Jonathan has been collecting house music
since 1989 when as a 15yr old graffiti artist he was blown
away by A Guy Called Gerald's 'Voodoo Ray'. Having collected
hip hop since 1986, this record opened Jonathan to a sound
that would become his lifetime’s passion.
This devotion to vinyl continued and finally after 6 years
of going to clubs like Hacienda, Soak, Havana, Renaissance
and mixing tapes and phasing records on 2 hi fis, he was at
last able to afford his own decks.
One of the few to make the transition from bedroom to main
room, Jonathan now plays regularly for Bedrock and has played
all over the world for clubs such as Spundae and Liqufied.
Furthering his passion he now also works for Bedrock Breaks
in an A&R capacity.
'Discovered' by John Digweed in 2001, who was so impressed
with his unique sound and his live sets, he invited him to
do a guest mix on his Kiss FM show in May and play at Bedrock.
The mix was so good it gained Jonathan instant recognition
throughout the industry, prompting unheard of comparisons
with what many regard as the greatest dance mix of all time,
John and Sasha's Northern Exposure 2 cd.
Jonathan followed that by playing, in the opinion of many
of those who were there, the set of the night at Bedrock's
3rd Birthday. After the crowds reaction to Jonathan’s
set, John was so impressed, he asked him to warm-up for him
and DJ Three at the Bedrock Xmas party in Brighton, a different
set but, again, the same result.
Word of his unique style soon spread globally. He was voted
Worlds Best Breaks DJ in the 2002 Breakspoll, #81 in the 2003
DJ Mag Top 100 poll. Playing for Bedrock, Jonathan has warmed
up for Sasha & Digweed, played at festivals from Dance
Valley to Global Gathering. Internationally Jonathan has been
headlining in Mexico, LA, New Orleans, Argentina, New York,
Holland, Moscow, Tokyo and Ireland as well as playing with
some of the very best Dj’s in the world; Hernan Cattaneo,
Three, Steve Lawler in Atlanta, Cass in New York, Hyper and
Danny Howells at the legendary Gemini party at Simons in Gainesville,
Florida.
At the end of 2002, Jonathan finished his 3rd US tour at
Spundae, Chicago, having been asked back after his stunning
headline set at Spundae, LA (nominated for Worlds Best Club
Dancestar Awards 2002) blew up the main room at Circus. Justifying
the recommendation made to Spundae by Adam Freeland.
Thanks to Jonathan’s rapidly rising reputation, built
on the dual foundations of inspired live sets and highly innovative
3 and 4 deck mix cd’s he has also had guest radio mixes
on Annie Nightingale’s Radio 1 show, on Phil K's award
winning Kiss FM (Australia) radio show, John Digweed’s
Kiss 100 UK show and across the US (including a live radio
mix in New York). Culminating in broadcasting his own one
off special show for Protonradio.com of his all time top 20
records.
This year has seen more international gigs for Jonathan in
over 15 countries as well as pushing the technical boundaries
of mixing using 3cdj’s, 2 decks, efx and keyboards.
Currently finishing his first commercial mix CD for Bedrock’s
new Original Series, [O:S_2 Jonathan Lisle], set for release
in Feb 2005 with a 35 date world tour to accompany it next
year will be even better.
Artist's Web Links
Low End Specialists @ Vespas
Madeira
Low End Specialists @ Ola Loves
To Dance
Low End Specialists @ Big One
in Argentina
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