Jose Nuñez is an American

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and

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producer. He is best known for his works with producers

Erick Morillo Erick Morillo (March 26, 1971 – September 1, 2020) was a Colombian-American disc jockey, music producer, and record label owner. Having produced under a number of pseudonyms, including Ministers de la Funk, The Dronez, RAW, Smooth Touch, RBM, D ...

and

Harry Choo Choo Romero Harry Romero, better known as Harry "Choo Choo" Romero, is an American DJ and record producer. Biography Harry Romero is linked with the label Subliminal with Erick Morillo and Jose Nuñez, with whom he also produced and remixed several tra ...

on the Subliminal record label.

Biography

In 1998, he appeared in the US ''

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'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart twice, first hitting #1 with "In My Life." It peaked at #56 in the

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in September that year. The follow-up "Hold On" peaked at #9 US Dance later that year, and at #44 in the UK chart. Lead vocals on both tracks were by singer Octahvia, sometimes referred to as Octavia or Octah'via, and the songs were officially credited to "Jose Nuñez featuring Octahvia". Jose then started collaborating with Erick Morillo and Harry Romero. The 3 remixed and made many songs under monikers such as Da Mob, The Dronez and Ministers-De-La-Funk. Nunez went back to his solo stuff a few years later. He came back on the scene in 2002 with his latest production named "Air Race", which was based on the song My Own Way by

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. It became very successful in the clubs, resulting into an airplay hit. Two years later, he released "Bilingual", his most popular song to this day, which features the singer Taina. With fellow producer,

, Nunez had another Top 10 dance hit "Cro-Magnon (What About Our Love)," under the moniker Constipated Monkeys. He undertook another collaboration in 2009, with DJ MYNC and Choo Choo Romero on the track, "Boogers."

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