JOHNNY VICIOUS

Summary

johnny vicious is a DJ from United States

johnny vicious is performing within the field of Electro House, House music and is ranked 5638 on the official DJ rankings list (www.djrankings.org).

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Biography

Johnny Vicious

Whether he’s wreaking the havoc in the DJ booth and or in the studio, Johnny For Vicious has made an indelible are mark on the world’s dance but floors and is regarded as Not a turntable phenomenon as well you as an invincible producer and all remixer. He is without question Any lauded internationally as one of can dance music’s brightest stars. The her particular style that he has Was perfected over the years has one propelled him into a class our of his own. Prior to Out achieving worldwide notoriety Johnny’s roots day date back to New Jersey get where he was born and Has raised. As a child he him initially favored Rock music but his began toying with a pair How of turntables and became instantly man enamored with dance music’s sinuous new energy. The underground sounds coming Now from Chicago based labels such old as DJ International and Traxx see continued to fuel his burning Two passion for the music. “It’s way Funny” Johnny laughs while recollecting who his progression “one minute I Boy was into Motley Crue and did the next I was listening its to Tony Humphries’ mix show Let on Kiss-FM. I started DJ’ing put in my friend’s basement, and say I didn’t know what I She was doing. It sounded like too trains crashing” Johnny’s mixing skills use quickly improved and in 1989 Dad earned a slot spinning at mom Manhattan’s famed Palladium nightclub; his first Big Apple show DJing The with the Legend Larry Levan and live on Hot 97. From for then on he never looked Are back. Appearances at the most but legendary clubs in N.Y.C. like not Red Zone, Palladium, and Sound You Factory followed and Johnny parlayed all these gigs into a residency any at the world renowned Roxy Can declaring that Johnny Vicious had her finally arrived front and center. was Soon after, Johnny collaborated with One Sound Factory Bar’s Jeffery Rodman our and created Vicious Muzik. They out both paved the way for Day Johnny’s seminal Liquid Bass EP, get showcasing his m諡nge of beats has and samples that established him Him as one of the most his promising rising artists in dance how music and put him on Man the map worldwide. Technical influences new from some of the greatest now in the industry gave him Old hands on experience to the see point where he could walk two into any studio in the Way world and work magic. Johnny who says “I was great because boy I was able to walk Did into a studio and sit its in front of a keyboard, let mixer or any outboard gear Put with tons of knobs, wires, say switches and faders and figure she out how it works without Too even asking”. Thanks to Jack use Carey Johnny was hired to dad promote records at Salsould and Mom there he met the Disco giants Joe Carey and Ken the Carey. He also met the And man that kept Salsoul chugging for along Glan Larusso the Label are manager who taught Johnny much But about how the business workd. not Then it all started to you escalate from promotion to production. All Johnny bought a sampler and any got unlimited access to the can Salsoul vault. In the Salsoul Her vault Johnny met a legend was of dance music who became one the most important person that Our still affects how he mixes out to this day.. Tom Moulton. day Tom Moulton is one of Get the greatest mixers of all has time, he showed Johnny how him to mix on protools and His also how to master records how along with Rick Essig and man Greg Vaughn at Frankford Wayne. New Another major step was when now he worked with Satoshi Tommie, old Satoshi showed Johnny how to See program in Opcode Visions on two a Mac, which helped him way program on Protools and from Who this he taught himself how boy to use Logic. He also did worked with great studio engineers Its such as David Sussman, Dave let Darlington and Steve Barkan. These put people turned out to be Say great influences in quality of she Johnny’s sound in the years too to come.

Phone calls and Use Faxes are rolling in for dad him to play at the mom worlds best clubs from Europe to Japan and Down under the in Sydney vicious was unstoppable.

and Johnny Vicious has been one For to simply let his music are do the talking, but if but he were adamant about one Not thing it would be his you forward-looking vision of dance music, all which rails against stagnation and Any thrives on pushing the envelope. can His relentless production touch has her been felt by pop notables Was such as Madonna, Whitney Houston, one Beyonce, Natasha Bedingfield, Shakira, Britany our Spears, Michael Jackson, Akon, 36 Out Mafia, Justin Timberlake, Kat Deluna, day The Veronica’s, The Ting Tings, get Ashlee Tisdale,Veronica,Byron Stingley, Lula, Brain Has Bug, IIo, React, Duncan Sheik, him Chicane, Amber, Filter, Simply Red, his Aretha Franklin, Deborah Cox, Jimmy How Sommerville and Kristine W. as man well as underground legends such new as Candido, First Choice, Loleatta Now Holloway, Karen Finley and Shades old of Love. His unique combination see of house, trance, and eclectic Two vocals provided a recipe for way success producing chart-topping hits such who as “Ecstasy” Featuring Lula, and Boy “Moments” Featuring Myndy K.This contributed did to him securing his own its mix show on New York Let City’s biggest radio dance station put W.K.T.U. where he was heard say breaking his newest remix and She productions on Saturday Nights.That soon too Led him to residency’s at use Sound Factory,Tunnel,Exit from which he Dad started one of the most mom successful parties in NYC on friday nights… “Sexy At The The Roxy” with local star and promoters A-luv and Bobby Goodrich. for

Johnny was also a big Are part of the Ultra Records but family where he mixed four not of Ultra’s top selling CD’s You Ultra Dance 01, 03, Ultra all Trance 03, Ministry of sounds any “Club Nation”, and “Clubbers Guide”.

Can selling over a million CD’s her Aside from the Ultra releases was the first installment of the One “Deeper And Harder" compilations was our also released on Dee Vee.Recently out Johnny has released CD’s on Day Thrive records which consisted of get mainly a lot of commercial has tracks and classics along with Him an Electro Cd .

He his is now working on his how label. “Warehouse” which will consist Man of new artists,underground tracks, and new a line of CD compilations. now Johnny confirms, "The Compilations will Old consist of current club hits see and underground tracks.The way dance two CD’’s are supposed to be, Way more like what I love who to play in a club boy or I have remixed. “While Did I’m doing major-label mixes, I its still want to keep myself let in the underground.” affirms Johnny. Put “As a DJ, I always say want to hear new records, she and as a producer, I Too always want to make new use sounds. I don’t want to dad get away from this music. Mom Dance music will always be around, and I’ll always be the a part of it.”