Jesse Voorn

Jesse was born in 1975 in the south of Holland and was injected with the music virus from his early childhood. Both his parents are classically trained musicians, and he followed up on that by taking piano lessons. As a teenager however, he picked up on hiphop and rock music in the late 80’s and went on for a different kind of music. That was until he discovered dance music in the early 90’s. He started to party, but just dancing wasn’t enough: he wanted to make the people dance. That’s why he bought his first records, from early hiphop to old school acid, techno and drum ‘n bass and started spinning, mainly on small parties from friends. In 1994, just for the fun of it, he produced a couple of house tracks with two friends, which were received well but never released. After a time of wandering around, Jesse Voorn ended up in Amsterdam, where his career as a dj took flight.
And now his name is buzzing around everywhere. The dj rocks all dancefloors of Holland’s most renowned clubs and dance events, like Dance Valley and also outside Holland his name is gaining. His unique blend of jackin’ house, tech-house, electro and techno and his an excellent choice of records gets it going on everywhere. His trashy house beats have one thing in common: they are funky as hell. No nonsense, just good music. His first record Get It Done (Deal Records/Armada) was released worldwide in april 2007. The track created a huge buzz and the response is very good. British dancemagazine DJMag rated the track 4 out of 5 stars. ‘Get It Done uses enamel-hard synths, fuzz-distortion and an almost health-jeopardizing amount of squelch. Good stuff indeed.’ Or as British DJ Dave Pearce already said: “This one really hits the spot. Dark and dirty.” Moreover the track has been spinned on Pete Tong’s show on BBC Radio 1 and there is support from dj’s such as Marco V, Tomcraft, Sasha and Mason. Jesse did a unique releaseparty in Second Life and was therefore the first Dutch DJ in Second Life. He also was nominated Best Talent 2006.
Together with fellow Dutchman and friend Jaimie Fanatic he produced the track Fire Time, that was released in july 2007 and was well received internationally. His second record Amplified To The Max/Exzit saw the light of day on Deal Records end October 2007 and got the likes of artists such as Laidback Luke, Aston Shuffle and Don Diablo. In December 2007 his latest release Here It Comes (Groove Fanatics) hit the stores, and gained enormous reactions and plays from renowned dj’s. His new release Do It features Dutch mc Boogshe and got out 25th of February. Jesse shared the decks with dj’s such as Laidback Luke, Dr. Lektroluv, Derrick May, Stanton Warriors, James Zabiela, Marco V, Motor and many more and could be found on parties in countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Norway, Greece, UK, Belgium, Estonia and many more.
Jesse also is one of the main ambassadors for Dance4Life, an globaly operating organisation that makes people aware of the problems around aids and hiv. “For me it is very important to contribute to Dance4Life,” he says. “The thing I like with Dance4Life, is that it’s not limited to just inserting a cheque. Dance4Life knows the youth of today is the future of tomorrow. That’s why it’s good to really involve them. Together we can make this very important difference.”
DISCOGRAPHY
Releases
2008 Jesse Voorn feat. ZoëXenia - SeeMe (USB Digital)
2008 Jesse Voorn feat. Boogshe - Do It (Deal Records/Armada)
2007 Jesse Voorn - Here It Comes E.P. (Groove Fanatics)
2007 Jesse Voorn - Amplified To The Max/Exzit (Deal Records/Armada)
2007 Jesse Voorn & Jaimie Fanatic - Fire Time (Groove Fanatics)
2007 Jesse Voorn - Get It Done (Deal Records/Armada)
Remixes
2008 The Love Rats - I’ve Done Nothing (Jesse Voorn remix) (Funktion Rec)
2007 Artefact - Stay In Bed (Jesse Voorn Morning Mood remix)
Check out the DANCE4LIFE website!!!
Jesse Voorn supports