Juan Mejia
JUAN MEJIA,MIAMI BASED DJ &PRODUCER,HAS ACHIEVED A SOLID REPUTATION IN THE EAST COAST MUSIC SCENE FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES FOR HIS UNIQUE BRAND OF DANCE MUSIC.,JUAN IN 1995 MOVED TO ORLANDO TO ATTEND FULL SAIL 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 BECAN A
RESIDENCY PLAYING HIP HOP AT THE TOP CLUB IN OR – LANDO CALLED“FRESTONE” THIS WAS THETIME WHEN DJ’S PLAYED RECORDS AND THERE WERE NO CD PLAYERS.AT THIS TIME ORLANDO WAS A TOP SPOT FOR UNDEGROUND MUSIC AND THE RAVE SCENE EXPOSED MEJIA TO ALL KINDS OF NEW VIBES AND SOUNDS NOT BEING HEARD IN MIAMI. IN 1999, MEJIA WAS DETERMINED TO MOVE BACK TO MIAMI AFTER A CREAT RUN IN ORLANDO. IN NO TIME MEJIA HAD RESIDENCIES AT GROOVE JET, MANSION.AND CROBAR.HE WAS AT CROBAR FROM 2000 TO 2003 WHERE HE BECAME WELL KNOWN FOR HIS VERSATILITY OF MUSIC STYLES.SPINNING AT CROBAR GAVE MEJIA 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 GREATS AS ERIK MORILLO.JOSH WINK& LITTLE LOUIE VEGA. DEEP HOUSE WAS HIS TRUE CALLING AND IN 2003 HE STARTED HIS LABEL DUTCHIE MUSIC.IN THE LAST 15 YEARS THE LABEL HAS RELEASED OVER 300
RELEASES WORLDWIDE AND ACHIEVED AN UNDERGROUND FOLLOWING DUE TO MEJIA’S A&R WORK. ARTISTS SUCH AS STAN KOLEV,JOESKI,TIMEWRITER, SOLEDRIFTER,PETE HERBERT AND MANY OTHERS HAVE RECORDED WITH DUTCHIE MUSIC. THE LABEL HAS ACHIEVED FIVE #1’S IN IT IT’S HISTORIC RUN.
JUAN CONTINUES TO DJ WORLDWIDE. YEARLY TOURS TO SOUTH AMERICA TO PERU,MEXICO AND COLOMBIA HAVE CIVEN DUTCHIE MUSIC A WORLD- WIDE PLATFORM.HE HAS DEVELOPED AN ALLIANCE WITH THE SOUTHEAST ASIA ELITE AND IS TOURING EVERY 6 MONTHS TO COUNTRIES LIKE SINGAPORE,VIETNAM, CAMBODIA,THAILAND AND INDIA. MIAMI IS STILL HOME AND HE HAS RESIDEN-
CIES AT THE W HOTEL(LIVING ROOM).CHOTTO MATTE EVENTS AT LIV,AND GUEST SPOTS AT THE KEEP IT DEEP MIAMI.