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2009.06.12. SATOSHI TOMIIE, AMIR JAVASOUL & More at THE MOD CLUB
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SATOSHI TOMIIE
http://www.myspace.com/satoshi_tomiie
http://www.sawrecordings.com
http://www.defmix.com
Satoshi's music career began at an early age when his parents encouraged him to study the piano. He trained for an admirable ten years, developing a distinct passion for Jazz. Soon after the sound of Hip Hop provoked him to start his foray into DJ'ing and production. Then came house as Satoshi became fascinated by the early Chicago mix-tapes he was hearing. A Japanese cosmetic company asked Satoshi to produce a track for their forthcoming promo parties where the legendary DJ Frankie Knuckles was performing. Knuckles saw the potential in Satoshi's music and asked if he was interested in collaborating. The final result of their partnership was "Tears", a defining moment in vocal house and a song now commonly regarded as an all time classic. Satoshi soon took the leap and moved to New York. Since his seminal hit "Tears" back in 1989, he has gone on to become a major part of the acclaimed Def Mix crew. Although Satoshi's beginnings were based on his musicianship as a classically trained musician, he used his talents in the early years of his career to write, program and produce some of the biggest classic house records of our time. Satoshi also has remixed and worked with the likes of Photek, Kosheen, Simply Red, David Bowie, U2 and Mariah Carey, just to name a few. Satoshi's debut solo album was 2000s massive Full Lick. The album featured the outstanding Satoshi anthem 'Love In Traffic' with Kelli Ali (ex-Sneaker Pimps) on vocals. The track was picked up by John Digweed for his Global Underground mix and remains a progressive classic to this day. The album also included 'Darkness' featuring veteran house vocalist Robert Owens, and 'Inspired' featuring Diane Charlamagne. In 2001, Satoshi Tomiie launched his own label "SAW.RECORDINGS". It was Satoshi's desire to create a platform from which he would be able to showcase ideas and creativity that are more experimental. SAW's first single release "Paranoize" by Bipath (A collaboration work with Stephane K.) caused major excitement from DJ's worldwide. If SAW.RECORDINGS is an example of the direction that Satoshi is heading in, he is acknowledging the changes in the dance music scene, thus shifting what House music is. House music never stops evolving and expanding its borders and Satoshi Tomiie is in the forefront of this movement. Satoshi's Saw Recordings label has carved out a niche and has earned a formidable reputation for credible club grooves. Taking its name from a sound wave, the company has to date unleashed over 60 singles along with 4 albums including Chab's sublime variety of rock, electro and house tracks, SLOK, Guy Gerber, Audiofly X, Jim Rivers, Nick Chacona, Nathan Fake, Lexicon Avenue and Satoshi's own mix compilations ES and ES-B. When Satoshi was invited by compilation kings Global Underground to contribute a mix to their NuBreed series, it was a great honor. Satoshi is the first American based DJ to be asked to record a NuBreed album which is known for only working with the leading cutting edge DJ's. Satoshi's album remains the fastest and highest selling NuBreed to date. Receiving the highest honor as a DJ, in 2001 Satoshi Tomiie was voted by the public into the 30 spot of the World's Top 100 DJ List and Best Tech House DJ Ibiza DJ Award. Satoshi is also finding International recognition now as a Label owner besides his proven talents as a DJ, Producer / Artist and Musician. The last few years have been all about DJing for Satoshi. This Japanese New Yorker has been virtually everywhere you can think of in recent years, in March 05 Tomiie was also voted Americas ..15 favorite DJ in the world by the premier Electronic magazine BPM. He only spins in his home city (Tokyo) every six months or so; the rest of the time he's traveling, using the Big Apple as a second home which also serves as a handy midpoint between Asia, South America and Europe - where a lot of his gigs are. In 2006, Satoshi was chosen to mix the first album of Renaissance's new series 3D. The 3 CD series will include the following discs: Club, Home, and Studio. This is a step above any ordinary compilation as it will offer a 3-dimensional view into Satoshi's musical life spread across the three discs. The 'Club' disc will be a straight-up reflection of the sets he is currently playing in clubs. Disc 2 'Studio' disc will feature a selection of his original productions and remixes. Disc 3 will be 'Home', a selection of tracks; mixed or unmixed that Satoshi listens to in his downtime and tracks that has influenced him over the years. Following up with the releasing of successful 'Masters' series on Renaissance and releasing of his own singles 'Glow' in 2007 as well as 'Solar Wind' in 2008 on SAW.RECORDINGS, Satoshi is now preparing another album planned to be released late 2008 for Renaissance. The collaboration with Audiofly, Opus Ink's 2nd single is also in the pipeline. Although Satoshi is quiet and unassuming; he gets on with the job of playing and producing quality underground dance music.
AMIR JAVASOUL
http://www.myspace.com/amirjavasoul
PlastikPeople Paris Resident, Amir has been DJing since 1997. Growing up in Montreal Canada, his early influences were the sounds of Chicago house, and in particular, Derrick Carter. Its Derrick's style of Djing and early productions that gave Amir the urge of becoming a DJ and recording artist. Fast forward to 2001, Amir moved across the pond and made Paris his home away from home. Since then, he has held residencies at all the major clubs in the city (Queen Club, Redlight, Terrassa, Delahouse, Djoon club, ....) and has played alongside the world's best . His clubworld residency at Queen Club (2002-2004) and at Redlight (2004-2006) as well as the now famous Terrassa residency (2002-2005) is still regarded today as a stepping stone for many international DJs and artists into the Parisian DJ scene. On the international front, Amir has played regularly in clubs such as...(Ministry of sound (uk), The End(uk), T-Bar(uk), Crystal (istanbul), Boa/sonic(Toronto) to name just a few. Today he holds his PlastikPeople residency in Paris and continues to travel the world.
JONNY WHITE
http://www.jonnywhite.com
In a few short years Jonny White has stepped up to become one of the leading players in Canadian dance music, true he has been a local promoter for over a decade but his move into the world of DJ’ing and his role as both producer and label boss have seen him rapidly rise to the forefront of the international scene. His label, No.19 Music has seen him releasing music from the likes of DJ Sneak, Stacey Pullen & Jamie Jones alongside his own critically acclaimed productions, whilst his club nights have brought such luminaries as Carl Craig and Peace Division to his home town of Toronto earning him underground royalty status.
No stranger to music, Jonny was brought up surrounded by and immersed in all genres of music from a very early age. Born into a music family with his father at the time working as division manager for A&M Records, exposed Jonny to everything from B.B. King to Pink Floyd to Talk Talk in his formative years. This not only contributed to his taste in music but also created his obsession with all types of music and later aspirations to make music into a career, a career in which White has managed to combine a number of roles since he first started as a promoter back in 1997 and it is possibly this that has given him such great insight into what does and doesn’t work musically. He was greatly influenced by Toronto’s club scene in the mid nineties, especially the now legendary Industry, where he was to find such passion for the electronic sound and also form lasting friendships with key players such Kenny Glasgow who is now one of White’s production partners, and one of the core artist on No.19 Music. From his early days putting on local parties he soon became entranced with the performance side of the business and within a few short years had landed a residency at hotspot ‘The Guvernment’. Associations with Toronto’s Legendary YYZ entertainment ensued and after hooking up with his now business partner Nitin the pair soon found themselves residents for all the companies much lauded events and on several house and techno bills weekly.
Whilst things were developing at a steady rate on the DJ front, White began to take an interest in the recording and production side of things. He joined forces with James Teej who had recently moved across the country to be in Toronto and soon the pair were working full time together in the studio. The first fruit of their labours was the ‘Musique Noire’ single, released along side White’s first original solo production “Full Night” which was rapidly snapped up by Kenneth Broxgaard for release on the impressive Connect Four label. The musical partnership between White and Teej was to endure and their names have now become inextricably linked as a mark of quality in underground music.
Back in the club, things were hotting up. Jonny White was asked to hold a 5am residency at David Morales’ Sonic Nightclub and offers began to flood in for guest slots across Canada and beyond. Spots at international festivals such as Ultra in Miami, DEMF and BPM in Mexico further established White’s position as a force to be reckoned with. Moving residencies from Sonic to the much hailed Peter Gaishen’s Circa Nightclub Jonny also began playing regularly for Adam Gills’ Embrace Entertainment along side friends MANDY, Audiofly & Damian Lazrus.
The story from here centres round the meteoric rise of No.19 Music, the label and events company that is now the backbone of White’s entertainment business. Agent Jazz Spinder and Embrace Ent worked alongside Jonny to bring some of the most exciting nights the city had ever seen, bringing in heroes of house and techno such as Stacey Pullen, MANDY, Carl Craig and Peace Division. The No19 label was soon to follow and drew instant international attention with its mix of exciting fresh talent and established hard hitters. White’s vision for No.19 saw Toronto’s finest rubbing shoulders with names such as DJ Sneak, Stacey Pullen, Justin Drake and Nick Holder, instantly creating a new found respect for Toronto’s underground, and international praise for White. Add to this the musical talents of Kenny Glasgow, Glimpse, Daso, and White’s own original productions and you can see why No19 became an instant must have label for DJs across the globe. www.no19music.com www.myspace.com/no19music
There can be no doubt that Jonny White is in his ascendancy. Drawing on his knowledge as promoter, DJ, artist and label boss he is climbing a seemingly effortless path to the summit of the scene and on his journey is providing some of the most exciting music and clubbing experiences out there. As dance music continues on its journey of reinvention it takes individuals like White and his knowledge, passion and talent to keep the fires burning brightly.
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