Jay-J (born 1969), real name Joseph John Hernandez, is an American
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DJ and
producer from
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. He has released over 120 recordings since his 1995 debut. From his Moulton Studios he has collaborated with producers and DJs including
Kaskade
Ryan Gary Raddon (born February 25, 1971), better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ, record producer and remixer. ''DJ Times'' voted Kaskade "America's Best DJ" in 2011 and 2013. ''DJ Mag'' named Kaskade fifty-first on its 200 ...
,
Miguel Migs
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Biography
Migs began his music career a ...
,
Marques Wyatt, Halo, Julius Papp,
Mark Grant and
Chris Lum.
He has performed at
La Terraza
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),
Pacha (
Ibiza
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),
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(
Singapore
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) and
Ministry of Sound
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James ...
(
United Kingdom
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), and performed live at the 2006
MTV Australia Awards
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History
The M ...
, on both the Red Carpet and during the Awards Show.
In 2008, he was selected as one of eight musical artists for
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's "WE8" project for the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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. Each artist was provided with a theme, and created a song that expanded on the theme.
Jay-J has released compilations as well as co-producing
Latrice’s debut album, ''Illuminate'' (Ultra), with Kaskade.
In 2007 he released ''Jay-J & Friends Volumes 1-3'', a collection of re-mastered tracks from his Moulton Studio recordings and multitracked catalogues, as well as productions from the previous 15 years.
"Live From..." is an
iTunes
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podcast
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of his sets from clubs in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia.
Discography
Albums
* ''Electronic Discussions'' (2011)
* ''Love Alive'' (2009)
* ''Re:Souled , The Shifted Music Remix Collection Vol. 2'' (2009)
* ''Re:Souled , The Shifted Music Remix Collection'' (2006)
* ''Illuminate'' (2006)
* ''Connected'' (2005)
* ''Loveslapped Vol. 3'' (2004)
* ''Defected In The House'' (2003)
* ''Reflections'' (Distance, 2001)
* ''Jay-J Does Tilted Housework Vol. 1'' (2000)
Remixes
* ''Airpushers feat Lamont Dozier'' - Hold The Onionz (2007)
* ''Mary J Bliige'' - Everything (2007)
* ''Jill Scott'' - He Loves Me (2003) - Grammy nomination for Best Re-mixer.
* ''Lil' Kim'' - The Jump Off (2003)
* ''Donnie McClurkin'' - Get Back (2001)
* ''David Gray'' - Babble On (2001)
* ''Koffee Brown'' - Where Da Party At (2001)
References
External links
Shifted Music
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1969 births
Living people
American DJs
American dance musicians
American house musicians
Record producers from New Jersey
Club DJs
Remixers
Electronic dance music DJs