Registered: Feb 2010
Location: Northern New Jersey
Jon O'Bir Retiring...
From his FB fan page:
quote:
Hello… and goodbye.
After 12 years, I've decided to move away from DJ'ing and producing. I lived the dream in those 12 years, too many highlights to mention, but include playing at some of the most amazing events, being resident of GodsKitchen, having a show on BBC Radio 1, being invited to do the Essential Mix and of course the two albums 'From Within' and 'Music Database'. A big THANK YOU to all who have helped me along in my career, you know who you are and of course to you, who listened and watched me during what seemed this unreal moment in my life, I could not have done it without you. I will be moving on to another exciting project, but I'll still be working closely for our events and label company, Infinity.
Details of my last few gigs to come soon, I hope to see some of you there, but for now, I'll leave you with one of the highs. Midnight, NYE 2005, New York City on my 21st birthday. One of many golden memories.
He left off with this:
Apparently one of our own shot the video and I guess a bunch of y'all were there.
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: the county of kings..ny
i wassent there for that party, but that is one crazy nye countdown . as for o bir back in the day he was quality for sure all around
look at all his old tracklists and he supported tracks from alot of dif trance guys and even some madd underground stuff. i have a few of his old mixes and to this day i still listen to them
i seen him live a few times and he was great, past year or so he was slowly starting to add some commercial trouse into his sets ahhhh
production wise i dunno if alot of people are aware but a good percentage of his songs were written by activa. either way kinda sad to see him go but life goes on and wish him the best
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Mar-21-2013 14:17
euphoria
Moderator
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: New York
Not surprised... I'm sure he won't be the last. Nice vid tho. Retire..switch genre...or sell out seems to be the common direction for trance DJs. Mentioning NYC was a nice gesture. Jon is a cool down to earth kind guy. I'm sure he will still be successful no matter what he ends up doing. Farewell Jon.
Brian (VTec) was the one who shot that video. I saved it and sent it to a buddy of mine (Mark Anthony), who uploaded it.
One of the greatest nights out at a night club for me. I'll never forget it. Thank you Jon!
Mar-21-2013 14:48
Guest
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That NYE video has finally come full circle. I love it!
Mar-21-2013 14:52
Dany Veltri
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2005
Location:
Amazing party, until the stabbings commenced.
Mar-21-2013 16:24
a.l.d.i.
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Astoria, NY
Who?
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Mar-21-2013 18:03
Dozer 888
tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2006
Location: Fidi
I was at this party and recall PvD was supposed to spin till like 8 or something. Then the stabbings, ruined it all for everyone.
PvD ended it at like 2-3?
Mar-21-2013 21:18
PVD_S11DJ
ElectronicDanceMusicAdict
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Vanditville, MA
definitely was an unforgettable NYE moment!
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Mar-22-2013 03:37
Armitage350
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2010
Location: Northern New Jersey
quote:
Originally posted by Dany Veltri
Amazing party, until the stabbings commenced.
Guess people couldn't handle their booze/drugs back then either.
Mar-22-2013 17:36
xpand3r
Supreme technoaddict
Registered: Feb 2010
Location: New Jersey
quote:
Originally posted by Armitage350
Guess people couldn't handle their booze/drugs back then either.
Are there any articles about the incident? I haven't heard about it until now.
