J-Break is an American music producer and DJ.
Career
J-Break was introduced to the
electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...
scene in 1995 while attending
Orlando nightclubs like the Edge, Ultraviolet (UV), and Firestone. At the age of 19, he got his first residency at the former Mimosa nightclub along with other residents
Wutam and Davie-D. Davie-D gave J-Break his first booking and contributed to scratches on his first release "C'Mon & Touch Me", which received rotation on 95.3 FM in Orlando, Florida.
In 1999, J-Break started Millennium Breaks Productions, home to releases such as "Feel The Heat", "Drop It Down" and "This Is The Sound of Underground," which was licensed to
DJ Baby Anne's "Mixed Live: Club Ra, Las Vegas" mix compilation.
Later that year, J-Break became a resident on 96.9 FM in Orlando and
WYKS
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105.3 FM in
Gainesville, Florida alongside DJs Andy Hughes, DJ Sandy, and
Wutam.
In 2002,
Wutam and J-Break released their debut mix CD, ''Biomechanik,''
the follow-up to Infiniti's "Looking for Something" on Subculture Records. The title song was released on Afterdark Records, with support from DJs such as Merlyn, Baitercell & Schumacher, and Simply Jeff.
After the success of the Cyberian Knights debut "This Is The Sound of Underground," J-Break joined Jackal from Jackal & Hyde and Dynamix II. Together they formed Cyberian Knights Recordings,
a collaborative effort to help popularize
. Jackal and J-Break began their world tour in support of their new label, performing in cities like
Los Angeles
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and
Barcelona
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, where J-Break recorded his live mix CD "Barcelona, Spain" for Afterdark Records.
In 2004, J-Break joined forces with Agent K from Agent K & Deuce. Together they formed Distorted Recordings, a sub-label of the two artists' sister labels, Cyberian Knights Recordings and Warped Recordz. The first two releases by Agent K & The
Klubbheads
Klubbheads is a team of dance music producers and DJs from the Netherlands. They have more than 40 aliases for their recordings, including Hi_Tack, DJ Disco and Drunkenmunky.IMO Records "Klubbheads Biography" IMO Records Retrieved on 1 March ...
, received
airplay in clubs and radio stations around the world. They were included on mixes such as DJ Mondo's "Tampa Breaks Vol. 4"
and Storm & Trevor Rockwell's "Future Sounds of Breaks."
2005 was a big year for J-Break who performed over one hundred gigs while touring with Jackal & Hyde through cities all over North America. The tour included renown festivals like
Love Parade in San Francisco
&
Earthdance in Phoenix. J-Break collaborated with international artists working in different genres. During this period, the producer released tracks like "Dark Circles" with Josef Plante (w/ Autobots UK remix) and "Science Fiction" w/ Infiniti. These releases received support from
Deekline & Wizard (UK), Exzakt, Baitercell & Schumacher (New Zealand) and others.
2006 was a year of significant productions for J-Break, including three international releases. He also undertook a European tour with Agent K when they recorded their "Live from London CD". The track "American Werewolf in London" featured the UK
nu skool artist Screwface on the remix, which was featured on
Annie Nightingale
Annie Avril Nightingale (born 1 April 1940) is an English radio and television broadcaster. She was the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 in 1970, and is its longest-serving presenter.
Early life and career
Nightingale was born in Osterley ...
's
BBC Radio 1
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mix show.
This release was followed by "Drop It" with ATF's Lethal Agent, released on the Spanish electro label, Dona-Li.
J-Break played his debut performance at
Ultra Music Festival during the Winter Music Conference in Miami.
In 2007, J-Break began new studio collaborations with producers of different genres including Deekline & Wizard featuring DJ Assault, MC Messinian of
Planet of the Drums Founded during the summer of 2000, Planet of the Drums is an American group of Drum&Bass artists: Dieselboy, DJ Dara, and MC Messinian along with AK1200.
In the fall of 2009, Planet of the Drums embarked on their Tenth Anniversary Tour.
In 2010, ...
, DJ Reid Speed, Oona Dahl, and Josef Plante. After a successful gig in New York,
house music
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became a new love for J-Break. This inspired a new studio album produced with
Wutam that would be released in early 2008. The self-titled album featured four singles that charted on
Beatport in several genres, including house,
electro house
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and
progressive house.
After moving to San Diego, in 2008 international artists such as
Tiesto,
Hybrid
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Science
* Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding
** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species
** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two dif ...
,
Miss Nine from
Yoshitoshi Records
Yoshitoshi Recordings is a dance music record label which is owned and operated by (Washington, D.C.) house producer Sharam. It was founded in 1994. While pigeonholed as a progressive label, its releases in fact cover a broad spectrum of modern d ...
, and
Grammy
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award-winning artist
Joachim Garraud supported
Wutam & J-Break
Wutam & J-Break are a live DJ act/production team in electronic music/house music since their residencies in the underground Orlando, Florida, Orlando nightclub scene in 1999. Since then, their original tracks and remixes have gained support from ...
's new productions. This led to remix offers from world-renowned labels such as
Eddie Amador's Mochico Primo Records,
Paul Oakenfold's
Perfecto Records,
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...
and
Joachim Garraud's Gum Records, and
Melleefresh's Play Records
Play Records is an independently owned Canadian record label operating in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The company includes Play Deep Studios, a recording studio in the UK, Play Digital, for digital music and Play Records Publishing, a publishing co ...
.
Later in 2009, J-Break was featured on DJ Reid Speed's "Under The Influence" mix CD on
Moist Music
Moist Music is a New York City based electronic dance music record label that is a subsidiary of Phase One Communications. Victor Ortiz, aka Vicious Vic established Moist Music in 2004. Victor was previously part of the founding crew members of ...
.
Wutam & J-Break
Wutam & J-Break are a live DJ act/production team in electronic music/house music since their residencies in the underground Orlando, Florida, Orlando nightclub scene in 1999. Since then, their original tracks and remixes have gained support from ...
signed with dPulse Distribution/
Sony BMG
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/
Universal Music Group
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as "Sidetrax" along with David "Scratch D" Noller from Dynamix II, a gold certified electro artist from Miami to remix
Billie Ray Martin
Birgit Dieckmann, known professionally as Billie Ray Martin, is a German singer and songwriter, known for her single "Your Loving Arms", which reached the top 10 of both the UK Singles Chart (#6) and the Irish Singles Chart (#8) in 1995, and re ...
's "Your Loving Arms".
By 2010, J-Break teamed up with
Jägermeister house artist,
DJ IDeaL to make a remix of
BT's classic hit, "Remember". He was also featured on Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto
& BT's
XM/
Sirius
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radio shows.
International artists such as
The Crystal Method,
Manuel De La Mare
Manuel De La Mare (born in 1979 in Barga, Italy) is an Italian music producer and recording artist.
Biography
Manuel De La Mare is also known as Sara Galli, After Tea, and Combo. His music combines elements of Italo dance, filtered and deep hous ...
, and
Donald Glaude
Donald Glaude is an American house music artist, DJ and remixer, and is consistently ranked as one of ''DJ Mag''s top 100 DJs.
Biography
As a child, Glaude was classically trained in the upright bass and violin. After hearing early funk re ...
quickly began supporting the team's original productions.
In 2011,
IDeaL
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and J-Break headlined several shows during the
Winter Music Conference
The Winter Music Conference (WMC) is a week-long electronic music conference, held every March in Miami Beach, Florida, United States since 1985. It is also known as the premiere platform for electronic dance music. The conference brings togethe ...
and
Miami Music Week
Miami Music Week (MMW) is a weeklong marathon of electronic dance music that takes place in Miami, Florida. During the last week of March, the event is attended by hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world. In 2015, over 1,000 artis ...
. This culminated with their live set before over 150,000 people at the sold-out Ultra Music Festival in downtown Miami.
The duo's set was featured on Ultra Music Festival's UMF Radio Show on XM/Sirius Radio the following week. Their remix of
Eddie Amador
Eddie Amador (born 1967) is best known as an international house music producer, remixer and DJ. He penned the song "House Music" in 1997 and is an established icon in house music.
Biography
Amador's productions in 2011 included "Spirituality" ...
and
Kimberly Cole "Arrow Through My Heart" hit the
Billboard Charts
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for over 10 weeks.
After performing at Ultra Music Festival '12
and the
Madonna
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album release party during Miami Music Week, the duo spent the rest of the year working in the studio on remixes. They worked with artists such as
Adam Lambert
Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer and songwriter. Since 2009, he has sold over 3 million albums and 5 million singles worldwide. Lambert is known for his dynamic vocal performances that fuse his theatrical tra ...
,
Mickey Avalon, Warren Nomi and
Kerli's
The Lucky Ones, which went #1 on the Billboard Dance Club chart.
Within weeks of 2013,
IDeaL
Ideal may refer to:
Philosophy
* Ideal (ethics), values that one actively pursues as goals
* Platonic ideal, a philosophical idea of trueness of form, associated with Plato
Mathematics
* Ideal (ring theory), special subsets of a ring considere ...
and J-Break collaborated with Grammy-nominated house music producer Eddie Amador to produce "I Need You." The track featured Tom Napack of Vanity Police and formerly of
Dangerous Muse
Dangerous Muse was an American electronic rock project founded by songwriter and vocalist, Mike Furey and keyboardist, synthesizer programmer, songwriter, background vocalist Tom Napack.
History
Dangerous Muse formed when Mike Furey and Tom Nap ...
. "I Need You" was released by Tiesto's label,
Black Hole Recordings.
In April, the duo remixed former
Pussycat Dolls singer,
Jessica Sutta on her song "
Again
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* ''Again'' (video game), a 2009 adventure game for the Nintendo DS
* ''Again!!'' manga
* ''Again!'', a 2011 children's book by Emily Gravett
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Music
* Again (band), a ...
" featuring Kemal Golden, it peaked at #14 on the
Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.
In 2014, IDeaL and J-Break remixed "The Rising" by Five Knives on
Red Bull Records
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, which peaked at #9 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. The duo also had success with remixes for "Bombs Away" by Gia (#3 on Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart), "Tonight" by Aiden Jude (#4 on Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart and #35 on Beatport Top 100 chart), as well as "Werq" & "Around the World" (#23 on Billboard Dance Club Songs chart) by
Carmen Electra.
In March 2015, IDeaL and J-Break remixed Amador and
Ultra Nate's song "Take Care Of My Heart," which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Breakout chart and #24 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. The duo also remixed
Philip George's "
Wish You Were Mine
"Wish You Were Mine" is the debut single by English producer Philip George. It samples the Stevie Wonder song " My Cherie Amour". It was released on 28 December 2014 as a digital download in the United Kingdom through 3 Beat Productions. The so ...
," which peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, #1 on the UK Dance chart and #7 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. "Wish You Were Mine" was certified Multi-Platinum in the UK by
BPI with over 600,000 units sold.
Other remixes include
Motown
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's
Rich White Ladies' "Wimbledon" and "No Bad Vibes" as well as
Paris Hilton's "High Off My Love", which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs and #35 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs charts.
2016 brought new remixes for IDeaL & J-Break, including
Lady Gaga's "
Til It Happens To You
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", which was nominated for the
2016 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
"Til It Happens" also peaked at #1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs,
#27 on the Hot Digital Songs, and #19 on the Adult Contemporary charts. They also remixed 80s New Wave group,
Pet Shop Boys
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single "
The Pop Kids
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Release
"The Pop Kids" was made available alongside the pre-or ...
", which also went #1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs
In April 2017, IDeaL & J-Break's remix of Lisa Cole "Lost Love" peaked at #19 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs. Later in 2017, their remix of
Taryn Manning
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"Gltchlfe" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.
The duo also remixed the classic
Smash Mouth
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"Walkin On The Sun" in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the single. IDeaL & J-Break's debut remix on their Docka Records label imprint, Eko Zu "Let Me Fall" was released in 2018. The duo later remixed
U2 "
Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way
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", which topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart at #1.
J-Break began to return to his breakbeat roots in 2021 with an original electro breakbeat track with Hip Hop artist
T-Pain "Down For Some Freakin'"
which peaked at #9 on the Beatport Breaks charts. In 2022, J-Break was signed to breakbeat/trap imprint Ravesta Records. His first single "The Light" peaked at #21 on the Beatport Breaks charts. His follow-up single "Turn Up" peaked at #26 on the Beatport Breaks charts.
His first Trap release "Black Panther" peaked at #47 on the Beatport Trap charts in 2023. J-Break teamed up with breakbeat artist, OnDaMike, for their single "The Rhythm", which peaked at #7 on the Beatport Breaks charts. Their follow-up "Feel It" peaked at #16 on the Beatport Breaks charts. J-Break then remixed Docka featuring hip hop artist,
Rick Ross
William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), known professionally as Rick Ross, is an American rapper.
Prior to releasing his debut single, "Hustlin'", in 2006, Ross was the subject of a bidding war, receiving offers from Sean Combs, D ...
for their track "Burnin' on Docka Records.
In just the first half of 2024, 12 of J-Break's tracks and remixes charted in 3 genres across the Beatport track charts, including the hit #1 chart topping release, "All This Bass", with Code Rising released on ElectroBreakz. The track was featured as Beatport's "Best New Electro".
Discography
References
External links
Official Record Label websiteOfficial Twitter account
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American electro musicians