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DJ & Producer based in Washington DC. Friday nights I DJ at Mie N Yu in Georgetown. Brazilian, African, Latin & other world grooves mixed with Jazz, Dub, House, Brokenbeat, NuJazz, D&B, & Funk.
Started Dj'ing in 1990, Resident at Late Night Library in Tallahassee FL 1995-1997. 1999 co-founded 'Groovedistrict', DC's original Brokenbeat/ NuSounds crew. Groovedistrict (GD) hosted "Aromatic", DC's first weekly party dedicated to Brokenbeat, NuJazz, HouseNotHouse, etc.. "Trainspotting", a party of original & old tunes that had been widely sampled and/or covered. "ABSTRACT MOTION" held at DC's CLUB FIVE with Residents Dan Soda , John Johnson, & Dj Julius. ABMOT's guest roster boasts, Jazzanova, Koop, Jaymz Nylon, Bugz in the Attic (Mark Force & Daz-I-kue), Kyoto Jazz Massive, Tim 'Love' Lee, Agent 99, Ian Frost, DeRigueur, DJ Dub 63, Lars 'LB' Behrenroth, Herbert, & Kevin Yost.....to name a few. Beginning August 30th 2007, Selectadeb & I teamed up to form PEAS & RICE, DC's newest genre defying weekly. Taking place every Thursday from 9pm-2am at The Aroma Company: 3417 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, D.C. (across from the Uptown Theater) Selectadeb kicks things off at 9pm with Dub, Afrobeat, and Classic Reggae. From 10pm to 2am John Johnson plays Nujazz, Brokenbeat, House, and downtempo with an emphasis on Brazilian, Latin, African, and West London flavors. Please check my blogs for info about new tunes/ releases, and links to download mp3's of my dj mixes (complete with tracklistings so you can support the artists you like).
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john, just wanted you to know that i played your version of transcend me this past wednesday at my night and the crowd loved it!! dancers were going nuts to it, in addition to other peak time tracks accompanying it. thanks for the goods!!
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