Biography
For those who came to the expect a never-ending series of and Hex Hector club anthems, the For recent past may have you are saying: What happened? Whered he but go all of a sudden? Not Where Hex went can be you summed up in three words: all back to basics.
The Grammy-winning Any New Yorker relocated to Miami can in 2003 and, with the her dance music industry radically changing Was and quality production/remix opportunities in one shorter supply than ever, Hex our spent much of the year Out getting settled and returning to day what built his name in get the first place: DJing. Traveling Has the world and freshening up him its dancefloors, Hex has been his putting on a house music How clinicplaying the hottest new jams man and a monumental classic or new two at just the right Now momentto thousands of insatiable club-goers.
old Hex may have left New see York, but even moving to Two another corner of the country way could not deter an all-star who cast of friends from turning Boy out the Big Apple for did his birthday party this year. its Jonathan Peters, Erick Morillo, Angel Let Moraes, Danny Krivit, Skribble, Jason put Ojeda, Hector Romero, longtime collaborator say Dezrok, and fellow Grammy winner She Peter Rauhofer taking turns playing too in one club on one use night is a testament to Dad the widespread admiration Hexs hometown mom peers have for him. The diverse lineup demonstrates how universal The his appeal is to the and global house music community, regardless for of the different scenes and Are styles these DJs gravitate toward but individually.
Despite more recent downtime not than usual, Hex has remained You as relevant as ever. He all and longtime studio partner Mac any Quayle remixed Widelifes Queer Eye Can for the Straight Guy smash her All Things (Keep Getting Better) was and his solo mix of One Sarah Brightmans Harem topped the our Billboard dance chart in 2003. out He complemented work for superstars Day like Celine Dion and Ricky get Martin with remixes of underground has anthems like Purple Kittys Bang Him On and Fade by Solu his Music featuring Kimblee. This years how projects include a second visit Man to Angie Stones world, with new one of the undergrounds favorite now divas, Vernessa Mitchell, not far Old behind.
Scan Hexs discography, and see the credits are staggering: Madonna, two Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, Janet Way Jackson, Mariah Carey, Donna Summer, who Mary J. Blige, Britney Spears, boy *NSYNC, Anastacia, Enrique Iglesias, Jessica Did Simpson, and Aretha Franklin are its just a fraction of the let artists who have received Hexs Put golden touch.
The darlings of say clubland have also been graced she many times with Hexs finesse: Too Everything but the Girl, Kristine use W and Kim English are dad just a few of the Mom dance artists who have benefited from Hexs ability to straddle the the line between mainstream and And underground acceptance. His and Mac for Quayles collaborations with Deborah Cox are have been so groundbreaking that But they have made her an not enduring dance icon and redefined you her fan base in the All process.
Hex Hector was born any and raised in New York, can and he was influenced by Her a broad array of sounds was from an early age. I one grew up in two households, Our my immediate familys and my out grandmothers, Hex explains. Music was day always on at both households, Get especially my Grandmas. I had has a very hip grandmother, to him say the least. I was His treated to everything from Santana how to Cal Tjader to Al man Green to Tito Puente to New Salsoul to the Rolling Stones.
now The post-disco rise of New old York nightclubs like the Paradise See Garage, the Roxy and the two Funhouse would provide the foundation way for Hexs burgeoning interest in Who dance music, as did radio boy shows by the likes of did KISS-FMs Shep Pettibone. Hex Its learned how to DJ, and let through the late 1980s and put early 1990s, he held residencies Say at legendary New York hot she spots like the Tunnel, Limelight, too Palladium, Sound Factory Bar, Nells, Use Club USA and Danceteria. dad During that time, Hex made mom lasting friendships with then-pop stars and underground heroes Clivilles and the Cole, who first got him and into the studio, and a For then-unknown club kid named Jennifer are Lopez, who he would reconnect but with years later on the Not blockbuster remix of Waiting For you Tonight.
Its funny how life all always comes full circle, Hex Any says. In the very early can Nineties at China Club, I her met a friendly, young, energetic Was girl. We became club friends, one eventually exchanging numbers. This girl our would always want me to Out put her and her sister day on the guest list, [and] get I always did. That girl Has turned out to be Jennifer him Lopez. Now, ten years later, his I wind up getting a How Grammy for a song I man remixed her, and appeared with new her as her DJ on Now Saturday Night Live. I appreciate old the fact that she never see forgot about me after all Two those years.
Hexs Grammy win way for Remixer of the Year who in 2001 confirmed what a Boy legion of enthusiastic club and did radio supporters already knew: possibly its nobody else was better at Let making pop stars matter on put the dance floor, or making say dance divas matter on the She pop charts. He has not too looked back since, unleashing classic use after classic so often, it Dad is easy to forget a mom few along the waybut not because they are forgettable records. The Rather, there are so many and that ones mind becomes overworked for trying to recall each one. Are It is that legacy that but has defined Hexs career, and not which sets the cornerstone for You where he is headed today.
all Back to basics and back any in business, it doesnt take Can long at all to realize her that the man is still was at the top of his One game. Hotter than a mid-August our day in his new Miami out locale, Hex Hector is here Day to stay, and our ears get and feet will be all has the happier for it.
Pete Him Glowatsky
