
Junior Jack - Pacha - Ibiza ES - Jun 2008
Submitted By:
knoz
Genre: Techno
Date of Set: Jun 17th, 2008
Filesize: 54.90 MB
Total Downloads: 9
Biography of Junior Jack
Junior Jack caught the house virus and in the early 90s he started to release tracks under different names including Kaf'e (Can You See It), Hugh K (Shine On) and Mr. Jack (Only House Music). In the same period he also launched his own label Noisetraxx to which DJs and producers like Roger Sanchez, Mouse T, Erick Morillo and Robbie Rivera contributed their remixing skills.
His first recorded success under the name of Junior Jack was with the single 'My Feeling' on PIAS recordings in 2000 which entered all the national charts in Europe, the US and Australia. It was also the first time a Benelux based producer reached the top spot of the European dance charts.
Junior Jack was on the map but it was the next release which proved to be a milestone in his career. The classic bass-line monster 'Thrill Me' was released in February 2002 and made a huge impact on dance floors across the world. Whilst being a commercial success, it also showed Vitos commitment to the underground house sound at a time when his remixes and production skills were already much in demand by increasingly successful clients. With Thrill Me, he also firmly established the distinctive sound of the irresistible pumping bassline that has become one of the Junior Jack trademarks. It was a big club hit that was immediately picked up by many top DJs who made it a dancefloor anthem across the world.
The demand on Junior Jack as a DJ kept increasing and Vito who till then had always preferred working in his studio as a producer, decided to team up with Kid Crème. The pair quickly became one of the most popular acts on the scene and apart from playing regular slots at all the superclubs around the world including a residency at the Ministry Of Sound,(lLondon) they released an In The House mix album on Defected. The name Junior Jack quickly rose to fame on the dance scene and with it came more request on remixes for artists including Bob Sinclar, Moby , Seal ,Mary J Blige, Britney Spears, Duran Duran .........
In the meantime Vito restless creative output under different monikers did not slow down either throughout this busiest period in his career. His signature continued to appear on many successful dancetracks. At the start of 2003, Vito topped the UK singles chart with Make Luv, released under the name Room 5 on his own label Noisetraxx. The single kept the no. 1 position for 4 weeks making one of the most successful dance track ever in the UK. In Europe, Make Luv held on to its top rank of the European dance charts for an incredible 6 weeks in a row. The track went on to sell a grand total of over 700.000 copies worldwide. But whilst Make Luv was continuing to dominate the local airplay and dance charts across the world, the Junior Jack follow up to Thrill Me was shaping up to become THE summer tune of 2003. E-Samba, an infectious Latin flavoured club smash, was released in the summer and resulted in dance floor frenzy everywhere it was played. The track was voted the summer anthem of 2003 by DJ magazine at the Ibiza awards where Junior Jack and Kid Crème also picked up the award of best newcomer DJs. In the meantime, Vito had been spending a lot of time in his studio working on what so many successful dance producers fail to deliver; a credible artist album with crossover potential.
The hotly anticipated debut full-length Junior Jack release was almost completed when the new Junior Jack single Da Hype was serviced to the DJ elite and received the same ecstatic reactions as E-Samba; months before its release as a single it was already featured in Q magazine as one of the top 3 best dance tracks ever. Vito started to work on a vocal version of the album for which Robert Smith(THE CURE) contributed the vocals. It was the last track to be added to the album and only fired up the anticipation for Junior Jacks debut artist album Trust It. The album takes the listener on a roller coaster ride through a wide diversity of styles and influences all blended around Junior Jacks trademark sound of energetic house rhythms and throbbing bass lines. The Latin influences of E-Samba are back in the jazzy soul stomper Hola whereas Stupidisco with its bursting cocktail of electro, funk and disco is already proving to be a favourite amongst the DJ elite. But Trust Its also shows different sides of Junior Jack as an artist with tracks like 'Alone' and the minimal electronic 'Depression'.
Junior Jack's position at the forefront of Europe's dance music scene was consolidated by him winning 2 awards for Best Album and Best Artist of the Year in 2004 at The House Music Award's (http://www.housemusicawards.com/). The success story continues in 2005 with a 'Best House DJ' award at the annual DJ Awards extravaganza at Pacha, Ibiza. (http://www.djawards.com/). New Album in 2007..can you wait?
http://www.myspace.com/juniorjack

Kid Creme - Pacha - Ibiza ES - Jun 2008
Submitted By:
knoz
Genre: Techno
Date of Set: Jun 17th, 2008
Filesize: 54.90 MB
Total Downloads: 9
Biography of Kid Creme
Nicolas Scaravilli was born to an Italian family in Brussels in 1974. It was clear from an early age he was heading straight for a life in music.
Nico's formative years were spent learning to spin hip-hop and studying music theory & classic piano. After he was expelled from music college in 1991, he decided to set up his own home studio inspired mainly by the London breakbeat scene. At 19 he met Francis Shabard (DJ Murvin Jay) who introduced him to house music and together they secured DJ residencies at Club XXX, the first house club night in Brussels at the legendary Theatre of Vaudeville.
Nico spent four years as assistant engineer at Let's Go Studios, where he met his DJ partner and close friend Vito 'Junior Jack' Lucente. In 1994, Nico set up his own label DTM Recordz and was promptly offered a label deal by R&S Records. At the same time Nico was releasing house records through UK label Drop Dead Discs. It was Nico's house remix of Boom on Drop Dead that caught Boy George's eye, and remixes for Junior Vasquez and Topazz followed.
PIAS were not long in offering Nico a label deal for his techno productions. He accepted the offer and now records for his label Deluxe Recordings under the moniker Sharpside. Their second release Critical Freaks quickly gained support on the scene with the likes of Dave Angel, Claude Young, Pete Tong, Carl Cox and Judge Jules caning the record. With Danny Tenaglia supporting track Belgian Resistance, Luke Slater using the track Telsco Drop on his album and Space Cruising getting signed to Dave Angel's label, Nico's techno productions were going from strength to strength.
On the house tip, remix requests from labels such as Wonderboy, Pepper, Gut, and Mission Lynx came flooding in. In 2001, Nico's first production under the name KID CR?ME entitled Austin's Groove was signed to Jalapeno Records, who licensed it to Ink in the UK and Subliminal in the US. Eric Morillo added a Shawnee Taylor vocal on the record and it blew up in the club scene. Two following releases for Distinctive, Niquid EP and Down & Under, did equally well with critics and sales.
Kid Cr?me came back with a strong bootleg of Raw Silk's Do It To the Music and renamed it Hypnotising. The single was signed to Positiva and reached number 31 in the UK singles chart, despite being a relatively underground record.
Nico's massive remix of Shakedown At Night was Seven magazine's Single Of The Week and had 250,000 people going crazy when Fatboy Slim dropped it at Big Beach Boutique, making him one of the most sought after remixers in the world. Upon hearing it whilst visiting her label, Kylie personally asked the Kid to remix her single Love At First Sight.
Nico currently DJs worldwide, and is heading out to Ibiza for the summer where he has a residency at the Defected nights, as well as booking for Underwater and the Ministry Of Sound closing party at Pacha.