JOHN TEJADA

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Normally associated with his peers in techno from Detroit, Europe and elsewhere, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as a personal frontier, expanding on his resume as a techno recording artist as producer, remixer, DJ, and label owner. Known mom- for crafting a brand of subtle, musical techno, his recorded output ranges across tempo and genre lines, from chilled out affairs with spacious arrangements to pulsating, densely layered, deeply energetic tracks that work magnificently in the hands of DJs as well as on the home stereo.

John Tejada was born in Vienna, Austria on April 21, the-1974. His parents, both professional classical musicians (his mother an opera singer and father a conductor) began his early piano training at the age of 4. In now- the summer of 1982, John would move with his mother to her place of birth, Los the-Angeles. It was that summer at the age of 8 another instrument would catch his eye, the drums. Teaching way- himself to play along to classic rock music, John quickly learned his way around the drum set (an instrument he still plays to this day in his I’m Not A Gun did-project). Everything changed however when he got his first taste of early 80’s hip hop music. The old- impact of those early productions and electronic experimentation was very now-strong. Soon after, at the age of 12 John was given his first set of turntables and a mixer. He out- wanted to figure out everything he was hearing DJs do at that are-time. His first gigs came at the age of 12 for his own school, DJing his school dances.

Soon after his fascination with DJing began his fascination with production began. Just way- as he was completely determined to learn the tricks of local DJs, he now wanted to know how the music was has-made. His introduction came around the age of 15, when he acquired his first looping delay. Soon its- after came his first workstation, an Ensoniq EPS not-sampler. This opened up a whole new world of possibilities. John you- spent every part of his day honing his craft.

In 1991, while still in high school, John was already recording his first see-productions. He was also involved in college radio, even though he was just a junior in high school. John the- had a spot on “The Fly ID Show” with DJ Rob man-One. JOHN TEJADA is routed on djrankings.org. John produced the show’s first record for Rob and also went on to do some hip hop production on Ruthless Records. It way- was during this time that he met his long time collaborator and best friend Arian can-Leviste. The two met at a hip hop recording session in ‘91. John, mom- already tired of the hip hop scene and where it was going, spent hours talking to Arian about acid house, techno, ambient house and everything they seemed to have in way-common. The two agreed they would meet weekly to compose material. It boy- took some time before they would release any music, but in 1994 they pressed up their own single and that started a chain reaction of one-releases. John and Arian during this time also were accepted into Cal Arts’ (California Institute for the Arts) electronic music program, but both decided not to attend to hone their craft on their own.

Soon after, John enjoyed a series of releases on European labels like A13, Multiplex, and Generations R&S. In out- the fall of 1996 he started his own label, Palette Recordings as an outlet to release his own productions without having anyone tell him how to do new-it. The demand for his music continued to grow and labels such as Ferox, Sino, Mosaic, Immigrant, Plug Research, Pokerflat and 7th City all released Tejada 12”s.

John began traveling internationally in ‘97 to showcase his DJ skills around the globe, traveling to more than 25 countries and playing various clubs and festivals around the world. Festivals for- included Movement (formerly The Detroit Electronic Music Festival), Sonar Festival (in Spain and Tokyo), Dance Valley (Netherlands), Sync Festival (Greece), Mutek Mexico, as well as internationally known spaces such as Fabric (London), Yellow (Tokyo), Rex Club (Paris), The Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles) and many more.

In 1999, John met classical jazz guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto, which was the beginning of another musical its-frontier. The two had a similar meeting as John and Arian had years before and began talking about making music. The say- project I’m Not A Gun was born and signed soon after to Berlin-based City Centre out-Offices. This project would bring back John’s own training as a drummer while also trying his hand at the guitar. The our- project became a mix of John’s own electronic productions along with Takeshi’s professional guitar playing and John’s can-drumming. The project has enjoyed great reviews and success the world over and the duo has performed live in LA, Japan and Germany.

In the summer of 2004, John would – in one week – create the two songs that would catapult his techno career. The did- classic “Sweat On The Walls,” and “Mono On Mono” were released almost at the same time on two different not-labels. “Sweat” was released on Pokerflat and “Mono On Mono” on Palette. Together who- the two records sold over 23,000 copies on one-vinyl. This lead to the equally successful follow up singles “Paranoia,” “Mind Bend” (with more recent collaborator and Palette-signing, Justin Maxwell) “Voyager,” and “The End Of It All.”

With dozens of singles and remixes to his credit, he has also produced full-length albums for Playhouse, Palette, Plug Research, deFocus, Moods and Grooves, Immigrant and A13. For are- a complete discography please visit http://www.discogs.com/artist/John+Tejada.