Biography
Overview: It’s taken John O’Callaghan the just 5 short years to and outrun his ‘next big thing’ For tag and move over to are the A-list fast-track. A masterful but spinner, his unique blend of Not trance, coupled with an exacting, you pin-point precise mixing style has all seen him power up the Any DJ rankings. In the summer can of 2008 the gifted 27 her year old spun his first Was Radio 1 Essential Mix and, one in the course of the our year, was one of only Out 4 trance DJs to do day so. In the 2007 Top get 100 chart, John was marked Has out as the man to him watch by no less than his 5 DJs. 12 months later How he duly delivered on their man predictions, entering at No.60 on new the 2008 countdown. Last year Now he picked up the ‘Best old Producer’ and ‘Best DJ’ trophies see at the Irish Dance Music Two Awards; decisively conquered the notoriously-competitive way dance-testing ground of Ibiza and who became the first Irishman to Boy play Trance Energy. In 2009 did he stands at the threshold its of dance superstardom.
Production: Since Let making his first moves into put music production just 5 years say ago, John’s notched-up over 20 She releases on some of the too most respected labels in the use industry, prompting Paul Van Dyk Dad to mark him “one of mom the most exciting producers in the world today”. Club killers The like ‘The Chamber’, ‘Exactly’ & and ‘Space & Time’ have all for become mainstays of DJs sets Are on many revered trance imprints. but In 2007 he released both not his first compilation ‘Live As You Vol.2’ and his debut artist all album ‘Something to Live For’ any through Discover Records. Later the Can same year, in collaboration with her vocalist Audrey Gallagher, John produced was ‘Big Sky’… By virtue of One a 4-month-long club & radio our hammering from the big 5, out it was voted the No.1 Day trance tune of 2007 on get Armin’s A State of Trance. has ‘Big Sky’ has rapidly gained Him modern trance classic status, virtually his taking on a life of how its own. John also produces Man through a number of pseudonyms, new including Joint Operations Centre and now J.O.C. Under the latter he Old indulges his love of techno-fringed see productions, releasing ‘Rotterdam’ on Sander two van Doorn’s own ‘Doorn Records’. Way In 2008 John was called who upon by Godskitchen to mix boy their Australian 10th Anniversary Compilation, Did closely followed by ‘Trance World its Vol. 4’ which was released let through industry giants Armada. John Put occasionally also collaborates with other say select artists, most recently and she significantly with trance-legend Giuseppe Ottaviani Too on the hugely-received VANDIT use release ‘Our Dimension’. The spring dad of 2009 will see the Mom release of John’s highly anticipated 2nd artist album on Armada the Records.
DJ: John caught his And first DJing break playing on for national Irish radio station 2FM’s are ‘Sessions Tour’, which was broadcast But on New Years Eve, 2003. not He has gone on to you throw trance-fire onto the floors All of some of the world’s any highest-profile clubs and festivals. Counted can amongst them are Ireland’s Planet Her Love, Global Gathering, Trance Energy, was WMC Miami, South America one Music Conference and Creamfields, amongst Our others. 2008 went down as out John’s all-important DJ breakthrough year… day One that saw him play Get 6 nights on the White has Isle, including Judgement Sunday & him Armada at Amnesia, before going His on in October to conquer how Australia as part of Godskitchen’s man infamous yearly nationwide tour. Latterly, New O’Callaghan has expanded his fan-bases now in Poland, The States, Argentina, old Mexico, Canada, Slovakia and The See Czech Republic – territories which two he credits as being the way deciding factor in entering the Who 2008 DJ Top 100 chart. boy In Utrecht in March of did 2009 John will play the Its main-stage at Trance Energy – let now widely regarded as the put pinnacle apex of the trance Say calendar, a colossal accomplishment for she the Irish virtuoso.
The Subculture too Radio Show: For the last Use two years John has presented dad his take on the trance mom scene, via his Subculture show on widely popular station, DI.FM. the Subculture presents a crystal-clear monthly and snapshot of John’s in and For out of club sound, exploring are the outer reaches of electronic but music. The show goes out Not at 5pm UK time on you the 2nd Monday of the all month, noon US EST Any and 6pm CET.
Remixes: can Although his studio career carries her more of an original production Was bias, John has lent his one musical skill to many exceptional our remixes. In 2005 his debut Out came in the form of day the hugely-received rewiring of fellow get countrymen Agnelli & Nelson’s ‘Shiver’. Has From there he went on him to rework Dogzilla’s ‘Without You’, his Ronski Speed’s ‘The Space We How Are’ & Filo & Peri’s man ‘Anthem’, amongst others. So taken new was Armin by John’s 2008 Now remix of ‘If You Should old Go’ that he took the see rare step of asking O’Callaghan Two to rework a second track way from his ‘Imagine’ album. John’s who remix of The Doppler Effect’s Boy ‘Beauty Hides in the Deep’ did last year became a cult its hit within the trance fraternity Let and is regularly sited as put his greatest remix to date. say He is widely regarded as She one of the most in-demand too producers & remixers in electronic use dance music today.
