Resident DJ and founding member of Dark Dreams since 2006, he has opened for acts such as ill.Gates, Mochipet, Kraddy, Ana Sia, Bluetech, MiMosa, Big Gigantic, Skism, Hulk, Yentalbeats, Lazersword, Phutureprimitive and Signal Path. Actively involved in the festival and warehouse party scene since 2009, organizing stages, events, decorating, performing and other capacities, ir8 is a regular fixture at festivals across Western Montana and has also performed at festivals in Idaho, Washington and on the Nexus Funktion-One at Burning Man. Currently retired from commercial event production, but active in the new Montana Regional Burning Man chapter and pursuing creative endeavors with video mapping and other custom programmed visual experiments.
Known as "the A to Z DJ", ir8 has a very eclectic and extensive taste in music. Depending on the vibe, he has been known to drop anything from deep house to gabber. ir8prim8 likes DJ culture,
