Jason Jollins
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Jason Jollins is an international DJ
and record producer
.
since the late 1990s.
In 1997, Jollins formed an event production company called United Underground while he attended college at Rutgers University
.
In 2002, Jollins launched his own record label called Acute Recordings which had #1 charted releases on the balance record pool in 2002 and 2003. In 2005 Acute Recordings had the #1 top selling release on Beatport
.
Jollins has held residencies in New York City venues such as Avalon, Centro-Fly, Filter 14, the Roxy, Webster Hall, Spirit (formerly Twilo), Crobar and Love NYC.
Jollins has played alongside artists such as Sasha
, Carl Cox
, Paul Van Dyk
, Steve Lawler
, Lee Burridge
, Sander Van Doorn
, Chris Fortier
, Hybrid
, ATB
, Juan Atkins
, Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schulz
, Hernan Cattaneo
, Above & Beyond
, Seb Fontaine, Nu Nrg, Oscar G, Guy Ornadel, Gabriel & Dresden
, Anthony Pappa
, Darren Emerson
, Sander Van Doorn
, Ferry Corsten
and Max Graham
.
In 2008, Jollins coined the term “Tech-Prog” to describe his unique music style, a skillful blending of Progressive House with Techno
, Trance
and Tech-House elements.
In 2008 and 2009, Jollins co-headlined world renowned festivals Creamfields
and Ministry of Sound
.
Jason Jollins is currently an active artist performing internationally on a regular basis while also performing regularly for Made Event and Pacha
New York.
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
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Biography
Jason Jollins started dj'ing in 1989, Initially mixing together freestyle and house music, he has been involved in Progressive House scene in New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
since the late 1990s.
In 1997, Jollins formed an event production company called United Underground while he attended college at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
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In 2002, Jollins launched his own record label called Acute Recordings which had #1 charted releases on the balance record pool in 2002 and 2003. In 2005 Acute Recordings had the #1 top selling release on Beatport
Beatport
Beatport is an online music store specializing in electronic dance music and culture. Beatport is a privately held company owned and operated by Beatport LLC and based in Denver, Colorado.-History:...
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Jollins has held residencies in New York City venues such as Avalon, Centro-Fly, Filter 14, the Roxy, Webster Hall, Spirit (formerly Twilo), Crobar and Love NYC.
Jollins has played alongside artists such as Sasha
Sasha (DJ)
Sasha is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s...
, Carl Cox
Carl Cox
Carl Cox is a British techno and house music DJ.-Biography:Cox grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, before attending Glastonbury High Boys secondary modern school on Glastonbury Road in Morden. Cox began his career as a hardcore and rave DJ in the mid 1980s...
, Paul Van Dyk
Paul van Dyk
Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...
, Steve Lawler
Steve Lawler
Steve Lawler is a British house music producer and DJ born in Birmingham, England. He has held residences at many popular dance clubs such as Space, The End and Twilo. Because of his successful performances at Space in Ibiza, he has been nicknamed "King of Space". Lawler has released several mix...
, Lee Burridge
Lee Burridge
Lee Burridge is a DJ, producer, and record label owner who helped launch the underground club scene in Hong Kong during the early 1990s, and today plays at nightclubs across the world....
, Sander Van Doorn
Sander van Doorn
Sander van Doorn Sander van Doorn Sander van Doorn (born Sander Ketelaars [] on February 28, 1979 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands is a Dutch tech trance DJ and producer...
, Chris Fortier
Chris Fortier
Chris Fortier is an American DJ and founder of the Balance Record Pool as well as co-founder and owner of Fade Records. Fortier's DJ-ing covers a range of styles from dark progressive to minimalist techno...
, Hybrid
Hybrid (metal band)
Hybrid is an extreme metal band formed in 2004 by musicians from other Madrid acts.-Biography:Hybrid was born in march 2004 when Chus Maestro recruited members from Human Mincer and Wormed to set up an extreme music project that would break down the walls of mainstream music...
, ATB
ATB
ATB may refer to:*The US Reorder tone is often referred to as an ATB, for All Trunks Busy*Active Time Battle system is a feature of role-playing games*Mountain bike is an off-road bicycle...
, Juan Atkins
Juan Atkins
Juan Atkins is an American musician. He is widely credited as the originator of techno music, specifically Detroit techno along with Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson...
, Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schulz
Markus Schulz
Markus Schulz, born , is a German trance music DJ and producer who resides in Miami, Florida, USA. He is best-known for his weekly radio show titled Global DJ Broadcast that airs on Digitally Imported radio, After Hours FM and other online stations...
, Hernan Cattaneo
Hernán Cattáneo
- Biography :Hernán Cattáneo was born in Buenos Aires, where he grew up listening to bands like Simply Red, Level 42, Depeche Mode and New Order while carefully studying Billboard magazine, the only source of information that was readily available at the time. In 1987, one of his friends visited...
, Above & Beyond
Above & Beyond (band)
Above & Beyond are a British trance music group formed in 2000 and consists of the members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Finnish Paavo Siljamäki. They have their own record label Anjunabeats, which releases trance and progressive music, and they also host their own weekly radio show Trance...
, Seb Fontaine, Nu Nrg, Oscar G, Guy Ornadel, Gabriel & Dresden
Gabriel & Dresden
Gabriel & Dresden is the project name of the DJs and producers Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden from San Francisco. Their popularity and activities were centered in the United States. They won the WMC award as Best American DJ twice in 2007 and 2008, the same day the group split-up...
, Anthony Pappa
Anthony Pappa
Anthony Pappa is a DJ from Melbourne, Australia. After meeting Sasha and John Digweed during an Australian tour, he decided to move to Great Britain...
, Darren Emerson
Darren Emerson
Darren Emerson is a dance music DJ, and former member of the UK electronic music outfit, Underworld.-Career:Emerson began mixing Hip-Hop records at the age of 14, and by 16 was DJing regularly at local venues...
, Sander Van Doorn
Sander van Doorn
Sander van Doorn Sander van Doorn Sander van Doorn (born Sander Ketelaars [] on February 28, 1979 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands is a Dutch tech trance DJ and producer...
, Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry...
and Max Graham
Max Graham
Max Graham is a Canadian DJ, composer and producer who manages to transcend genres while producing international hits in the dance music scene. He is most famous for his hits “Sun in the Winter” and “Nothing Else Matters”, His Cycles CD Series/Radio show as well as his remix of the classic song...
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In 2008, Jollins coined the term “Tech-Prog” to describe his unique music style, a skillful blending of Progressive House with Techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, Trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
and Tech-House elements.
In 2008 and 2009, Jollins co-headlined world renowned festivals Creamfields
Creamfields
Creamfelds is a large dance music festival featuring DJs and live acts. It is held annually on the August Bank Holiday weekend in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, just outside of Liverpool where it had previously been held for a number of years. It is renowned for being headlined every year by the...
and Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...
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Jason Jollins is currently an active artist performing internationally on a regular basis while also performing regularly for Made Event and Pacha
Pacha
Pacha is a nightclub franchise with headquarters in Ibiza, Spain. The first Pacha club was opened in Sitges outside Barcelona in 1967. The Ibiza club, located in Ibiza Town, is the best known venue today. During 2009 Pacha acquired El Divino, near the marina of Ibiza la Nueva, which will be...
New York.
Singles
- 2007: Jason Jollins - "Rosario Sun" - (Acute Recordings)
- 2008: Jason Jollins - "Vision Quest" - (Acute Recordings)
- 2008: Jason Jollins - "We March Together" - (Acute Recordings)
- 2008: Jason Jollins - "Times of Essence" - (Acute Recordings)
- 2008: Jason Jollins - "Flash Future" - (Acute Recordings)
- 2011: Jason Jollins - "Digital Rain" - (Sonido Local Recordings)
Remixes
- 2006: Spex - "Magix" (Jason Jollins Remix) - (Acute Recordings)
- 2007: Thee-O - "Wave Front" (Jason Jollins Remix) - (Acute Recordings)
- 2007: Eiad Sayegh & Anders Odman - "Unite" - (Jason Jollins Remix) (Resurgent Records)
- 2007: Mikel Curcio - "In Your Head featuring Daniella" (Jason Jollins Remix) - (London Music)
- 2007: Marcelo Vasami - "Secrets" Jason Jollins & John Wayyne Remix - (Acute Recordings)