Joey had an interest in music from the age of 11 with his mothers taste in black music constantly upon him, he was regularly hearing Soul, Funk and Disco on a regular basis around the house. Joey bought as many records as possible by working weekends to support his vinyl addiction. Finally at the age of 15 he bought his first set of Technics 1200s and a mixer. Having taught himself to mix, he entered the DMC Mixing Championships at the age of 17 where he was knocked out by DJ Pogo in the regional finals.
In 1989 Joey enrolled on a course at the School of Audio Engineering in London at the age of 18. His first studio productions were indeed homework projects at college.
In 1991 a deal was on the table with EMI / Cooltempo under the guise Taste Of Paradise working with a vocalist he had met socially. Writing and producing early house tracks, the deal with Cooltempo lasted a year with Reach Out being the only single released.
Moving on to the mid 90s, Joey brought us the infamous Cover Ups EPs which are now said to be timeless classics. These EPs gave Joey the recognition to kickstart his remixing and then evenutually go on to launch his own label, Ulterior Records. The label was launched in partnership with longtime friend Gerald Elms, the man behind G-Club on Defected.
Now into Year 2005, Joey has nearly 100 remixes/productions under his belt including artists such as Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick & The Detroit Spinners, Ricky Martin, Aretha Franklin, Ann Marie Smith, Jodeci, New Edition, Tito Puente, Stephen Gately, Adeva etc etc. On the Ulterior label he had releases by Carol Leeming, Mary Pearce, Roger Sanchez, DJ Disciple, Dawn Tallman, Michael Watford, Andrew Doc Livingstone and Julian Jonah.
Joey has played all over the World due to the recognition of his production work and has become a regular at clubs like Pravda, Kaufleuten, Terminus, Take 5 and Oxa in Switzerland, as well as playing regularly in Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Poland, France, Ireland, Finland and Norway. In the UK he has played at the cream of clubs such as Ministry of Sound, Pacha, The End, Turnmills and The Cross in London as well as Moneypennys, Tall Trees, Hidden, Careys, Blend and The Arena in the North of England.
Over the past few months Joey has been busy recording new projects for his label Refunkt & Refunkt Trax. The label was launched back in March 2002 at the Winter Music Conference in Miami. Refunkt has now been releasing quality house music for 4 years including international artists such as Hardsoul, Lisa Millett, Sabrynah Pope, Michelle Weeks, Shik Stylko, Rita Campbell and many more. The relative success of the label has brought great interest from clubs requesting Refunkt themed nights across the UK and Europe where Joey has been playing his magical sets alongside club residents with the occasional personal appearance from vocalists associated with the Refunkt label.
