In early August, 2001, Keith Gryder and Bryan Hughes discovered that they both shared an obsessive and consuming passion for beautiful trance. From their first time hanging out and spinning together on a sunny Saturday afternoon, they immediately realized that not only their love of music was shared, but the way they chose to manifest it.

Ironically, some people have wondered who is the teacher and who is the student. The reality is that both Keith and Bryan are talented and skilled DJs who developed their musical tastes and mixing styles independently. Their ability to come together and mix a seamless beautiful thread is not much different and as rare as two painters who can paint the same painting.



Keith Gryder

(Gryder&Hughes, San Francisco)

DJ extraordinary, Keith Gryder has roared onto the San Francisco trance scene dropping some of the most driving and pretty wax. Spinning for only a year, Keith got his big break spinning the sunrise set at Burningman in 2001.

Currently, Keith has become a regular at some of San Francisco’s most notable underground parties such as Metropolis (SF), Bump (Cat Club, SF), X-Men (715 Harrison, SF) and Powerhouse (SF).


Bryan Hughes

(Gryder&Hughes, ZoeMagik Records and City of Tribes Records, San Francisco)

Executive Producer and DJ extraordinary, Bryan Hughes has been DJing for 8 years. In 1992, with his partner DJ Jim Hopkins (Twitch Records, San Francisco) he was the visionary behind the local independent labels ZoeMagik Records and sister label City of Tribes Records. Bryan was instrumental in signing and releasing underground artists such as Young American Primitive, Tasti Box, Daisy Glow, Single Cell Orchestra, and Essa3 on ZoeMagik; Bringing San Francisco to the forefront of the underground dance community.

Shortly after the launch of ZoeMagik, and the incredible reception by the European underground, Bryan and Jim launched City of Tribes Records. Bryan was also closely involved in San Francisco’s early rave scene in 1991 with the productions of ToonTown.

Bryan got his big break playing New Years Eve 1993 at Product (1015 Folsom, SF). For the following three years, Bryan teamed with Lewis Walden (Sugar, San Francisco) and continued playing every Saturday night at 1015. Working with other friends, he also started an underground Friday night party called Revolution as well as Tribal (Stud, SF) on Thursday nights. Most notably, Bryan opened for Paul Oakenfold and Mark Lewis at Illuminaughty, Burningman 2000.

Currently, Bryan has been a regular at some of San Francisco’s most notable underground parties such as Metropolis (SF), Bump (Cat Club, SF), X-Men (715 Harrison, SF), Powerhouse (SF) and Sweet (Cell Space, SF)! Other recent venues have also included Qool (111 Minna, SF) and Cool Down.

Vitis their website at www.gryderandhughes.com