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Deneka Peniston
Brian "Raydar" Ellis
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Brian "Raydar" Ellis B.M. '06 is known as a jack of all trades and master of many. After graduating with a double major in music business and electronic production and design (formerly known as music synthesis), he cofounded Revive Music Group with fellow classmate Meghan Stabile and helped cement the company as a powerful force in New York City's jazz scene. While teaching at Berklee, Ellis has crafted remixes for Blue Note Records, contributed session musician work for artists like Esperanza Spalding and Chris Dave, and served as the DJ for various shows around the world. These experiences have helped inform him in teaching established classes like Turntable Technique and Hip-Hop Ensemble and in the creation of classes like Hip-Hop Songwriting and the J Dilla Ensemble.
- Producer, remixer, and session musician for Esperanza Spalding's Radio Music Society (2012), Revive Music/Blue Note Records' Supreme Sonacy Vol. 1 (2015), and Lyric Jones's Jones St (2012) and Love's Trail Mix (2014)
- DJ for Christian Scott's Stretch Music Festival (2015–2018) as well as various shows with Robert Glasper (2008–present) and Terri Lyne Carrington's Social Science (2017–2018)
- Emcee for Keyon Harrold and Maimouna Youssef (2019), and Igmar Thomas' Revive Big Band (2010–present)
- Featured in the New York Times review of Supreme Sonacy (2015) and the Vox Earworm Series documentary on J Dilla (2017)