Jordy Lishious

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Jordy Lishious' BiographyOk, I know.. My last bio was a lil’ out of date!! So that’s why I provide you all with a freshly written update of my life and activities in the music-scene… If you don’t have any idea who the heck Jordy Lishious is, don’t worry, I’ll introduce myself in a few lines of text. I started to develop my musical interest when I was about 50 cm. It fascinated me to hear sounds and melodies and that those sounds and melodies actually could change your mood! (I..d rather not tell you what I loved to listen to at young age, ..cause nobody would probably take me serious now) Anyway, from one thing comes another, so in the years that followed I bought my music in the local record store and started editing tracks on my PC en started mixing on my High-Tech DJ-Equipment.. When I was about 1.60 cm I started playing in some local clubs and the love of music grew along with my hair and height. A few inches later I began to work at Freaky Records in Eindhoven where I was on top of new releases and know-abouts in the scene! Absolutely great! There I also met Boy Lamoen, my production-partner-in-crime … May 2006, Ton T.B. (Three Drives) and Boy Lamoen (Collusion) started a new agency called Globaltwist Music. They asked me to join the club together with Cor Fijneman, Montana, Mark Norman, Alex Romano and more and I took the risk of becoming an official full-time music-addict, including making music and spinning record all over! (Actually I did that already, but now on a professional basis. Hmmm, sounds a bit Slick!) We started producing in the brand new Green Room Studio at the Globaltwist Office in Veenendaal and thing went upwards from then. My first Jordy Lishious “Raw / Slick!” release saw the light at former ID&T record-boss’ Dick de Groot’s Big and Dirty Label (great sentence) and was supported by Benjamin Bates, Steve Angello, Erick Morillo, Marco V, Dave Spoon, Lewis Dene, Martijn Ten Velden, Tom Novy, Erick E, and more.. It also reached the official Dance Chart in Holland at 3. Now it has been signed to the well-known Ministry Of Sounds label in the UK and will have a release soon, including a video! Together with Boy Lamoen and Nikky van Eijk we started a side-project as JayMen, and we scored a nice lil’ bomb with “Ooh La Lishious”, which has reached the 18th place in the official Dutch Top 40. At this point that record has been signed to more than 12 labels around the globe and we did some remixes for DJ Antoine and S.T.F.U. We did some more remixing for other artists like Don Diablo and Benjamin Bates. Bates asked me to remix his newest single “On My Feet”, which is the official Dance 4 Life theme this year. Be sure to check the Jordy Lishious tracks out on my website at the Impression page. Well, that’s about it for now! Still want some more information about me (can’t imagine that somebody would, but hey…), check my site regularly, read some of the news blogs, check my pictures and video’s or contact Globaltwist Music at [email protected] or yours truly at [email protected] .I’m out…!J =)
------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- 04-06-2007 Some Q's and A's!!!Q. who is Jordy Lishious? A. Err, how do I subscribe myself… Jordy Lishious is a nice guy that lives in the southern part of Holland, likes spending time with his friends and girlfriend, loves good movies, making music with my mate Boy and enjoys playing in front of an auspicious crowd! Q. How did you come up with the name Jordy Lishious? A. Actually, it wasn’t my idea! Marcel Woods gets all the credits! I know him for a couple of years now, and we were brainstorming about my name. Eventually he came up with Jordy Lishious (Jordy Sgusting, Jordy Partment and Jordy Pneck weren’t that good… Heheh) =) Q. What have you been up to over the past few months? A. The last months we have been quite busy in the studio producing new tracks and remixes. Also I’m very busy in the weekends, driving through Holland to play my music all over and I’ve got my own radioshow on XFM (www.xfm.nl) every Saturday from 9pm – 10pm. Q. In your biog you talk about early memories of music. What influenced you to get hooked on house music? A. I think I discovered my true love for house music when I went to the first big party (Trance Energy in 2000) and when I started clubbing. One of the biggest clubs in my hometown “The Talk of The Town” had a marvellous resident-dj who really knew what good house-music was. He always played tracks nobody ever heard before (internet wasn’t that big back then..) but nobody seemed to matter. The cool vibe and the good house music were the perfect elements for everyone who liked to party in the weekend! Q. How would you describe the Dutch Dance scene at the moment? A. Massive as in HUGE AS HELL!! Every weekend you can see your favourite big heroes throughout the country! House is just everywhere!! Sometimes it seems like there’s an overkill of parties and clubs organizing their thing, like everyone wants to make a little money out of it.. I think the Dutch audience is a little bit spoiled because of that, but gladly there are still loads of clubbers where the true love for house music is still visible!! Q. Your UK debut is at Honey Club this weekend. What sound can the clubbers expect to hear from you? A. The music I like to play isn’t just one type of house-music in my eyes. I like a good vocal-record, but also a nice rough techy-edged stomper! It’s all about the dopeness!! House-music has to be danceable and has to bring a certain atmosphere with it. I’m really looking forward to play for the UK crowd!! Please gimme a little feedback over there guys, haha! ;) Q. What are your thoughts on the UK Dance scene? A. I think there a loads of people who really are into house and everything that has to do with it. Because I’ve never experienced an UK party or something, I have to go with my feeling and the stories I’ve heard of fellow-dj’s. So I can tell you a bit more after the weekend ;-) Q. Do you think that the UK Club scene is ready for Jordy Lishious? A. I certainly hope so! It has been my dream for about all my life to travel the world and spreading (my vision of) good music. The UK is the capital of electronic music so I hope I can fit in! Q. I am loving your production especially your 1st track “RAW”. Where and from whom do you draw your inspiration from? A. Raw is the first track Boy Lamoen and I made under the “Jordy Lishious” pseudonym. I wanted to make a cool, dope house-track, but not with the “standard” electro sounds of this moment. It turned out to be a track with some rough synths, but also with a feel-good melody. Because there are so much tracks out there that just look like every other track, we wanted to do things a little bit different. We didn’t want to make an exact copy of a big hit. But my sources of inspiration are people like René Amesz, of course Steve Angello and friends and every producer that makes original, quality house-music! Q. What was your reaction when you found out that Ministry of Sound’ Data Records where signing it? A. I couldn’t believe the text-message I received from Dick (label-manager BeYourSelf Music former ID&T Music)!! I was shopping in the Ikea with my girl and was completely blown-away ( a few Pjotr’s and Flörk’s are still in reparation, sorry for that…) ! Even before I had the chance of realizing it, Boy called me in an instant. It’s so cool to know that other people like the music you make and that they support you! Ministry is one of the worlds biggest house-labels so it’s a true honour to have a track of mine released over there! Q. What production software do you use to produce your tracks? A. We work with a MacG5 with Logic and a bunch of plug-ins. We only use internal software and softsynths. Q. What has been the high light of your career and why? A. There are so many things I can be thankful about. The fact “Raw” has been signed in the first place, and now has been licensed to M.O.S., my first time in the Escape in Amsterdam, my first foreign gig in Oslo, being asked to do a remix for Benjamin Bates, the massive gigs I had in the biggest club in Holland; The Matrixx, hearing that some of the biggest names in the industry are supporting your productions (Angello, Erick Morillo, MArtijn ten Velden, Dave Spoon, Marco V…) and so on! Q. Tea or Coffee? A. Definitely Coffee! (Sometimes tea, but that’s when I ran out of coffee) Q. What is the ring tone on your mobile at the moment? A. The theme from Super Mario 3 from the SNES! Nostalgia to the max ! Q. If you could be a super hero who would you be and why? A. Not so much a super hero, but the first thing I can come up with is SpongeBob! In my eyes he’s a true hero, haha! I’ve got all of the season’s DVD’s at home and I love to check a few episodes every once in a while. Really my type of humour. Q. What is the next instalment for Jordy Lishious’ production? A. The new Jordy Lishious track will have some more accents on the beats. We want to make a track that will rock the floors instantly, with some minimal beats in the break and some hyped-up synths which will start rocking as the break will set trough! I’m pretty happy with the first arrangement we made last week. Hopefully we both can find some more time this week to finish the first version. So maybe I’ve got something exclusive for this weekends UK gig! Q. Finally, If you had one week to live what would the 5 things you would do before you met your maker? A. Hmm, a tough question.. Actually, I’m aware of the fact that every day can be your last, so my goal is to do as much things that I can that I like to do.. But I definitely would like to see some certain places and spots in the USA. I’d like to take a parachute-jump once, spend as much time as I can with my girl, closest friends and relatives, play at the ultimate gig and that’s about it I think! I’m already quite happy now =)