John '00' Flemming's rise to the top
of the pile has hardly been an easy one. His career began
way back in 1984 with a residency at the legendary Sterns
Nightclub in Worthing when he was still at school. As the
dance scene grew, so did Johns profile, seeing him playing
Ibiza as far back as 87, and DJing alongside the likes of
Carl Cox and Grooverider during the formative years of the
rave scene. Just as it seemed like John was ready to take
his place as one of the frontrunners of the fledgling scene,
he was struck down by lung cancer and forced to watch as dance
music entered into unchartered territories of popularity and
DJs became superstars.
The frustration was evident, but fuelled John with a burning
desire to get well again and reclaim his place on the scene.
After three years in and out of hospitals and a years recuperation
in Florida, John was back and bursting with energy and drive.
Starting from scratch, he went back to handing out his mix
tapes, enduring the constant enquiries of Where have you
been His break came with the offer of a residency at Brightons
popular Zap Club and he hasnt looked back since. Up and coming
all over again, the word got out and John re-established himself,
gaining bookings at top clubs all over the UK, including Ministry
Of Sound, Passion (Coalville), Twisted (London), Slinky (Bournemouth),
The Rock (Bristol), Inside out (Scotland), Naughty but nice
(Hereford), The Guvernment (Toronto) and Dance Valley (Amsterdam).
Johns re-establishment back in the big time was confirmed
when he was voted DJ Of The Month in Muzik magazines November
99 issue.
The year 2001 finds John with a new weekly residency @ Golden
in Stoke/Manchester alongside his regular visits at three
of the hottest clubs in the UK; Gatecrasher (Sheffield),Gods
Kitchen (Birmingham) and Cream (Liverpool). But its not just
the UK where Johns star shines hes toured across Europe,
the US, Australia and Asia and has a monthly residency at
the massive Release in San Francisco, USA along with regular
visits to Home (Sydney) and Sona (Montreal) to name a few!
At radio level, John hosts his own show on Brightons hip
Surf 107, and has recorded a Radio One Essential mix, a Euromix
for Danny Ramplings show, a Graham Gold network-wide mix
plus numerous mixes for Kiss FM. Fresh out of radio training
and under Mark Goodiers watchful eye, John is guaranteed
to be hitting the airwaves on a more regular basis soon.
Its not just as a DJ that John '00' Fleming is in demand.
His talents extend into production and remixing as well. He
has released two singles for React Music, Alpha 5 and Lost
In Emotion, both of which gained plaudits from across the
trance scene and established John as one of the most in-demand
producers in the UK. His third single for the label Free
went straight in at # 61 in the national top 40 in August.
Johns remix credit list is as long as your arm and includes
such luminaries as Erasure, Gloria Estefan, Mansun and Junior
Vasquez, as well as top dance labels like Additive, Hook,
Perfecto and 4D. John has also been behind the decks of a
plethora of successful mix album projects, including React
Musics Reactivate (Volumes 13 and 14 which he co-compiled),
Telstars The Real Ibiza, club tie-in Sunny Side Up on
Passion Music and Virgins silver selling (60,000 +) The
Best Trance AnthemsEver!. Johns mix album For Your Ears
Only is the second time the man himself has fronted an album
project, following on from the success of Licence To Thrill,
released on Automatic Records late in 98. For Your Ears
Only perfectly encapsulates Johns DJ mix set throughout
1999/2000, showcasing the harder edge of progressive trance.
The mix is spread over two CDs, allowing John to mix the
past, present and future of the music he loves. The album
was released on React on 29th May 2000.
Johns latest mix album is part of the Euphoria collection
entitled Progressive. John was approached by Euphoira to
share his knowledge of the more underground dance scene in
order to compile, programme and mix this CD compilation. He
tried to stay loyal to what you would actually hear at the
heart of the dance floor in an underground club. Keeping in
mind that the Euphoria collection has a massive fan base and
allot of them may never have been to an underground club,
he ensured that his mix didnt include too many harder or
darker tracks in order to make this easy listening in your
home or car. John has plans to release a double mix album
in August/September 2001 including those tuff, dark and driving
tracks that he couldnt use for Euphoria!
And if all thats not enough, John still finds time to run
his own record label, Joof Recordings, the first release Reysan
Khan Shi du 2000 is currently been hammered by Radio 1s
Judge Jules and Seb fontaine. John also writes record reviews
for 7 magazine!
