Gene Farris (Fab 4,Erotic World), Swann Boogie (Fab 4, Erotic World), Big Disco John Hardin (Fab 4, Erotic World), DJ Frique (Erotic World), Black Terry (Erotic World), D.J. Rush, Green Velvet, Jeff Mills, Derrick May, Chris Liebing, Carl Cox, Felix Kroecher, Dave Clark, Armando(RIP), Ron Hardy(RIP), Pink House(RIP), Lil’ Louis, Bobby Q. Bobby, Walter "Get Down" Brown, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Paul Johnson, Boo Williams, Roy Ayers, Prince, Herb Kent "The Kool Gent", 808 State, Kamasutra, Patrick Adams, Hyperactive, Andre Hatchett, Jamie Principal, Adonis, Marshall Jefferson, Gene Hunt, Terry Hunter, Phuture, Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles, Teddy Pendergrass, DJ Bone, Earth Wind & Fire, Frankie Beverly & Maze, Isley Bros., WBMX, WKKC, The Music Box, The PowerHouse, The Reactor, Leo HS Auditorium, Cathedral, Medusas, The Bismarck Hotel, McCormick Place, Hyde Park Raquetball Club, Mr. G’s, My House Supper Club, The Rink, The Playground, 1471 N. Milwaukee, Red Dog, Lego, Viper XXL, Cave, Boriqua Tribez, Robert Natus, A Paul, Robert Armani, Switchblade, Torsten Kanzler, Tomash Gee, Speedy J..........
Sounds Like
DISCOGRAPHY:
(Black Damian- DJ Boris- Relief Records) 1995
(Chicago Beat Freax- DJ Boris, Justin Long, DJ Hyperactive- Contact Records) 1995
(Chicago Beat Freax Vol 2- DJ Boris, Justin Long, DJ Hyperactive- Contact Records) 1996
(Relentless- Lord Damian- Physics) 1996
(Primetime- Lord Damian & Dj Slip- Missle) 1997
(Super America at 7:00 am- DJ Boris & DJ Slip- Missle) 1997
(Bass Punisher- Lord Damian- Creation Rebel) 1998
(Heaven In Music- Dorian Baker- Farris Wheel) 2000
(Relentless Muzik Vol 1- Jerome Baker- Relief Records) 2006
(Relentless Muzik Vol 2: Cut From A Different Cloth- Jerome Baker- Relief Records) 2007
(Yeehaw Junction Remixes- Jerome Baker, Roman Zowadny, Trevor Rockliffe, Marco Bailey, Taco pimp and Gabriel Ben- Playloop Records) 2007
(Trundlewheel EP- UDY & Simon Heartfield- JB's Omega Supreme Remix- Mixtape Records)2007
(The Omega Chronicles- Jerome Baker- Mixtape Records)2007
(Bangers & Nash- Jerome Baker & James Hammer- Random Access Recordings)2007
(Do You Wanna Play?- Jerome Baker f/remixes by the Tattoo Detectives- Teggno Records)2007
(The Path Of Least Resistance- Jerome Baker vs James Hammer- RELDZ)2007
(Resurgence Compilation- Jerome Baker, James Hammer, Bangers & Nash, Ellery Cowles, Steve Poindexter- dobox records)2007
(Git Some Series- Jerome Baker- Mixtape Records)2008
(One Man Gang- Jerome Baker- Reldz Records)2008
(Rythmatic Assassin- Jerome Baker- 2Recordz)2008
(Monsta of The Midwest- Jerome Baker- Mixtape Records) 2008
Back to the Old School- Jerome Baker- Teggno)2008
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Now a Minnesota transplant, Jerome Baker was born and bred in Chicago. He first destroyed dancefloors not in the DJ booth, but actually ON the dancefloors, slamming in some of Chicago's infamous "pits".
While he loved DJ's like Ron Hardy and Andre Hatchett, he found himself drawn to DJ's like Armando, Lil Louis and DJ Rush because they had a harder edge. He sites Lil Louis' "Blackout Phase II Remix" as the song that sealed the deal on him being a trackhead. He says, "the Blackout remix to me, is the best track ever made. Period. Nothing before or since spoke to me the way Phase II did".
Jerome Bakers early music reflected that raw, relentless aggression of the "pits". In the late 90's under the monikers DJ Boris, Lord Damien, and Dorian Baker, Jerome released ep's on labels like Relief Records, Farris Wheel, and Creation Rebel. With his periodic releases, from hard house bangers like "Apocolypse" on Relief Records to Disco house groovers like "Aint No" on Farris Wheel, and DJ sets that some say rivaled the headliners on the bill, Jerome built a strong underground buzz in the midwest US yet he seemed content to travel below the radar of the mainstream.
Then in 2000, just as he began to make a name for himself, he turned and quietly walked away. When asked, his only explanation was "I wasn't ready mentally, and I refused to get up in front of a crowd and not be ready". Jerome went on a spiritual trek that landed him in Minneapolis, and there is where his quest to "get himself ready" began.
After a long hiatus, Jerome Baker burst back onto the scene in late 2006, feeling "ready" and armed with a musical style all his own. His dancefloor destroying debut ep, "Relentless Muzik Vol. 1", triumphantly announced not only his return to music but also his return to Chicago powerhouse Relief Records. "Relentless Muzik" was played and charted by some of Technos most respected DJ's like Carl Cox, Green Velvet, DJ Rush, DJ Bone, Cari Lekebusch and Ben Sims just to name a few.
Determined not to loose steam going into the new year, Jerome kicked it off in early 2007 with the follow up to Vol. 1, "Relentless Muzik" Vol. 2 "Cut From A Different Cloth", featuring the smash "Bout to Party", which tore up dancefloors all year and was featured on Techno heavyweight Dan Curtins mix cd "Mindin Business" part 2. Jerome Bakers hunger and unique production style was quickly noticed by his peers, which led to remix duty for The Tattoo Detectives, Roman Zowadny, and Simon Heartfield.
Also aligned with his best friend and music partner James Hammer under the name Bangers & Nash, the two released a scorching ep on Random Access Recordings featuring the track "After Chicago Remix", which was played and charted by Dave Clarke on his Whitenoise radio program in the Uk.
Jerome Baker continued throughout 2007 to release some of the most energetic, genre melding Techno to be released in a long time. Just listening to his releases on Relief, Mixtape, Reldz, and Teggno, you hear an artist not afraid to merge elements of his first love, House tracks, with the energy and driving bass of hard Techno and create a sound all his own.
Going into 2008, Jerome Baker has cemented his place in the upper echelon of new artists breaking onto the scene. With a bunch of new tracks slated to drop throughout the year he feels he is now "ready" to take the dancefloors to new heights. DJing for Techno crazed masses is all Jerome Baker thinks about now, and he knows the masses are ready for him as well.
"THE OMEGA CHRONICLES", BY JEROME BAKER IS OUT NOW ON VINYL AND DIGITAL FORMAT!!!!!! WITH THE HOT TRACKS "BANG EM" AND "TAKE CONTROL" WHICH BOTH HAVE BEEN PLAYED AND CHARTED BY THE ONE AND ONLY DAVE CLARKE!!!!!!!! VOTED A TECHNO ESSENTIAL BY DMC UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!REACHED THE BEST SELLER CHART ON JUNO.COM!!!!!!
JEROME BAKERS ONE MAN GANG EP IS OUT NOW!!!!!!!! AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON BEATPORT.COM AND JUNODOWNLOADS.COM!!!!!!!!
UDY & SIMON HEARTFIELD "TRUNDLEWHEEL" EP FEATURING REMIXES BY JEROME BAKER AND GUS BROWN!!!!!! AVAILABLE ON VINYL AND BEATPORT.COM!!!!!!
DO YOU WANNA PLAY FEATURING REMIXES BY THE TATTOO DETECTIVES & TAURUS & VAGELLI OUT NOW!!!!!!!!!
THE HOT NEW COMPILATION "RESURGENCE" AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL FORMAT ONLY!!!! AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW!!!! FEATURING TRACKS BY JEROME BAKER, JAMES HAMMER, BANGERS & NASH, STEVE POINDEXTER, ELLERY COWLES
BOUT TO PARTY F/ANTOINETTE FEATURED ON DAN CURTINS MIX CD!!!!
"I NEED" FEATURED ON CAJMERE VS GREEN VELVET MIX CD ON MINISTRY OF SOUND!!!!!
JEROME BAKER VS JAMES HAMMER :THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE IS OUT NOW!!!! AVAILABLE ONLINE ON BEATPORT.COM, JUNO.COM AND TRACKITDOWN.NET!!!!!!
BANGERS & NASH EP AVAILABLE ON BEATPORT NOW!!!!!!! FEATURING THE DANCEFLOOR MONSTER "AFTER CHICAGO REMIX" WHICH WAS PLAYED AND CHARTED BY DAVE CLARKE!!!!!!!
Yeehaw Junction Remixes f/Jerome Baker, Trevor Rockliffe, Roman Zowadny and The Tattoo Detectives. AVAILABLE ON BEATPORT!!! CLICK PLAY ON THE BEATPORT PLAYER ON THIS PAGE TO CHECK IT OUT, THEN BUY TO COP IT AND BANG IT!!!!
RELENTLESS MUZIK VOL 2:CUT FROM A DIFFERENT CLOTH AVAILABLE ON BEATPORT NOW!!!! CLICK THE BEATPORT PLAYER ON THIS PAGE TO CHECK IT OUT, THEN BUY TO COP IT AND BANG IT!!!!!!
RR2034 - Relief Jerome Baker - Relentless Muzik 2
Jerome Baker also known in his classic Relief days as DJ BORIS… presents 4 driving tracks on Green Velvets Chicago Based Relief Records label! Serious kickers in the light of Axis - Mills productions… Chicago elements worked in between jack hammer drums and precussion. 4 tracks to hook ya with! A true winner for fans of Relief Records and Chicago track collectors.
MOVE THEM HIPS FROM RELENTLESS MUZIK VOL 1 CHARTED AT 5 ON CARL COX'S CHART!!!!! STILL AVAILABLE ON BEATPORT!! CLICK THE BEATPORT PLAYER TO CHECK IT OUT, THEN BUY TO COP IT AND BANG IT!!!!!
Carl: “Now when it comes to techno or something of that nature, this is it for me. Relief haven't really put out a lot of tracks over the years. They've kind of slowed down a bit but over the last few months they've put out a plethora of artists, and this is one of them. When I heard this it was just like putting Chicago back on the map for me in the initial kind of jacking sound. But this is kind of like 21st century jacking house or jacking techno. I really like Relief because they haven't really followed anybody. They've always just done their own thing, especially when it comes to Curtis "Green Velvet" himself because he's really out there. When I play this record, half the crowd get it and the rest of them are thinking, "What is this?". It goes clean over their heads. It's really pumping, and it's just jacking really. I just love that sound.The record is very aptly titled too because I'm always just moving my hips as it's smashing the dancefloor."
