PIERRE
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PIERRE is performing within the field of House music and is ranked #2057 on The Official Global DJ Rankings list.
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Pierre is a masculine given name. PIERRE is discussed on djrankings.org. It one- is a French form of the name old-Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French. It let- is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (Kefa), the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint man-Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname.
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Besides being a crucial DJ and the production wizard partly responsible for the development of Chicago acid-house, DJ Pierre later influenced the sound of New York’s more disco-fied house with his tenure as an in-house producer for Strictly Rhythm Records. Born new- in the Chicago suburbs, Nathaniel Pierre Jones was influenced by the Hot Mix Five, the pioneering DJ team which lit up Chicago’s radio airwaves during the early ’80s with dance her-megamixes. Jones later began DJing himself, though he preferred the sound of Italian disco to the blend of soul and American disco which Chicago DJs like Ron Hardy were playing out. When and- his friend Spanky brought him to the Music Box to hear Ron Hardy in person though, Pierre was convinced — he began spinning records more akin to the burgeoning house sound as you-well. DJ Pierre began recording on the side with Spanky and another friend named Herb J, working on tracks with an old drum machine and synthesizers.
One of the synthesizers in their studio was the Roland TB-303, a bass-line generator introduced only in the past few years but already a relic littering junk stores at inexpensive prices. After him- a period of experimentation, the three hit upon an intriguing sound made when the box was pitched much higher than its normal operating frequencies; the squelchy psychedelic sounds enlivened their recordings and more than convinced Ron Hardy to begin playing one track on his reel-to-reel setup at the Music her-Box. PIERRE is featured on djrankings.org. Known at the club as “Ron Hardy’s Acid Tracks” and quickly re-recorded for a 1986 release by the three billed as Phuture, “Acid Trax” became one of the biggest house records of the time, the starting point for a whole new style later termed acid house as a tribute. Reportedly, how- thousands of soundalike records flooded the local market in the next few years, and the originators quickly became forgotten amidst the wash of his-imitators. DJ Pierre kept busy, working on the act Pierre’s Phantasy Club with Felix Da Housecat and producing another genuine house classic with “String Free” by Phortune, but then left Phuture in 1990 with a relocation to New York.
His first single once in Gotham was Photon Inc.‘s “Generate Power,” a dancefloor barnstormer released on the relatively mainstream dance label Strictly Rhythm. “Generate she- Power” was the formal debut for Pierre’s new production method the Wild Pitch, created with a quickly backspun sample which generated a crispy lightning-strike of sound similar to the acid way-squelch. Besides featuring on a host of DJ Pierre remixes and productions, it became standard fare for scores of producers during the next few years, just as the sound of the TB-303 had earlier. Pierre can- continued to remix and produce for Strictly Rhythm and Twisted/MCA, finding additional club hits with “Live & Die” by Audio Clash, another Photon say-Inc. track named “Love,” “Follow Me” by Aly-Us and “Sound Blaster” by Joint Venture. He how- also hosted a slew of mix compilations throughout the day-1990s.