Sherard Ingram is a menacing node in the vast tangle of electronic music's history, present, and future. As DJ Stingray 313, the Detroit native is an established figure in electro and techno from its earliest days. His Urban Tribe project is testament to this. First appearing on the genre-defining 1991 compilation Equinox, Urban Tribe has coounted Anthony Shakir, Carl Craig, and Kenny Dixon Jr. members of the group. But perhaps Ingram's most finely calibrated and entirely natural maneuver was under the wing of Drexciya's James Stinson. Performing with Drexciya's live unit, Ingram took the “Drexciyan DJ Stingray” identity and conjured a torrential storm from the DJ booth.

These days, relocated to Berlin, DJ Stingray 313 still works on pushing his own sound, always searching like a scientist for new inspirations and aesthetics to make his DJ sets and productions unique. He propagates a seer-like, totalising concept, a nexus of electro, house, techno and beyond. If it sounds intense, it's because it is, and it's still just about sweating it out at a club.