BIOGRAPHY
 
In 1989 Jon finally discovered the mighty 12” single – bigger, longer and with extra club mixes – he was hooked. His first 12” was the PWL mix of Damian’s The Time Warp, not exactly a floor rocker, but at only 14 Jon thought he was onto a winner. And then it happened – Technotronic feat. Felly released Pump Up The Jam on the obscure Swanyard label. This was the definition of House music at that time and it proved itself as an early club classic as it still rocks the floors today.
Perhaps the term House music should be briefly explained here. New York in the late 70s / early 80s saw disco DJs such as Frankie Knuckles, Tony Humphries and Larry Levan starting to push the boundaries of music production with their own exclusive remixes. People could only hear this style of music at clubs such as the Paradise Garage in NYC and the
mighty WareHouse, across the River Hudson in NJ. These tough disco grooves were simply tagged Garage and House music.

Meanwhile, Jon had no idea that collecting records would lead to him becoming a DJ – his only experience of a club was Quasers in his home town of St.Austell. Here, pot-bellied DJs in their 50s were still dropping 60s hits as well as spinning Sister Sledge and Chic. 80s music was firmly in vogue – this new thing called House seemed to go over most people’s heads, even though it was doing well in the pop charts. But these crazy local DJs with their aweful microphone shouts for Gladys and Kevin still had something which Jon wanted – boxes and boxes of 12” records…
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