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DJ Joey Vasquez

Biography

“Vasquez is the original Rave; only better. The best (DJ) show ever” -The DJ Times.

The Deejay’s DJ, The Innovator, Each of these fitting monikers can point to only one, and that man is Joey Vasquez. 2012 marks the 23rd Anniversary of Joey's career as disc jockey, music producer, songwriter, ‘remixer’ Label owner and club promoter.

A pioneer in each discipline and tireless in his pursuits, the span of Joey's career is dotted by landmark achievements in both popular and underground music. London's famed Limelight nightclub, marked the first of many milestones that he is continuing to mark in his illustrious and unstoppable career. From Limelight, Joey Vasquez went on to hold some of the most coveted residencies in London and hosted most of his legendary party hotspots all over the UK, Scotland & Ireland including: Raindance, Biology, Fantastic Ibiza, Elevation, Sunrise Arena Having crowds of of up to 30.000 coming to see him play, Joey's career not only spans longer than his peers’, but his creative energies continue unrivalled around the globe.

Joey Vasquez not only created and marked his spot as one of the world’s most influential DJ's, but he continues to nurture his career with unwavering ambition and dedication. In the spring of 2000, Joey proudly launched ‘WORLD DANCE,’ to the world. The show was syndicated successively in other regional markets in summer 2000 and through the DJ’s heavily-trafficked Website attracts more than 200.000 Hits each month and still being syndicated today. http://www.worlddancefm.co.uk/

Joey Vasquez has been and still is one of the most important underground house names ever to come out of the Club & Rave scene. This established DJ and producer has been touring the globe and playing the most important clubs and festivals for 20 years with no sign of stopping.

With releases on the most notorious labels, like Karma Knight’s Saga Music, Slowdown, Agaia, Stonehead, Strong Island, White House, M&G, DVS, Movin Shadow, Impact, many many more, he has gained support from an incredible variety of mainstream DJ's from radio and clubs all around the globe.
They have all used Joey's sound to rock their dance floors.

His DJ sets original and full of the Joey Vasquez trademark, have made thousands of people dance in all of the most important venues around the world.

Joey Vasquez for many years was part of Berlin Love Parade (One of the biggest street festivals in the world, gathering over 1.2 million people), Winter Music Conference in Miami, So Sal Music, Greece uncovered for Pioneer, as well as his massively popular Radio 1 Show.
Through all his years almost any DJ who was anybody shared the stage with this superstar

In his constant touring schedule he has played clubs in Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Miami, Beijing, Lithuania, Hawaii, Johannesburg., New York, Vancouver, London, Los Angeles, Boston, Hong Kong, Budapest, Sydney, Melbourne, San Francisco, Beijing, Chicago, San Diego, Denver, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Mexico, Bogotá, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, Varna, Oslo, Italy, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Greece, Poland, Switzerland, Russia, are some cities in his never ending list of past presentations, always bringing his particular and personnel show to the Arena.

Joey Vasquez is considered to be one of the best live performance DJs in history, His worldwide sold out shows continue to set attendance records while drawing critical praise.
"One of the great musical moments from Nature One was the pumped set by Joey Vasquez. He had fans at an ecstatic roar, kicking off with a triple turntable mix going through a huge amount of tunes that kept the festival at a peak 110% -The DJ Chronicle.

The review was well deserved as Joey Vasquez performed to a jam packed crowd of over 10,000 that day.

Joey Vasquez has crisscrossed the globe numerous times since, chalking up tons of rave reviews along the way. His recent Faith Dance Music Festival performance to over 15,000 stole the festival receiving the best share of press; "Vasquez lit up Saturday night, with an outstanding skilful performance over 3 hours of his awe aspiring DJ show "- imix 2009.

Worldwide sold out shows would be enough for most DJs, His career is too full of impressive producer/artist milestones for that. Fire & Ice was reviewed favourably and recommended by many musical outposts . Joey Vasquez's long time friend and collaborator Jimmy Fingerz supplied the art.

It’s hard to paint a complete picture of Joey Vasquez with words alone. So we’ve chosen to leave you with the links above, check them out. Come see what all of your friends are talking about. Tours, Dates, etc contact us vasquez@ovi.com