One of the pioneers of the "San Francisco sound," Joshua is an equally accomplished DJ and producer with strong ties to Chicago. In the April 2000 issue of Urb Magazine, he is featured on the cover as one of "The Next 100" to watch.

Joshua Michaels was born in the Windy City on a 120 F day in 1969, the same day the first manned Apollo mission blasted off to the moon. Growing up in the suburbs, he was influenced by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, and the culturally rich city of Chicago.. Featuring a full horn section (including a pre-DJ Doc Martin on trumpet), the band toured the state and played in San Diego with No Doubt in 1986. While still a teenager, he secured a weekly radio show on KSCU at Santa Clara University. After high school the band went its separate ways, and Joshua studied architecture at UC Berkeley. He started DJing parties, landing a weekly playing hip-hop and rare grooves at the infamous Nickies BBQ.

In 1989, he and NY native schoolmate Dedan started a weekly in Oakland called Beehive at a pimped-out velvet wallpaper lounge, playing hip-hop, dancehall reggae, soul and house. At the time they were listening to Tony Humphries’ NY radio show sent religiously on cassette from by Dedan’s sister. While visiting relatives and record shopping in Chicago, Joshua was told to go to a store called Gramophone and asked for a guy named "Derrick Carter." The two hit it off, and Joshua would return twice a year to stay at the now famous Red Nail encampment on Green Street, just across the way from the Warehouse and DJ International. Upon graduating from Berkeley, Joshua procured some midi gear and started making his own tracks. After hearing his demos, Derrick and Chez Damier convinced him to move Chicago to make music. Giving up a full time job at HotWired, Joshua moved in with the Red Nail posse (Derrick, Mark Farina and Chris Nazuka), with the illusionary Chez being another semi-permanent resident. Joshua produced for BLUE CUCARACHA, PRESCRIPTION and its offshoot BALANCE, and DJ’d regularly at Red Dog and Shelter. He also worked as a design director at CAJUAL with Rob Kouchoukos and Ivan Pavlovich (now of GUIDANCE), designing most of the labels and cover art during the glory days of 1995-96. During this time, he met Diz, with whom he continues to produce and DJ.

After the breakup of PRESCRIPTION and BALANCE in 1996, Joshua returned to the Bay Area where he’s lived and worked ever since. He balances a prolific producing schedule of original material and remixes for indie and major labels in the US, UK and Canada, with DJ travels throughout the US, and in Canada, Europe, and the UK, where he is a favorite at venues like Bar Rhumba and SubClub.

Back home in SF, he is in charge of A&R and design for local label TWEEKIN’, DJs every Tuesday with a Salsa band, and throws a raucous Sunday weekly, Bionic, at The Top on Haight Street with DJ partners Mark E Quark and Solar, where they have a lot of fun and tend to drink a lot.