JOHN IDEM

JOHN IDEM HAS BEEN DIGGIN FOR RECORDS SINCE 1983 ... HE COLLECTS HIP HOP / SOUL / FUNK / JAZZ AND ORIGINAL BREAKS ON VINYL .. HE STARTED DJING IN 1989 .. HAS DJED AT 50 DIFFERENT VENUES ACROSS AUSTRALIA ... DJED AT MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL 2003 AND 2005 ..... ALSO TOURED AND DJED FUNK 45'S IN THE UK IN 2001 .. DJ SUPPORT FOR DJ POGO ,, KEB DARGE ,, DYNAMO PRODUCTION ,, DJ FOOD ,, SNOWBOY ,, DJ VADIM ,, NINJA TUNE TOUR ,, QUEST LOVE FROM THE ROOTS ,, SHARON JONES & THE DAPKINGS ,, NEW ORLEANS SOUL SINGER BETTY HARRIS .. STARTED HIS FIRST RADIO SHOW IN 1989 ON 3PBSFM SPINNING HIP HOP WHEN HE WAS 17 "LIVE AND DIRECT" WENT ON TILL 1991 , LEFT DUE TO MANAGEMENT CHANGING . BACK TO 3PBSFM WITH ANOTHER RADIO SHOW "STICK IT IN YOUR EARHOLE" 1998 - 2003 SPINNING FUNK/SOUL/JAZZ AND HIP HOP , LEFT DUE TO MANAGEMENT CHANGING .. PRODUCED RAISE - ESSENCE TAPE ON NUFF SAID RECORDS 1995 .. PRODUCED THE TRACK "1992" ON TREM'S FIRST RELEASE "SHEER TALENT" .. RELEASED DJ IDEM - ALL SCHOOL BREAKS AND BITS IN 2002 . RELEASED DJ JOHN IDEM - BEAT DIGGIN DONE VOLUME 1 IN 2003 .. RELEASED DJ JOHN IDEM - "BEAT DIGGIN DONE 2" IN 2006 . RELEASED DJ JOHN IDEM "GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME" IN FEBUARY 2007 , ALL ON VINYL AND ALL SOLD OUT AS OF NOW .. HAS RELEASED 24 MIX CDS , MOSTLY OF OLD BREAKS AND FUNK , ALL HAVE SOLD OUT .. MIX CD "HIP HOP FOR THE HEADS" STILL AVAILABLE .. DJ JOHN IDEM'S 5TH LP HAS BEEN RELEASED IN JULY 2007 "DIGGIN BEATS" AND IS STILL AVAILABLE ... HE OWNED A RECORD STORE WITH WIFE AND PARTNER DJ ARD Q FROM AUGUST 2004 TO DECEMBER 2006 .. NOW SELLING SECONDHAND RECORDS AT THE ESSENDON RECORD FAIR AND CAMBERWELL RECORD FAIR HERE IN MELBOURNE ONLY 5 TIMES A YEAR !! SO GET THERE IF YOU ARE IN MELBOURNE , THEY ARE NOT TO BE MISSED IF YOU WANT GOOD RECORDS CHEAP ... JOHN IDEM HAS ALSO LAUNCHED JAYCEES RECORDS LABEL FORMED IN EARLY 2007 WITH WIFE AND PARTNER CASSANDRA ( DJ ARD Q ) RELEASING NEW FUNK RECORDINGS .. THE FIRST RELEASE IS BY DEEP STREET SOUL AND IS NOW SOLD OUT ... LOOKOUT FOR FUTURE RELEASES ON JAYCEES RECORDS IN 2008 ... DEEP STREET SOUL - LOOSE CABOOSE / NASTY ( JCR 002 ) .... BIRDWAVE - SOUL LIFT PART 1 & 2 ( JCR 003) ... ARE BOTH OUT NOW ... NEW ALBUM " IDEM - BEAT JOURNEY " IS OUT NOW ..... will update this page soon . by the way also hopeless with computers but gettin there . also have a few records for sale at www.funkrecordbar.com but not all there as it takes too much time putting them up and taking them down once sold .. SEE YOU AT THE MELBOURNE RECORD FAIRS ........ NEXT RECORD FAIR .. ESSENDON RECORD FAIR , 14th SEPTEMBER .. 10 AM - 4PM ....................... " IDEM " VINYL LP'S AND CD'S ARE AVAILABLE HERE http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZ200cratesQQfrppZ200QQfsopZ1 QQfsooZ1QQrdZ0