03.06.10 JOHN O'CALLAGHAN (Armada/Ireland)
"Saturday" at 1015:: Subculture Tour 2010 / VIP ENTRANCE AT 103 HARRIET ST

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John O’Callaghan Bio:





Voted #24 in the 2009 DJ Mag Top 100 Poll










Overview: It took John O'Callaghan just a few short years to
outrun the 'next big thing' tag and switch over onto the A-list fast
track. A masterful spinner, his high-octane trance mix coupled with a
much-honed precision mixing style has seen him surge up through the DJ
ranks. Spinning his first Radio 1 Essential Mix in the summer of 2008,
the gifted 27 year old was one of only 4 trance DJs to do so during the
year. Immediately following that he made his debut in DJ Magazine's Top
100 DJs rundown, arriving at No.60. In the 2009 chart he became one of
the year's highest climbers, leaping 36 places into the world's top 25
and cementing his place as Ireland's foremost DJ & producer. In his
home country he has picked up the Best Producer and Best DJ trophies at
the Irish Dance Music Awards for 2 consecutive years; decisively
conquered the notoriously competitive testing ground of Ibiza and was
the first Irishman to play Trance Energy. In 2010 he has entered the
inner circle of electronic dance superstardom.






Production: Since making his first moves into music production 6
years ago, O'Callaghan's notched-up over 35 productions and released
them on some of the most respected labels in the industry. Early
club-thrillers like 'The Chamber', 'Exactly' & 'Space & Time'
became mainstays of DJs sets and along the way prompted Paul van Dyk to
comment that he is "one of the most exciting producers in the world
today".. Soon after, John produced 'Big Sky'... Off the back of an
extended 4-month-long club & radio hammering from the big 5, it was
voted the No.1 trance tune of 2007 on Armin's ASOT show. From there 'Big
Sky' took on a life of its own and has now reached the status of a
modern trance classic. John also produces through a number of
pseudonyms, including Joint Operations Centre and J.O.C. Under the
latter he displays his affinity of techno-fringed productions, supported
by a who's who of techno and progressive jocks.




'Never Fade Away' & 'Subculture': In the latter half of 2009
John again reached into the heartland of electronic dance with both his
second artist album and the first edition of his new compilation series.
Containing the hit singles 'Find Yourself', 'Never Fade Away' (which
respectively featured Sarah Howells & Lo-Fi Sugar on vocals), his
Giuseppe Ottaviani collaboration 'Our Dimension' and the increasingly
popular, 'Out of Nowhere' broadened John's appeal yet further still.
Conquering the hearts & minds of both fans and press, it scaled the
highest reaches of global dance charts, and burned through high rotation
radio playlists worldwide. 'Subculture' quickly followed - an
innovative hybrid artist/mix album that premiered freshly produced
material including 'Cramped', 'Backup' & 'Striker'. Tracks that went
on to be wholeheartedly hammered by deeper-minded DJs including Sander
van Doorn & Marco V.




DJ: John caught his first DJing break playing on national Irish
radio station 2FM's 'Sessions Tour'. From the DJ booth he has gone on to
throw trance-fire onto the floors of some of the world's
highest-profile clubs, arenas and festivals. Counted amongst those are
Planet Love & Lush in his native Ireland as well as Global
Gathering, WMC Miami, Rain in Las Vegas and Creamfields. He is also a
regular fixture in Ibiza having played 4 sell-out gigs at Cream at
Amnesia throughout the course of summer 2009, as well as his yearly trip
to Eden for Judgement Sundays. O'Callaghan has also expanded his
fan-bases into Eastern Europe and North & South America (playing
Sunrise Festival, San Francisco's LovEvolution, LA's Monster Massive,
and his Brazil/Paraguay/Argentina tour inside the last year). These are
all territories that he credits as being amongst the deciding factors in
his DJ Top 100 chart showings. In Utrecht in March of 2009 John played
the main-stage at Trance Energy.. now universally regarded as the
pinnacle apex of the trance calendar.



The Subculture Radio Show: For the last three years John has
presented his take on the trance scene via his Subculture show on the
industry-leading station DI.FM. Subculture presents a crystal-clear
monthly snapshot of John's in and out of club sound, exploring the outer
reaches of electronic music. The show goes out at 5pm UK time on the
2nd Monday of the month, noon US EST and 6pm CET.




John O'Callaghan Remixes: Although his studio career carries more
of an original production bias, John has lent his musical skill to many
exceptional remixes. In 2005 his debut came in the form of the
hugely-received rewiring of fellow countrymen Agnelli & Nelson's
'Shiver'. From there he went on to rework (amongst others) John Askew's
'How Can I Put This', Ronski Speed's 'The Space We Are' & Filo &
Peri's 'Anthem'. So taken was Armin by John's 2008 remix of 'If You
Should Go' that he took the rare step of asking O'Callaghan to rework a
second track from his 'Imagine' album. John's remix of The Doppler
Effect's 'Beauty Hides in the Deep' last year became a cult hit within
the trance fraternity and 2009 has seen him go on to remix material from
a number of A-list trance heavyweights, as well as a multitude of
highly sought after reworks and bootlegs for JOC sets only. He is widely
regarded as one of the most in-demand remixers in electronic dance
music today.




Quotes:


"John is one of the most talented trance and tech trance producers/DJs
out there at the moment. What makes him stand out is the consistent
quality of his arrangements and his capability to make an easy
transition from a trancy to a more techy sound." Sander Van Doorn



"John is a fantastic producer, one of the most consistent around and his
tunes never fail to Fire Up the dance floor!" Eddie Halliwell



"He is a down to earth guy, he makes the trance sound what is not easy
these days. And the vocals he uses in his productions are always good."
Marco V



"John is one of my favourite producers and he is a great performer as
well. That's the key to become a big DJ like my Irish friend." Giuseppe
Ottaviani



"We have long been supporters of John's underground productions. He is a
talented producer and DJ."
Above & Beyond



"His productions skills are brilliant, it sis great that he can still
please the hard and the softer DJs. He has proved himself all through
the years." Scot Project



"The hugely talented John O'Callaghan is now deservedly being recognised
for years of incredible hard work and dedication. He is a totally down
to earth guy that hasn't let any of the stardom go to his head, which
only adds to his charm and appeal."John Askew



"John has always been a natural talent when it comes to production and
over the years I have played pretty much every track he has made. He is
one of the hardest working artists I know and his passion for what he
does has got him where he it today." Greg Downey

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