name: john o connor

location: co.clare,ireland

contact details: electronicbeats@yahoo.co.uk


PROFILE:
John has been DJing over 10 years now, and is one of Irelands upcoming DJs. John has been running different club nights in his home town for years now and over the last year has founded and set-up ,a very successful night called" ALIVE " which plays host to the best in local talent, and also attracts some of the best in DJs throughout Ireland.( Dan Sykes, Cian Frawley,DID , Danny Alonso,Dj pushee etc.)

John has also DJ'd at the Ministry of Sound London and the Tripod Dublin, and will be returning to both in 2010. 2010 is going to be a busy year,with his monthly "ALIVE", finding a permanent home @ the queens nightclub in ennis co.clare ireland,which is newly renovated state of the art nightclub in ennis ! John's "Alive" night has all ready secured - Unit9 ,Psycatron, Wade Bennet ,where he will be supporting and will be working on bringing more big acts to "ALIVE" , with the likes of Sasha ,Tom middlleton ,Christian smith, Audiofreak, along with local talent in the future . John also makes his festival debut this year at the award winning best irish dance festival "LIFE-FESTIVAL 2010" which will be held over 3 days on june 4th,5t,6th @ belevedere house and gardens in co.westmeath. life was also voted in the top 10 best small european festival awards this year. John has been booked for The MInistry Of Sound Summer Special in MALTA on june 26th,and will also be playing at The Elektrik Stream Boat Party in MALTA on july 4th. John has always being one of great heart and passion , and is setting up a djacademy in conjunction with queens nightclub,to help young people ,learn the skills of djing ,and also give them knowledge to pursuing a career in the electronic music industry .

John's main influences in DJing are Sasha and John Digweed. It was their sound and creativity as DJs and their unique and captivating performances that made John want to DJ in the first place. With their Northern Exposure series and each of their Global Underground releases, in particular Sasha San Francisco GU009, this confirmed john's ambition and passion for this music and the whole electronic scene. John has just had an interview for the Ministry of Sound, who are following his progress very closely since he got involved with the DJ academy. He has been clearly noticed as a great talent. John is fast building a great reputation in Ireland and England. His sound is one of a journey and captivates people where ever he plays with his unique style of DJing , with the broad knowledge of different genres of electronic music and the ability to combine all of this into his sets, while creating a blissful, energetic sound.

John is also working on producing tracks at the moment and he has also collaborated on a track with good friend DJ Millhouse, which they hope to release in the New Year.John is fast building up a hectic schedule, between running his own monthly club night "Alive", playing throughout Ireland, weekly Sunday live internet radio show and now with international gigs just shows that John is quickly making a name for himself at home and abroad.


John has his own "LIVE" internet radio show every sunday 8pm - 11pm ,which goes out worldwide , so why not tune in to here live set from the ever busy, dj john o connor, . You can tune on www.thehousesessionsradio.co.uk MINISTRY OF SOUND INTERVIEW : http://www.ministryofsound.com/blog/blogDetail.aspx?n=613 http://www.myspace.com/aliveclubnight Videos: