Peter Worth - The Next Step - Feb 2005

Biography of Peter Worth

Hi there, I’m Peter Worth, a professional DJ in Key West, Florida. Hear me roar!

I was born in Glasgow Scotland in 1981, and came to America in 1999 with nothing but a box of LPs and $600 – half of which I spent taking a cab ride from Miami to Key West. Hey, it seemed like a sensible thing to do at the time.

First off, I landed a job at a fantastic club called WAX, where I ended up working for four years. I also started to organize my own parties, usually with my partner in crime Jeffrey Dunaway.

Calling ourselves Wodu Productions, Jeff and I held some ferocious events at such locations as a 120+ capacity boat (RockTheBoat), oceanfront mansions (Good Times), Irish pubs, art installations (Art Lights Martellos), and even Ernest Hemingway’s house!

As a DJ in a tourist town I quickly learned how to balance the more accessible side of house music with the twisted material that I love. My resulting style is well-paced, with many hands-in-the-air moments. I place huge emphasis on well-programmed mixes, as I feel this is the key to shaping a solid, well-rounded night.

I set the DJ site in August 2005 to make it easy for my computer illiterate brother and friends to download my mixes. It grew quickly and now I love hearing great feedback from all over the world. I love creating a new mix, road-testing it full belt on my soundsystem, designing the artwork, then finally adding it to the website.

Creating this many mixes also allows me to figure out good programming between songs which I carry over to my live performances. Nothing like a good snap mix to destroy a dancefloor. (Flash, bang, and another bassline from disco-hell...)

In Key West, Florida I am fairly well known and bring in a good crowd. In my time here I have DJ'd with Mark Grant, The OM Crew including A Guy Called Gerald, Ivano Bellini, and spun a whole night back to back with DJ Skribble (and gave him a run for his money...) when MTV was down here for the summer a few years back. These days I am more focused on other things, but...

When I feel the urge I play out in small intimate venues in Key West, Florida. (OK, all the venues here are small and intimate!) I play the entire night on my own as anything else is just a waste of time. With an hour all you can really do is shake the dancefloor. With a 5 hour set you can do so much more – starting out very slow and mellow, gradually picking up the pace to the point that pure fury is raging out of the speakers

Lately I’ve turned to the Traktor DJ Studio for all my DJing and recording needs. Nowadays, when I play out, I do so entirely from my laptop, a 15” Apple Powerbook G4, my idea of a true “plug and play” setup. I still purchase essential vinyl and own around 2000 vinyl records. I use EQ's, effects, and have a CD player solely for the purpose of layering sounds and accapella tracks in the mix.

My live performances are a different breed from my mixes - they have a lot more raw energy. The purpose of a Mix CD (In my opinion) is to showcase a set of tracks in a well paced, flowing manner. If you're getting your shit on with a chick the last thing you want to hear in a DJ mix is the bass dropping out while it's having the arse Flanged right off it before the whole lot slams back in again.

Next time your in the Southernmost City stop by and hear me spin!

Jevne - The Next Step - Feb 2005

Biography of Jevne

Known for playing live bass guitar along with his dj sets, Jevne has really set him self apart from the pack. Jevne has been playing bass for over 13 years and funks out a six string bass over original house music while live in the mix! Jevne’s show has been blowing up all over, from US cities to the UK! This is a show you don’t want to miss!

Djing 5-6 nights a week, running Onethirty Recordings, producing and remixing tracks for many labels across the globe, Jevne’s life revolves around dance music and is shown through his dedication on all levels.

Known as a genuine down to earth guy, Jevne began mixing in 1993 during his college days back in the mountains of Colorado, He moved his talents back to his hometown of Minneapolis and has been a respected staple of the Minneapolis scene since 1998. Jevne has been involved with some of the biggest events to happen in Minneapolis including one of the most successful weekly club nights “Plush” at the Quest Club, where Jevne played weekly with world renowned djs like Deep Dish, Dj Dan, Donald Glaude, Paul Van Dyk, Pete Tong and Richie Hawtin for thousands of people each week. Over the years Jevne has had many residencies in Minneapolis from Club Ground Zero, Martini Blu, The Caterpillar Lounge and The Lounge one of Minneapolis’s longest running hot spots. At The lounge on any given Friday night for a year you would find Jevne on the decks, 6 string bass guitar, and bongos with Chuck Love along side playing a multitude of instruments. Jevne was also a staple of the Midwest rave scene from 96 to 2000, playing many of the large events. Jevne now is one of the most in demand dj’s in Minneapolis and plays 5-6 nights a week in Minneapolis alone while holding down a Friday night residency at Visage (one of Minneapolis’s newest night clubs) and Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at The Independent, not to mention playing with talent from across the globe while traveling playing music. Jevne has made his way to play in Miami, Vegas, Phoenix, Anchorage Alaska, Austin Texas, Key West Florida, Boston, Burlington, Hawaii, Denver to name a few stops! He is heading Brighton UK Orlando, North Carolina and Burlington in the next few months. Keep an ear out for jevne in your city soon.

Jevne had the privilege of being the manager and buyer of Let It Be Records for six years. Let it Be was a highly respected dance music shop by many of the biggest djs in the world, it was a must stop shop for dj’s coming through Minneapolis. Many top-notch djs would order records from Jevne every week. In June of 2005 Let it Be unfortunately closed its doors, due to a high-rise building project. This gave Jevne more motivation then ever to produce, run Onethirty and spread the love of his talents!

Jevne is the mind behind Onethirty Recordings. Onethirty was Jevne’s vision to start an outlet for his production talents and for a home to work with other artists/producers that he respects. Onethirty twists and turns threw house, tribal house and funky grooves made to make you move. The label has released music by many of the most influential artists of dance music as well as many up coming artists as well. Up coming releases will hear music from: C-Soul, Jay West, Christian Maloni, Pint size, Da Sunlounge, Ross Couch, Emil Lanne, Ronan, ION, Random Soul, Ricardo Rae, Atnarko, Sleezy Mcqueen and more from Jevne. With the amazing switch to digital music Jevne & Onethirty are right there with it, with Onethirty Digital where Onethirty release'are availabe world wide through: www.beatport.com, www.stompy.com, www.traxsource.com, www.releaserecords.com, www.clickgroove.com Itunes.com and many more download web sites. Onethirty has also teaming up with InGrooves to widen the digital distribution for the label. Listen for great music to come from Onethirty!

On the production end Jevne has made a great mark so far, but is jut getting started. Many great producers including Chuck Love, Tony Thomas, Dizzy, Deepgroove, Justin Martin, Alan Barratt and more have remixed Jevne. His first few releases on Aphrodisio Records did amazingly well and were playing by many top djs. Jevne’s releases have appeared on many charts from D-Fuse’s to Pete Tong’s. His remix of Tony Thomas’s “Beats Treat” made it to # 1 on the Balance Record pool Chart for 2 weeks! All his other releases have appeared on the Balance Charts as well. His “Beats Treat” Remix appeared on the “White House” Compilation by Graham Sahara on Seamless Records and many of his other tracks have been requested for licensing as well. In 2004 Jevne & Tony Mendez teamed up for a release on InProgressive Records (Spain) called “Music Overseas” the release went on to be InProgressive’s # 1 seller. Jevne has many great releases and remixes coming up on labels Conya (Germany), Celebrity Records (MPLS), Kolour Records (Detroit), Connected (Spain), Tangible records (Dallas), Chillin (Orlando) and more! Jevne is extremely motivated and is dedicated to making the best music he can!

With Jevne’s love and drive for dance music expect to see and hear great things from him in the future!

http://www.myspace.com/jevne
http://www.onethirtyrecordings.com/