Jon O'Bir

Jon’s life changed back in September 2002 when he won a DJ competition for Passion and M8 magazine, beating 300 other aspiring DJ’s. Godskitchen soon offered Jon a residency and the prospect of a fledging career as Britain's next DJ sensation.
“This is how trance is meant to be: beautiful bosh that takes you to another place” Mixmag feature February 2003.
Appearances on the Essential selection and Fergie’s Radio 1 show as well as a trip to Holland for a guest mix on Armin van Buuren’s popular’ A State of Trance’ show propelled his name to a wider audience.
In 2005 Jon made an appearance on the world famous ‘Essential Mix’ and in 2006 Radio 1 offered Jon a slot on ‘The Residency’ alongside 6 other DJ’s including Eddie Halliwell and Nic Fanciulli in which they presented 6 of their own shows, broadcast live on the U.K’s most listened to radio station. He also became involved in Radio 1 events such as ‘One Big Weekend’ in Sunderland and Radio 1’s ’10 years in Ibiza’ live from Space, Ibiza, this showcased Jon’s talent to a huge audience. After the success of ‘The Residency’, Jon started his own monthly show ‘Ways & Means’ which continues to grow in popularity with listeners and with various worldwide radio stations airing the show on a regular basis.
Armin van Buuren:
"I've been impressed with Jon's recent production work as Aira Force and his A&R work for conspiracy. The man is clearly on a mission to push his own unique trance sound. He's still young and has already established his name with the trance elite. He can only get bigger. Don't say I haven't told you so."
During his residency at Godskitchen, Jon gained respect from DJ’s and clubbers for his flawless warm up and energetic peak time sets. He showed how diverse his resident skills were by warming up for Sasha, Tiesto, Paul van Dyk and many more big name acts. He also kept the dance floor rocking, playing after these A-list DJ’s. Playing at Air and other huge Godskitchen events, such as Global Gathering, other clubs and other big events soon filled up Jon’s diary, these included Homelands, Gatecrasher, Slinky and international venues in U.S.A, Asia and Europe. Jon still plays regular Godskitchen events despite the residency ending in 2006 and as each month progresses more and more venues show their interests in booking this skilled artist.
In terms of his own productions, Jon’s first few projects were collaborations alongside Gareth Emery and Airwave. ‘Escapade’, ‘Bouncebackability’ and ‘No Way Back’, produced with Gareth Emery, gained plenty of support from top DJ’s and fans alike. The single ‘Promise I Made’ produced with Airwave, one of Jon’s favourite artists, was also a well supported release. With the knowledge gained from the collaborations, Jon hit the studio to create his first solo production, ‘Effectual’ and soon to follow was ‘Ascendancy’. He also worked on a number of remixes, including the massive ‘Jose Amnesia – Louder’ released on Armin van Buuren’s label, Armada.
As well as being a DJ & Producer, Jon is also a label manager of Conspiracy Recordings, created in the summer of 2005 by Jon and Rob Stevenson which continues to release high quality tracks produced by new and established artists, gaining support from all the big players in the scene.
2008 and onwards looks set to get better and better for Jon O’Bir. Paul van Dyk has signed Jon’s first artist album, titled ‘From Within’ to his huge record label Vandit and it will see a worldwide release in the summer of 2008.
With the rising popularity of his productions, radio show and record label and still under 25, the future looks very bright for Jon O’Bir.
VANDIT 080 - Ways and Means | Nr. 1 at Beatport Genre Charts
Ladies and Gents it..s unbelieveable, VANDIT080 Ways and Means, Jon O'Bir's single from his upcoming album, hit beatports pole position of genre charts right after release!!! Wohooo!
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Jon O'Bir is one of those talented young producers who took the dance scene by storm.
In 2002 when Jon O’Bir captured dance scenes attention by winning Passion’s M8 Magazine’s DJ Mix competition he appeared constantly on BBC’s Radio 1 for Fergie’s Essential Selection or Armin van Buuren’s ‘A State of Trance’ show. This helped propellling his name to a wider audience. After a sensational ‘Essential Mix’ for BBC in 2006, Radio 1 offered Jon a slot on ‘The Residency’ alongside Eddie Halliwell and Nic Fanciulli, broadcast live on the UK’s most listened to radio station.
He also became involved in Radio 1 events such as ‘One Big Weekend’ in Sunderland or it’s ’10 years in Ibiza’ live from Space, Ibiza.
Nowadays, next to travelling the world as DJ, the former Godskitchen resident shows excellent taste and instinct for dancefloor destroyers as label manager for Conspiracy Recordings, is hosting his very own radio show ‘Ways & Means’ all around the globe and proves an outstanding producing talent!
Jon received incredible feedback for productions like ‘Escapade’, ‘Bouncebackability’, ‘No Way Back’ with Gareth Emery and ‘Promise I Made’ in collaboration with Belgium’s Airwave.
A-list DJ’s like Paul van Dyk and Armin van Buuren work their crowds at peak time with “Effectual”and “Ascendancy”, Mixmag Magazine defined his music as “trance as how it’s meant to be: beautiful bosh that takes you to another place”.
This is exactly how to describe Jon O’Bir’s upcoming album ‘From Within’. Beautiful, emotional and fresh. Without crossing the very sensitive line to so called “cheesiness”.
With incredible clean and energetic sound of tracks like ‘Ways & Means’, ‘Ascendancy’ or ‘Sunrise’ Jon gained Paul van Dyk’s attention and signed the album right from the spot to his label VANDIT Records.
With the rising popularity of his productions, radio show and record label while still under25, thefuture looks very bright for Jon O’Bir.
Tracklisting
01. Jon O'Bir - Can You Hear Me
02. Jon O'Bir - Taken
03. Jon O'Bir - Ascendancy
04. Jon O'Bir - Sunrise
05. Jon O'Bir feat. Emi - Tell Me
06. Jon O'Bir feat. Solar Movement - Sparc
07. Jon O'Bir - Inflexion
08. Jon O'Bir feat. Lizzy Parks - Unforgiven
09. Jon O'Bir - All Time that Matters
10. Jon O'Bir feat. Emi - Do It All Again
11. Jon O'Bir - Ways and Means
12. Jon O'Bir - I Need You
13. Jon O'Bir - Dreaming
14. Jon O'Bir - From Within
» Street Date: JULY 11th 2008