Biography
Considered among New York City’s top house dj’s, Jason Jollins has accomplished this by consistently delivering high quality sets with each given opportunity.
Jason started DJ’ing during the late 80’s. Initially spinning freestyle and house music, he continued to cultivate his DJ skills through the early nineties, embracing his love and talent for the art. Best known for highly technical and well programmed sets, Jason’s sound can be best described as a dark and danceable progressive house fusion of techy, electro, tribal, melodic, sexy, bass-line driven & vocal dubbed elements.
While music has always been a passionate hobby of Jason’s since an early age, in the mid 1990’s, the demand for Jason’s live sets transformed this hobby into something much greater. Since then, he has had the privilege of playing alongside world renowned DJs such as Sasha, Carl Cox, Paul Van Dyk, Steve Lawler, Lee Burridge, Chris Fortier, Hybrid, ATB, Juan Atkins, Armin Van Buuren, Marcus Schulz, Hernan Cattaneo, Above & Beyond, Seb Fontaine, Nu Nrg, Oscar G, Guy Ornadel, Gabriel & Dresden, Anthony Pappa, Tini Tun, Deep Mariano, Darren Emerson, Ferry Corsten, Max Graham, and many others.
Aside from holding down a Godskitchen residency and his performances overseas, Jason has continuously held high profile residencies at NYC’s top venues such as Avalon (NYC), Centro-Fly, Filter 14, the Roxy, Webster Hall, Spirit (formerly Twilo), Crobar New York, Love NYC, and currently plays regularly for Made Event @ Pacha New York. These opportunities have considerably elevated Jason’s status as a DJ and have given him the platform needed to form the strong following of fans that he has today.
In the late 1990s, Jason formed an event production company called United Underground which still lives and thrives today. The idea behind United Underground is to serve as a platform for local, national, and international talent to share there passion within there craft.
While appearing on many of the top internet radio stations, Jason has held a monthly radio show on Proton Radio for over 5 years being one of the first dj’s to host a live Proton Radio dj show. Jason continues to host his show on Proton Radio as well as a monthly show (Acute Sessions with Jason Jollins) on Digitally Imported Radio, DLA Radio (Dance Latino America Radio), and DanceRadio (the top internet radio station in Greece).
Jason’s record label, Acute Recordings, is considered to be one of the top progressive house labels coming out of the United States. Launched in 2002, Acute releases have graced the charts of many of the worlds top talent including #1 charted releases on the prestigious balance record pool, #1 charted releases on EdmDigital and Beatport, and with releases creating buzz in several magazines and online media sources. Acute Recordings is geared towards finding unknown but extremely talented artists who have never had the opportunity to release there music and to give these artists world-wide exposure.
In 2007, Jason will continue to tour around the country and globally while releasing the quality tracks that fans have come to expect from Acute Recordings. Jason’s diligent work and sacrifices have not gone unnoticed; his passion for music continues to inspire him while his profile continues to rise.
