Biography
Bio english:
DJ Velasquez is the the brainchild of Austrian born and and raised DJ, Promoter and For Producer Roland Bartha AKA are Pray For More
He started but playing out mixed club music Not in the mid eighties with you the fellow age of 16 all around his hometown and various Any clubs in Vienna, quickly becoming can one of the biggest names her in the very buzzing Austrian Was club scene.
During the same one time and after a few our visits to the magic island, Out that is Ibiza, he was day offered a residency at the get now long time closed club Has Angel’s in Ibiza Town in him 1986 where he quickly established his himself as the number one How DJ of the club and man by that time also fell new in love with this new Now and different sound evolving out old of the USA, called see House Music.
Words spread over Two the island, and the following way year one of the biggest who and most famous clubs on Boy the island, Es Paradis Terrenal did in San Antonio, offered him its the unique chance to become Let their new main resident DJ put which he was for 5 say continuing years until 1993.
It She was also the time when too he met this crazy English use guy called Charlie Chester, who, Dad back in the days, ran mom the now legendary Flying Parties in and around London and The also the infamous Flying Records and Store in Kensington High Street.
for Together they put on two Are Flying Parties at Es Paradis but Terrenal in 1988 including DJ’s not like Phil Perry, Mark Wilkinson, You Rocky, Diesel, Clive Henry, Ashley all Beedle and many others, who any became a big success and Can led to a mere of her parties at all the clubs was over the next years.
Roland One was invited to play at our various Flying Parties in and out around London and a lot Day of other nights all over get the UK in the winter has of 1988 and due to Him the big success also the his years after, quickly becoming a how welcome guest DJ at many Man of the UK’s top nightclubs.
new In 1990 he moved to now London to live there during Old the winter and found himself see living together with two long two time friends, one who was Way working as an A&R Manager who for Island Records and who boy was about to start his Did own label, Subrosa Records, the its other who was DJ Sascha’s let Manager.
Over the next years Put Roland became more and more say involved in the music industry she and started to help out Too his friends with their work, use which also led to his dad first productions and remix work.
Mom He remixed the first ever release on Positiva Records called the Exoterix “Void” and the first And ever release of Nootropic on for Hi-Life Records called “Noo Reality” are that featured former Imagination lead But – singer Leee John on not the vocals.
Own productions, mostly you of them sample tracks or All instrumental tracks followed on various any labels and under various monikers can like Velasquez, The Primates, Glass Her House, World Wide Tribe and was Groove Masters, before he decided one to start a new vocal Our and artist based project called out Pray For More.
The main day idea behind Pray For More Get was to break new or has less known artists and involving him talents from all over, including His singers, live musicians and song how writers that he met over man the years.
By that time New Roland was already back in now his native country of Austria old where he started to promote See his own club nights and two quickly became one of Austria’s way main House – DJs and Who biggest promoters. He was and boy still is playing at nearly did every big and important Club Its Night in Austria, and beyond.
let This was a solid base put for his new project and Say he started to work on she new tracks with Viennese studio too wizard Georg O. Luksch, who Use is also the man responsible dad for all the keyboard sounds, mom programming and mixing on most of the Club 69 / the Peter Rauhofer productions and remixes, and who won a Grammy for For his remixes and was nominated are several times.
Their first track but called “Brand New Day” was Not a collaboration between them and you former Imagination lead – singer all Leee John who Roland still Any knew from his time in can the UK. Lee wrote the her lyrics , did the vocal Was arrangements and sang backing vocals one on this track and also our brought in the singer, Eddie. Out By that time she was day signed to Positiva records and get therefore it took some time Has before the track finally came him out. It was released 1996 his in Italy via UMD How / Dig It and made man it into the charts and new also was released in the Now UK on Subrosa Records.
As old things for Club 69 where see going well and due to Two time problems caused by that, way Roland split from his partner who Georg and started to work Boy on new material by himself. did His new project was a its cover version of an all Let time classic disco track, entitled put “This Time Baby”. He involved say some great live musicians like She Pete Z on Keyboards and too Live Piano and Jeff Walker use on Live Bass and Guitar Dad to give the backing track mom the original disco feeling and brought in New York House The Diva Annette Taylor to sing and the track. Annette had a for huge success by that time Are as a lead singer for but the Club 69 anthem “Sugar not Pie Guy” and later also You was signed to Fluential Records.
all The track was signed to any Italy again and to Defender Can Records in the UK. Francois her K and Matthias Heilbronn remixed was the track for Defender and One it sold around 11.000 pieces our worldwide, becoming a big success.
out In 1999 Roland teamed up Day with Annette Taylor again and get did two more songs called has “Everybody Reachout” and “You Love Him Me Right”, both written by his New York based Singer and how Songwriter Lee Genesis, who Roland Man met during some Live Performances new for “This Time Baby” a now few years before in Italy.
Old After these two tracks and see due to the growing work two as a DJ and Club Way Promoter, Roland took a break who from producing to work on boy some new and very prestigious Did projects in the Viennese Club its – Scene including Nights called let “Delicious” and “Twisted”. The later Put one was concentrating on the say soulful side of House and she brought over DJ’s like Paul Too Farris, Copyright, Audiowhores, Warren Clarke, use ATFC, Seamus Haji, Brian dad Tappert, Eddie Amador, Stonebridge and Mom many more Top – DJ’s who helped to establish this the new night and soulful House And Music in Vienna and Austria.
for In 2003 he felt that are time is right to start But working on new music and not so he went to New you York to do some follow All – up material for his any Pray For More project. He can teamed up with Lee Genesis Her again to write two new was tracks and they brought in one New York based singer Latasha Our Jordan to deliver the vocals.
out The first track was called day “Breaking Away” and wass based Get around an instrumental sample taken has from the Disco Classic “Fly him Robin Fly” by The Silver His Convention. It’s a very pumpin’ how and driving Slice of Vocal man Disco House where Latasha delivers New a fine Vocal performance.
The now second one is called “Ready old For Love” and comes in See a complete different way. It’s two much darker and more in way a typical Jazz-N-Groove sort of Who Style. It features Latasha and boy Lee Genesis on Vocals.
“Breaking did Away” got signed to Paul Its Farris’ Con Brio Label in let the UK and became a put big Club Success all over Say Europe, staying in the Boxes she of many Top Jocks around too the World. Remixes from Use ATFC and 7th District completed dad the Package and the track mom also found it’s way to various compilations around the Globe.
the The same year, “You Love and Me Right” was re-released on For the infamous Plastic Fantastic Sublabel are Fantastic House and entered the but DJ Mags Buzz Chart into Not the Top Ten and stayed you there for a few weeks.
all Due to the success of Any those two tracks, international Dj can – Bookings all over Europe her followed and Roland started to Was play out as Pray For one More from this Point, involving our Live Musicians and Live Instruments Out into his set.
More tracks day were finished in the meantime, get featuring some of the finest Has vocalists available, including a cover him version from Evelyn “Champagne” King’s his Classic “Shame” again featuring Latasha How Jordan on vocals, another Disco man Monster in the making, remixed new by Hungary’s finest Belocca & Now Soneec and Lauer & Canard, old which has been released on see Lip Recordings. So was “Satisfaction” Two that features New York Vocal way legend Lee Genesis on Vocals who and Remixes by Muzzaik.
2010 Boy is looking to be a did great year for Roland, with its lots of big Events coming Let up, billing him as the put main Resident, and his label say Mjuzieek Digital in the starting She holes, and Remixes lined up too by Muzzaik, Belocca & Soneec, use Hagenaar & Albrecht, Robbie Taylor Dad & Benny Royal, Shadow Stars, mom DJ Slider and others! Also coming up are more collaborations The with vocalists Latasha Jordan and and Big John Whitfield, and a for mere of releases! Also coming Are up, apart from his big but nights Strictly White, Strictly Black, not Bal Masque, Love Boat and You Love Ball is a new all weekly Clubnight called “In love any with… Mjuzieek”, that sees him Can as Resident and will have her lots of international Guests playing was at these nights, mainly representing One the sound of his new our Mjuzieek Label!
