Biography of Jafar | | | Real name / | Alex Taniewski | | Moniker(s) / | Jafar, Poussez, Jafar & Touch, Jafar & Bobby Strobe, Rare Unit |
A Dj since the early 90s, Jafar has long established himself as a musical force to be reckoned with via a consistent flow of releases, remixes and international gigs these past 15 years. His turntablist antics have long marked him out as a seriously versatile technician; He’s been a winner of Musik Mag’s prestigious ‘Bedroom Bedlam’ (2000), a winner of IDJ's respected ‘Reader’s Mix’ (2001), tipped for the top by Dj Mag as their ‘Rising Star of Deep House’ back in 2004 and continues to receive rave reviews for both his Artizan Music label and releases around the world.
Having amassed over 50 releases and remixes across respected House and Techno labels including Toolroom, Nacho Marco's LoudEast, Huddtraxx, Pesto, Hustle Music, Universal Vibes, Blacksoul, Hydraulix, Gravitation, Berwick St and of course the Artizan imprint, he has also collaborated on works with Rich Medina, Marcus Begg, Marcel and Demarkus Lewis. His remix credits take in Terry Farley, Rithma, Blacksoul, Pete Dafeet and Timo Garcia whilst he has also been remixed by Roberto Rodriquez, Nacho Marco and Atjazz - Solid gold testament to the respect amongst his peers.
No stranger to running parties (Jafar was a founding member of Mulletover), Artizan Music's long-running 'Uptownboogiedown' residencies, formerly housed at Neighbourhood, Notting Hill Arts Club, The End, Dex Club, Jamm and The Telegraph are now held bi-monthly at Shoreditch fave East Village. Larger Collaborations have featured with Mulletover, Lovebox and Retox. Recent guests include Pepe Bradock, Charles Webster, Dj Deep, Halo and Franck Roger.
With Jafar's releases a main stay in many of his peers charts and dj boxes, both his Poussez live sets and dj sets continually in demand, his band Poetiquette working on their second album and new material under his various aliases coming out every month, Jafar continues to be a heavyweight player into 2011..
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