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Jerry Bonham

I haven't seen a thread about Jerry or heard anyone even talk about him since I've been here, so I wondered what people think of him as a producer and as a dj.

I have had the fortune to see him on a few occasions as he has played with Van Dyk, and found his sets to be far superior to Van Dyk's. In fact, I have enjoyed his sets about as much as anyone's because of his mixture of progressive and trance and style, as well as his ability to mix pretty cleanly.

What do you guys think?

i think he plays many raves... havent heard any of his stuff tho..

I'd fully agree with everything in your post. Truly underrated.

I've seen him open for PVD a few times and he sucked. The entire dance floor, expect for like 3 people on drugs, were actually dancing.

But he does a good job opening for PVD because everyone was bored out of their minds with his shitty music that when PVD came on his shit sounds 100000000000000X better than it normally would.

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Originally posted by Dave Piazza I've seen him open for PVD a few times and he sucked. The entire dance floor, expect for like 3 people on drugs, were actually dancing. But he does a good job opening for PVD because everyone was bored out of their minds with his shitty music that when PVD came on his shit sounds 100000000000000X better than it normally would.

Damn, that's crazy. The couple of times I saw him open for PVD he was way better. And had a good progression, building into Van Dyk. His sound wasn't monotonous like PVD's. I preferred his sets, but everyone has off nights, or it might just be his style. Do you like Sander K or Hernan Cattaneo?

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Originally posted by Nite-Mer Damn, that's crazy. The couple of times I saw him open for PVD he was way better. And had a good progression, building into Van Dyk. His sound wasn't monotonous like PVD's. I preferred his sets, but everyone has off nights, or it might just be his style. Do you like Sander K or Hernan Cattaneo?

The last time I saw him was at Milwaukee @ the Rave and in Chicago @ Sound-Bar. Both times he opened for PVD. Both times the dancefloor just stopped moving.

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Originally posted by Nite-Mer Do you like Sander K or Hernan Cattaneo?

Yea. I am going to see Sander tommorow @ Vision. Should be a good show.

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Originally posted by Dave Piazza Yea. I am going to see Sander tommorow @ Vision. Should be a good show.

Hell yeah. I just saw him a couple of weeks ago. One of the best sets I've ever seen. Should be some of the same, I imagine.

I saw him at Vision a couple of years ago. It was my first time seeing him and he was sick there too. Have a good time.

I was just wondering, because he has played very similarly to Sander the couple of times I saw him. Maybe not as housy, but pretty dark, yet melodic.

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Originally posted by Nite-Mer I was just wondering, because he has played very similarly to Sander the couple of times I saw him. Maybe not as housy, but pretty dark, yet melodic.

The times I saw Jerry play it was just shit. Nothing close to Sander style tracks. Maybe he lost his records


This is the first time I am going to see Sander live so it will be cool.

Depends - how long did you listen to him play? If he plays for a long set before PVD (as he did one time I saw him), the first hour or two he plays pure filler. Barely danceable. In fact I didn't like it at all.

But that's opening music. As the night progresses his set becomes better and better. At around 2-3 hours before PVD he started playing pretty good stuff.

He's a very good DJ IMO, he knows how to play as an opening DJ. His mixing has been spot on and very clean, and his track selection is varied and **fresh**. Last time I saw them both, I actually preferred Bonham's set. PVD was just playing pure hard trance /techno nonstop (almost to the point of being monotonous). Jerry's set had a more varied energy level. Most tasty.

I'm sorry I haven't heard of him yet...

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Originally posted by starlabs Depends - how long did you listen to him play? If he plays for a long set before PVD (as he did one time I saw him), the first hour or two he plays pure filler. Barely danceable. In fact I didn't like it at all. But that's opening music. As the night progresses his set becomes better and better. At around 2-3 hours before PVD he started playing pretty good stuff. He's a very good DJ IMO, he knows how to play as an opening DJ. His mixing has been spot on and very clean, and his track selection is varied and **fresh**. Last time I saw them both, I actually preferred Bonham's set. PVD was just playing pure hard trance /techno nonstop (almost to the point of being monotonous). Jerry's set had a more varied energy level. Most tasty.

That's exactly how I feel. I was wondering if others would have the same sentiment. He doesn't play a lot of tracks you know, but he plays great tracks. Last time he was here in July he played a track that I have that is awesome. I think it's called Plastic Boy - Silver Bath, but I never remember. The record has a yellow arrow on it and is green.

one of my favourites...check out Spundae: Interpretations 2

I first heard of him because of JSJ - Ghosts of you on Renaissance and Jerry Bonham - Seventh Seal on Saw. Both good production pieces. Seventh Seal actually took a couple listens for it to grow on me, but now I love it.

listen to JSJ - Deep Love 9 (11.5 mix) hehe

JSJ btw is Jondi, Spesh, and Bonham

his rather new productions with Dirty Hertz are quite nice too

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred listen to JSJ - Deep Love 9 (11.5 mix) hehe JSJ btw is Jondi, Spesh, and Bonham

I know. I don't know about that particular mix, but I didn't like that track enough to buy it when I first heard it. I like deeper and darker stuff more now though, and that's probably why I didn't pick it up. I will look for that set too. A friend of mine is booking him again soon. Another quality free show to attend. I love those.

Jerry Bonham - Liquid is a hot track

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Originally posted by Nite-Mer I know. I don't know about that particular mix, but I didn't like that track enough to buy it when I first heard it. I like deeper and darker stuff more now though, and that's probably why I didn't pick it up. I will look for that set too. A friend of mine is booking him again soon. Another quality free show to attend. I love those.

it's not a set, but rather a 2 disc compilation, and a great one at that...be sure to check it.

The first time i saw Jerry Bonham was at Rave @ the Rocks this year, and i gotta say that he was great! And I'm lookin forward to seeing him next month at Nation 2 to see what he throws down Seriously he is gaining up on my top fav djs at the mo.

When he opened for Van Dyk at Spirit back in June, he really got the crowd going. In all the times I have seen Van Dyk, I have never seen an opener get the response the Jerry got.

When he first came on it was still filling up so he was playing some good chilled stuff. By the time the place began to fill up, everyone was dancing, crowd was really responding to him, cheering; and he was totally playing back to them.

Then we he dropped the mash up of Sasha - Xpander and Chable - Ride, the place went NUTS.

From what I remember Jerry owns a record store in San Francisco and is in his mid-40s.

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