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Jay West

About Me


Since my birth, music takes a real big place in my life. I've grown up with O.M.D, New Order, Queen, Meat Loaf,... At the age of 8, I've started to have music lessons and began Piano lesson at 9 until 19. My mistake was that I didn't want to go further and become a professionnal. At the same time I was learning trumpet and guitar, but just for pleasure...
My passion for "electronic" music started at the age of 14. Me and my cousin were listening dance, house, trance and hardcore too. It's after perhaps 2 or 3 years that we've wanted to hear some real good stuff... So by his experience of parties in La Chapelle (with D-Jack, Popane), techno became more influent for us...
To see dj's doing their job in clubs was a revelation for us. "Damn! I want to do like them." And I've bought my first record techno record which was an second hand of DJ Slip... In 1998, my cousin bought decks and each week-end we tried to improve in mixing. What a fun! Some months later, we weren't alone, some friends reach the group and we've all decided to form "OSM.3".
My first experience in public was at the first City Parade in Liège in June 2001 where we've get our own stage. Yeahhh! This was the true revelation. Nearly 1000 clubbers who became mad during our sets. Some kick ass energy, woaw...It was the beginning of our own parties in Liège, in Fléron and in 2003 til now our own Mini Open Air Event called: MAGNEERADE.
Early influenced by Dave Clarke, Ben Sims, my style was changing in the years 2000 to become more electro-techno as Sven Väth, Dj Hell, Johannes Heil... And nowadays I turned into more minimalistic techno - I don't really love the word "Minimal" because it stills techno -, sometimes more melodic, sometimes more tech-house and sometimes more dark...
After some months of thinking about it, I've decided to change my record bag and record stock for a laptop. I've bought Serato Scratch Live in march 2006. One word: That's great. I still have all my records but with a program like Serato you've got the possibility to play tracks of great artists who aren't yet on a label... So, feel free to send me your production, I'm always looking for new good stuff.
In 2007, I was very nostalgic about what was real techno sounds and parties! You know what I mean... Parties and techno that made people more crazy, and possessed by the rhythm. That's why I've taken all my old records from dust for old school parties and for my pleasure, even if I still play tech-house.
So that's why you will find old and new things in this website...
Parties and clubs where I've played:
Magneerade, OSM.3 parties, United Elektro, Welovetechno parties, Electro vs Rock Guerilla, YTC at Kozzmozz, Ravazion, Cyclic, Bluster, City Parade, Warm FM, Equinoxe FM... La Chapelle, Steed, Phoenix, Factory, Cap Vert, Soundstation, Vooruit, Club Bleu, Ric's Art Boat
Artists I've played next:
Kammy, DJ Tonio, Trish Van Eynde, T-Quest, Tomaz, Redhead, Kr!z, Dj Dan, Xentrix, Pink Satelite, Shimakum, Dj Kozak, Jona, Praxyd, Mark Hash, Tellside, Gerome Sportelli, Greg Maldar, Ecco, Yves Bash, Drixx, C-Real, Korp, Flashpack, Gaetano Zerka, S-Kabe, and many many more...

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Member Since: 06/04/2007
Influences: Dave Clarke, Sven Väth, Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, Umek, Ben Sims, Shinedoe,...
Record Label: Unsigned

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JayWest New Promo Mix by JayWest_be

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June Promo Mix

Voila, je me suis remis sur mon Serato pour voir si il fonctionnait tjs... résultat, un bon pti mix d'1h13 aux sons tek-house, minimal-tek et tek. Ce n'est pas un mix que j'ai fait en after mais bien ...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:14:00 GMT

Jay West - February Promo Mix

Here's my new promo mix for this month. Sound's between tek-house and tek and perhaps "minimal" for someone... Tracks from Anton Pieete, Dubfire, Pressaloboys, Gel Abril, Robert Babciz and many more C...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:59:00 GMT

Jay West - Back to techno 2

After the first "come back to the roots" mix, here's the second. Sound's a bit like techno I've heard in big parties such as ILT, KOZZMOZZ,... Back to techno 2 Playlist: JAY DENHAM: ImplantsCIRCLE SUN...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:03:00 GMT

Jay West - Back to techno 1 + Playlist

I really miss the real techno sounds... So, there is a "new" mix with some old tracks of the good years. Back to techno 1 Playlist: HUMATE - Choose Life (Thomas Schumacher remix)GAETEK - Outmove THIS ...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:58:00 GMT

R.I.P Laurent

I just want to make a little tribute to a very good friend with who my brother and I have spent a lot of time. Some real good times some years ago. He was so funny, so cool, so kind, so respectful, s...
Posted by on Mon, 07 May 2007 10:59:00 GMT

New Click Clack Mix

Hi guys! Here's a new mix with some click and clack everywhere but with some darker tracks. Enjoy! Clique Claque
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:20:00 GMT

April Promo Mix

Hi everybody! Here's my latest Promo Mix for this month. Some good artists as Massi DL, Paco Osuna, Mathias Linzatti, Paul Ritch,... April Promo Mix Style: Minimal-tekLength: 80min.Quality: 192kbps &n...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:17:00 GMT