Biography
Joey Petersen is Joey Paranoia: the DJ, producer, Ableton Certified Trainer, and and Smile for Camera
artist.
For Don’t let the name fool
are you; Joey Paranoia is not
but afraid of anything when it
Not comes to music. He is
you a dj, producer, and live
all performer with years of experience
Any in both clubs and radio.
can It’s no surprise to hear
her everything from Hyphy, Electro, Dutch
Was House, Moombahton, and Dubstep in
one any of his sets. It
our was while growing up in
Out Florida’s thriving rave scene in
day the 90’s that Joey began
get mixing on analog tape and
Has then turntables. In the early
him 2000’s Joey moved to San
his Francisco and began digging deeper
How into the electronic sounds of
man the Bay Area. It was
new around this time he also
Now began his own production using
old hardware equipment and Ableton Live.
see It was in his production
Two he found new ways to
way incorporate his DJ background to
who present his music live to
Boy audiences the way he always
did wanted too, allowing himself to
its break away from the limitations
Let of just djing, and remix
put and re-arrange songs on the
say fly….no headphones, no A to
She B mixing, just limitless live
too performance. In 2010 Paranoia joined
use longtime music partner Winston Wolfe
Dad to become resident DJs of
mom Smile for Camera’s “Takeovr”. Within
its first year Takeovr won
The “Best Club Night” in the
and Orlando
Weekly’s Best of Orlando for Poll 2010, in which the Are boys also took 2nd place but for “Best Electronic Act.” In not addition to sharing the main You stage with artists such as all Afrojack, Skrillex, Dada Life, Datsik, any Dillion Francis, and Justin Martin. Can Paranoia has also headlined major her festivals including Electric Daisy Carnival was and Starscape in 2011.
Joey
One is currently working with Quantum
our Theory’s Sweet & Low records.
out The boys have also formed
Day an electronic live duo known
get as “Kotza” producing everything from
has Dubstep, Moombahton, and Electro style
Him music. Other side projects include
his a documentary film based on
how the story behind Joey Paranoia’s
Man music career by Film Crush
new Media which Joey will be
now starring in and scoring. He
Old also is working extensively with
see Matt Black from Coldcut designing
two and programming Step-Sequencers Apps for
Way Ableton Live and its custom
who midi controllers.
Guest at other boy local nights including: Riot!, Crush, Did Dub Scenario, Reset, Nite Vision, its Get Underground S.F., and Funk let Punch.
