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Justin Sane

DJ / Producer / Label Manager / MC

About Me



Short Bio: A DJ, Producer, Label Manager, MC and Digital Music Activist, Justin Sane has already had a DJing career in clubs spanning 10 years, 5 cities, 3 countries and over 45+ internationals supported. He's co-promoted 22 successful dance parties under different guises (Fragile, Global Panic, Tidy Trax NZ & Nitro), premiered 6 internationals to NZ shores and raised over $5000 for various charities through specially promoted events as well as picking up several dance related awards along the way through NZRave for Best Radio Show Host 2004 and Hard Dance Member of The Year 2005.
Justin Sane is now spearheading New Zealand's dance music internationally through his work as Label Manager for NZ's leading digital dance music labels - TMet Recordings & Antipodes Digital , TMet's launch release via Tidydigital came from Christchurch producer Focus and successfully reached number 1 in the top twenty sales figures receiving huge praise from the likes of Technikal, Dark By Design, Trevor Mclahlan, Nick Rowland, Olly Perris and Rockin Russ. TMet's follow-up release made Number 2 in July on Trackitdown and also into the Top 10 chart of legendary producer Dom Sweeten , both massive achievements for NZ dance music, Justin even had his own Top 10 feature on the same website amongst the industry's biggest names to purchase. Justin Sane's debut co-produced track with partner in crime Taz was quickly snapped up by UK hard dance record label Housewives Choice and was released on the 20th November 2006.
Justin Sane is not only one of New Zealand's leading hard dance DJ's, he's also achieved recognition in the commercial realm and is now resident for 4 of New Zealand's leading commercial bars including Degree and Celsius as part of the DJ Grooves agency, in-between hard dance sets you can find regularly find Justin down there playing a 6hr mixture of the biggest club hits on their nightlife video system.
With recent gigs for Cleo Magazine, The Edge and a storming debut house/electro set at the capital's Maya Bar, its safe to say Justin is quickly making his next musical venture well known to the masses and interest is already begun from several well known house brands.
Quotes About Justin Sane:
"I saw Justin play a few years ago and from straight away knew he had a natural talent both for his seamless mixing and for firing a crowd up. One for the future." Lee Haslam [Digital Remedy]
"Having played alongside Justin on my last tour of Australia, seeing his flawless mixing and showmanship behind the decks it was only natural to let him represent hardtimez over in New Zealand taking charge on our Tranzlation Nation radio show! This guy is going all the way believe me & if he doesnt it wont only be him mum dissapointed in him!" Phil York [Label Manager - Hardtimez, Tranzlation]
"A brilliant DJ! Ive had the pleasure of this man looking after me on two visits to New Zealand now, and he has assured with a 100% success ratio that when Im back on that plane I wondering where half my brain cells have gone. Good lad!" Alf Bamford [Technikal]
"Justin is undoubtfully one of the freshest and driven forces in the scene, not only as a promoter and label manager, but also portraying his vibrant energy to the crowd with his uplifting DJ sets and presence." Pierre Pienaar [P.H.A.T.T]
"Justin is not only a good DJ, but also performer! He has a great on-stage presence and knows how to get the crowd going with his silly on-stage antics" Andy C [Fuze Promotions - Brisbane, Australia]
"Justins energy makes him hard to be ignored, we tried.. but he just keeps coming up with the goods!" Jarra Borman [Director - UPFM]
"Very much looking forward to hearing Justin's next set, the last one at Play (June 2006) was one of the best I've ever heard.... Massive!!" Mikeee [Play Promoter - Monkeyfeather, Hamilton]
A Selection of YouTube Videos taken of Justin Sane over the years which include appearances at Twisted? 6th Birthday, Chemistry at St. James, Global Panic Feat. Carl Nicholson (UK):

My Interests

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Member Since: 5/31/2006
Band Website: justinsane.co.nz
Band Members: ******************
Justin Sane - '10 Years' (March 2007)

House/Electro Promo Mix
Having already received huge feedback on the dance forums and containing remixes of all the biggest tracks, be sure to check out this latest massive mix! Let us know what YOU think of it too... Click Here to Download
For Promotional Use Only
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DJ's Supported:
Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Ferry Corsten, Felix Da Housecat, Nick Warren, Sander Van Doorn, Above & Beyond, Fedde Le Grand, M.I.K.E (Push), John O'Callaghan, Leeroy (Prodigy), John Kelly, Lisa Lashes, The Tidy Boys, Lee Haslam, Ilogik, Knuckleheadz, Uberdruck, Steve Hill, BK, Justin Bourne, James Lawson, Andy Farley, Daniel Ro, Paul Glazby, Phil York, Matt Clarke, Neon Lights (PA), Technikal, ReBirth/PHATT, DAVE The Drummer, Trevor McLachlan, Vinylgroover, Tara Reynolds, Paul Maddox, Carl Nicholson, Ed Real, Guyver, Ben Stevens, Zana Mills, Simon Rutherford, Miss Behavin, Jason Nawty, Caroline Banx, Lee Willis
Events Played Including:
Future Music Festival 2007, Gatecrasher, Summadazye, Chemistry, Slinky Summer Sound System, Fragile (AUS), Twisted?, Ilogik 2007, Taste, Oxygen, Monkeyfeather 6th Birthday, Crossroads, Clarity, Miss Moneypennys Tour (UK), Full Circle, Resolutions 2004, Global Panic NZ, Frantic NZ, Nukleuz NZ, Vicious Circle Tour, Decadance, Tidy NZ, Nitrate, Fricken, Squeeze, Nitro, Masif NZ + many more.

MC'd for:
Uberdruck, Hellraiser, Derb aka Kan Cold, Phil York, Technikal
Events Performed Including:
Pharmacy (x2), DV8, Twisted? Classics, Twisted?

For Bookings:
[email protected]
+64 21 9 111 54Promotional Material:
If you would like to send me promotional material on CDR or via 320/192k MP3/Wav on MSN or Yousendit, then please send an email to: [email protected] with your contact details and I will get back to you to arrange this as soon as possible.

Sounds Like: Technikal, Carl Nicholson, Phil York, Wid & Ben, Lee Haslam, Guyver, Paul Maddox, The Tidy Boys, Pierre Pienaar, Jason Cortez, Steve Hill, Jody 6, Vinylgroover, Trevor Mclahlan, MDA & Spherical, Olly Perris
Record Label: TMet, Antipodes Digital, Housewives Choice
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

justinsane.co.nz -- ONLINE NOW ---

Just to let you all know, V1 of my new website (http://www.justinsane.co.nz)  is now online, I've also updated myspace to reflect the look on the site.. hope you all like it! I've been busy with ...
Posted by Justin Sane on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:46:00 PST

Justin Sane Update (June 3rd)

Following hot on the trail of TMets premier release on Tidydigital - 'Focus - Existence' - which Haslam informs me peaked at No.1 on the Tidydigital Top 20 sellers earlier last month come the followin...
Posted by Justin Sane on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 06:42:00 PST