Jay Haze is the name behind a number of aliases and projects ?
Fuckpony, Sub Version, The Architect ? these are just a few of the guises he uses when fighting his guerilla war against mediocrity on a daily basis. Born in Pennsylvania, Haze has been living in Berlin since the early 00s, in which time he has released records and remixes on some of the hottest dance music labels of the decade: Get Physical Music, BPitch
Control, Cocoon, Playhouse, Soma, and numerous others.
But of course Haze is also responsible for running several labels himself ? TuningSpork, Futuredub, Contexterrior, Junion ? sometimes with an iron fist, other times with a white diamond-studded glove and a cane. But in either instance Haze is accustomed to finding dance jams that stretch the genre beyond the limits of the beat and into the territory of lurid
nightclub art. An A&R mastermind, Jay has discovered and released names now commonplace in the dance world, such as Troy Pierce, Samim, The Vivianne Project (AKA Hearttthrob), and Matt John.
Haze's production career began in 1999 on the house-oriented
TuningSpork. In the following year he launched Futuredub as a home for downtempo electronic dub, and ...
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