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John Debo - Live @ Spundae, Los Angeles 27.06.2005
John Debo - Live at Spundae, Los Angeles (27.06.2005).mp3
John Debo
Serendipity can really be the start of some beautiful things? For John Debo, his first UK tour in 1992 (albeit a couch tour) developed into much more. Crashing on the couch of one Dave Seaman, one half of Brothers in Rhythm and A&R Director for the highly profiled Stress Records, John sat back and enjoyed the latest tunes from Dave and his label. As John happened to have a cassette of his new production work, he left it with Dave to enjoy. Days later John was offered a record deal for his Mindwarp project and proceeded to release new tunes on Stress.
Not a bad way to break into the somewhat mafia-esque world of the UK dominated world of progressive tunes - not at all. This rapid acceptance reflects the pattern that John has brought to his work as a DJ, promoter and producer. His vision boils down to something fairly simple ? music.
Founding two of Boston?s pioneering club nights ? Chrome & Avaland were conceived as conduits to bring forward thinking DJs and upfront dance music from around the world to Boston. His vision is global - not provincial. Chrome quickly garnered a reputation of being one of THE club nights in the US and Avaland was selected by Mixer Magazine as the #1 club in America for 2002.
Of course, what is most important to this DJ is the music. He cringes at the common practice of genre based labeling of music based on the way it sounds. His musical focus, as John likes to put it, is on quality tunes which withstand the test of time ? timeless, if you will.
The spell that he casts over dance floors has been felt worldwide with seminal gigs at Avalon in Boston & LA, Spundae in San Francisco & Chicago, Space in Miami, Aria & Stereo in Montreal, Koolhaus in Toronto as well as Bedrock & Renaissance in the UK and Space in Ibiza to name a few. His sound has been captured on two mix CDs released in 2001: Chrome 01 on Bliss and Logic Trance 5 on Logic 3000.
Given the success of his debut material on Stress, it should be no surprise that John Debo has found a home for his other work. Remixes have been released on Bedrock & Yoshitoshi as well as an original collaboration ?Deported? with Steve Porter on Bedrock. Past production includes remixes for the likes of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Blur, The Charlatans UK, Candyland, Pendulum and My Friend Sam featuring Viola Wills, Debo has managed to bring his touch to a quirky bunch of classic tunes.
John has recently left Boston and relocated to sunny Orlando Florida to focus on his true passion ? the music. The move allows him to fully explore his artistic mind and immerse himself in writing, production and DJing. Simply put - a dream becomes a reality.
The future for John has never been more clear ? become a breathing component to his studio and share his music with the world.
John Debo
Serendipity can really be the start of some beautiful things? For John Debo, his first UK tour in 1992 (albeit a couch tour) developed into much more. Crashing on the couch of one Dave Seaman, one half of Brothers in Rhythm and A&R Director for the highly profiled Stress Records, John sat back and enjoyed the latest tunes from Dave and his label. As John happened to have a cassette of his new production work, he left it with Dave to enjoy. Days later John was offered a record deal for his Mindwarp project and proceeded to release new tunes on Stress.
Not a bad way to break into the somewhat mafia-esque world of the UK dominated world of progressive tunes - not at all. This rapid acceptance reflects the pattern that John has brought to his work as a DJ, promoter and producer. His vision boils down to something fairly simple ? music.
Founding two of Boston?s pioneering club nights ? Chrome & Avaland were conceived as conduits to bring forward thinking DJs and upfront dance music from around the world to Boston. His vision is global - not provincial. Chrome quickly garnered a reputation of being one of THE club nights in the US and Avaland was selected by Mixer Magazine as the #1 club in America for 2002.
Of course, what is most important to this DJ is the music. He cringes at the common practice of genre based labeling of music based on the way it sounds. His musical focus, as John likes to put it, is on quality tunes which withstand the test of time ? timeless, if you will.
The spell that he casts over dance floors has been felt worldwide with seminal gigs at Avalon in Boston & LA, Spundae in San Francisco & Chicago, Space in Miami, Aria & Stereo in Montreal, Koolhaus in Toronto as well as Bedrock & Renaissance in the UK and Space in Ibiza to name a few. His sound has been captured on two mix CDs released in 2001: Chrome 01 on Bliss and Logic Trance 5 on Logic 3000.
Given the success of his debut material on Stress, it should be no surprise that John Debo has found a home for his other work. Remixes have been released on Bedrock & Yoshitoshi as well as an original collaboration ?Deported? with Steve Porter on Bedrock. Past production includes remixes for the likes of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Blur, The Charlatans UK, Candyland, Pendulum and My Friend Sam featuring Viola Wills, Debo has managed to bring his touch to a quirky bunch of classic tunes.
John has recently left Boston and relocated to sunny Orlando Florida to focus on his true passion ? the music. The move allows him to fully explore his artistic mind and immerse himself in writing, production and DJing. Simply put - a dream becomes a reality.
The future for John has never been more clear ? become a breathing component to his studio and share his music with the world.
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