Full Name: JUNIA OVADOSE
Age: 22
Sex: MALE
Born: UK
Location: HUDDERSFIELD UK

1: Whom or what had the greatest musical influence on what you listen to today?

MOSTLY THE PEOPLE I HAD AROUND ME AT THE TIME INFLUENCED MY TASTES NOW.ON THE WHOLE IT WAS MY BROTHER JAMES WHO INTRODUCED ME TO HOUSE MUSIC MANY YEARS AGO.WHEN I WAS AROUND 12.

I CAN REMEMBER NOT FEELIN IT AT FIRST. BUT THEN HE HAD THIS ONE TAPE. I CAN REMEMBER IT VIVIDLY. IT WAS A TERRY HUNTER TAPE FROM THE EARLY HARD TIMES DAYS. IT BLEW ME AWAY. AND STILL DOES. I STILL LISTEN TO THE DAMN THING. MAN ITS HOT. TODAY, I AM NOT REALLY INFLUENCED BY ANYTHING BUT PERSONAL TASTE.

AN IMPORTANT THING WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A NAME FOR YOURSELF IN MY OPINION! PLUS WE ALL GET TO A TIME WHEN WE WANT TO STOP FOLLOWING INFLUENCES AND TRENDS, AND WANT TO LEAD.

2. Who was your first musical hero? Was it artists from the: Soul area, HipHop scene, Rock/Heavy Metal scene, Motown, The Sound of Philadelphia, or Stax Records artists, Jazz artists, Hip Hop Artist. Michael Jackson or Prince even? Who did you look up to musically when you were young?

WHEN I WAS YOUNG I WAS INTO EVERYTHING…. MAYBE NOT WHAT THE AVERAGE HOUSE MUSIC PRODUCER WOULD ADMIT TO - BUT I LIKED A LOT OF ROCK & EVEN METAL MUSIC, METALLICA FOR EXAMPLE (LAUGH).

BUT THEN HOUSE CAME INTO PLAY AT QUITE AN EARLY AGE. LIKE I SAID MY BROTHER WAS FRESH WITH HIS TAPES. I WAS TAKIN PIERRE, SANCHEZ, MASTERS AT WORK TAPES INTO SCHOOL TO LISTEN TO ON MY WALKMAN, WHEN EVERYONE ELSE WAS LISTENIN TO HAPPY HARDCORE I WAS THE ONLY KID IN MY SCHOOL INTO HOUSE!!

3. You are a DJ and DJ/Producer these days. However, what was the first club that you played at, that allowed you to gain vital experience to that is invaluable now! Is it still there now, or is it a pile of dust? If it is still there have you gone back to play there from time to time?

THE FIRST SPOT I HAD WAS @ CLUB NON IN HUDDERSFIELD. AT THE TIME THE PROMOTIONS TEAM HAD JUST CHANGED AND THEY WERE LOOKIN TO CHANGE FROM THE NORM OF COMMERCIALISM! SO I GOTTA SPOT, WITH MA BOY MOSS (UNDERGROUND COULTURE TOURIST) WE USED TO RUN 4 DECKS. LIKE THE EARLY MAW SETS!

FROM THERE I TURNED A FEW HEADS AND SHOWED WHAT I COULD DO. I DON'T SPIN LIKE THE AVERAGE DJ, MOST PEOPLE BORE ME TO DEATH. NO PASSION, ENERGY OR QUALITY CONTENT IN THEIRS SETS. FROM THERE THE NIGHT WENT FROM STRENGTH TO STREGNTH…

I ENDED PLAYIN WITH LOADS OF PEOPLE FROM PIERRE, VIC SIMONELLI, TROUBLE, DJ ROMAIN, DANNY KRIVIT. I ALSO HELPED GET A LOT OF THE DJ'S.AS I ALREADY HAD QUITE A LIST OF CONTACTS AT THAT TIME.

4.Was Djing in your youth considered as being a "cool" thing to do, as it is considered today? It seems as if everyone and his dog wants to be a DJ these days. Starting djing at an early age as you did, was this something that you wanted to do as a career when you got older?

OBVIOUSLY ITS MOST PEOPLES DREAM WHEN THEY GET THEIR TURNTABLES AND STUFF TO HAVE IT AS A CAREER, BUT OF COURSE VERY FEW MAKE THE TRANSITION.

AT THE TIME I STARTED I SUPPOSE IT WAS JUST BECOMING THE "KOOL" THING TO DO. AND BEFORE I HAD MY OWN TABLES I WOULD USE MA BOY DJ SOSA'S DECKS, TO LEARN ON.

IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO REALISE HOW I WAS GOING TO SET ABOUT MAKING IT MY CAREER. ITS NOT EASY WHEN YOU START OUT. YOU GOT THE TUNES AND THE TALENT, BUT YOU KNOW NO-ONE, AND NO-ONE WANTS TO LISTEN TO YOU SAYIN HOW GOOD YOU ARE. EVEN IF PROMOTERS ASKED FOR A TAPE. THAY AIN'T GONNA LISTEN TO IT MAN...

5.Was House music the first real "sound" that attracted you to djing? Or was it other something else? Not necessary Dance music for instance?

DEFINENTLY HOUSE MUSIC.

6.Record mixing - your technique when playing out. Do you use a style of "blending" when you playing out; or are you a person who like to jump straight in and out of a track without warning! What styles do you like to use?

I USE ALL KINDS OF STYLES MAN, TO KEEP IT INTERESTING. NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS A BLEND, BUT SHOULD IT NEED IT. OF COURSE!!!I LIKE TO REALLY GET DOWN YOU KNOW. "JACK"

I LEARNT TO MIX FROM WATCHING PEOPLE LIKE DERRICK CARTER & DJ SNEAK. THEN I ADOPTED IT TO MY SETS. I LIKE THEM I USE A VERY QUICK AN TIGHT MIXING TECHNIQUE!

AGAIN I FIND THAT THIS HELPS TO KEEP THINGS INTERESTING, IT INJECTS ENERGY INTO THE MUSIC, (AND ALSO SHOCKS A FEW PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE HOW FAST YOU BUST TRAX IN TO EACH OTHER WHILE STILL KEEPIN IT ALL IN TIME!!!!)

BUT IT HELPS YOU TO BE MORE CREATIVE WITH YOUR SET IF YOU HAVE TIME ON YOUR SIDE.U CAN BE JUMPIN FROM 'ONE INTO ANOTHER ON TOP OF ANOTHER' ALL THE TIME.

I LOVE WATCHIN DERRICK CARTER PLAY MAN, I AINT SEEN HIM IN A WHILE, I WAS OUTA TOWN IN PORTUGAL LAST TIME HE WAS AROUND.

7.Staying on the subject of mixing. Do you feel that the Dj's of today place far too much an importance on it? Shouldn't they be more worried about the tunes they are playing, and in what sequence - then beat mixing??

YES I GUESS. ALTHOUGH TO MAKE IT IN THE CURRENT MASS OF DJ'S. TO CUT ABOVE THE REST OF THE 'COMMON ALL GARDEN' BEDROOM RAVE MERCHANTS (laugh). YOU NEED THE FULL COMPLETE PACKAGE…

TO MIX IS THE EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD TO DO. BUT TO PLAY SOME DOPE MUSIC. EVEN STUFF NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD BEFORE. AND KEEP THE FLOOR JAMMED IS QUITE AN ART! ANYONE CAN PLAY THE LATEST MOST POPULAR RECORDS AND ENTERTAIN THE AVERAGE BEER GUZZLER AT A CLUB. AND NO ONE CARES WHO THEY ARE!

BUT THE PEOPLE WHO DARE TO DO IT DIFFERENT WILL ALWAYS STAND OUT!!!

8.Being based in Yorkshire, here in England. Did you ever get to visit and soak in Yorkshire's most famous House nights - Back to Basics and the Hard times?

Did you enjoy the venues if you ever went? Did you ever get the chance to play at these venues eventually

YEH MAN - THE INFAMOUS TERRY HUNTER TAPE WAS FROM THE EARLY HARD TIMES DAYS. (Leeds) AT THE TIME I LOOKED TOO YOUNG TO GAIN ENTRY, BUT ONCE I COULD GET IN I WAS THERE MAN - EVERY WEEKEND. OF COURSE HARD TIMES STARTED IN MY HOME TOWN OF HUDDERSFIELD, SO THAT'S WERE WAS AROUND HERE!!!

IT WAS MY DREAM TO PLAY THERE. IT WAS KOOL WHEN QUITE A FEW YEARS AFTER I GOTTA SHOT! AND THEN WAS MADE A RESIDENT THERE! I PLAYED WITH ALL THERE USUALS. DJ SPEN, TERRY HUNTER, LORD G. CJ MACKINTOSH.

BACK 2 BASICS WAS SOMETHING I GOT INTO A LITTLE LATER THAN HARD TIMES. AS THEY WERE SHUT FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, BEFORE MOVIN TO THE MINT CLUB. I REMEMBER THEY HAD DERRICK CARTER FOR THE OPENING NIGHT, USUAL DAMN STORY WITH NEW CLUBS AND THEIR AIR CONDITIONING UNITS. BUT IT WAS OFF THE HOOK.. BUT AS YET I HAVE NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO PLAY THERE

9. Was it a hard slog to reach the top spot of becoming their resident DJ at Club Non? Did becoming a resident at Club Non allow you to DJ alongside some of your DJ heroes? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY YES - BUT MOST OF THE OTHER DJ'S THERE AT THAT TIME WERE JUST DOING THE NORM. SAME OLD RAVE. SO I WAS NOTICED FOR DOING IT DIFFERENTLY BY THE CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS THE MANAGEMENT. AT THAT TIME ME AND MOSS WERE VASTLY DIFFERENT TO ALL THE OTHER DJ'S THEY HAD THERE. AS I SAID IT HAD A COMMERCIAL ASPECT TO THE MUSIC. SO WE SET ABOUT CHANGIN THAT. IT DIDN'T TAKE US LONG

10. You have since then managed to play at club events within the UK, such as Miss Moneypennies, the Ministry of Sound and Renaissance. Out of all of these nightspots - which was your most favourite to play at?

MY FAVOURITE IN THE UK WAS @ CLUB NON. WE HAD A NIGHT ON WITH ALL THE BEST HUDDERSFIELD DJ'S ON CALLED ''MIDNITE FREAKIN''. WE HAD A GREAT NIGHT. IT WAS ONE OF THE BUSIEST NIGHTS THEY EVER HAD THERE. IT WENT OFF. IT WAS LIKE A REAL HOUSE PARTY, AS IT SEEMED EVEYONE KINDA NEW EVERYBODY!! MAN THERE WAS ME, DJ SOSA, WHO NOW RELEASES FOR BUMPIN CITY! MOSS,( AKA 'UNDERGROUND COULTURE TOURIST') WHO LATER RECORDED SOME STUFF FOR CLASSIC. ASA. LOADS OF US

11. From the research that I have been doing on you. I found out that you got a chance to play out at one of the true homes of House and Garage music. That being New York City. Tell us how did that happen? And where did you play for your first gig via going to that city?

THE FIRST TIME I PLAYED AT 'FILTER 14'. I WAS OUT IN NEW YORK WITH DJ PIERRE AND HIS BOYS 'DJ DELUXE' AND 'DJ AWOL' AFTER MAKIN GOOD FRIENDS WITH THEM ON PIERRES APPEARANCE AT CLUB NON. THEY USED TO PLAY FILTER 14 ON FRIDAYS. SO THEY BROUGHT ME OVER TO PLAY

12. Did this lead to other American DJ slots opening up for you? If so please tell us where, and which did you enjoy the most?

OH DEFINENTLY, IT OPENED MANY DOORS. I WOULD MEET PEOPLE ON THAT OCCASION THAT WOULD PRETTY MUCH SHAPE THE FUTURE FOR ME.

THE DAY AFTER FILTER 14, ME AND VICTOR SIMONELLI WENT TO THE SHELTER, AND THE SAME THERE, U MEET ALL THE OWNERS, THE DJ'S TIMMI REGISFORD, BLAZE ETC, ETC!

THE NEXT TIME I WAS OUT THERE I WAS RECORDING SOME ONLINE DJ SETS AT networkpartydjs.com. THE NEXT TRIP IS IN NOVEMBER AN WILL BE THE MOST SPECIAL BY FAR:

I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO GO ON KISS FM, DARRYL JAMES HAS BEEN PLAYIN MY RECORD ''WATS THE DAMAGE'' (THAT I DID FOR SIMONELLIS LABEL 'STELLAR') FOR WEEKS ON HIS SHOW. ME AND DJ SOSA ARE IN TOWN ANYHOW PROMOTING THE NEW RELEASES, SO HE ASKED US ON

WE ARE ALSO PLAYING WITH TONY HUMPHREYS AT THE "UNDERGROUND COLLECTIVE" PARTY. WHICH NOT MANY UK DJ'S CAN BRAG ABOUT. PLAYIN KISS AND WITH TONY IN NEW YORK CITY. ONE OF THE CELEBRATED HOMES OF HOUSE MUSIC

13. I have been doing some research about you, and I have found out that you came into contact with a certain Mr.Victor Simonelli (New York). How did you manage that? What was he like as a person?

VICTOR HAS BEEN WITHOUT DOUBT THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY CAREAR SO FAR. HE GAVE ME MY FIRST TRY OUT AT REMIXING - WHICH HE LATER RELEASED. HE ALSO RELEASED 'WATS THE DAMAGE' ON HIS LABEL. ONE OF MY FIRST STUDIO OUTINGS, HW WAS ALWAYS ON HAND WITH ADVICE, HOOK UPS. U NAME IT.

HE IS ONE OF THE NICEST GUYS IN THE INDUSTRY. PEOPLE LIKE VICTOR ARE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN AN INDUSTRY, THAT IS ON OCCASION, MARRED BY THE USUAL CON ARTISTS.

I AM LUCKY TO BE SURROUNDED BY GOOD PEOPLE LIKE VICTOR, DJ PIERRE, JORDAN FIELDS ETC, WHO ARE ALWAYS LOOKIN OUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE INDUSTRY! THAT'S WHY HOUSE WILL NEVER DIE