the deejay is the screendesigner is the artist is the photographer is the graphic activist is the editor is the beat maker is the boarder is the man!
Mid School HIP HOP DEEJAY.
One of Berlin's club DJs that have been around for a long time; has a real fine feeling for the music he spins and will surprise you with lots or rocking b-sides to your favorite a-sides; loves the mid-90s stuff but also hits you with the new good hip hop and, as a berlin-born frenchman, has a faible for the dope french stuff; one for the hip hop connaisseurs. Also doing an audiovisual 4 turntable show with b.ski rocks called "yo fishski raps", showing the golden age videoclips while deejaying to it! Actual mixtape: "keys by the pound", every song contains piano loops ... new tape is in production!
For DJ-requests or information hit me up at [email protected] or contact subotage.com. Serious Inquiries only, please.
Visit www.subotage.com for more info about jah fish and other hiphop acts touring in germany/europe and watch out for my blogs/posts here at myspace.
AUDIOVISUAL ACTIVIST.
Born in berlin, jah fish started doing stencils on blank skateboard decks and self-tainted t-shirts in the mid-eighties, quickly using a macintosh as a useful tool for typos ... even though he wouldn't call himself an artist, he is capable to use way more than just a computer to accomplish his vision. At the end of the eighties, he started doing flyers on a regular basis, record covers, advertising, ...
various jobs in various agencies like Die Gestalten, Melle-Pufe, W.H.S., Octopus (london), ZFK, ... and for clients like Warner, Afri-Cola, Vision Street Wear, DC Shoes, Echo, Adidas, Puma, .... from scan slave to art director he produced advertisement campains, company CIs, logos, magazine layouts, websites, 3D flash animations, screensavers, cinema advertisements, short movies, videoclips, record covers and ads, video game packagings, clothing artworks, customized cars and vespas, menu cards, books, catalogues, ...
then went into screendesign and IT business with MPT, Klug New Media, Rosa (CH), BVM, .... for clients like V-Scout, Afri-cola, Bacardi, Virgin, Smart Car, lodown, deutsche bahn, .... did screendesigns for websites, concepts for sites and planned sited maps, created interactive flash websites/movies/animations ... at the typo 99 (annual designer meeting in berlin) he blasted the audience with an audiovisual performance with deejay quest, producing the soundtrack to the flash-movie live on 4 turntables, taking the screen to the stage. but he turned away from the IT-world, saving himself from becoming a 24/7-on-the-computer-nerd.
By that time, he had spent 10 years deejaying in many many club in berlin and the rest of the world. been resident deejay at clubs like WMF, Yaam, Kurvenstar & the famous BOOGALOO (rip) and been warming up the crown for a lot of my hiphop heroes: pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, 3rd bass, urban species, mc solaar, The Roots, Grandmaster flash, mr. lif, sinista, TY ... On tour with KRS One, Outkast, Guru & band, Gangstarr + das efx & mop .... and he was about to stop deejaying when quest (from berlin) hooked up with him and made him part of the pflegerlounge crew.
He is showing love for his roots, and that's not just hiphop. besides breaking a facial bone in 98 for the love of hiphop, he reappeared out of nowhere in the middle of berlin, with an incredible exhibition: The Return Of The Killer Memorabilia (2600 items for the Atari 2600 console), a huge collection of consoles, carts, accessoires and various items related to it. there is a daily exhibition, game contests with prices, wild music performances and many interesting visitors.
In his dirty thirties, he starts combining the work (money) and the love (hiphop), moving into an office with karin at subotage.com, produces a website and most tour posters and deejays on some of the concerts. Audiovisually supporting the Live-demo team on their events, and doing freelance jobs from time to time for interesting clients.
in 2005 he moved together with Asa, his beloved kungfu girl. she's a visual artist, doin visual design, filming, editing ... and in her work, you will sometimes find one of his typos or maybe you'll find some of her artwork in his design.
UPDATE: after some months in capetown and in beijing / china, we are now back in berlin
visit www.jahfish.com for more information or hit me up at [email protected]
If you're interested in working with me ( i do like to travel), ask me for a DVD with many samples of my works and activities. you can also find me at www.nevermindthegap.com
Serious Inquiries only, please.
