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John Askew   / artists (J) Real Name: John Askew Profile: John Askew is without doubt one of the hottest tech/trance producer/djs in the world. His record labels Discover and Discover Dark have given birth to some of the most exciting trance and techno records of the last 6 years – including John’s latest single “Chime” which Paul van Dyk played 5 weeks in a row on his legendary Soundgarden Radio show. His debut artist album “Lower the Tone” (released in 2006) received massive acclaim in the press and within 4 weeks of its release was completely sold out – a testament to John’s die hard fan base. After spending most of his teens playing guitar in a variety of local rock bands, John Askew’s musical alliance was suddenly disrupted when he attended an illegal rave in Cornwall in 1993. He immediately ditched both his band and his beloved Les Paul in exchange for a pair of decks. In 1994 John made his club debut at the notorious North London 80’s Acid House venue – Woody’s. A few months later he blagged himself a slot at a rave in Wiltshire which in turn led to a residency for the then infamous Wiltshire based sound system “Code Red”. This position gave John the opportunity to regularly play to thousands of underground revelers that would loyally make their way out into the countryside every weekend to party in the open air. His sound was influenced by a mixture of tough melodic German dance music that was fast putting Frankfurt (and djs like Sven Vath and Dj Dag) on the map as the epicenter of the global trance scene, and the hard, more percussive sounds that artists like CJ Bolland, Westbam and Jeff Mills were pioneering. URLs: http://www.djjohnaskew.com http://www.myspace.com/johnaskew In Groups: Backbeat, Cartel (5), Drum Cult Name Variations: All | John Askew | Askew | J. Askew | John Askew In The Bat Cave

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Srbine, Dec 04, 2005

John Askew is one of the biggest Dj in the UK. he always gives 100% in his sets and productions. Askew have been in this scene since early 90s but became big after his 12" Vellum. Since then John has made top quality 12"s and many of the big djs like Paul van dyk,Armin van buuren has played many of Johns tracks. John has also made an artist album 2005 that many of his fans have waited for many years. Johns dj style is everything from trance to techno and even som Psy trance and funkier stuff to. John is one of the biggest today in UK and maybe also in the world ..

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