Jonathan Meyer - Purple Music

Appassionato di musica sin da piccolo, Jonathan, a soli 6 anni, comincia a suonare la batteria nella chiesa dove suo padre fa il pastore protestante. Dopo un primo percorso da autodidatta, consolida i suoi studi e a 17 anni è già turnista. Jonathan entra dunque in contatto con i ritmi del Blues, e la forte influenza del Funk, si riflette molto sul suo animo artistico. Nel 2000 Jonathan affianca le percussioni alla batteria, e questo connubio lo porta al suo debutto nella House Music, al “Pascià” di Riccione, dove si esibisce in una performance dal vivo. Nel 2001 Jonathan si esibisce in Europa, ed in vari clubs d’Italia. E’ con la collaborazione del dj Luca Schivo, la vocalist Tanya Monies e la creatività di Jonathan che nasce un progetto musicale: “Tribal Experience”, che nel 2003 viene pubblicato e distribuito in tutta Europa dall’etichetta discografica Tambour. Il primo disco realizzato dal percussionista vende più di 10.000 copie, ed il dj Jessy Garcia decide di curarne il remix, edito dall’etichetta spagnola Tribal Spain, che raggiunge immediatamente i vertici delle classifiche spagnole. Ad oggi “Tribal Experience” è ancora punto di riferimento della musica Tribal House europea. Sempre nel 2003, dopo l’uscita del disco, Jonathan prende parte ad eventi come i party per la presentazione della “Fiat Idea” e della “Mini Cooper”, e diventa resident all’ ”Hulalà”Nip Club, ove avrà l’opportunità di suonare con numerosi dj guest di fama internazionale, come il canadese Alain Vinet, dj e direttore artistico dell’etichetta “Cirque du Soleil”. “Tribal Experience 2”, follow up del suo primo successo (2003), verrà remixato dai “Phunk Investigation”. Il 2004 è un anno particolare, non solo perchè Jonathan pubblica la sua terza produzione, “Tribal Experience 3”, altro successo inserito, fra i brani del dj-set di Satoshi Tomiie, ma anche perché ha la grande opportunità di remixare “Alive and Kicking”, brano di successo della band “Simple Minds”, distribuito da Absolutely records. Nel 2005, la Tambour records pubblica “Believe” con la meravigliosa voce di Wendy Louis. A questo punto Jonathan inizia a lavorare a pieno ritmo ad un nuovo progetto musicale, diverso dai suoi lavori precedenti: tornato alle sue origini funk nasce l’idea per un album Chill-Out, “Tribal funk” composto da 11 brani dove si fondono, appunto, atmosfere funk e sonorità soul e tribali. Jonathan ha partecipato, nel 2006 al galà di apertura del SIB di Riccione al “Pascià” , in occasione del party “Love saves the day” accompagnando la cantante Barbara Tucker, e ha preso parte nel 2007 al “Tony Humphries and friends” tenutosi all’”Urban Club” di Perugia. I singoli “Now that I found you” cantato da Dawn Tallman, ed “Afrique” con Sara Rivas vengono pubblicati nel 2006, e nel 2007 Jonathan collabora con il dj Luis Radio in “The Mood”, dove Jonathan suona le percussioni. Nel 2008 Jonathan ha firmato un contratto di esclusiva con l'etichetta "Purple Music" come producer, drummer e dj, con la quale ha pubblicato a Gennaio 2009 il brano "Sunday Light" featuring June Grey, il vinile comprende il remix del dj statunitense Kemal. Jonathan Meyer suona con batterie X-Drum e piatti Ufip.
Since he was a little boy, Jonathan was deeply interested in music, and when he was just 6 years old he started to play drum in the church, where his father is a protestant priest. Jonathan is a brilliant autodidact, and at the age of 17 he was already in tour. So, Jonathan started his career with the rhythms of Blues but he was influenced, most of all, by the charming pulsations of Funk, which reflect a significant part of his artistic soul. In the year 2000, Jonathan made his debut in the House Music performing at the Pascià in Riccione (Italy). In 2001 Jonathan performed in Switzerland and in some several clubs of Italy. Thanks to Jonathan’s overwhelming creativity, in collaboration with the dj Luca Schivo and the vocalist Tanya Monies, in 2003 they started a project called “Tribal Experience”, that was published and distributed all across Europe by Tambour records. This first song played by the percussionist sold more than 10.000 copies, and the success was so huge that the dj Jessy Garcia decided to remix the song, published by the label Tribal Spain, that reached inmediately the top of the Spanish charts. Nowadays Tribal Experience is still an important inspiration for Tribal House music all over the Europe. In 2003 Jonathan also performed in some important events as the parties for the Fiat Idea and the Mini Cooper, and he became resident at the “Hulalà NIP Club” in Rome (Italy), where he played with some internationals djs, like the Canadian Alain Vinet, art director of the Cirque du Soleil records. Tribal Experience 2, follows up of his first great success (2003), was remixed by Phunk Investigation. 2004 is a good year, not only because Jonathan published his third production, Tribal Experience 3, also played, in the dub version, by the dj Satoshi Tomiie, but also because he had the great chance to remix “Alive and Kicking”,a famous hit from the band “Simple Minds”, that was published and distributed by Absolutely Records. In 2005 Tambour records edited the single “Believe” with the beautiful voice of Wendy Louis. At this point Jonathan starts to work very hard to a brand new project, different from anything he has done before and, back to his funk origins he got the idea for a Chill-Out album: “Tribal Funk”, composed by 11 songs where funk atmospheres melt with tribal and soul sounds. Jonathan performed, in 2006, at the opening party for the SIB in Riccione, (for the “Love saves the day”’s party) with the great singer Barbara Tucker, and he took part in 2007 at the “Tony Humphries and friends” at the “Urban Club” in Perugia In 2006 the singles "Now that I found you" performed by Dawn Tallman, and "Afrique" with Sara Rivas are released, and in 2008 he collaborates with the dj Luis Radio where Jonathan played his percussions in " The Mood". Jonathan signed in 2008 with "Purple Music" as producer, drummer and dj and he started 2009 with the track "Sunday Light" featuring June Grey. The vinyl includes dj Kemal's remix. Jonathan Meyer plays X-Drum drums and Ufip cymbals.