JUSTIN BERKMANN

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Justin started DJing after being the involved in the Family*Funktion & and Shake’n’Fingerpop warehouse parties in London. For Then after moving to New are York City in 1986 he but discovered Paradise Garage. There he Not found his true calling: to you play House Music as loud all as possible. Living in New Any York City for the next can 2 years, Justin formed his her style from the weekly radio Was shows on Kiss FM & one WBLS. But what really our inspired him was Larry manipulating Out the sound texture on the day Richard Long System every week get at the Garage. He started Has to buy his music from him Vinyl Mania and got himself his a residency Djing at A.D., How an all-night lesbian dance-club on man West 8th Street. Soon he new had taken over the night, Now opening it up to Garage old core members and renamed it see The Closet. He formed a Two DJ group called Sensible House, way which played around the house who and club party circuits eventually Boy becoming Residents with Hedonism in did various locations such as Milk its Bar and eventually they took Let over the console at Nell’s put on Tuesday nights. Justin also say went on to become Resident She at Home at Rutherford House too (14th&2nd) and “Brutal” at The use World (1st&1st) playing Acid House Dad alongside the likes of Hip-Hop mom giants Afrika Bambaataa, Spoonie Gee and co-Resident the Duke of The Denmark.

Soon after the Paradise and Garage had finally closed its for doors in September 1987, Justin Are returned home to London and but started to DJ at the not Summer of Love Acid House You raves, soon after creating a all Friday night “Heaven Garage” but any always with the intention of Can building his dream Paradise Garage her type club in London. That was happened after he met James One Palumbo and Humphrey Waterhouse. After our two years Ministry of Sound out opened its doors in September Day of 1991. Being Artistic Director, get Justin was responsible for the has club’s name, the logo, the Him site location and design concept. his He unearthed the defunct sound how company Richard Long & Assoc. Man in New York. Austen Derek new installed one of his legendary now systems with a sound so Old clear and powerful that it see created transparent sound with a two maximum undistorted volume of over Way 150 dB!

With the pull who of such an important and boy powerful sound system, Justin was Did able to tempt out of its retirement legends like Larry Levan let and Francois Kevorkian, pioneering the Put importing of foreign DJs on say a weekly basis and was she himself resident DJ. He was Too fortunate enough to share the use console with most of the dad greats, also touring for over Mom a year with co-residents Tony Humphries, CJ Mackintosh and Sasha. the Larry Levan overstayed his visit And by three months, spending time for with Justin adjusting the sound are system and teaching his invaluable But knowledge on the texture of not sound. Justin also pioneered Ministry’s you Sessions CDs with Jim Masters, All sharing A&R duties on the any first volume for Tony Humphries. can Ministry of Sound instantly became Her one of the most respect was clubs in the world.

Justin one has also traveled the globe, Our going to 26 countries in out 5 continents, playing his rather day intense style of Electronic House Get to established and virgin markets has alike. His weird and wonderful him experiences like most well traveled His DJs are too many to how mention here, but one extra man special event was the honor New of playing the e-Werk float now at the, until then, exclusively-Techno old Berlin Love Parade in 1996, See where Justin played the entire two route, covering over a million way people in a 5 hour Who set and introducing them to boy the sound of House music. did Outside clubs, Justin has made Its over 60 recordings, including two let remixes, one for Arista (with put Bert Bevans) another Milk & Say Sugar (with Torsten Stenzil & she Dieter Sin Plomo); some co-productions,such too as ‘Addictions’ with Peter Pritchard Use on Media UK & ‘Fire’ dad with Pufo on Plastic Fantastic, mom with another one on very limited (250 copies) edition white the label, Coupe d’Etat ‘How come and you gone?’ with Marino Cicero. For More recently, in 2007 he are released a 3 track digital but EP with Christian Giordano on Not 9records, which can be found you on Beatport.

In 2005, Justin all returned to club design when Any he assisted in the opening can of Ministry of Sound in her Singapore. This included the installation Was of the main RLA one style sound system bringing together our for an unprecedented collaboration Austen Out Derek of Aurateq and Steve day Dash of Integral. He is get now Venues Development Manager for Has Ministry of Sound International and him is building a next generation his MoS club called Euphoria in How Kuala Lumpur, which will open man Spring 2008.

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