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Johan Jariten Soh

Stick to your guns, you're gonna need em.

About Me

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Founder and head honco of the Sound of Habib label, DJ, producer and all round gloomy fucker.
Biography:
Jariten's started his path into the world of music by DJ-ing at the very popular student nights in Gothenburg. He quickly became well know on the local circuit for venturing outside the student night norm and intruducing a mainstream crowd to electronic music. As he grew in polularity, playing 3-5 nights a week meant staying awake in class was a near impossible feat, and Jariten left his studies behind, having undertaken an eclectic mix of courses including Chemistry and Chineese.
In 1995 the relentless drum & bass movement took it's first baby steps in Sweden, and Jariten was right promoting nights and touring with Aphrodite, among others. After a 2 month US tour playing drum & bass, Jariten returned for Europe to play some UK dates, but felt the politics of drum & bass was getting to him and no interesting records were being released. But under the surface things were bubling in London. Jariten met Botchit founder Vini Medley who introduced him to a whole new world of sounds and people. Breaks had all the energy of drum & bass, a more interesting approach and none of the politics. After meeting and getting a studio tutorial from Rennie Pilgrem in 1998, Jariten shelfed his drum & bass records for good and started looking into production.
In 1999 the first Sound of Habib release saw the light of day, distributed by ST Holdings. The track "Enjoy" by Jariten under the "Spark" moniker secured a sureplayer in DJ Magazine, and after having Stisch masterpeice JFK as the 3rd release on the label, it was already legendary. Sound of Habib is the longest running international breakbeat label, and one of the most consistent breaks labels in the world.
Jariten continued using different monikers for himself and his various collaborations and release tunes as Invincible, Random Source, Spark and Johan Soh. In 2006 he felt it was time to focus it all on one alias, and then there was only Jariten.
The strength of Jariten's production lies in originality and an endless effort to give each track a life of it's own, something that gives the tracks and remixes extra shelf life, and that is what makes them stay in peoples boxes and cd wallets for a long time.
Jariten has always been an in demand DJ and playing 2-3 times a week means he has done over 1500 gigs in his professional career, all over the globe. His refined surgical mixing skills combined with an uncanny ear for the right tune at the right time, he always has the crowds screaming for more.
For more on the label, check Sound of Habib on Myspace or soundofhabib.com
Key gigs include: Fabric, Space, Ministry of Sound, Turnmills, Zouk, Hultsfred festival, Fusion Festival, Fat!
Upcoming projects:
Sharam Jey "Feel nobody" (Dan F and Jariten remix) (King Kong)
Dan F and Jariten "Half light"
Jariten & Myagi "Still" (Sound of Habib)
Discography:
Mike Lennon "Click factor" (Jariten remix) (Wuteva rec)
Karl Sav "No doubt" (Jariten remix) (Re:connect)
Mesmer "Rowla coaster" (Jariten remix) (Sound of Habib)
Jariten "Flooded" (soundofhabib.com free download)
Jinx in dub "Holy trinity" (Jariten remix) (Sango music)
Jariten "Truskool" (Sound of Habib)
Nuboy "U can't" (Jariten remix) (En:vision)
Karton "Can't see" (Jariten remix) (Sound of Habib)
Neztic "Amanhecer" (Jariten remix) (Sound of Habib)
Dr Akward "Survival instinct" (Jariten remix) (Re:connect)
Dan F & Jariten "Halo" (Sound of Habib)
Random Source "Face like a robot" (Sound of Habib)
Random Source "Knowledge is power" (Sound of Habib online)
Invincible "Mean Streets" (Sound Of Habib)
Invincible "You control the sound" (Sound of Habib online)
Splitloop "Panic Mechanic (Invincible remix)" (Sinister)
Karton "Firefucker (Invincible remix)" (Sound Not Scene)
Kilowatts "Ideal Chamelion (Johan Soh messed with texas remix)" (Sober)
Random Source "Big Stupid Grin / Foo" (SOD)
RNA "Eyes Open Wide" (Johan Soh remix) (Skydive)
Johan Soh "The Blizzard / The Drum" (Music by Numbers)
Safe Breaks CD mixed by Johan Soh (Safe sounds/Dorigen)
Random Source "Zombie Rats" (SOD)
Invincible and Kid Kenobi "Alright" (Sound of Habib online)
Invincible "Untamed/Acid Burn" (Badaboom)
Invincible "My mind" (Freakaboom)
Spark & Marathon "Neibahkilla" (Sound Of Habib online)
Elephant "Fashion fits models" (George Truly & Harley Quinn remix)
Spark "Turn / Where the party's at"
Spark "Enjoy remix" (Sound of Habib)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/10/2006
Band Website: soundofhabib.com
Band Members: Finally it's just me.
Influences: I have three people to thank apart from my family. Vini Medley, Rennie Pilgrem and Hyper. I owe them every bit of my label and career getting this far. Musical influences: General Midi, Hybrid, Dan F, Alex Metric, Aquasky, Aphrodite, Uberzone, a lot of 80s crap, more than enough of 90s crap and some 00s crap.
Sounds Like: Bleepy and hooky stuff.

Record Label: Sound of Habib, various
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Breakbeat Royalty

We are blogging. Head over to http://breakbeatroyalty.blogspot.com/ to check it out.There will be free music etc on there in the near future. We are not exactly "live" yet, but you fine people usually...
Posted by Johan Jariten Soh on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:10:00 PST

Truskool sessions 4 - Free download!

The successful mix series continues as Sound of Habib label boss Johan "Jariten" Soh (me...) has just put the finishing touches to volume 4. It contains some of my favourite tracks of the past and com...
Posted by Johan Jariten Soh on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:09:00 PST

FAQ: Truskool Sessions 3 tracklisting

Yes I'm lazy (busy) and it took some 50+ people asking for the tracklisting, but here you all go. And anyone who never thought to ask might enjoy this too... I'm working on Troskool Session 4 at the m...
Posted by Johan Jariten Soh on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:14:00 PST

New remixes out

No less than three remixes out there at the moment:My 4/4 remix of Mesmer's "Rowlacoaster", my Karl Sav remix "No doubt" on Re:connect and my "Click factor" remix for Mike Lennon are all available now...
Posted by Johan Jariten Soh on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:33:00 PST

Truskool sessions 3

Time for the third installment of the acclaimed Truskool Sessions series of hour long mixes. Just go to http:://www.soundofhabib.com to access the mix.The series are now syndicated to FM radio through...
Posted by Johan Jariten Soh on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:36:00 PST

Team Manwhore mix to download

I don't do that many mixes apart from my Truskool sessions series (an that's only at volume 2 at the moment), but the guys at Team Manwhore managed to persuade me to sort one out so go to their site a...
Posted by Johan Jariten Soh on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:31:00 PST

The oh eight update

I have no idea why but January is usually my most productive month, and this year has been no different. I've done a whopping 10 gigs so far this year alone, 2 more over the weekend and no less than 4...
Posted by Johan Jariten Soh on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:11:00 PST

Jariten and Myagi collab!!!

It's been in production for what feels like an eternity but this monster track is nearing completion and I'll post it here as soon as we're happy with the mix. It's on a housier tip and features the v...
Posted by Johan Jariten Soh on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:14:00 PST

New Truskool Sessions mix! Volume 2 out now!!!

Just in time for x-mas and all! It'll get you through the last bits of x-mas shopping, the festive season clubbing and all the way through to the new year.http://www.soundofhabib.com - it's on the fro...
Posted by Johan Jariten Soh on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:00:00 PST

FREE Jariten track on soundofhabib.com !!!

Following the acclaimed "Truskool" release a few months back and a seemingly endless stream of top remixes ("Survival Instinct", "Can't see", "U can't" and the Jinx in Dub "Holy trinity" remix, all ou...
Posted by Johan Jariten Soh on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:21:00 PST