The stratosphere exhaled, heavens aligned and by the grace & glory of house beats, PJ Stroller, a.k.a. Reginald Lafaye, was rescued from the swampy close-minded confines of rural southern Missouri. In 1994 he discovered the flamboyant St. Louis Superstars of Love, and knew instantly that this fresh scene was here to stay. Ravin' got him into the music, and buying turntables and gear to produce his own unique brand of electronica proved the natural progression.

Influenced by the likes of Adam F, Squarepusher and Aphex Twin, music has been an inherent part of PJ's life (especially here on Earth) since he was just a wee tot. The son of an accomplished saxophonist, musical ambitions are his birthright. Trained as a jazz drummer, PJ has traveled the world in search of polyrhythmic groove, from Thailand to Prague, and back to the states spinning from Nashville to Seattle to Boulder, where he's been jamming for the past five years.

Upon his arrival to the Boulder locale around 1997, he started producing drum & bass as "Apparatus" with his partner in crime, Joe Flarsheim. PJ's roots are in jazz, funk, drum & bass, trip-hop, and ambient music—he's proven his dexterous finesse on the tables by converging all of those influences into what he calls "clubby four-on-the-floor progressive tek-funk."

One fine fall evening in 2000, PJ embodied his pseudonym by the light of a brilliant full moon in the middle of a wheat field. Hopped up on goofballs, PJ was psychedelically hyped—playin' out his dance-stroll-pimp-roll in the glow of a celebratory bonfire. His peers were amazed by such whirling dervishes, and christened him PJ Stroller on the spot. Dancing grew frenzied and "the stroll" became the move of the night. Amid maniacal laughter, everyone tried to mimic his grace whilst strolling, but none could compare. All the while PJ continued to up the ante...demanding and striving for nothing less than "MORE BEATS PER MINUTE!" PJ has been creating exquisite jive ever since.

PJ plans to continue producing dope tracks in hopes of performing in front of audiences worldwide. Lee Burridge and Craig Richards have recently licensed PJ's track "Gravy (Rocky Mountain Remix)" for their Tyrant "No Shoes No Cake" mix c.d. PJ insists, "DJing is just an excuse to hang out with cool people who love to dance and love the music. It's really all about making tracks..."

- Erin Friedrich-Wilson (on location in Kansas City, Missouri)