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13/09/2007

HED KANDI @ SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT

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by Jack McCord

Salaam ! Back to everybody's favourite outdoor Sinai nightclub last Saturday... Pacha, Sharm El-Sheikh. This gig was one of the highlights of my summer last year and they're still raving about their Kandi New Year's Eve party so I was expecting great things even if it was low-season tourist wise. Apparently this was the coldest March in 150 years but in spite of this and a few...

 
 

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John Jones 

 John Jones 

 Hed Kandi DJ 

Biography:It was a natural progression for John Jones to start manning the decks at the age of 15 after collecting specialist dance (house) music for a previous 3 years.

"I was influenced by the likes of Masters at Work, MK, David Morales, Erick Morillo, Roger Sanchez and  Mood II Swing.  I linked up with Hed Kandi in 2000 and in the last six years have had the pleasure of touring as a resident worldwide to cities such as New York, Sydney, Christchurch, San Francisco, Bogotá (Columbia), Miami, Reykjavik, Moscow, Ibiza, Majorca, Marbella, Glasgow, Dublin and Barcelona (with the stand outs having to be David Morales' club Stereo in Montreal which was mind-blowing, and also playing New Years Day @ Gatecrasher with Erick Morillo in 2006), alongside our residencies in the UK and presenting the Stereo Sushi Radio Show on MOS Radio. I can honestly say that I am still having the time of my life at the moment. It's what I have worked and strived to achieve and through Hed Kandi we are giving people up front in your face quality house music, whether it be deep underground funk to uplifting commercial vocal dance….. that's what Kandi is to me, accessible stylish house music as a product that looks, smells and tastes good, for people that love music" 

Production-wise he is one half of “Beaver & Jones” alongside Dylan Rhymes. Their last track featured on the most recent Twisted Disco album and they have also remixed  the new DONS single “Big Fun” out on Hed Kandi.

"See you on the dance floor!"   
John Jones
 
 

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