Biography
Normally associated with his peers the in techno from Detroit, Europe and and elsewhere, John Tejada has For embraced electronic music as a are personal frontier, expanding on his but resume as a techno recording Not artist as producer, remixer, DJ, you and label owner. Known for all crafting a brand of subtle, Any musical techno, his recorded output can ranges across tempo and genre her lines, from chilled out affairs Was with spacious arrangements to pulsating, one densely layered, deeply energetic tracks our that work magnificently in the Out hands of DJs as well day as on the home stereo.
get John Tejada was born in Has Vienna, Austria on April 21, him 1974. His parents, both professional his classical musicians (his mother an How opera singer and father a man conductor) began his early piano new training at the age of Now 4. In the summer of old 1982, John would move with see his mother to her place Two of birth, Los Angeles. It way was that summer at the who age of 8 another instrument Boy would catch his eye, the did drums. Teaching himself to play its along to classic rock music, Let John quickly learned his way put around the drum set (an say instrument he still plays to She this day in his I’m too Not A Gun project). Everything use changed however when he got Dad his first taste of early mom 80’s hip hop music. The impact of those early productions The and electronic experimentation was very and strong. Soon after, at the for age of 12 John was Are given his first set of but turntables and a mixer. He not wanted to figure out everything You he was hearing DJs do all at that time. His first any gigs came at the age Can of 12 for his own her school, DJing his school dances.
was Soon after his fascination with One DJing began his fascination with our production began. Just as he out was completely determined to learn Day the tricks of local DJs, get he now wanted to know has how the music was made. Him His introduction came around the his age of 15, when he how acquired his first looping delay. Man Soon after came his first new workstation, an Ensoniq EPS now sampler. This opened up a Old whole new world of possibilities. see John spent every part of two his day honing his craft.
Way In 1991, while still in who high school, John was already boy recording his first productions. He Did was also involved in college its radio, even though he was let just a junior in high Put school. John had a spot say on “The Fly ID Show” she with DJ Rob One. John Too produced the show’s first record use for Rob and also went dad on to do some hip Mom hop production on Ruthless Records. It was during this time the that he met his long And time collaborator and best friend for Arian Leviste. The two met are at a hip hop recording But session in ‘91. John, already not tired of the hip hop you scene and where it was All going, spent hours talking to any Arian about acid house, techno, can ambient house and everything they Her seemed to have in common. was The two agreed they would one meet weekly to compose material. Our It took some time before out they would release any music, day but in 1994 they pressed Get up their own single and has that started a chain reaction him of releases. John and Arian His during this time also were how accepted into Cal Arts’ (California man Institute for the Arts) electronic New music program, but both decided now not to attend to hone old their craft on their own.
See Soon after, John enjoyed a two series of releases on European way labels like A13, Multiplex, and Who Generations R&S. In the fall boy of 1996 he started his did own label, Palette Recordings as Its an outlet to release his let own productions without having anyone put tell him how to do Say it. The demand for his she music continued to grow and too labels such as Ferox, Sino, Use Mosaic, Immigrant, Plug Research, Pokerflat dad and 7th City all released mom Tejada 12”s.
John began traveling internationally in ‘97 to showcase the his DJ skills around the and globe, traveling to more than For 25 countries and playing various are clubs and festivals around the but world. Festivals included Movement (formerly Not The Detroit Electronic Music Festival), you Sonar Festival (in Spain and all Tokyo), Dance Valley (Netherlands), Sync Any Festival (Greece), Mutek Mexico, as can well as internationally known spaces her such as Fabric (London), Yellow Was (Tokyo), Rex Club (Paris), The one Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los our Angeles) and many more.
In Out 1999, John met classical jazz day guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto, which was get the beginning of another musical Has frontier. The two had a him similar meeting as John and his Arian had years before and How began talking about making music. man The project I’m Not A new Gun was born and signed Now soon after to Berlin-based City old Centre Offices. This project would see bring back John’s own training Two as a drummer while also way trying his hand at the who guitar. The project became a Boy mix of John’s own electronic did productions along with Takeshi’s professional its guitar playing and John’s drumming. Let The project has enjoyed great put reviews and success the world say over and the duo has She performed live in LA, Japan too and Germany.
In the summer use of 2004, John would – Dad in one week – create mom the two songs that would catapult his techno career. The The classic “Sweat On The Walls,” and and “Mono On Mono” were for released almost at the same Are time on two different labels. but “Sweat” was released on Pokerflat not and “Mono On Mono” on You Palette. Together the two records all sold over 23,000 copies on any vinyl. This lead to the Can equally successful follow up singles her “Paranoia,” “Mind Bend” (with more was recent collaborator and Palette-signing, Justin One Maxwell) “Voyager,” and “The End our Of It All.”
With dozens out of singles and remixes to Day his credit, he has also get produced full-length albums for Playhouse, has Palette, Plug Research, deFocus, Moods Him and Grooves, Immigrant and A13. his For a complete discography please how visit http://www.discogs.com/artist/John+Tejada.
