Devlin and Darko

Baltimore DJ duo, Chris Devlin and Ronnie Darko (aka Rockswell and Lord Darkie) met back in 1998, after discovering their mutual obsession for 1980s hip hop and scratch DJs.

Both successful local DJs at the time, Devlin and Darko decided somewhere in 2002, to combine mixing forces and start playing gigs together. “By that time we had been friends for a fair few years, ” starts Ronnie Darko, “so we felt we knew that if we performed together, their would be an automatic sense of what each was doing or about to do, without a need to practice or plan it prior. We work on the same vibe, so there is quite a strong connection.”

Best known for being members of the amazing live act Spankrock, they have also dj-ed with the likes of Beck, KRS 1 and Gnarls Barkley, as well as finding time to start the successful monthly parties, ‘Baltimore Bass Connection’ in Baltimore, and ‘Fully Fitted’ in NYC and put out highly popular mix tapes with XXXchange ( spank rock producer)

The DJs behind the genre-crossing party rap phenomenon of Spank Rock,
Devlin & Darko have deep crates and they know how to use them. They
mix everything from classic hip hop to Italo disco to French electro
into a dance party that’s populist without being strictly pop. They’re
adept mixers, inventive selectors, and genial hosts. Expect them to
keep things bouncing until the very moment the lights go on and the
sound guy pulls the plug. - Eric Grandy (THE STRANGER)