Artist: Speedy J
Genre(s):
House
Techno
Ambient
Discography:
Public Energy No 1
Year: 2002
Tracks: 12
A Shocking Hoppy
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
A Shocking Hobby
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
G Spot
Year: 1995
Tracks: 10
Jochem Paap, aka Speedy J, is a Rotterdam-based techno musician whose urbane blending of melodious electro-pop with a harder, more Detroit-fueled sharpness has been among the most highly-praised of post-rave European techno. The Dutch repp in Richie "Plastikman" Hawtin's Plus 8 judge, Paap was equally well-known as a club DJ (his nom de platter is in reference to his artistry on the cut) ahead decision making in 1997 to curtail his DJ engagements and nidus on his medicine. His 1993 debut LP, Powdered ginger, was an piquant portmanteau word of ambient textures and hard, laconic beats, and was immediately smacked with the "intelligent dance music" tag, assisted by the comprehension of a geminate of tracks on the first volume of Warp's influential (Stilted Intelligence) series. Paap has since released several follow-ups under the Speedy J byname (G-Spot, Public Energy No. 1, A Shocking Hobby) and two solo albums in an ambient series for Fax titled Vrs-Mbnt-Pcs 9598 (just re-insert the wanting vowels for a spry translation). He's besides recorded a sprinkling of material as Public Energy for Plus 8, as easily as for his possess Beam Me Up! judge before discontinuing the latter in 1996. He is cofounder of a Dutch remix net, dedicated to bringing Dutch electronic musicians in touch with one some other and nurture collaborative projects, and late to his moratorium on the DJ circuit was known for his commitment to bringing dance-based experimental electronic music to a wider audience, playing out often in improbable combinations with groups like Cypress Hill and Henry Rollins. In addition to his original recorded put to work, Paap has besides remixed tracks for Secret Cinema and Sven Väth. [See to it Also: Jochem Paap]
