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THE PAST
The story of Johns journey to the present starts in 1998 when he was aged 18 and working for Tandy in Merseyside near where he grew up. In the closing down sale, the stores electrical goods were being sold off and among the TVs and stereos was a £10 mixer which John bought to mix between a tape deck and a portable CD player. With the legendary nightclub Cream on his doorstep and with the golden age of trance in full swing, John decided to study at Liverpool John Moores University and subsequent student loans were well spent funding clubbing trips up and down the country. With trance music fast becoming a bigger and bigger part of his life, John had bought his first vinyl even before he had bought his first decks.
Johns big break came in 2002 through a competition ran by Midlands super club Passion and M8 Magazine. Over a thousand CDs were submitted and the eight finalists were further reduced to two, who battled it out in the final behind Passions decks; John Wright and the then unknown Jon OBir. Following his high profile debut sets at Passion, John was contacted by promoters across the Midlands and 2003 firmly established his reputation. He gained a monthly residency on BPM Radio in Birmingham and guested at Motion in Nottingham, Rubik in Derby and Fixation in Nottingham which also lead to later residencies for all three. John also took in Reckless and Fluffy in Birmingham, Fusion in Leamington, Nu Energie in Northampton, Generate and Movement in Liverpool at the fantastic Masque theatre; and Escape and Nocturnals in Leicester. In 2003, John was then offered the residency at Fixation and he moved to Nottingham to take advantage of the many new opportunities presenting themselves. Numerous sets also followed through the year at The Engine, Passions famous pre-bar and 2003 was capped off in style by two New Years Eve sets for packed houses at Motion and at Fixation.
During 2004, John was offered a residency on Rise FM following a guest mix to start his own radio show Euphoric Horizons. The show ran on Rise FM for a year before switching to ETN FM where it has run every Saturday afternoon since then and John now holds a station residency along side some of the biggest trance radio shows in the world including shows from Aly & Fila, Ernesto & Bastian, Gabriel & Dresden, Kyau & Albert, Matt Darey, Menno de Jong, Ronald van Gelderen and Solarstone.
John also made his debut for the legendary Hotdog in the Midlands with Lisa Lashes; he played at the Inspiration charity event alongside Adam Sheridan and John Askew, and also for Shushh along side The Thrillseekers and John OCallaghan. As well as making return visits to many of his previous venues. John made a proud return to Passion in November along with Will Holland and resident Andy Bagguley to play again where it all began, and New Years Eve saw John headlining at Fixation welcoming in 2005 with the prestigious midnight set. The same year he completed his debut studio production Combustion with Timefactor and Paul Mendez and also played in London for Toxik at the massive Rocket complex.
In 2005, John made his debut for one of the UK's biggest clubbing brands Wildchild where he warmed up the main arena in Milton Keynes for Judge Jules, Matt Hardwick, Eddie Halliwell, Scott Bond and JFK. At this point, John picked up his next residency, at Kish in Derby every Tuesday night, and throughout the year and in addition to his own shows, John made various guest radio appearances including on Digitally Imported FM with Kuffdam (Vandit / J00F) and also on Galaxy 105 with Nick Riley & Andi Durrant.
Into 2006 a new solo production was completed as Elixir Last Light which was released on Inov8 Recordings (UK) and Red Zebra Music (US)with remixes from Jussi Soro and Arctic Breeze and support from DJs Marc West (Passion), Lange, Gavyn Mytchel (Ministry Of Sound Radio / The Gallery), Jon OBir (Godskitchen), Michael Woods, Greg Downey, Mr Sam, Graham Gold, Kuffdam, Nick Riley (Riley & Durrant / Galaxy 105 FM), Mike Koglin, Michael Splint and Les Hemstock plus many more. John appeared again for Passion in June along with Agnelli & Nelson, Adam Sheridan, Giuseppe Ottaviani (Nu NRG), Menno de Jong and Adam Sheridan, plus he played for Regenerate in Nottingham, Essence in Coventry and Live & Loud with JFK and Genix.
John has recently picked up a second residency for Euphoric Horizons on Club IOM Radio every Saturday night at
www.clubiom.co.uk and he also finished a remix of the 2001 vocal trance classic Ghosts by Tenth Planet which picked up massive support from Big Al from Escape and on Kiss 101 FM, DJ Choose, Simon Brighty on ETN FM, John Askew even requested an exclusive dub version of the remix and AJ Gibson took it to Crasher classics in Taiwan.
THE PRESENT . . .
A fantastic years of 2006 and 2007 were capped off Johns first trip to play abroad in Finland for Choon! at the Klubi alongside Jussi Soro and Aki A in December 2006. There was just time to squeeze in a main room set at Passion on an all-star line up including Dogzilla (Live), John Askew, Sean Tyas, Simon Paterson, Mike Koglin, Riley & Durrant and Tylor Leigh. John also secured future performances in the Far East and Asia by joining 88 Music Management, agents to the legendary John 00 Fleming, Crashers Scott Bond and Armadas Niklas Harding.
THE FUTURE . . .
As well as a new year guest mix for Progressive Transmissions on Party 107 FM, John will soon be starting a monthly show on Trancemixers.com. John started this year developing a driving trance sound with more remixes and some more new original tracks, plus his remix of Krivi Sunrise In Boka. After picking up support from Michael Splint and Manuel le Saux, his new track Helix has been signed to Bonzai Music sub-label Total Digital for a release later this year complete with an earth-shattering remix from one of Belgiums premier musical exports Icone, and will also feature on the labels Total Essentials mix album.
Johns future promises to be just as exciting with more bookings to complete some fantastic line ups and some new collaborations to explore new sounds in the studio. Seeing John play is something else. His long experience of playing early, middle and late sets to crowds of all sizes has helped him develop a sense for how to really build an atmosphere, delivering animated and passionate performances, punctuated by seamless mixing each and every time he plays. John is equally at home playing to a bar of 20, or a main arena of 2000; constantly interacting with the crowd and lifting the audience into a frenzied crescendo. The journey continues with bigger and bolder steps, and praise and recognition coming from clubbers, DJ's and promoters alike. But regardless of what the future holds, John's aspirations ultimately remain just as they were when he made his first mix tape with that £10 mixer, portable CD player and cassette deck when he was 16 years old; to bring the best music in the world to the people who love to dance.
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