SESSION #327 (Feat. Juan Mejia)

Redroom Sessions - An Electronic Music Podcast - Deep House, Techno, Chill, Disco

JUAN MEJIA (USA) Juan Mejia, Miami based DJ and producer, has achieved a solid reputation in the east coast music scene for the past two decades for brand of dance music. Juan in 1995 move to Orlando to attend full sale of the recording arts where he got his audio engineering degree. While he was in school, he discovered his true calling in the DJ world. His journey began with a residency playing hip-hop at the top club in Orlando called, "Firestone" . This was the time when DJs played records and there were no CD players. At this time Orlando was a top spot for underground music and the Rave scene exposed midnight all kinds of new vibes and sounds not being heard in Miami, In 1999, Mejia was determined to move back to Miami after a great run in Orlando. In no time he had residency at Groovejet, mentioned, and crobar. He was at crowbar from 2000 to 2003 very became well known for his versatility of music styles. Spinning at Crober gave me the opportunity to become involved in the deep house movement that was happening at the time. He started to experiment with the Sound and found himself playing all over the country in places like San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Las Vegas and in South America, also touring and opening for such as Eric Morillo, Josh Wink and little Louis Vega. Deep House was his true calling and in 2003 he started his label Dutchie Music. The label has achieved #1s in its historic run. Juan continues to DJ worldwide yearly tour to South America to Peru. Mexico and Columbia have given Durchie music a world wide platform. He has developed an alliance with the south east Asia elite and storing every six months to countries like Singapore Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and India. Miami is still home and he has residences at the W hotel in brackets living room, Chotto Matte, events at live and sports at the keep it deep Miami.