JA hears his first hip-hop tune at the age of 13 and is instantly hooked. Spending all his money on records he has major problems with other kids: everybody else digs rock and pop.
Through hip hop he discovers funk, soul and jazz.
He has a brief excursion into dance music and DJing when Acid arrives in Finland.
Plays jazz in chill out rooms mainly for himself - at this point everybody else digs techno.
Starts experimenting with music: first with a Casio keyboard with less than 2 secs of memory, moving on later to an Amiga: another lost soul!
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"JA-Jazz from the Pepe Deluxé band is a connoisseur of all things funky, his DJ sets are sure to get the party fired up with his unique blend of soul, funk, hip hop, breaks and beyond!!"