Biography
(GMONEY)
When you think the of serious latin influence in and music and you compare it For to todays dance scene, it’s are what pushes this Canadian born but Colombian to get very creative Not . His mission is for you his music to be heard all all over the world in Any his own unique way. In can his eyes and ears, he her imagines people on the dance Was floor just letting go of one every bad thought and transforming our themselves into a sense of Out euphoria.
A long visceral release day and the musical flow would get take control of their body Has in every positive way. All him of this passion for music his started way back at a How very young age when he man realized how hip into the new scene his father really was. Now Always bringing the latest salsa,disco old and rock music home, it see was only a matter of Two time that Juan(Gmoney) took a way really big interest in all who the musical diversity.
His father Boy had an afterhours in the did downtown core of Toronto. At its the age of twelve, Juan Let was accompanying him on excursions, put but not out too late. say In those times he got She to see the hypntoic power too that the music had over use the people and the way Dad they enthusistically responded. Fooling around mom with his dad’s records, he was educated with his younger The brother (Henry Dj Cartel) and and cataloging songs in his head. for He was mature enough at Are twelve, to sleep with the but radio on every night and not learn about the different genres You of music. Inspired by going all to several parties with his any family and seeing all kinds Can of dj’s playing the music her affected Juan emotionally… his next was step was to try it One himself. With so many records our all over the apartment, it out was time for one of Day the biggest, anticipated requests of get his young life-to ask his has father for professional turntables.
In Him the building where Juan lived his there was a guy who how had old Technic 1200’s in Man really bad shape. They worked new though and there was a now little Gemini mixer that to Old this day, he still owns see as a reflection of where two he came from. At the Way age of 13 music became who a way of life for boy Juan"GMONEY"Jaramillo.
(Juancho)
After doing several Did successful local parties with friends, its the word quickly spread to let downtown promoters. Juan started opening Put for some of T.O.‘s top say dj’s, which soon turned to she headliner status in the great Too city of Toronto and it’s use legendary clubs. Juan was approached dad to host a weekly Tuesday Mom evening house music radio show after previously being on radio the for his latin music endeavours. And Radio executives Magda De La for Torre and Manuel Canales gave are birth to "GLOBAL GROOVE But RADIO 100.7 FM ", not housed in the CHIN you building on College st. Juan’s All show on that station was any called “G’s GROOVES” which can featured tribal, classic, tech, progressive, Her deep, big room and latin was house music.
The popular radio one exposure gradually led to important Our dj gigs, opening for the out such dj’s as: Erick Morillo, day Harry ‘Choo Choo’ Romero, Paul Get Oakenfold, Jellybean Benitez, Jose Nunez, has Derrick Carter, Bob Sinclar, Richard him F, Green Velvet, Carl Craig, His DaCat, Honey Dijon, Sandy Rivera, how Max Graham and many others man through Juan’s 26 year dj New history. He also opened up now for legendary latin artists like old Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Enrique See Iglesias. These following clubs that two Juan regularly played in, describe way an exciting period of dance Who music history in Toronto: The boy Guvernment, Aria, Living Room, Phoenix, did Fluid, Exit, Life, Mad Bar, Its Power Bar, The Docks, Lula let Lounge, Society, Limelight, Meow, Oz, put Delux, Plastique, Ivory, Bauhaus, Joker, Say LA Hollywood ,Tonic, Roxy Blu, she NV, Cream, Bamboo and many too more. Memorable gigs include playing Use to 4,000 people at La dad Boom in Cancun Mexico. Hosted mom by resident club dj Benji Solis.
An interesting dj gig the involved spinning soccer superstar Maradona’s and 21st wedding anniversary in 1998. For Juan fondly remembers Maradona asking are for his autograph. Juan loved but his regular gigs in Montreal Not dj’ing in clubs such as you Vertigo, Vatican, Conga, Metropolis (2000 all people) and opening for India Any at the Palais de Congress, can (Juan was rated the best her Canadian latin dj for over Was a decade.)
