Tameil Paynes (known by his stage name DJ Tameil) is an American

disc jockey A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile ...

and

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from

Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.Jersey club Jersey club (originally called Brick City club) is a style of electronic club music that originated in Newark, New Jersey in the late 2000s. It was pioneered by DJ Tameil and other members of the Brick Bandits crew, who were inspired by Baltim ...

style of dance music in the late 1990s, drawing influence from Baltimore club and

Chicago house Chicago house refers to house music produced during the mid to late 1980s within Chicago. The term is generally used to refer to the first ever house music productions, which were by Chicago-based artists in the 1980s. History and origins Disco ...

. He is a member of the Brick Bandits, a collective of pioneering Newark musicians.

Career

Tameil became known for his

mixtapes as a teenager. He later established connections with the Baltimore scene through Bernie Rabinowitz of the Music Liberated record store; he was subsequently introduced to Baltimore stars such as DJ Technics and Rod Lee. He began playing Baltimore records at teen parties and clubs in the Downtown Newark area. Tameil was among the first Jersey artists to produce his own club tracks in 2001 with the ''Dat Butt'' EP, released on his own label Anthrax Records. He began to burn his own CDs and sold them on Broad Street in Newark. Around this time, DJs Tim Dolla and Mike V also began producing their own club tracks as the Brick Bandits to challenge Tameil's monopoly on the market. The two parties initially feuded but Tameil later joined the group, coining the phrase "Brick City club" in 2002. They released popular mixtapes which featured both club and house tracks. Club parties, hosted primarily in ballrooms and banquet halls, began emerging in Newark and surrounding suburbs such as

East Orange East Orange is a city in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 69,612. The city was the state's 20th most-populous municipality in 2010, after having been the state's 14th most-po ...

and Irvington. Despite violence in the city, parties thrown by the Brick Bandits or at the Branch Brook Skating Rink were known to be safe spaces for kids. The most popular songs he has made (According to Spotify) include "Rude Boy Giddy Up", "Disco Stick" and "Everybody"

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tameil, DJ American DJs American house musicians Jersey club musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Newark, New Jersey Living people

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