Nick Trotta is tired of “PC-jays.”

The 29-year-old disc jockey, who performs under the moniker DJ Triz, coined this term to describe the glut of average electronic artists in the music scene – a phenomenon made by the widespread proliferation of high-quality music software.

“Since nowadays it’s so easy to make good music without a lot of effort, it dilutes the scene and makes it hard to find quality electronic music,” Trotta said. “I’ve seen electronic artists who just click around on their mouse a little bit, smoke cigarettes and bob their heads.”

In fact, Trotta was inspired to pursue a career as a DJ to combat the increasing mediocrity among electronic artists.

“My friends had gone to a club one night and mentioned to me that the DJ was terrible,” he said. “They said they heard better music at the parties I threw. That was kind of the light bulb moment – it just made sense that that was the route I wanted to take.”

Trotta and fellow local DJ Taylor Jimmerson – better known as t8r(tot) – have decided to join forces under the name TnT to deliver a unique electronic experience.

The duo is scheduled to make its live debut tonight at Nowhere Bar. Music Matters, the production team responsible for the annual Baller’s Ball event, has promoted the show extensively and will provide the lighting.

Trotta and Jimmerson began to collaborate despite their disparate approaches to electronic music.

“[Trotta] is a traditional DJ with two turntables, while I’m more of your new era laptop DJ,” Jimmerson said. “In a sense, we are doing the same thing – beat matching and song blending – but he can do all sorts of scratching and sampling, and with my laptop I can manipulate songs and samples in real-time.

“They both work great hand-in-hand for live shows because it provides the best of both worlds and adds diversity to the performance.”

But the guys share similar musical philosophies. As TnT, they strive to separate themselves from the norm by creating their own original beats for sets, composing music to accompany them and sampling from more obscure, underground music.

“By starting as a DJ before I tried to become more of a musician, I would find good pieces of music that most people wouldn’t be exposed to if they didn’t really take the time to research it,” Trotta said. “I’ve never been a fan of spinning top 40 radio hits.”

“I do my best to make every show as entertaining as possible by using new technology to revamp and manipulate songs in new and unheard-of ways,” Jimmerson said.

Trotta also adds a unique element due to his background in musicals, and classical voice and performance.

“[These experiences] made me respect the performance aspect of things,” Trotta said. “When someone’s onstage, they’re putting a lot of effort forward and trying to feed back with the crowd rather than just sit up there and play tracks.”