John O'Callaghan (born 1981) is an Irish musician and DJ, who mainly produces

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. He also produces music under the aliases of Joint Operations Centre, Mannix, Henrik Zuberstein, and Stenna. He has collaborated with fellow Discover artists such as Bryan Kearney, Neal Scarborough (as Inertia), Thomas Bronzwaer (as Lost World), and Greg Downey as well as, more recently, trance hero

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. His best-known tracks are "Exactly" with Bryan Kearney, "Big Sky", in collaboration with vocalist Audrey Gallagher, and "Find Yourself" (feat. Sarah Howells). Callaghan has received remixes by trance artists such as

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, Sean Tyas,

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and Indecent Noise. He has also worked with

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and Aly & Fila.

Achievements

O'Callaghan formerly had the majority of his work released on Discover, the British record label set up by John Askew. Later, his work has been released by

Armada Music Armada Music is a Dutch independent record label that specialises in releasing electronic dance music. Armada Music was founded on 1 June 2003 by Dutch producer Armin van Buuren, Dutch business executive Maykel Piron, and music manager David ...

and its sublabels—primarily on Armind and Soundpiercing. The remix of his vocal trance production "Big Sky" by

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was voted "Tune of The Year" by listeners of Armin van Buuren's ''

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'' radio show in 2007. In 2008, O'Callaghan entered the ''

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'' 100 at number 60 and picked up two awards at the Irish Dance Music Awards, winning Best Producer and Best DJ. John also became the first Irishman to play

Trance Energy Trance Energy was a Dutch trance event featuring trance music DJs from around the world. It was organized by ID&T and was held since 1999 in various venues in the Netherlands. In 2011, ID&T changed the concept and renamed the festival to "Ene ...

. In 2009, he rose 36 places to 24th in the DJ Mag 100. In addition to numerous single releases, he has released a live album (''Discover "Live As" Volume 2'') and two artist albums, ''Something To Live For'' and ''Never Fade Away''. ''Never Fade Away'' was released in 2009 on the Armada label shortly following the single release of "Find Yourself (feat. Sarah Howells)". "Find Yourself" was tipped a future favorite on ''A State Of Trance''. The track has received recognition from many DJs, including Armin van Buuren, Tiesto,

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, Matt Hardwick and

. The track has also received a remix from

, which made a lot of headway in many DJs' set lists following its release. O'Callaghan also released another single from the album, "Surreal", which includes vocals from an artist known as Jaren. 2010 also marked the start of John's very own sublabel on

Black Hole Recordings Black Hole Recordings is a Dutch record label founded by Tijs Verwest (Tiësto) and Arny Bink in 1997. In August 2009, Tiësto decided to leave Black Hole Recordings, setting up the record label Musical Freedom in association with PIAS Entertai ...

called Subculture.

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Something to Live For'' (2007) * '' Never Fade Away'' (2009) * ''Never Fade Away (The Remixes)'' (2011) * '' Unfold'' (2011) * ''Unfold (The Remixes)'' (2012) * ''Subculture'' (2018) (John O'Callaghan and Cold Blue)

Mix albums

* ''Live As... Volume 2'' (2007) * ''Trance World Volume 4'' (2008) * ''Trance Energy 2009'' (2009) * ''Subculture'' (2009) * ''Subculture 2010'' (2010) * ''Subculture 2011'' (2011) * ''Subculture 2013'' (2013) * ''Subculture: The Residents'' (2014)

Singles

* ''Symmetric'' (with Cold Blue) (2018)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ocallaghan, John Irish trance musicians Living people Armada Music artists People from Navan Irish electronic dance music DJs 1981 births