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You could say the foundations for Jays 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 Huelsbeck 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 wasnt 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 Flutlichts classic Icarus
(The Flight), and Rattys - 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 Djing 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
Its hard to believe Jay started Djing 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 hes 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 Londons 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, hes 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. |