Jake Childs

Last updated

Jake Childs
JakechildsPOSR.jpg
Jake Childs performs in San Antonio, Texas, in June 2009 with his electro-punk band POSR.
Background information
Birth nameJake Childs
Also known asPaparazzi
Morning Star
Lil' Prince
POSR
MNYNMS
Eleven:Eleven
Origin Austin, Texas, U.S.
Genres Techno, House, Ghetto house, Electro-punk
Occupation(s)Record producer
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, Sampler, Drum machine, Mixer
Years active1999–present
LabelsUNI.FORM Recordings, Universal Music Canada, Freerange, Drop Music
Om Records
Website Jake Childs

Jake Childs is an American record producer. He was born in Austin, Texas, and started playing music early in life, following in the footsteps of his father who played trumpet professionally with the Navy Jazz Band. Childs learned to play trumpet, guitar, bass and keyboard. [1]

Contents

Childs’ musical career as a house music producer and DJ started in Houston where he became a fan of a house radio show and began attending weekly house music events. Childs founded the record label Uni.form Recordings in 2002, [1] which allowed him to collaborate with like-minded musicians, producers and DJs.

Childs' has performed his self-produced music on multiple international tours. He has played in the United States, Iceland, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Germany, Russia, Siberia, Switzerland, Belgium, Mexico and South Africa. [2] He organized "some of the biggest raves in San Antonio, which were legendary" according to an October 2006 article on Underground House. [3]

In 2009, another incarnation of Childs’ musical creativity, POSR, an electro-punk band from Austin, signed a record deal with Houston’s Tierra Studios in May 2009. The band includes Childs as its producer, songwriter and singer; duel bassists Illson and Chris Casual, and DJ Adam Warped. [4]

Childs' project during 2010 to 2013, Eleven:Eleven, fronted by vocalist Sicca and accompanied by Childs on production.

Childs' project as of October 2014, MNYNMS, is fronted by Jessica Wahlquist, with a much slower essence that is synth driven.

Discography

Releases

Remixes

Production

Appears on

Tracks appear on

Related Research Articles

Judge Jules Musical artist

Julius O'Riordan, better known by his stage name Judge Jules, is a British dance music DJ, record producer and entertainment lawyer. Known for his DJ activities, music production and popular radio show which achieved global success. He was voted best DJ in the world by DJ Mag in the year 1995.

Laurent Garnier Musical artist

Laurent Garnier, also known as Choice, is a French electronic music producer and DJ. Garnier began DJing in Manchester during the late 1980s. He became a producer in the early 1990s and recorded several albums.

Azuli Records was a British independent record label, focusing mainly on house music and other forms of electronic dance music. The label was founded by DJ Dave Piccioni in London, England in 1991 but went into liquidation in April 2009. Some of its back catalogue was sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd. The label was re-launched by Piccioni and administered by Defected Records. In 2012, the label was sold to Defected Records.

Formed in 2005, Techno Squirrels is a band made up of Ryan Harlin and Lisa Eriksson. Both Eriksson and Harlin are sound engineers and producers for Techno Squirrels. Their music has been used in MTV's The Real World (Sydney), The Real World (Hollywood), The Real World vs. Road Rules Challenge, Regenesis, and on LucasArts' Thrillville 2 soundtrack.

Fierce Angel is a UK-based record label set up in 2006 by DJ Mark Doyle. The label employs a handful of DJs, sponsors special club night events, and employs a lifestyle marketing approach in regard to its endeavors.

Derrick Carter Musical artist

Derrick Carter is an American DJ, record producer and musician from Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is regarded as one of the best underground house key players currently active and is popular in Europe.

Rico Puestel

Rico Puestel, also known as Dinamoe, Elco and Central Scrutinizer, is a German record producer, live-act, DJ and labelowner. Born in 1986, he early got in touch with different musical expressions, devices and behaviours - playing the piano, guitar and drums. He started spinning records and dealing with creative processing through various kinds of electronic music at the age of 12. He grew up in Uslar, Lower-Saxony. Since July 2007, he lives in Kiel and studies musicology and philosophy at the University.

DJ Sneak American musician

Carlos Sosa, known as DJ Sneak, is a Puerto Rican-born American DJ and record producer raised in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is noted as being one of the second wave of Chicago house producers, as well as a member of the vanguard of late-1990s United States house producers.

Simon Neale, known by his stage names Shadow Child and Dave Spoon, is an English radio DJ and dance music producer. He's also part of the duo Avec alongside Doorly. He was part of the line-up on BBC Radio 1's "In New DJs We Trust" feature, which ran from Thursday night to Friday morning at 2 am to 4 am. The DJ has become notable for his hits, "Bad Girl " with Lisa Maffia and "Baditude" with Sam Obernik. His first release as Shadow Child was on Dirtybird Records in March 2012, and he's since formed his own record label, Food Music, alongside Lewis of Kry Wolf. Simon has a show on Rinse FM from 9 am to 1 pm every Wednesday evening as Shadow Child.

Jimpster is a British deep house producer and DJ. Together with Tom Roberts, he founded the labels Freerange Records and Delusions of Grandeur. While producing his own tracks and playing live shows, Jimpster has also worked on remixes, including a remix of the song 400 years by Bob Marley.

Torsten Stenzel Musical artist

Torsten Stenzel is a German musician, songwriter, composer and producer. Classically trained from an early age his roots are within the field of Electronic Dance Music. His interest for music first started at age 5 when he received piano lessons by academic piano teacher Andre Terebesi.

Joris Voorn is a Dutch DJ and record producer who lives in Amsterdam. Voorn is the co-owner of the Amsterdam-based labels Rejected and Green.

Marc Marzenit Musical artist

Marc Marzenit is a DJ and music producer from Barcelona, Spain.

Andy Caldwell is an American electronic house music DJ and producer.

Marco Carola Italian electronic musician and DJ

Marco Carola is an Italian electronic musician and DJ.

Mladen Coroddo Solomun, better known under his stage name Solomun, is a Bosnian-German DJ. He is a four-time DJ Awards winner for Best Producer, Best DJ and Best Melodic House DJ.

DJ Amadeus Ukrainian-born DJ and music producer

DJ Amadeus is a Ukrainian-born DJ and music producer in New York City.

Maceo Plex Musical artist

Eric Estornel, better known by his stage names Maceo Plex, Maetrik and Mariel Ito, is a Cuban-American DJ, techno music producer and DJ Awards winner, raised in Dallas and Miami.

The following is the discography of DJ Umek, including albums and singles.

Dawn Tallman is an American soul, R&B and gospel singer.

References

  1. 1 2 Lomax, John Nova (July 7, 2005). "The Golden Boy". Houston Press . Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  2. [ dead link ]
  3. "Underground House". Undergroundhouse.net. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)