Not a club. Not a festival stage. A backyard in central New Jersey with a DJ controller and beats heard around the neighboring houses. DJ Christopher Michaels got his glimpse of the gear for the first time and something clicked — not just the music. The possibility of it.

That's the real origin of Deimos Sound.

The road to that backyard took years.

Otterpop came into the family carrying turntables and thirty years of music behind him. He'd been DJing since 1994 — drum and bass, love at first sight, his sound ever since. He set those decks up at his brother’s place and sparked something. DJ CM had been the unofficial DJ at family and friends’ house parties. A music conversation started. It never really stopped.

After that day in the backyard, it became an apprenticeship. Then it became something bigger.

Two DJs. Two names that tell you everything.

DJ Christopher Michaels — deliberately formal, knowingly a little pretentious. A main room DJ who wanted to learn and express himself.

Otterpop — a deliberate counterpoint to the ‘90s era hard-edged DnB scene, built as much as a statement as anything else. He also just really likes the ice pops. He wanted to play loud. He still does.

The name Deimos came first.

From the two moons of Mars and Greek mythology — Deimos and Phobos, twin sons of Ares and Aphrodite, the god of war and the goddess of love. Deimos represents lingering dread. The feeling that stays after the set ends, follows you home, and is still there in the morning.

Two brothers. One sound. Built from mythology and a backyard party that got out of hand.

Based in central New Jersey. Playing private events, club nights, and festivals — main room to underground, trance to drum and bass, bass house to techno.

No weddings. Just the music they love.