"Crush, Kill, Destroy...and Rebuild" A mentality trait which is exercised when Ben Andres aka djriffraff is DJing, or Beat making. Raised in Sacramento and currently residing in the Bay Area. This 15 year vet believes since style will always win over technique, that his own styles should, and do, range not that of just hip-hop, but galvanizing dj mix styles that have influenced him throughout his years on this planet, whether it be Detroit Techno, Neo-Soul, Trip Hop, or Uk Grime...The list goes on. In the past he has held down KDVS's longest running underground hip hop show which started in 1995 and had its end in 2003, and currently known for an uncanny style of improvisational mixing and trick mixing. Currently you can find him DJing throughout Northern California and events in the bay area. Here are some artists in which djriffraff has been fortunate to share the stage with:

The Roots, Blackalicious, Def Tones, Pharcyde, Digable Planets, Aceyalone, Zion I, Heirglyphics, Lateef the Truth Speaker, Sage Francis, Eyedea and Abilities, Cherry Wine, Crown City Rockers, Living Legends, D.J. Swamp, Mark Farina, DJ Shortkut, D-Styles, J-Rocc, Peanut Butter Wolf, Donald Glaude, DJ Crook (Team Sleep), Cerritosallstars.com, DJ Frank Delgato (Def Tones)