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Biography of Joseph | | | Real name / | Joseph Mercado | | Moniker(s) / | Joseph, DJ Dimension, Moody Groova, MegaMen |
Joseph, also known as DJ Dimension, was born and raised in East Harlem NYC, becomes inspired by the distinct sound and ambiance of the NYC club scene. As we flashback, the year is 1988 and we're grooving to "Break 4 Love" (Raze), "Work it to the Bone" (LNR), and who could forget Todd Terry's "Bango! He lives for the weekend, to be swept away by the moment. Soon, the weekends just aren't enough. "There must be some way to duplicate this sound," he ponders. "A way to keep this groove alive." He finds the way. It begins with the purchase of a few House records, shortly followed by turntables, a mixer and headphones. "Its just a hobby", he'd say, but as the beats became more engaging, and the blends more aqueous, so did the requests from friends and family for mix tapes, birthday parties, weddings and numerous mobile gigs. His thought becomes a mission, his dream a reality...
Early in the nineties Joseph began promoting his own dance parties with events held at various NYC clubs & bars. In turn these would lead to numerous DJ appearances spinning at renowned clubs as Octagon, Tatou, Roxy, Carbon & The Limelight. The DJ sets spanned musical styles; Funk, Disco, Hip Hop & rare groove. But Joseph consistently made sure that his brand of hard hitting; funky soulful, old school inspired style of House Music was represented on the turntables. By May of 1996 Joseph had gained a significant amount of recognition. So much so that he was invited to guest DJ on 89.1 FM, WNYU's The Candy Store. The taping received rave reviews and helped to launch him to the next level of his quest.
By 1997 Joseph, influenced and inspired by producers and friends Mood II Swing, Henry Maldonado and William Rosario, now begins to set his sights on music production. His style though mostly house now incorporates a fusion of trance, drum n' bass and funky breaks, creating a unique sound. His early works can be found on the BML label. Soon Joseph collaborates with William Rosario to form MegaMen Productions. Their distinct style was captured by the Strictly Rhythm label with their first project 'Hands Up (What?)' under the pseudonym Ghetto Stylez and again as a remix duo on the single 'I Love You More' by King Street recording artist Kimara Lovelace.
For the new millennium as one -half of MegaMen, Joseph has help set trails ablaze through NYCs dance music scene. The veteran dj / producer team-as well as recording label owners (MegaMen Sounds) have captured the recognition and praise of top dj's and producers such as; Todd Terry, Melvin Moore, Armand Van Helden and Lord G. In addition, stations KISS FM and 89.1FM WNYU show their love by being major spin supporters of MegaMen tracks on their mixshows. Record retail giants Virgin MegaStore, FYE & Specs Music carry Megamen Mix CD compilations with major distribution by Sony Red; Ghetto Soul Sessions, Live From NYC & Ghetto Soul Sessions: The Sequel. The MegaMen duos remix expertise can be heard on tracks by Robbie Rivera's "Make Some Noise" (Episode Records), 'Thats House' (FTL Records), as well as projects on Sifted Recordings. TheyÕve moved the feet of clubgoers with DJ sets at GBH @ Centro Fly NYC alongside the legendary Todd Terry during Media Music Expo 2002, at BillBoard Party 2002 alongside Barbara Tucker and at E-Man's Bang the Party. MegaMen made their cable television debut at this year's Winter Music Conference on Miami Florida's The RooF (Mun2 Network).
Currently Joseph is working on a new direction in life as well as music, launching next dimension music a digital record label committed to bringing you; the artist, the music lover, the cultural eclectic - a world founded in faith, the joy of life and the promise of love.
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Selected discography of Joseph
ALBUMS & COMPILATIONS
Just Listen (next dimension music, 2008)
House Goodies: Vol 2 (Underground Quality, 2006)
Freedom Songs (Deep Life Records, 2005)
House Goodies: Vol 1 (Underground Quality, 2005)
Black House Sampler (Next Moove Records, 2004)
Ghetto Soul Sessions: The Sequel mixed by MegaMen (MegaMen Sounds/ Benz Street, 2004)
Made To Lounge mixed by EBAR (Sifted Recordings/ Benz Street, 2004)
Deep NYC (ZYX Records, 2003)
Live from NYC mixed by MegaMen (ZYX Records, 2003)
Ghetto Soul Sessions (MegaMen Sounds / Waako, 2003)
In The Mix Trance Vol 1 (BML Records, 1998)
In The Mix Drum n' Bass Vol 2 (BML Records, 1998)
In The Mix House Vol. 1 (BML Records, 1997)
REMIXES
Go ! ft Lenny Hamilton - DJ Aphreme (next dimension music, 2008)
Born Again - Cristian Paduraru (Next Dimension Music, 2007)
That's House Remixes - JD (FTL Records, 2003)
Sunrise - EBAR (MegaMen Sounds, 2003)
Make Some Noise - Robbie Rivera (Episode, 2003)
I Love You More - Kimara Lovelace (King Street Sounds, 1999)
Are You High - Wamdue Project (Strictly Rhythm, 1999)
SINGLES & EP's
Transformed feat Daniel (Next Dimension Music, 2007)
Good To Me feat Lem (Next Dimension Music, 2006)
NYC Subway EP (Next Dimension Music, 2006)
Unity Kolabo EP (Underground Quality, 2006)
Touch Me feat Bianca (Next Dimension Music, 2006)
4 U (Next Dimension Music, 2005)
Boogie Break : Part 2 (Next Dimension Music, 2005)
Skip Da Beat (Next Dimension Music, 2005)
Version 3.0 (Next Dimension Music, 2005)
Nu Believer EP (Deep Life, 2005)
The Holy Disciple EP (MegaMen Sounds/ZYX Records, 2004)
Party featuring Big Ro (Megamen Sounds/ZYX Records, 2004)
Version 2.0 (MegaMen Sounds/ZYX Records, 2004)
Flat Iron EP (Sifted Blue Recordings/ZYX Records, 2003)
All I Need feat Solymar (MegaMen Sounds, 2003)
Alter Egoz (MegaMen Sounds, 2003)
Version 1.0 (MegaMen Sounds, 2003)
That's House featuring Moody Groova - JD (FTL Records, 2002)
Yo Shorty featuring Big Ro - MegaMen (Waako Records 2002)
Sweatin' Allstars (Sweatin Records, 2000)
Hands Up (What?) - Ghetto Stylez (Strictly Rhythm, 1998)
EVENT APPEARANCES
3 year next dimension music label event @ Unity, Ruby Room (2008)
Ghetto Soul Sessions: The Sequel @ Virgin Mega Store, Times Square (Ghetto Soul Tour, 2004)
Ghetto Soul Sessions: The Sequel @ Virgin Mega Store, Union Square (Ghetto Soul Tour, 2004)
Ghetto Soul Sessions @ SPEC's MUSIC, Miami (Winter Music Conference, 3/03)
Soul Sauce Recordings @ Lounge 16, Miami (Winter Music Conference, 3/03)
Twilight Technologies feat. Barbara Tucker @ Man Ray, NYC (Billboard Music Summit, 09/02)
Great British House feat. Todd Terry @ Centro-Fly, NYC (Media Music Expo, 06/02)
Brooklyn Nights @ Club N, South Beach, Miami (12/00, Winter Music Conference 3/01)
Clubs / Lounges:
UNITY @ Ruby Room w/ RMC, Raul Reina & Byron Fenix , Phoenix, AZ
Straight No Chaser - ONE w/ Joe Dipadova, Phoenix AZ
Sole Channel w/ Mr V, NYC
Soul Sauce w/ Louie Balo Guzman, NYC
Bang the Party w/ E-Man, NYC
Deep See w/ Lola , NYC
Mojitos w/ Maji, Scottsdale AZ
Halcyon w/ Jus Ed, Brooklyn NYC
Krash w/ DJ Mike Cruz, NYC
Liquid Lounge, NYC
Limelight, NYC
Club Tatou, NYC
Otagon, NYC
Wax, Key West Florida
TELEVISION, WEBCAST & RADIO APPEARANCES
Living Room w/ Nate Spross (Pressureradio.co.uk)
NDM Radio (NextDimensionMusic.com, AudioGrooves.net, MotionFM.com)
Spiritual Soul Radio - ClubRadio.Net (07/2004 - 12/2005)
UnderGround MixDown Show - ClubRadio.net (03/2002 - 06/2004)
Feel This Entertainment - Channel 57 Manhattan Cable (Ghetto Soul Tour 2004)
The Roof- Mun2 Television (Winter Music Conference, 2003)
80 Proof FM - Media Music Services (11/01, 05/02)
Liquid Rhythms Show - 90.9FM KRCL Salt Lake City, Utah (07/ 2002)
Ghetto Soul Sessions - DownShiftRadio.com (09/ 1001 - 2/2002)
The Candy Store - 89.1 FM WNYU New York City (05/96, 11/99, 12/ 2000)
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