intec Digital is a record company rediscovered after four years of inactivity on the ground of Intec Records. Originally, Intec Records was started by Carl Cox and DJ C1 in 1998. The record label's greatest success was the summer hit "Sunshine ...

Warner Music Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...

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, Om Records, Defected Records, Champion Records, and

Ibadan Records Ibadan Records is an independent music label founded in 1995 by DJ and music producer, Jerome Sydenham in New York City and is now run out of Berlin, Germany. Ibadan Records is principal to other labels including: Apotek Records, Avocado Records ...

. Additionally, he produced remixes for many influential dance music artists including

Carl Cox Carl Cox (born 29 July 1962) is a British house and techno club DJ, as well as radio DJ and record producer. He is based in Hove, Sussex, England. Cox has won and been nominated for numerous awards. He has performed at numerous clubs and ele ...

Robin S Robin Stone (born April 27, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter, who scored success in the 1990s with such house music singles as "Show Me Love (Robin S. song), Show Me Love" (which was her debut single) and "Luv 4 Luv". She has had th ...

#1 hit "Show Me Love",

Roy Ayers Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940) is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Pol ...

, Robert Owens, and

Sandy B Sandra Barber is a house music singer from New York City who uses the stage name Sandy B. Music career She is primarily known for two of her solo records which reached #1 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play chart, "Make the World Go Round" and "Ain ...

Billboard #1 "Make My World Go Round". In 1994, he founded the dance music record labe
Electrik Soul
Electrik Soul has put out music by Dubtribe, Dj Yousef, Joeski, Tony Senghore, Hipp-e, Fred Everything, ETI, Leo Young Eli Escobar, Shan Nicholson, Wally Callerio, Dj Who, Troy Dillard, Vitamin D, Halo, and Master D. Currently, Onionz remains an active force within the Electronic Music scene as he continues to tour and deliver his signature style of DJing to audiences throughout the United States and abroad. He has an established production catalog of 150+ original music tracks and remixes which continues to grow. Some of the most notable House and Techno DJ's of today regularly incorporate his music into their DJ sets. During 2016 and 2017 Onionz wrote his first film score as Musical Director for the short Xing Film. Onionz lead and introduced the Xing Film team to the current world of Electronic Music by including incredible talent into his score with music by licenses by Slam, Frankie Bones, Carl Cox and Funk D Void. The film won its way to 18 film festivals and two awards including a screening at Festival de Cannes in France.

Discography

Original works

*Onionz - ''Hot 4 U : 2016 Mixes'' - Household Digital *Onionz - ''SpaceSlave'' - Uniting Souls *Onionz - ''Buya'' - Blue Records *Onionz - ''Beautiful Music'' - NightChild Records *Onionz - ''Free Spirit'' - Blinded Records *Onionz - ''Need Ya, Tatti’s Groove'' - Intec Records *Onionz - ''Peel Pressure'' - Seamless Recordings *Onionz - ''The Touch E.P.'' - Mile End Records *Onionz - ''Begunnin'' - Electrik Soul Recordings *Onionz - ''Share The World'' - Digital Memory Music *Onionz - ''Summertime Saves Me'' - Electrik Soul Recordings *Onionz - ''Carmelized E.P.'' - Release Musiq *Onionz - ''Badunkadunk EP'' - Nervous Records *Onionz - ''N.Y. Thunder'' - Mile End Records *Onionz - ''Fantasy Island'' - Electrik Soul Recordings *Onionz - ''1+1=3'' - Electrik Soul Recordings *Onionz - ''Old Shamanic Ritual'' - Electrik Soul Recordings *Onionz - ''Set U Free'' - Electrik Soul Recordings *Onionz - ''Burnt'' - Electrik Soul Recordings *Onionz - ''Dancing For The Dead'' - Endemic Recordings *Onionz - ''Liquid Salsa'' - Electrik Soul Recordings *Onionz - ''Space Bass'' - Endemic Recordings *Onionz - ''Sex And Drums Feat. Jake Childs'' - Stripped Recordings *Onionz - ''Road Warrior'' - Unrivaled Music *Onionz - ''Smoke Signals/ Big Popsicle'' - Cr2 *Onionz - ''Nothin But Love'' - Toolroom Records *Onionz - ''Don't Slip Away'' - Hardplace Recordings *Onionz - ''Your Love'' - Forensic *Onionz - ''The Calling'' - Hardplace Recordings *Onionz - ''Woman Of The Sun'' - Om Records *Onionz - ''If I Only Had A Brain'' - Industry Recordings *Onionz - ''Burning'' - Cr2 Recordings *Onionz - ''Play Dat Song'' - 20/20 Vision *Onionz - ''Chief Rocka Hot For U'' - Household Recordings *Onionz + Nick Chatellan -'' Drama Moda'' - One Off Recordings *Onionz - ''Swing E.P.'' - Carioca *Onionz - ''Doin Damage E.P.'' - Dae Recordings *Onionz - ''Backyard Chronicles'' - Treehouse *Onionz - ''Drum Circle'' - Household *Onionz - ''Soul Ting'' - Viberent *Onionz - ''Hermanos Y Hermanas'' - Goanche *Onionz - ''Master D Holy Ghost Power'' - Electrik Soul Recordings *Onionz - ''The Brand E.P.'' - Playback *Onionz - ''Gettin Thru It'' - Mi Casa *Onionz + Joeski - ''Tattoo Sessions'' - Maya *Onionz + Tony + Master D -'' The Music'' - Detour *Onionz - ''Horns In My Cave'' - Detour *Onionz - Acid Chants'' - Mozee Musik *Blakkat + The Barrio Brothers - ''Understanding'' - Electrik Soul Recordings *Onionz - ''For These Who Know E.P.'' - Aztalan *Onionz + Tony - Summer'' - Tango *Onionz + Master D Electriksoul Brothers'' - Tango *Onionz + Master D - ''Silver Lightening'' - Electriksoul *Onionz - ''Latin Hustler'' - Siesta *Onionz + Joeski + Master D - ''Touch Me'' - Electriksoul *Onionz + Master D - ''4Th Dimension Of Existence'' - Siesta *6400 Crew Pres. Onionz + Halo - ''I Need Ya'' - Electriksoul *Onionz + Joeski Pres. Barrio Bros. - ''Hold On To Your Love'' - Electriksoul *Onionz + Joeski + Master D - ''Chango Musik'' - Electriksoul *Onionz - ''Groove Predator'' - Camouflage *Onionz + Master D + Tony - ''Right There'' - Electriksoul *6400 Crew Pres. Onionz + Tony - ''Cookin Up The Funk E.P.'' - Siesta *Onionz + Tony - ''How's Ya Vibe'' - Shaboom *Onionz + Master D - ''Celia's Groove'' - N.R.K. *Onionz + Master D - ''T's Tango'' Electriksoul *Onionz + Tony - ''Slightly Touched E.P.'' - Moody *Onionz + Tony + Dano - ''Extreme Measures'' - Moody *Onionz + Tony + Master D - ''Dano Brothers'' - Hand Low Pressing *Onionz + Master D - ''Fading Memories'' - Doubledown Recordings *19Th Street Brothers - ''The Park E.P.'' - Electriksoul *Dj Who + Onionz - ''Unlock Your Heart'' - Electriksoul *Onionz + Master D - ''Infatuation'' Imperial Dub *Onionz + Master D - ''Never Ending Journey'' - Electriksoul *Onionz - ''E.T.I. Supreme Soul Team'' - Electriksoul *Family - ''Say A Little Prayer'' - Electriksoul

Remixes

*Phuture - ''We Are Phuture (Onionz Remix)'' – Afro Acid *Carl Cox - ''The Player (Onionz Remix)'' - Bush Records *Nathan Barato - ''Dirty (Onionz Remix)'' - Root And Wings Music *Halo Varga - ''Future (Onionz Remix)'' - Siesta Records *Marc Pollen - ''Risky Life (Onionz Remix)'' - Siesta Records *Alex Clavijo + Roger Arias - ''Ganguro - (Onionz Remix)'' - Uniform Recordings *Soup A - ''Passion'' - Sullivan Room Records *EMan + Doc Link - ''Hollow (Onionz Love Beth to Death Mix)'' - Liberate Recordings *Dj Pierre - ''Masterblaster (Turn It Up) (Onionz Remix)'' - Bush Records *Phonolulu - ''Nights Young (Onionz Remix)'' - BluFin *Timo Garcia - ''Wonderlust Bug (Onionz Remix)'' - Berwick Street Records *Ostrich - ''Go Down (Onionz Remix)'' - Mile End Records *Jack Loves Robots - ''Anxsociety (Onionz Remix)'' - Silent Machine Recordings *Joeski - ''Don't Stop (Onionz Remix)'' - Maya *Jake Knights - ''Drench (Onionz Remix)'' - Influential House *Negghead - ''Life (Onionz Remix)'' - Waxon Records *Slok - ''Deesgustocosmicow (Onionz Remix)'' - Electronic Petz *Nick + Danny Chatelain - ''Katrinyla (Onionz Remix)'' - Goanche *

Miss Honey Dijon Honey Redmond (known professionally as Honey Dijon) is an American DJ, producer, and electronic musician. She was born in Chicago and is based in New York City and Berlin. She has performed at clubs, festivals, art fairs, galleries and fashion ...

Feat. Celeda - ''New Day (Onionz Chief Rocka Mix)'' - Mile End Records *Dbr + David Ferrara Vs. Blaze - ''My Beat (Onionz Remix)'' - Play This! Records *Timo Garcia - ''Boom (Onionz Remix)'' - Berwick St. *Harada - ''I Came (Onionz Remix)'' - Blu Fin *Cybersutra - ''I Believe (Onionz Remix)'' - Red Stick *Levi - ''Another You (Onionz Remix)'' - Dirty Fabric *Funk D Void - ''Genibra (Onionz Remix)'' - Soma *The Idiotbox - ''Supermodel (Onionz Remix)'' - Dirty Fabric *Jamie Anderson - ''Sunlight (Onionz Remix)'' - Om Records *Mattheson - ''Blown (Onionz Remix)'' - Atlantic Standard Recordings *Matt Rock - ''Night After Night (Onionz Remix)'' - Hardplace *Refined.se - ''Swinging Kitten (Onionz Dub)'' - Frik:N:Frak *Hawke - ''We Come From Far (Onionz Off The Radar Dub)'' - Eighth Dimension *Rock N Hardplace - ''Night After Night (Onionz Remix)'' - Hardplace Recordings *Drum Bums - ''The Idea (Onionz Dub)'' - Phonetic Recordings *Blacksoul Feat. Rithma - ''Not Another Love Song (Onionz Remix)'' - Blacksoul Music *Buick Project - ''Luminare (Onionz Rub)'' - Saved Records *Dennis Ferrer - ''Sandcastles (Onionz Remix)'' - Defected *Noel Nanton - ''Mongo Bongo (Onionz Remix)'' - N.R.K. *Lee Cabrera - ''Shake It (Onionz + Master D Remix)'' - Credence *Master H - ''Cest La Vie (Onionz Remix )'' - Soma Recordings *Technique - ''When There Is Love (Onionz Remix)'' - Downtown 161 *The Operator - ''(Onionz + Master D Remix)'' - Skyline Records *Blakkat Feat. Tyra - ''Rite Place (Onionz Remix)'' - Shaboom *Taka Boom - ''Groove Like That (Onionz Remix)'' - Shaboom *Chris Simmonds - ''In My Soul (Onionz Remix)'' - Big Chief *Rocket - ''People (Onionz + Master D's Doggy Style Dub)'' - Grayhound Recordings *Kerri Chandler Feat. Roy Ayers - ''Good Vibrations (Onionz Remix)'' - Champion *Sandy B - ''Make My World Go Round (Onionz Remix)'' - Champion *Robin S. - ''Show Me Love (Onionz Remix)'' - Champion *Raze - ''Break For Love (Onionz Remix)'' - Champion *Earth People - ''Dance (Onionz Remix)'' - Champion *Dano - ''The Crawl (Onionz + Master D Remix)'' - Red Melon *Halo - ''Mi Casa (Onionz + Master D Remix)'' - Moody *Soulstice - ''Lovely (Onionz + Master D Remix)'' - Om Records *Mephisto Odyssey - ''The Lift (Onionz + Tony Remix)'' - Primal/Warner Bros. *Dj Shorty - ''In Your Mind (Onionz + Master D Electrik Soul Brothers Mix) - ESP-SUN Records *Felli + Buddy ''Exploding Fist (Onionz +Master D Remix)'' - Caffeine

References

External links

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Electrik SoulVictor Venegas
{{Authority control 1970 births American DJs Musicians from New York (state) Living people Club DJs American house musicians American electronic musicians Electronic dance music DJs