FRIDAY SEPT 1ST, LABOR DAY WEEKEND | PASADO: Born and raised in Colombia, South America, until the age of 16, Neil Zarama aka C, developed and nourished his musical palette from his diverse background. From one country to another, Juju’s musical tastes as a teen expanded through an array of styles ranging from punk and metal to Latino Afro-Rhythms and dub. Juju began his djing career in 1991 playing dancehall, dub and Industrial music. He secured his first drum and bass residency in late 1994 at “The Jungle,” the first exclusive Drum and Bass club in San Francisco, making him a pioneer key player in the San Francisco and US Drum and Bass scene.
PRESENTE: Juju is currently one of the busiest and most established DJ/Producers in the Americas. Respected for his fierce DJing, programming and exclusive dubplate selections, Juju is in heavy demand throughout the States, Asia, Europe and South America. In San Francisco Juju hosts his own club night, PHUTURO, one of the nations longest running and most respected Drum and Bass weeklies [8 years]. Abroad, Juju has been shaking international dance floors from the UK to South America. Juju is also tearing up dance floors in Asia playing gigs throughout Japan and holding down for 2 years an exclusive DJ residency at now defunked Hong Kong’s largest Drum and Bass party HARD DRIVE [cloud 9]. In South America he as become a favorite hosting a string of collaboration parties in conjunction with Simpl3 Crew [Venezuela] and now teaming up with Seven Records in Mexico City to collaborate with parties across the boarder!
On the production front, Juju has been setting high standards being one of the first American Drum and Bass artist to be signed to multiple top notch UK labels including Liquid V, Renegade Recordings, Trouble on Vinyl, Soul:r, Invaderz Transmission and Advanced/CIA. Ranked as the top Drum and Bass producer of the moment, Juju has set the pace for international artist in the genre. In the States, Juju has had a string of successful releases on almost every major Drum and Bass label making him one of the most prolific and well established artist around. His studio projects have included working with Spirit, Calibre, K [Polar], Abstract, UFO, Hive and his label partner DJ Craze.
In 2001 Juju launched his own imprint Phuturo Recordings via S.T. Holding Ltd [UK]. The label has been making waves throughout the Drum and Bass scene worldwide. Phuturo’s release schedule is pure class with an eclectic mixture of international Drum and Bass artists including Juju, Calibre, Klute, Baron, Greg Packer and Drumagick.
PHUTURO: Juju has just finished remixing two classic Drum and Bass Anthems, Source Directs Yo bitch and Spirits Moving target which have been causing damage in the dubpate circuit. Also Juju has teamed up with Duncan Bustos [Spirit] on a side project label called Phuturo Inneractive. With more music scheduled for release on Soul:r, CIA, and his highly successful debut EP on Liquid V, Juju continues to push the standard of Drum and Bass Worldwide. As Cartel [DJ craze & Juju] you can find them touring in support of their new EP The Product due out in 2006 but also expect to see Juju touring Japan, South America and Europe extensively 2006. You can catch Juju DJing at his weekly Phuturo in San Francisco at the top or in top notch venues worldwide!
CARTEL RECORDINGS
Juju and DJ Craze have teamed up and started a new Imprint called Cartel Recordings, which will cater to more rugged dancefloor Drum and Bass. Catch the Cartel Crew on tour worldwide!
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