Events Calendar - April 4, 2010
Name:Jupiter Room Presents Dj' Jay West Argentina
City:Canada, Quebec, Montreal
Time:Sun Apr 4, 2010 @ 10:00pm till Mon Apr 5, 2010 @ 3:00am
Description:JUPITER ROOM PRESENTS DJ JAY WEST

*** A RENDEZ-VU SPECIAL EVENT ***

JAY WEST
(aka The Candy Dealers) (Argentina)

Drop Music UK / Lowdown US / Conya / Blockhead / Agave / Guesthouse / Bambino / So Sound / Flavor Recordings / Candy Music / Look At You

SUNDAY APRIL 4TH @ JUPITER ROOM!

Jay West is one of the most important underground house names ever to come out of Southamerica. This established dj and producer has been touring the globe and playing the most important clubs and festivals for the last few years with no sign of stopping.

With releases on the most notorious labels, like Inland Knight’s Drop Music, Lowdown, Agave, Blockhead, Conya, Look At You, So Sound and many more, he has gained support from an incredible variety of mainstream djs, from Hernan Cattaneo, Satoshi Tomiie, Dimitri from Paris, Laurent Garnier or Mark Farina, to Dj Heather, Luke Fair, Lawnchair Generals, Fred Everything, Hipp-e or The Inland Knights…They have all used Jay’s flavor to rock their dancefloors. It could be said that almost every house set around contains one of his tracks!

His dj sets, always fun, original and full of funk, have made thousands of people dance in some of the most important venues in the globe. He has been part of Miami’s Winter Music Conference in the last 7 editions, Creamfields Buenos Aires (One of the biggest festivals in the world, gathering 60.000 people), Southamerican Music Conference (where he worked as a panelist directing production workshops and seminars), Personal Fest or Marlboro Mxtronica.

Through the last couple years he got to share stages with acts as big as Deep Dish, Erick Morillo, Massive Attack, Roger Sanchez, Dave Seaman, Pet Shop Boys, Gorillaz, Dj Dan, Green Velvet, Pete Tong or Mark Farina amongst many others.

In his constant touring schedule he has played clubs as big as Pacha Buenos Aires, Crystal in Istanbul, Opium Garden in Miami, Gravity in Lithuania, Lotus Sound Bar in Hawaii, Shelter in Denver, Café D’anvers in Belgium or Sutra in Johannesburg.

New York, London, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Boston, Glasgow, Istanbul, Budapest, Sydney, Melbourne, Beijing, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, San Diego, Buenos Aires, Denver, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Mexico, Bogota, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, Tbilisi, Brussels, Oslo are some cities in his neverending list of past presentations in more than 35 countries, always bringing his particular flavor to the party.

His tracks have been featured in various famous compilations such as Mark Farina’s Live In Tokyo OM, BBC essential mix, Johnny Fiasco’s Winter sessions, Roger Sanchez’s Release Yourself radio show or Journey by Dj’s. He has remixed Inland Knights, Jacob London, Magik Johnson, Pound Boys, The Rurals, Troydon, Can Costa amongst a lot of others and has been remixed by huge talents like Greenskeepers, Johnny Fiasco, Schmoov, Harold Heath, Hipp-e, Random Soul, Toka Project, Patrick Turner, Daniel Kyo or Morgan Page.

He also started his own label, Candy Music which features disco-infused, deep, tech and always groovy beats oriented to move dancefloors all over the globe. Candy’s roster also includes great talent like Alexander East, Harold Heath, Daniel Kyo, Tovar, Da Sunlounge, Jesus Gonsev, Neighbour, Random Soul, Kirby, Deep Mariano, Christian Malloni or Manuel Sahagun.

Jay West is only one of the names this Argentinian born self-tought musician uses, in 2007 one of his collaboration projects exploded and gained world respect after a strike of releases in labels like Peng, Agave, Alphabet, Eight Tracks, Pilot and Candy Music. The Candy Dealers quickly became a household name in the underground house scene remixing artists as big as The Rurals or Nego Mozambique (His collaboration “We come for the people” was one of the most played tracks in the 2009 WMC).

Always defying himself to improve and with a heavy schedule of gigs and releases, every year is a new challenge for Jay, with lots of new projects and trying to break more boundaries. You better be there to enjoy it!!
DJ's

BRAD SLYDE / JOEY PARADISE
&
PAT STYLES / RILLY GUILTY

[www.jay-west.com]

[www.youtube.com]
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