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You could say the foundations for Jay’s musical vocation were laid when
he took Flute and Xylophone lessons at an extremely tender age, before
progressing to drums and electric guitar, which resulted in a thankfully
brief flirtation with heavy metal. He ultimately decided trance/hard
trance/techno was more his style, leading him to where he is today.
Early in his
career, he met up with the producer of Turrican, Chris Hülsbeck at a
trade fair, an encounter, which would lead to them partnering in the
studio. Busy sampling and arranging anything that he could get his hands
on, it wasn’t long before his production work started taking off with
remixes for the likes of Kosmonova, Ayla, Sash!, Yello, Sweetbox, La
Bouche and Doug Laurent amongst others .
Soon he
was working with Talla 2XLC, Miss Thunderpussy, and highly respected
labels such as Tracid Traxxx and Blutonium. The remix work continued to
flood in, bringing Flutlicht’s classic Icarus (The Flight), and Ratty’s
- Living on Video in his direction.
Having
delivered several tracks under various Aliases, Pushin’ produced under
his own name, gave him a hit on the Dance charts. Just a beginning,
later productions were going to see him hit the major charts in a big
way worldwide.
Not
content with Dj’ing and producing, Jay successfully branched out into
radio. Familiar with the listeners of Sunshine Live, his feel for music
has allowed him to seamlessly cross over to house, resulting in a weekly
house oriented show for German Radio
It’s hard
to believe Jay started Dj’ing in a dancing school, which not
surprisingly he left, as his techno/trance/hard trance style was not
admired by the chart demanding punters. No problems of an unappreciative
audience these days, as he’s found out playing alongside the likes of
Scot Project and performing at events such as Love Parade. As well as
being a favourite on the German club scene, he has played all over the
world, including Taiwan, Japan, Africa, Russia, Dubai, the U.S, Ibiza,
Ireland, Austria, Poland, and too many other European locations to
mention.
In
2004/2005, one of London’s new events chose his trance mixes for their
promotional CDs. Given out to members and on the nights, it was critical
the music should speak for itself, no judgements, no prejudices it
should be the sound that was all-important. These 60 minutes represented
what they wanted to say about their club, and they had to be so hot
people would beat down the doors to find out who was behind them.
Designed to create a stir and generate interest, they did just that.
Knowing
how the trance, hard trance and house scene works Jay constantly strives
to bring his unique style to a wider audience. An absolute crowd
pleaser, he’s an ultimate showman always able to read and work a club,
displaying an total connection with the audience. Definitely not a DJ
you can ever accuse of playing to the decks and not the floor. There is
never anything less than 110% commitment during his sets. Active and
reactive he certainly has his finger on the pulse of the people and its
normally driving the pulse rate upwards.
2006, sees
Jay emerging onto new frontiers, which will undoubtedly bring further
success on top of that he has already enjoyed. |