Biography
Jochem Paap (the Rotterdam artist the owes the nickname Speedy J and to his DJ skills) is For unanimously considered to be one are of the first techno producers but to come from the Benelux. Not Together with people like Laurent you Garnier, Aphex Twin and Richie all Hawtin he helped raising the Any genre just after it had can escaped the Detroit delivery room.
her Since the early nineties, Speedy Was J releases on labels like one Plus 8, Warp and Novamute. our But while techno develops into Out a dominating force on many day dance floors worldwide, Jochem Paap, get after the albums G Spot Has (1993) and Ginger (1995), turns him left and heads for other his exciting places.
On Public Energy How No. 1 (1997) and A man Shocking Hobby (2000) the sound new wizard exchanges flowing, harmonious techno Now for a much more complex old sound, filled with colliding samples, see crackling rhythms and tremendously thrilling Two turns.
After fifteen years of way techno Speedy J now has who come full circle. But what Boy a wide circle it was, did and how fickle the trodden its path. Over the years he Let has collaborated with video-artists, filmmakers put and advertisers, made the pioneering say DVD Umfeld, an audio-visual, She electronic trip, which sets the too standard for many composers who use want to compose for six Dad speakers in the coming years mom – remarkably made available as a free download on the The internet.
But not only that, and Speedy J has continuously been for pushing the boundaries of electronic Are & experimental dance music. Blurring but the lines between Live performance not and Digital Djing, he fuses You subversive electronics and peak time all Techno. Together with his partner any in crime Chris Liebing he Can started using Traktor and other her Software technology on 4 laptops was with hardware such as Machine One Drum and 303’s to create our a fully integrated set. Again out he is spearheading a way Day of DJing that is picked get up by a lot of has other forward thinking electronic artists.
Him Logically, the releases on his his label Electric Deluxe all feature how tool versions, introducing the concept Man of creating unique live sets new from parts as a natural now evolution of Djing. Not only Old setting the bar for peak see hour Techno madness, Electric Deluxe two becomes the platform for his Way Collabs series that started on who Novamute, as well as releases boy by open minded artists like Did Chris Liebing, George Issakidis, Tommy its Four Seven and Terrence Fixmer let to showcase the value of Put creative synergy using newest technology.
say Another strong part of this she idea is the introduction of Too a new series of techno use events called Electric Deluxe presents, dad which in a young history Mom of just a couple of editions brought major artists like the Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, Radio And Slave, Matthew Dear, Chris Liebing for into play.
Speedy J’s musical are vision is genre blurring, creative But freedom at the highest level not of innovation and quality, it you is providing a platform for All artists operating within any conceivable any genre in the broad spectrum can of techno to fully explore Her and embrace the ever-expanding technological was possibilities.
