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Oh Jay a.k.a. Doc Jones's Interests
General
music , art , design , radio , internet , communication , photography , philosophy , theosophy ... & a whole lot more ! ;-)
Projects
Music
classic~electro~metal~pop~core~soul~swing~blues
( btw : in no particular order ! ;-)
ultravox / visage / john foxx ( & louis gordon ) / midge ure - joy division / new order & all side-projects - depeche mode - orbital - the skids / big country / the armoury show - wall of voodoo / stan ridgway - in the nursery ( i.t.n. ) - tubeway army / gary numan - apocalytica - icehouse - cabaret voltaire / richard h. kirk ( incl. all side-projects ) - front 242 - s.p.k. / graeme revell - hüsker dü / bob mould / sugar - orchestral manoeuvres in the dark ( o.m.d. ) / the listening pool / onetwo - freur / underworld - daisy chainsaw / queen adreena / maple bee / huski - stereo mcs - röyksopp - xtc - yellow magic orchestra ( y.m.o. ) - z'ev - gusgus - ( gary clail's ) tackhead ( sound system ) / adrian sherwood's on.u-sound productions / mark stewart + maffia - the sisters of mercy - husky rescue - the cure - ( we've got a ) fuzzbox ( & we're gonna use it ) - stump / kev hopper - the police / sting - ministry / revolting cocks - the stranglers - meat beat manifesto - kmfdm - nine inch nails - sophie b. hawkins - the alarm / spear of destiny - laibach - test dept. - devo - buzzcocks / luxuria / apollo 440 - redagain p. / keen k. / k.c. delicious - the undertones - radioactive man - slam - solvent / lowfish / black turtleneck - vector lovers - kevin lux - eon / depth charge / octagon man - marsheaux - client - ladytron - imogen heap / frou frou - zoe keating - chemical brothers - the prodigy - kraftwerk / yamo / elektric music - simple minds - william orbit - astrea redux - japan - soft cell - the the - fischerspooner - tiga - kate bush - peter gabriel - moby - faithless - goldfrapp - trentemöller - the killers - junior boys - yazoo / erasure - thomas dolby - kate havnevik - the jam - the sundays - the pixies / the breeders - outputmessage - a flock of seagulls - tipper - blondie - funk d'void - coldcut / hexstatic - eurythmics / annie lennox - anna domino / snakefarm - suzanne vega - del amitri - aphex twin - björk - massive attack - tears for fears - propaganda - tori amos - madonna - 808 state - the bangles - anne clark - front line assembly - clock dva - venetian snares - llwybr llaethog - anhrefn - datblygu - oskar sala - foyer des arts - werkbund - asmus tietchens ... & a lot more that i may add here later ! ;-)
favorite record labels :
factory - ( nova ) mute - 4ad - on.u-sound - ztt - warp - rough trade - one little indian - soma - f-com - gigolo - vinyl solution / dc - tresor - fax - iwari - hymen ... & some more ! ;-)
my very own "mysterious" musical project called ...
Movies
"the big blue" by luc besson
"birdy" by alan parker
"desperately seeking ... susan" by susan seidelman
"control" by anton corbijn
"alien" - "blade runner" - "terminator" - "matrix" ...
+ some more great sci-fi stuff ! ;-)
Television
i don't have a tv anymore ! ;-o
Books
"ulysses" by james joyce
"our lady of the forest" by david guterson
"the wisdom of crowds" by james surowiecki
"the shock doctrine" by naomi klein
Heroes
( in general )
the incredible oskar sala !
the late & great john peel !
the one & only kurt schwitters !
the unforgettable lewis w. hine !
robin hood , voltairine de cleyre , albert einstein , nikola tesla , mahatma gandhi , martin luther king , nelson mandela , ingrid betancourt ... & the dalai lama , of course ! :-)
( in private )
my grandma , anne & my grandpa , werner - may they rest in eternal peace !
my parents , ursel & arne - they are my family !
my dearest of all friends , ivy - she's "like a miracle" to me & jus' pure magic ! :-)
these people are "my heroes" , simply because without them , i wouldn't be what i am today & they've always supported me in my life - in one way or the other ! :-)
o.m.d. will tour again in autumn this year ... also to celebrate their 30th anniversary ! :-)
that's why i've designed a new tour poster & some other stuff as well for them ... ;-)
... & i also love sam & lisa's great project called "map the music" - yeah ! :-)
cats jus' wanna have fun too - with the CATheremin ! ;-)
a timeline in photos of me : 1971 - 1981 - 1991 - 2001 - 2011 ( ? ;-) ...
my (hi)story ...
the past ...
i was born in may 1967 in bremen / germany & the years before i went to school were simply a happy childhood , but then in school i wasn't that happy anymore ! :-/ however ... i've discovered the great influence that music has on my life already in the late 70s & from that point on i was jus' "addicted to music" ! :-) in 1983 music really changed my life forever & i knew that i would do "something" with music in my later life by then ! 3 years later i had enough of school & finally quit it ! i was trained as a technical assistant for informatics back then & worked in several jobs that didn't really satisfied me ... until i've started my very own radio shows back in 1995 ! with "joint venture radio" & its network , which i've founded with some friends & colleagues , my life indeed changed for the better & lots of quite interesting projects followed in the next few years until today ! :-)
here's a lil' timeline of interesting events in my life since 1995 ...
1995 - the start of "joint venture radio" & - not much later - the jvr network with some friends & colleagues of mine on ok bremen , transmitting our own shows live @ a weekly basis ...
1996 - a tv music magazine was produced once a month by some friends & me - called "verstrahlt !" ( this german expression could be translated as "contaminated !" , albeit it doesn't really mean exactly the same then ;-)
1997 - i met some famous people like florian "don" schneider of kraftwerk , peter kuhlmann of the german fax rec. label , dieter doepfer of doepfer musikelektronik & talked to them about a project that i had in mind : to build a new prototype of oskar sala's outstanding electronical musical instrument called the mixturetrautonium , which indeed became true not much later , after we've all met in berlin to see the late & great maestro oskar sala himself playing live & visited also his studio & talked about this project some further with him ! due to the great skills & indeed big interest in this project , dieter doepfer , his co-workers & colleagues build a new version of the mixturetrautonium after oskar sala as a part of the module system a-100 series , which u can see & read more about it >> here << ! :-)
1998 - the jvr network became part of one of german's leading electronic dance music radio stations called "evosonic radio" !
1999 until 2003 - several interesting radio projects were realized , like live-transmissions from concerts & parties via isdn ... & @ the end of 2002 i've also started to build up the so-called "i~wave radio" station with some students of the international university bremen ( iub ) - ( below from left to right : bastian , ina , olaf ( that's me ;-) , nnamdi & tamara )
, which is now run by the students themself since almost 5 years successfully ! :-) in the beginning i've also helped them to organise some parties & stuff , as the iub had a great location for it , which jus' wasn't used properly by then , but now it's all going well & the parties are real burners - yeah ! :-) btw : since exactly 5 years ( april 2002 was the start of it ) , our jvr network shows are also transmitted worldwide via i-net live-stream , which brought a whole new & much bigger audience to us for which we - my colleagues & i - are extremely thankful , of course ! :-)
2004 - a year with a lot of ( very ) personal changes in my life & after all not a really good year to write much ( positive ) about here or elsewhere , sorry ! *sigh*
2005 - in feb. of that year i've finally decided to start something new & interesting again : the monthly "ev radio" shows , which were desired to present the music of talented & skilled music fans , who create(d) their very own music ! in april of that year the 1st real highlight of the "ev radio" shows was a special about the official ultravox tribute band called monument - cheers to u , guys ! :-) during june a break was sadly "enforced" - so to say - & the title of the shows changed from "ev radio" to "nu-vox radio" & the program continued with another highlight - a special about the messengers , the long-time support of ultravox live during the 80s - cheers to u , colin & danny ! :-) sadly in the month after it ( aug. ) the whole radio project almost ended quite abruptly , because the big special about one of my all-time favorite artists called john foxx was a disaster imho , albeit not many of the listeners thought so too , but i still stopped everything to rethink it thoroughly again for about a whole month ( sept. ) ... :-o by oct. the concept of the program has slightly changed , but it was still continued under the name of "nu-vox radio" until the end of the year ... ( 2006 - ) to finally become "retrosonic radio" in feb. 2006 then ! :-)
fyi : here's a list of all the monthly special shows since oct. 2005 until march 2007 !
oct. 2005 - rüdiger illg presents his music ( www.science2.de ) nov. 2005 - dj dramatis presents tubeway army & gary numan ( part 1 ) dec. 2005 - doc jones presents astrea redux ( incl. an interview ) ( www.astrearedux.de ) jan. 2006 - ( a long winter break ) feb. 2006 - dj dramatis presents simple minds march 2006 - mario a.k.a. yogi presents o.m.d. ( part 1 - the 80s ) april 2006 - dj waxworker presents erasure ( part 1 ) may 2006 - dj dramatis presents gary numan ( part 2 ) june 2006 - dj waxworker presents erasure ( part 2 ) july 2006 - dj dramatis presents japan / y.m.o. & co. aug. 2006 - dj waxworker & doc jones presents "extended 80s" ( the long(er) versions & (re)mixes ) sept. 2006 - dj waxworker & rüdiger illg presents camouflage oct. 2006 - dj waxworker & rüdiger illg presents pet shop boys nov. 2006 - dj dramatis presents portion control dec. 2006 - doc jones presents o.m.d. ( part 2 - the 90s ) ( btw : the 1st "retrosonic radio" show that was done completely in english ! ;-) jan. 2007 - doc jones presents tackhead / the on.u-sound system & adrian sherwood ( also done completely in english ) feb. 2007 - doc jones presents imogen heap / frou frou & zoe keating ( done completely in english again ... & maybe my most successful show - concerning the overwhelming feedback to it - @ all so far ! :-) march 2007 - dj dramatis presents visage & co. btw : ( almost ) all those special shows were 3 hours long & without news or commercial ad breaks ! :-)
the present ( which means since i've finally joined the myspace community ;-) ...
april 2007 :
sunday , the 08th of april - doc jones presents marsheaux ( a 1 hour special - done completely in english ) sunday , the 15th of april - doc jones presents the four good men ( incl. an interview - all done completely in english ) sunday , the 29th of april - dj waxworker & rüdiger illg presents tears for fears - the big special ! ( also done completely in english )
may 2007 :
sunday , the 06th of may - doc jones presents stefano electro in the mix ( a 1 hour electro mix ) sunday , the 20th of may - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds in an extended version of the "alien disco" ;-) ( a 2 hours show )
june 2007 :
sunday , the 10th of june - doc jones presents sven strenger in the mix ( a 1 hour dj mix ) sunday , the 17th of june - doc jones presents joy shannon & the beauty marks ( a 1 hour special - done completely in english ) sunday , the 24th of june - rüdiger illg , dj waxworker & doc jones presents front 242 - the big special ! ( feat. an interview with richard 23 of front 242 - all done completely in english )
july 2007 :
sunday , the 08th of july - doc jones presents "dee moe" cornelsen in the mix ( a 1 hour dj mix ) sunday , the 15th of july - doc jones presents lovers electric ( a 1 hour special - done completely in english ) sunday , the 29th of july - doc jones presents wall of voodoo - the big special ! ( a 4 hours special - done completely in english )
august 2007 :
sunday , the 12th of august - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds in an extended version of the "alien disco" ;-) ( a 2 hours show ) sunday , the 26th of august - dj waxworker & doc jones presents "extended 80s" ! ( the long(er) versions & (re)mixes - another 4 hours show ! ;-)
september 2007 :
sunday , the 02nd of september - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds in the "alien disco" ;-) ( a 1 hour show ) sunday , the 09th of september - doc jones presents alte liebe djs s-file vs. cornelsen in the mix in an extended version of the "alien disco" ( a 2 hours dj mix ) sunday , the 16th of september - doc jones presents das drehmoment special @ the "alien disco" ( a 1 hour show ) sunday , the 30th of september - rüdiger illg & dj waxworker presents peter gabriel - the big special ! ( a 3 hours special - done completely in english )
october 2007 :
sunday , the 21st of october - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds in an extended version of the "alien disco" ;-) ( a 2 hours show ) sunday , the 28th of october - dj dramatis presents die form ( a 3 hours special )
november 2007 :
sunday , the 11th of november - doc jones presents dj s-file in the mix @ the "alien disco" ( a 1 hour dj mix ) sunday , the 18th of november - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds in an extended version of the "alien disco" ;-) ( a 2 hours show ) sunday , the 25th of november - doc jones & rüdiger illg presents underworld | 2000 - 2007 ( a 3 hours special - done completely in english feat. an interview ! )
december 2007 :
sunday , the 02nd of december - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds in an extended version of the "alien disco" ;-) ( a 2 hours show ) sunday , the 16th of december - doc jones presents dj misjah in the mix @ the "alien disco" ( a 1 hour dj mix ) & the 1st edition of "i love music !" : the treehouse special ( a 1 hour special show )
january 2008 :
sunday , the 13th of january - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds in the "alien disco" ( a 1 hour show ) & the 2nd edition of "i love music !" : the lovers electric forum special ( a 1 hour special show ) sunday , the 27th of january - doc jones presents chris de luca / dj misjah / marquis in the mix ! ( a 3 hours dj mix )
february 2008 :
sunday , the 03rd of february - doc jones presents dj s-file in the mix @ the "alien disco" ( a 1 hour dj mix ) sunday , the 10th of february - doc jones presents the 3rd edition of "i love music !" : the monument forum special ( a 2 hours special show ) sunday , the 24th of february - doc jones presents "the 50 pound note mixes vol. 1 - 3" @ "retrosonic radio" ( a 3 hours dj mix special )
march 2008 :
sunday , the 02nd of march - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds in the "alien disco" ( a 1 hour show ) sunday , the 09th of march - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds incl. a marsheaux remixes special in an extended version of the "alien disco" ;-) ( a 2 hours show ) sunday , the 23rd of march - doc jones presents the "extended easter edition 2008" ( a 3 hours special show )
april 2008 :
sunday , the 06th of april - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds in an extended version of the "alien disco" ;-) ( a 2 hours show ) sunday , the 20th of april - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds in an extended version of the "alien disco" ;-) ( a 2 hours show )
may 2008 :
sunday , the 11th of may - doc jones presents the "pentecost vs. whitsuntide special" ( a 3 hours special show ) sunday , the 18th of may - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds in an extended version of the "alien disco" ;-) ( a 2 hours show )
june 2008 :
sunday , the 01st of june - doc jones presents some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds in the "alien disco" ( a 1 hour show ) sunday , the 15th of june - doc jones presents dj s-file in the mix & some extraterrestrial soundscapes for humanoid ears & minds @ the "alien disco" ( a 2 hours show ) sunday , the 22nd of june - dj waxworker & doc jones presents "the all-electric 90s" @ "retrosonic radio" ( a 3 hours special show )
july 2008 :
sunday , the 06th of july - doc jones presents das drehmoment special "rückwärts im uhrzeigersinn" @ the "alien disco" ( a 1 hour special show )
fyi : the times & other details for all shows will be announced in specific blog entries here ( in english ) & on my jvr network website ( in german @ www.jointventureradio.info/de/ ) too in due time , so always watch out for it , fellows ! ;-)
the future ...
... will bring u some more big 3 or even 4 hours long special shows about ... freur / underworld ( mk I / II ) - talk talk - cabaret voltaire - the skids / big country / the armoury show - soft cell / marc almond - s.p.k. - a-ha - the smiths / morrisey - ultravox ( with foxx & with ure ! ;-) ... & a whole lot more , so "stay tuned & check it out !" , as i'm used to say in such cases ! ;-)
Who I'd like to meet:
all my online ( myspace & other ) friends that i haven't met so far in "real life" , but especially people , who are jus' honest & stay true to themself - no matter , how hard this may ever be in the world of today !
Hi Olaf, schon gehört: Bogotá/Paris (dpa) - Die wohl bekannteste Geisel der Welt ist frei. Nach sechs Jahren im kolumbianischen Dschungel ist die frühere Präsidentschaftskandidatin Ingrid Betancourt zusammen mit 14 weiteren Entführungsopfern in einem filmreifen Handstreich aus der Gewalt der Rebellen befreit worden.
Jawolll es ist endlich soweit!! Am 20.06.08 eröffnen wir unsere Kunst Kiosk, im Herzen Hamburgs und Du bist eingeladen!!!
Ab 19:00 h Caffamacherreihe 45 (Ecke Valentinskamp / U2 Gänsemarkt Ausgang Speckstraße im Hamburger Gängevirtel) Kunst + Grillen + Bier + Musik Eintritt frei
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