DJ/PRODUCER/LABEL CO-OWNER
STYLES: HOUSE/ELECTRO/BREAK BEAT/MINIMAL TECHNO/BROKEN BEATS/ DRUM AND BASS/OLD SCHOOL HIP HOPJoe Le Groove, DJ/Producer/Label co-owner, is the product of cross-cultural influences, hailing fromneither the USA nor the UK, but musically developed by both. During childhood he moved from one to theother because of a father in the US forces. From the age of six he began collecting various musical genres, amassing to date a collection of twelvethousand-plus pieces of vinyl. He took his first furtive steps into DJing at thirteen developing hisinterest in Hip Hop. However, at fifteen he was introduced to the underground rave scene at Biology.Imbued with the energy and vibrancy of this blossoming movement he followed his instinct and becamefriends with: DJ Hype, Fabio, Remarc/Rob & Dave, Foster (Roast) and, many other noted artists. Withfriends like these mixing breaks and hardcore was inevitable. The underground music scene called and Joe was more than willing to answer.His talent won him set’s at such places as: Wag Club (Up + Coming 92-94), Kiss FM Sunday@Wag 92 (withDave Pearce Radio 1/ Rob Blake), Global Explosion 92-94, Happy Jaks, The Rocket, Tasco Warehouse, HardN Heavy @ Club SE1, Orange @ Astoria, The Scala, SW1 Club, The Camden Palace, Milk Bar, Club 414,Ministry of Sound. Lazerdrome, Honey Club, Club UN, Hippodrome, and, Bagley’s, just to name a few. Pirate radio sort out his services and he found air time on: Destiny FM, Fish FM, Global FM, Dream FM, Boss FM, and, Shocking FM. Interest grew and he became friends with Darren White (D-Bridge; formally Bad Company) and he wasmentored into the basic principles of music production. Not content with sticking with one musical genre, Joe skates the rink performing perfect moves in each,but with an eye on developing something extraordinary from all. Under the guise of Joe Le Groove he hasexcelled in DJing house and Breaks, winning his wage from: Glass House, Ministry of Sound, The Scala,The Honey Club, Medicine, AKA/ED (Players) – touring to: Miami, California, New York, Ibiza, France,Spain. Gaining residencies at: Turnmlls, Kinky Malinki, and his current and continued love affair withPushca as their main provider for sublime performances. Listen out for Joe on Pushca's 2007 world tourwhere you can catch the man in action. He has done the first leg of the of the SE Asia tour and hasearned repeat gigs in all regions played.Joe has never spent any time in a glass box, but he has shared the DJ box with: Tony Humphries, TomStephan, Lee Cabrera, and, Carl Cox to name but a few. With residencies at: The Cross, Redlight, Electro Me To Death S.LR in Romania and his Groove Boxertours in Baltics (Latvia), his potential to excel is beyond question.Joe can currently be found running Vice City Recording’s (House Imprint). He is working on the finalprint of a new House Album with Dego Bionix, which will be released in the winter of 2007, the bonusmix CD and performances will be done on 4 decks, 4CDJs, 2 mixers and effects (live re-mixing). Togetherthey will be looking for booking’s to show what their hard work has produced. He is also working on annew project called Radikal Groove with producer Radikal One, they are currently producing Electro,Breaks, Minimal, House and Down tempo cuts.Dego Bionix or Subject 13 stated that, ‘Joe is technically one of the best DJ’s and most promisingproducers that I have heard in a while; he could be described as the David Blaine of mixing, with the ability to make things vanish at will. This man is truly talented’.Those that decide to seek their services will be in for a more sublime experience than the usual onoffer in the capital and any other place. If your seeking what will be become a new musical Zeitgeist then don’t fail to get in touch with Joe. If you want average buy a doughnut… written by Timothy Brown..Joe Le Groove presents Route 70 podcast sponsored by WWW.CLUBTICKETS.COMJUST CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOWGive it a listen!
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Deranged and Demented party - June 2007
Electro Me To Death party - February 2007
Electro Me To Death party - December 2006
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