Johnny Dynell
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Johnny Dynell is a New York City
DJ and recording artist. A favorite of New York's downtown art and fashion crowds, Dynell started his DJ career at the seminal Mudd Club
in 1980 and has worked at many New York nightclub since including Danceteria
, The Pyramid Club
, Club 57
, Area, Boybar, The Tunnel, Twilo
, Vinyl, The Roxy
, The Limelight
, The Palladium, Nell's
, Susanne Bartsch
's Copacabana, Crobar, Mr. Black, Greenhouse and scores of other New York clubs, lounges and venues. He has also appeared in many cities nationwide and worldwide.
Johnny Dynell's first single "Jam Hot
" (ACME Records, 1983) became a cult classic and has been remixed and sampled many times over the years. In 1990 Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim and his group Beats International
released "Dub Be Good to Me
". The song features Johnny Dynell's signature "Jam Hot" rap, "tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty you're listening to the boy from the big bad city, this is Jam Hot, this is Jam Hot". The line became an instant classic and was repeated often, being used as the most common reference to the song. The song was a massive hit spending 4 weeks at number one on the UK singles chart
in February 1990. It was the 7th best-selling single of 1990 in the UK.[1] In the US, the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and #76 on the Billboard Hot 100. The term "Jam Hot" is now in The Urban Dictionary
.
As a recording artist Dynell has been on Atlantic Records
, Arista Records
, Epic Records
, Heinz Records, Tribal Records, GIG Records, Xtravaganza Records, Pow Wow Records, ACME Records and Warlock Records. As a song writer has collaborated with Malcolm McLaren
and Pink Martini
.
In 1988 Dynell introduced Malcolm McLaren
to the Voguing/ballroom community by sending him clips from the Jennie Livingston
documentary "Paris Is Burning
", at that point unfinished. Sound bites from the film were incorporated into McLaren's 1989 Voguing anthem "Deep In Vogue". The lyrics "Sometimes on a legendary night/ Like the closing of the Garage/ When the crowd is calling down the spirits/ Listen, and you will hear all the houses that walked there before" were excerpted from Chi Chi Valenti's 1988 article "Nations" in Details Magazine.
In 1989 Johnny, a member of the House of Xtravaganza, recorded his own Voguing song "Elements Of Vogue" in London
with DJ David Depino and the late ballhouse MC David Ian Xtravaganza. "Elements of Vogue" contains samples from the disco songs "Love Is the Message" by MFSB
and "Ooh, I Love It (Love Break)" by the Salsoul Orchestra
. A year later Madonna
recorded her song "Vogue" with the same samples. "Elements of Vogue" has been a Voguing classic for two decades.
In 1990 Johnny along with his wife writer Chi Chi Valenti, fashion designer Kitty Boots, dancer/choreographer Richard Move and actor Brian Butterick aka Hattie Hathaway, founded the performance club Jackie 60
, an influential underground party that ran for the entire decade, and evolved into the full-time Meat Market venue Mother. Although he continued to DJ at Jackie 60
, his energy for the next ten years was totally devoted to running this long-running hit club and its many satellite nights and projects. These include the cyber-fetish experiment Click + Drag and the marathon Night Of 1000 Stevies (still going strong in 2011).
After the closing of Jackie 60
and Mother in 2000, Dynell found his way back to his first love - spinning - when he accepted a residency at Gotham's first new mega-club of the decade, Crobar, in 2003. His Saturday night following there for the next four years also inspired him to begin writing dance music again, including the Pink Martini
hit "Una Notte a Napoli". As the Oughts ended, his residencies at gay dance club MR. BLACK and the uber-popular Vandam Sundays at Greenhouse found him back with a vengeance, and a sound described by Michael Musto
as "Johnny Dynell's bracing mix of newish-old and oldish-new". Other 2009/2010 highlights included back to back Glammy Awards for Best DJ of the Year and remixing for artists including Scissor Sisters
, Escandalo and the B-52's.
Also in 2010, a new generation discovered Johnny with the release of a Jam Hot
/ Big Throwdown remix project on Smash Hit Records. This Nu-Disco
project, which spent three weeks at #1 on the Juno
sales chart, featured remixers including Tensnake, 40 Thieves, Peter Rauhofer
, Mark Kamins, Clouded Vision, Elija Rudman and of course, Johnny. Summer 2011 will see the launch of Dynell's own label, Endless Night Music, distributed by The Orchard (Digital Distribution Company), and its first release, "21st Century Vogue" (featuring Sade Pendavis, Paul Alexander, Jocelyn Brown
and Princess Xtravaganza)
New York City
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DJ and recording artist. A favorite of New York's downtown art and fashion crowds, Dynell started his DJ career at the seminal Mudd Club
Mudd Club
The Mudd Club was a TriBeCa nightclub that was opened in October 1978 by Steve Mass, art curator Diego Cortez and Anya Phillips, a figure in the downtown punk scene...
in 1980 and has worked at many New York nightclub since including Danceteria
Danceteria
Danceteria was a well-known four-floor nightclub located in New York City which operated from 1980 until 1986 and in the Hamptons until 1995. Throughout its history, the club had seven different locations, three in NYC and four in the Hamptons...
, The Pyramid Club
Pyramid Club
__notoc__The Pyramid Club is a nightclub in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. After opening in 1979, the Pyramid helped define the East Village drag and gay scenes of the 1980s...
, Club 57
Club 57
Club 57 was a nightclub located at 57 St. Mark's Place in the East Village, New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was a hangout and venue for performance- and visual-artists and musicians, including Madonna, Keith Haring, Cyndi Lauper, Charles Busch, Klaus Nomi, The B-52s, Futura...
, Area, Boybar, The Tunnel, Twilo
Twilo
Twilo was an American nightclub in operation from 1995 to 2001 in New York City and from 2006 to 2007 in Miami. The New York location at 530 West 27th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan regularly attracted a crowd of thousands to its warehouse-like dance floor...
, Vinyl, The Roxy
Roxy NYC
Roxy NYC was a popular nightclub located at 515 West 18th Street in New York City. Located in Chelsea section of Manhattan it began as a roller skating rink and roller disco in 1978, it was founded by Steve Bauman, Richard Newhouse and Steve Greenberg then acquired in 1985 by Gene DiNino until it...
, The Limelight
The Limelight
The Limelight is the name of a chain of nightclubs that were owned and operated by Peter Gatien, located in Atlanta, Hollywood, Florida, and London, and formerly in New York City and Chicago.-History:...
, The Palladium, Nell's
Nell's
Nell's was a nightclub located on 246 West 14th Street in downtown Manhattan. It opened in 1986 and closed May 30, 2004.Nell's (or Nells) was a nightclub located on 246 West 14th Street in downtown Manhattan. It opened in 1986 and closed May 30, 2004.Nell's (or Nells) was a nightclub located on...
, Susanne Bartsch
Susanne Bartsch
Susanne Bartsch is an event producer whose outlandish over-the-top monthly parties at the Copacabana in the late 1980s united the haute and demi-monde and made her an icon of New York nightlife. "Ms...
's Copacabana, Crobar, Mr. Black, Greenhouse and scores of other New York clubs, lounges and venues. He has also appeared in many cities nationwide and worldwide.
Johnny Dynell's first single "Jam Hot
Jam Hot
Jam Hot was the first single by New York City DJ Johnny Dynell. It has been remixed and sampled many times over the years. In 1990 Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim and his group Beats International released "Dub Be Good to Me"...
" (ACME Records, 1983) became a cult classic and has been remixed and sampled many times over the years. In 1990 Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim and his group Beats International
Beats International
Beats International was a British electronic music band, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook , after his departure from The Housemartins.-Career:...
released "Dub Be Good to Me
Dub Be Good to Me
"Dub Be Good to Me" is a popular single by the club music group Beats International, released in 1990. It is generally considered the band's signature song.-Song information:Written by Norman Cook aka...
". The song features Johnny Dynell's signature "Jam Hot" rap, "tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty you're listening to the boy from the big bad city, this is Jam Hot, this is Jam Hot". The line became an instant classic and was repeated often, being used as the most common reference to the song. The song was a massive hit spending 4 weeks at number one on the UK singles chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in February 1990. It was the 7th best-selling single of 1990 in the UK.[1] In the US, the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and #76 on the Billboard Hot 100. The term "Jam Hot" is now in The Urban Dictionary
Urban Dictionary
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.
As a recording artist Dynell has been on Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
, Arista Records
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
, Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
, Heinz Records, Tribal Records, GIG Records, Xtravaganza Records, Pow Wow Records, ACME Records and Warlock Records. As a song writer has collaborated with Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren was an English performer, impresario, self-publicist and manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls...
and Pink Martini
Pink Martini
Pink Martini is a 13-member "little orchestra" from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1994 by pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale. They draw inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop.-History:...
.
In 1988 Dynell introduced Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren was an English performer, impresario, self-publicist and manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls...
to the Voguing/ballroom community by sending him clips from the Jennie Livingston
Jennie Livingston
Jennie Livingston is an American director best known for the 1990 documentary Paris is Burning.Livingston was born in Dallas, Texas and grew up in Los Angeles where she attended Beverly HIlls High School. She graduated from Yale University in 1983, where she studied photography, drawing, and...
documentary "Paris Is Burning
Paris is Burning (film)
Paris Is Burning is a 1990 documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African American, Latino, gay and transgender communities involved in it...
", at that point unfinished. Sound bites from the film were incorporated into McLaren's 1989 Voguing anthem "Deep In Vogue". The lyrics "Sometimes on a legendary night/ Like the closing of the Garage/ When the crowd is calling down the spirits/ Listen, and you will hear all the houses that walked there before" were excerpted from Chi Chi Valenti's 1988 article "Nations" in Details Magazine.
In 1989 Johnny, a member of the House of Xtravaganza, recorded his own Voguing song "Elements Of Vogue" in London
London
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with DJ David Depino and the late ballhouse MC David Ian Xtravaganza. "Elements of Vogue" contains samples from the disco songs "Love Is the Message" by MFSB
MFSB
MFSB was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with the production team of Gamble and Huff and producer/arranger Thom Bell, and backed up such groups as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the O’Jays, the Stylistics, the...
and "Ooh, I Love It (Love Break)" by the Salsoul Orchestra
Salsoul Orchestra
The Salsoul Orchestra was the backing band for acts on Salsoul Records. Under their own name the group recorded several hit singles and albums between 1975 and 1981.-Group History:...
. A year later Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
recorded her song "Vogue" with the same samples. "Elements of Vogue" has been a Voguing classic for two decades.
In 1990 Johnny along with his wife writer Chi Chi Valenti, fashion designer Kitty Boots, dancer/choreographer Richard Move and actor Brian Butterick aka Hattie Hathaway, founded the performance club Jackie 60
Jackie 60
Jackie 60 was a famous weekly party held every Tuesday in New York's Meatpacking District. Founded by DJ Johnny Dynell, writer Chi Chi Valenti, fashion designer Kitty Boots and dancer/choreographer Richard Move, who were later , joined by Brian Butterick AKA Hattie Hathaway. It served gay,...
, an influential underground party that ran for the entire decade, and evolved into the full-time Meat Market venue Mother. Although he continued to DJ at Jackie 60
Jackie 60
Jackie 60 was a famous weekly party held every Tuesday in New York's Meatpacking District. Founded by DJ Johnny Dynell, writer Chi Chi Valenti, fashion designer Kitty Boots and dancer/choreographer Richard Move, who were later , joined by Brian Butterick AKA Hattie Hathaway. It served gay,...
, his energy for the next ten years was totally devoted to running this long-running hit club and its many satellite nights and projects. These include the cyber-fetish experiment Click + Drag and the marathon Night Of 1000 Stevies (still going strong in 2011).
After the closing of Jackie 60
Jackie 60
Jackie 60 was a famous weekly party held every Tuesday in New York's Meatpacking District. Founded by DJ Johnny Dynell, writer Chi Chi Valenti, fashion designer Kitty Boots and dancer/choreographer Richard Move, who were later , joined by Brian Butterick AKA Hattie Hathaway. It served gay,...
and Mother in 2000, Dynell found his way back to his first love - spinning - when he accepted a residency at Gotham's first new mega-club of the decade, Crobar, in 2003. His Saturday night following there for the next four years also inspired him to begin writing dance music again, including the Pink Martini
Pink Martini
Pink Martini is a 13-member "little orchestra" from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1994 by pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale. They draw inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop.-History:...
hit "Una Notte a Napoli". As the Oughts ended, his residencies at gay dance club MR. BLACK and the uber-popular Vandam Sundays at Greenhouse found him back with a vengeance, and a sound described by Michael Musto
Michael Musto
Michael Musto is an American columnist for the The Village Voice, where he writes La Dolce Musto. Musto was born in Brooklyn to an Italian American family. He attended Columbia University graduating in 1976. During his studies, he was a theater critic for the Columbia Spectator...
as "Johnny Dynell's bracing mix of newish-old and oldish-new". Other 2009/2010 highlights included back to back Glammy Awards for Best DJ of the Year and remixing for artists including Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters are an American band "spawned by the scuzzy, gay nightlife scene of New York" who took their name from a sexual position between two women also known as tribadism...
, Escandalo and the B-52's.
Also in 2010, a new generation discovered Johnny with the release of a Jam Hot
Jam Hot
Jam Hot was the first single by New York City DJ Johnny Dynell. It has been remixed and sampled many times over the years. In 1990 Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim and his group Beats International released "Dub Be Good to Me"...
/ Big Throwdown remix project on Smash Hit Records. This Nu-Disco
Nu-disco
Nu-disco is a 21st century dance music genre associated with a renewed interest in 1970s and early 1980s disco, mid-1980s Italo disco, and the synthesizer-heavy Eurodisco aesthetics. The moniker appeared in print as early as 2002, and by mid-2008 was used by record shops such as the online...
project, which spent three weeks at #1 on the Juno
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sales chart, featured remixers including Tensnake, 40 Thieves, Peter Rauhofer
Peter Rauhofer
Peter Rauhofer is a DJ, remixer and producer who formerly went under the moniker Club 69 as well as Size Queen. A native of Vienna, Austria, he is famous for his remixes of a number of Madonna's songs including "Nothing Really Matters", "American Life", "Nothing Fails, "Nobody Knows Me", "Get...
, Mark Kamins, Clouded Vision, Elija Rudman and of course, Johnny. Summer 2011 will see the launch of Dynell's own label, Endless Night Music, distributed by The Orchard (Digital Distribution Company), and its first release, "21st Century Vogue" (featuring Sade Pendavis, Paul Alexander, Jocelyn Brown
Jocelyn Brown
Jocelyn Lorette Brown is an American R&B and dance music singer...
and Princess Xtravaganza)
Recording Artist and Writer
- Jam HotJam HotJam Hot was the first single by New York City DJ Johnny Dynell. It has been remixed and sampled many times over the years. In 1990 Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim and his group Beats International released "Dub Be Good to Me"...
, 1983 (Acme Records / Epic) - The Big Throwdown, 1983 (Acme Records)
- Say Yeah!, 1987 (Warlock Records)
- Jam Hot, Peter RauhoferPeter RauhoferPeter Rauhofer is a DJ, remixer and producer who formerly went under the moniker Club 69 as well as Size Queen. A native of Vienna, Austria, he is famous for his remixes of a number of Madonna's songs including "Nothing Really Matters", "American Life", "Nothing Fails, "Nobody Knows Me", "Get...
Remix, 1988 (GIG Records) - The Big Throwdown, Peter RauhoferPeter RauhoferPeter Rauhofer is a DJ, remixer and producer who formerly went under the moniker Club 69 as well as Size Queen. A native of Vienna, Austria, he is famous for his remixes of a number of Madonna's songs including "Nothing Really Matters", "American Life", "Nothing Fails, "Nobody Knows Me", "Get...
Remix, 1988 (GIG Records) - Jam Hot Money, Junior VasquezJunior VasquezJunior Vasquez, , is an American club DJ and remixer/producer.-Career:...
Remix, 1988 (GIG Records) - Rhythm of Love, 1988 (Pow Wow Records)
- Rhythm of Love, Larry LevanLarry LevanLarry Levan was a DJ best known for his decade-long residency at the New York City night club Paradise Garage, which has been described as the prototype of the modern dance club. He developed a cult following who referred to his sets as "Saturday Mass"...
Remix, 1988 (Pow Wow) - Elements of Vogue, David Ian Xtravaganza 1989 (Xtravaganza Records)
- Love Find A Way, 1990 (Atlantic RecordsAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
) - Jam Hot, BingoboysBingoboysBingoboys are a dance music trio from Vienna consisting of DJs Klaus Biedermann, Paul Pfab and Helmut Wolfgruber.They had two chart entries on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1991. Their debut single, "How to Dance", featuring Princessa, hit #1 on the dance chart and climbed to #25...
Remix, 1991 (Atlantic RecordsAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
) - The Jackie Hustle, 1992 (Arista Records)
- Riding Into Battle, 1995, Adults Only Club 69 (Tribal Records)
- Una Notte a Napoli, Pink Martini, 2005 (Heinz Records)
- Jam Hot / The Big Throwdown, 2011, RemixRemixA remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
(Smash Hit Records)
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- Moustache Ridin, 2010, Apokalipps feat. Heather Litteer
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, RevlonRevlonRevlon is an American cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care company founded in 1932.-History:Revlon was founded in the midst of the Great Depression, 1932, by Charles Revson and his brother Joseph, along with a chemist, Charles Lachman, who contributed the "L" in the Revlon name...
, Stella McCartneyStella McCartneyStella Nina McCartney is an English fashion designer. She is the daughter of former Beatles member Sir Paul McCartney and the late photographer and animal rights activist, Linda McCartney.-Early life:...
, Ralph LaurenRalph LaurenRalph Lauren is an American fashion designer and business executive; best known for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand.-Early life:...
, Don't Bungle The Jungle, 7th on Sale San Francisco, Alternative Fashion Week NYC, The Goddess Ball, Love Heals, Collection Rouge, Hearts of Gold, The Downtown Costume Institute
Other special events
- MCAMCA RecordsMCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
& BMGBMGBertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
Grammy awards parties, Ross BlecknerRoss Bleckner-Life and work:"'I always absolutely thought there was a difference between being a young artist and an important young artist,' said Mr. Bleckner, who grew up in Hewlett, L.I., graduated in 1971 from New York University and earned an M.F.A...
's CRIA picnics, Alba and Francesco Clemente, Alexa Hampton, Yoko OnoYoko Onois a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...
, The Playboy MansionPlayboy MansionThe Playboy Mansion is the home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Located in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, California, the mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties.-History:The house is described as being in the "Gothic-Tudor" style...
, The New York Stock Exchange, Barneys San Francisco Opening Night, Pink MartiniPink MartiniPink Martini is a 13-member "little orchestra" from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1994 by pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale. They draw inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop.-History:...
at Carnegie HallCarnegie HallCarnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
, MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...