Joseph R. Bermudez is an American

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and

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artist. Three of his songs - "

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" (2016, with

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), " Ghosting" (2018, with Megn), and " Crazy Enough" (2018, with Louise Carver) - have reached number one on ''

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''s

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chart.

Career

Joe Bermudez was born and raised in Maine. He got his start in the music business at the age of 18 when he walked into

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radio in

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and pleaded for a job doing anything, because he was about to be evicted from his apartment. After a few months, Bermudez was hosting his own show, "Kiss Klub Night". He later became the music director for the syndicated weekend radio show ''

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''.https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/2183809 Profile: DJ Joe Bermudez (July 30, 2004) By 2002, Bermudez was well enough known as a DJ to be hired by

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for their BPM electronic dance music channel. By 2004, he was also doing shows on

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and

WAKZ WAKZ (95.9 FM, "Real 95.9") is a radio station licensed to Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, and serving Youngstown, Ohio. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station airs a mainstream urban radio format. Prior to July 2, 2020, WAKZ broadcast ...

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. In 2012, Bermudez was based in

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and opened for

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at the

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(as a last minute substitute for

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). Bermudez released the album ''New Ginza at Night'' in 2014; he later licensed the track "DJ Fav" for use in the 2016 film '' High Strung'', where it was performed by Nia Sioux. In 2015, he was appearing weekly on Boston's WBGB "103.3 AMP Radio" there and DJing locally and nationwide. Bermudez has done official remixes for artists such as

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(" I'm Alive" (2002)),

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" and " Scandalous" (both 2004)),

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" (2005),

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" (2005)),

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(" Dreamer" (2006)),

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(" Come Clean" (2004), "

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" (2007), and " Reach Out" (2008)),

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" (2008)),

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" (2010)),

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(" S&M" (2011)), and

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(" Who Says" (2011)).

References

Living people People from Maine Musicians from Boston Electronic dance music DJs House DJs American DJs American house musicians American radio personalities Year of birth missing (living people) {{Musician-stub