TJR

Video of DJ Dan & Donald Glaude 2X4 InStereo Tour stop in LA 6/28/07 at the Electronic Daisy Carnival dropping Stick Em (TJR remix)

DJ Kue - 40's and Hoes (TJR remix) - Donald Glaude Recordings Paul Anthony, ZXX, Dust N Haze - This Is What I Do (TJR remix) - Supacutz Chris Anderson - Overdose (TJR remix) - Promo Records TJR - EP - Potty Mouth Music

A native of Connecticut (where? the little state bordering New York!), TJR grew up with a healthy balance of sports, music, and mail-box baseball. It wasn't until he went to college for golf in 1994 when he discovered underground dance music and DJing. He quickly became obsessed with the sound and the culture and not too soon after he put down the golf clubs and picked up a set of turntables. A couple years later he came across a mixtape that changed it all, Terry Mullan's "Live @ Equal". Things like track selection, programming, mixing different genres and most of all, scratching and acid house were heard mixed together flawlessly. Terry's style of skratch patterns flowed with the music which was something TJR never heard before. From that moment on, "Live @ Equal" never left the deck and was studied endlessly. Several years later he won a few DJ competitions, made it into the pages of URB and in 2000 he was picked up by the Chicago, IL booking agency JeLo Multimedia which gave him the opportunity to play events all over the US. Still to this day skratching, aggressive mixing techniques and all forms of funky pumpin house is the basis behind all of his sets.

Producing was the inevitable next step and that all came to fruition in 2004 when midwest techno guru Paul Birken most patiently guided him through the basics of synthesis and the world of analog synths . In 2004, TJR purchased several pieces of gear and fell in love with analog equipment. His first goal was always to produce acid house which led to his acid cuts being picked up by Terry Mullan's "Catalyst Records", Paul Birken's "Tonewrecker", Aciiiieed and Tora Tora Tora. Also around this time is when the alias of Dave Taylor "Switch" started popping up with a sound called "fidget" house that unbeknownst to him, started a new movement. Around late 2006 TJR sold his trusty TB303 and became consumed with the sound of Fidget. Now is the present and things are looking very promising after having music released on labels such as Lee Mortimer's "Wearhouse Music", DJ Dan's "InStereo Recordings", and Donald Glaude's "DG Records". Lots more releases and remixes will be floating around soon!

Catch A Buzz [2008]

My newest mix jam packed with the latest wobble/fidget/funky/quarky bangers. It’s pretty much a full throttle mix from the get go with a few spots to catch your breath (or buzz in this case ;). Always some skratching thrown in to keep things movin, so download and bump it where ever you can.

Shake the Nation [2006]

A mix full of different subgenres of house (Dirty, Acid, Funky, Glitchy, Pumpin, etc) as well as a healthy dose of skratching and other oddities.

Intro Krafty Kuts & Tim Deluxe - Bass Phenomenon Till West & DJ Delicious - Same Man TJR - Acid Funkin Ron Reeser & Matt Frost - Around (Hatiras & Macca rmx) Discofunk - What it takes Trouble Soup vs Todd Terry - Can U Party? Santos - Pump it Up Tom Hades - Einsamheit (Valentino Kanzyani remix) Karen De Ponti - Hypnobounce David Amo, Julio Navas, D-nox & Beckers - Memory Cell *acappella DJ Deeon Chris Lake - Release *acappella Higher Mark Knight, Richard Dinsdale - Crunch The Young Punx - Rockall (Phonat remix) Coburn - Give Me Love (Lützenkirchen Remix) Raw Shape - Come Back Moby - Go (Trentemoller remix)

Lost in the Void [2005]

This mix has an assortment of old school house and acid tracks as well as newer ones. A more laid back, trippy, bleepier groove

Intro Mission Control - Outta Limits Steve Poindexter - Computer Madness (D’Julz remix) Jay Allegro - Acid Test Wekan - Skid J-Rod & Pat Nice - Peter Pan (A Jackin Phreak Acid Dub) Acid Kid - It’s 2005 Jack Did You Notice TJR - Wild Style Green Velvet - UFO’s John Tejada & Justin Maxwell - Madness Daniel Bell - Basic Beats Daniel Bell - Phreak Yo Body DJ Esp - Push it as Far as You Can Alexi Delano - The Acid Sessions 2 The Acid OG’s - The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Unknown - Buffalo Bill A Jackin Phreak - Take A Love Break Trackman - Untitled Mr. Oizo - Half a Scissor Ark - Sucubz (Mr. Oizo Remix)

2003 MTV Gen-Art DJ competition held at the Supper Club in NYC. 3rd place performance

First TJR - Just Gets Better - Is not me. That TJR (Tuff Jam Recordings) is from the UK, I'm TJR (This Jackass Rocks) from the US