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Normally associated with his peers in Techno from Detroit, Europe and
elsewhere in the US and the world, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as
a personal frontier, expanding on his formidable resume as a Techno recording
artist as producer and remixer, DJ, and label owner.
With dozens of singles, remixes, some film and TV work and contributions to
sample CDs to his credit, this recent expansion has born a slew of tracks
deeply informed by his uncompromised aesthetic honed over years of diligent
production which finds its roots in Detroit Techno but references a far broader
range of music, both in and outside of electronic music. His musically
formative years were steeped in Classical music, growing up in family of
performing artists--his mother a soprano singer and his father a conductor
which then widened to include hip hop, DJing and finally, electronic music.
Known for crafting a brand of subtle, musical techno, his
recorded output ranges across tempo and genre lines, from chilled out affairs
with spacious arrangements to pulsating, densely layered, deeply energetic
tracks that work magnificently in the hands of DJs as well as on the home
stereo. Earlier on, his music found release on labels such as A13, Multiplex
and Generation R&S. Following on to those successes, he established his own
imprint, Palette, in Los Angeles, in 1996, and has enjoyed seven years of
steady growth and recognition. The label has served as an exclusive outlet for
his own prodigious output but has recently begun to expand its roster. He has
also continued to record for other labels such as Plug Research, Seventh City,
Moods and Grooves, deFocus, Sino and others, often in collaboration with 12
year long collaborator Arian Leviste, and alongside these numerous singles, has
also produced eight albums; two for A13, Palette and one each for deFocus, Plug
Research, Moods and rooves and Playhouse.
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