About Me
Born under the Pisces sign, in New York City, 1974, John “Ender†Rios moved to Puerto Rico at age 16, where he has lived ever since. His involvement with music began in 1997 while working as a bartender at a night club. In his childhood he was influenced by the sounds of disco and classic rock played by his brother and sister. Later on he developed his own taste towards Rap, Jazz and R&B. In 1997 his musical interested shifted to electronic music. After experiencing the performances from many local and international DJ/Artists he realized that his heart lay behind the turntables and not the bar and immediately purchased his first turntables.In 2000 he was given the opportunity to begin his career in various clubs. His energy and overwhelming talent quickly led him in 2001 to his first residency. That same year “Hidden Agenda†(Electronic Music Event Promotion and Production Company) noticed his unmistakable style and booked him for his first major event. This career boosting step allowed him the privilege to perform along side important artist such as Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buren, Max Graham, Felix Da Housecat, Sandra Collins, Josh Wink, Palash, Sander Kleinenberg, Prodigy and Timo Maas to name a few. He has also played in many big events like Tiesto Live at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium, February 2007 (Puerto Rico – 12,000 plus in attendance), ENDURANCE, I HEART HOUSE (official after parties of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival in 2005 and 2006 respectively), UMF 2006 (Miami, UMF Caribbean stage), STEREO (Puerto Rico’s Electronic Music Festival), TIESTO IN SEARCH OF SUNRISE TOUR 4 (Puerto Rico) to name a few.When he first began performing John would describe his style to be “Slick and soulful jazzy grooves†and his most important musical influence came from Chill out beats, Jazz and deep soulful house. These days John is playing Groovy Tech-House to an up beat filled sound ranging from House to Tech-House, but still keeping his slick sensual groove making his performance unique.John began the production phase of his career in 2003 and spent the next year working on creating his original sound. Since then he has released many productions on various labels worldwide such as Wallop Recordings (U.K.), CPR Recordings (England), Grooved Music (South Africa), Stranamente Music (Italy), CO2 Recordings (Amsterdam), HMSP Music (New York) and 4-Stroke Produktunes (Belgium).In the beginning of 2007 John established JER Recordings (www.jerrecordings.com), a Tech-House Label, and is currently working with various local and international artists to create a unique sound for this label. John’s label, JER Recordings, is the first Tech-House label home based in Puerto Rico. Support from many international artists has already hit JER Recordings as Cristian Paduraru, Spesh, collin C and many more produce and/or play music from John’s label.With the support that his DJing and productions have received and at the rate at which they are being released John has clearly proven that his career choice is perfectly suitable.
