Jesse Rose

‘Your average club-goer may not know what to call the hybrid house being made by Jesse Rose, but there’s no mistaking its potent mix of mind-numbingly crisp techno/house beats, gritty sample riddled melodies and bassbin-blowing subsonics or its effectiveness on a dancefloor’ – xlr8r Magazine.

Regarded as house music’s most forward thinking producer of the last years alongside the likes of Switch & Clause Vonstroke, Jesse is responsible for twisting up the template of house music as we know it today.

Learning his trade as a dj with regular slots at the legendary London club Fabric and visits over the pond in Europe, Jesse now holds residency at his monthly Made to Play night at the Panorambar in Berlin and tours the world for fifty-two weeks of the year. To date Jesse has recorded for the likes of Classic, Get Physical, JBO, Simple, his own Made to Play and Front Room imprints and is currently signed to Dave Taylor’s Dubsided label. If you need a dance-floor remix Jesse is the guy you turn to, lending his skills to artists such as Hotchip, Armand Van Helden, Underworld, Simian Mobile Disco, Layo & Bushwacka!, Claude VonStroke and literally tons more. While all of this has been going on Jesse still managed to put away a collaborations album ‘More Than One’ and the highly respected ‘Body Language 3’ compilation on Get Physical.

Two thousand & seven seemed without doubt to be Jesse’s year of recognition, featured in every international dance music publication, nominated alongside four others for ‘Best British DJ’ at the DJ Mag best of British Awards, number four in IDJ players of the year & fourteen in Mixmag’s best DJ’s in the world 2007. Jesse finished a triumphant year playing in Sydney to 15,000 people on the main stage at Field Day.

Jesse has been playing records since the tender age of fourteen, raised on an upbringing of Motown Soul, Jazz and Eighties Funk in London’s Ladbroke Grove area. At the beginning of the nineties Jesse moved to Bristol and started hanging out with old friend Jamie Anderson. A few years on and the duo soon started djing and began throwing club nights, homing in on their particular sound of Chicago house mixed with early Detroit techno. By the mid nineties Jesse had already earned a reputation for solid sets across the four/four spectrum. It was around this time that those influences and ideas were finally cemented and Jesse began producing.

By ninety-seven Jesse was ready to make the move back to his hometown, recording his first mix compilation for the Subversive label and releasing his first single on Artform. The mix compilation received critical acclaim from all sides of the dance music community, who picked up on the unique way Jesse presented his sound.

In two thousand Jesse started working on his biggest project to date, alongside Chris Belsey the Front Room Recordings label was born. The label received loyal support from the off with an artist roster that boasts the likes of Solid Groove, Henrik Schwarz, Chris Duckenfield, Trevor Loveys, Jamie Anderson, Rob Mello, John Tejada and Stefan Goldmann. Jesse also worked on ‘loungin’ recordings’ from the same year until two thousand & six. Jesse now owns Made to Play & Front Room as his outlet for everything he loves in house & techno.

It was at the same time that Jesse started the labels that he met the man that would change him from DJ to producer: Dave Taylor (AKA Switch / Solid Groove). The first project they worked on together as ‘Induceve’ was ‘Jazz Chops’, which automatically became a house anthem. With a string of releases on Derrick Carter’s Classic label and more recently on Dave’s Dubsided imprint, ‘Induceve’ have become renowned for their way of twisting the house template. Dave has co-produced some of Jesse’s biggest productions including the massive ‘A-sided’ & ‘You’re All Over My Head’ on Dubsided. Jesse also records as ‘Content’ and regularly produces alongside Trevor Loveys as izit? and Oliver $ for the Made To Play imprint.

If it looks like things couldn’t get any better for Jesse, 2008 sees him release his first solo album, a remix album, an album tour for the first made to play compilation and more releases as ‘Content’, will he ever take a break?

Upcoming Jesse Rose Projects:

‘Playing Around Tour’ Jesse will be touring from March through to May to promote his first label showcase compilation of made to play tracks, taking in over 26 dates across North America and Europe. ‘Playing Around’ is released at the end of April on Made to Play.

Jesse Rose ‘What Do You Do If You Don’t?’ Album on Dubsided Jesse’s first solo album is due to finally hit the streets in Early Summer 2008 on Dubsided and includes appearances from Joe Hotchip, David E Sugar, Roxy Cottontail and collaborations with Switch and Afra & The Incredible Beatbox Band.

Afra & IBB in Tokyo Jesse has been in Tokyo in January to produce a track for Afra & The Incredible Beatbox Band. This track will be forthcoming on the group’s album due out in Spring 2008. They also took time out of the studio to perform together at womb in Tokyo & Osaka.

The Labels Both Front Room & Made to Play step up this year with a huge output of releases. Front Room will release tracks from Style of Eye, Deadset & Harry Axt over the coming months and Made to Play has new releases from idiotproof (aka Jamie Anderson & Deepgroove), Lil’ Bo Tweek (Trevor Loveys & Chris Belsey) and Two Much Fun (The new project from Jesse Rose & Samim).

Jesse Rose – Discography (Updated January 2008)

Guises Content – Jesse Rose Induceve – Jesse Rose and Dave Taylor Izit? – Jesse Rose and Trevor Loveys Seventh Chord – Jesse Rose and Jamie Anderson Regarding Movement – Jesse Rose Put It On – Jesse Rose and Dave Taylor

Productions Jesse Rose – Itchy Dog – Dubsided 2007 Jesse Rose – Didn’t I – Get Physical 2007 Jesse Rose & Oliver $ – Wake Up – Made To Play 2007 Jesse Rose – You’re All Over My Head EP – Dubsided 2006 Jesse Rose presents More Than One (CD) – Front Room 2006 Jesse Rose presents More Than One (EP2) – Front Room 2006 Content – Its So… – Simple Records 2006 Jesse Rose & Sinden – Me Mobile – Made to Play 2006 Content – No Refunds EP – Junior Boys Own 2006 Induceve – Warehouse Shit – Dubsided 2006 Jesse Rose presents More Than One (EP1) – Front Room 2005 Jesse Rose – Let’s Start Again EP – Dubsided 2005 Put It On – The Hidden Track – True to Form 2005 Izit? – Played Out EP – Made to Play 2005 Izit? – Heavy What? – Made to Play 2005 Induceve – Time To Begin (Single) – Classic 2004 Induceve – Time To Begin (Remixes) – Classic 2004 Induceve – Pick It Up EP – Dubsided 2004 Jesse Rose – Tell Me (Now) EP – Front Room Recordings 2003 Jesse Rose Presents the Connections EP – Front Room Recordings 2002 Induceve – Monolevel EP – Classic 2002 Induceve – Jazz Chops EP – Classic 2001 Jesse Rose – Concrete City – Subversive / Artform Records 1999

Remixes and Edits Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor (Jesse Rose Remix) – EMI 2008 Underworld – Globe (Jesse Rose Remix) – Junior Recordings 2008 Gavin Herlity – Praia Brava (Jesse Rose Dub) – True To Form 2008 Deadset – Tick Tock (Jesse Rose Dub) – Front Room Recordings 2007 Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler (Jesse Rose Remix) – Wichita 2007 D.S. – One Force – (Jesse Rose & Oliver $ Remix – Overdrive 2007 E-Dancer – World Of Deep (Jesse Rose ‘Respect to Detroit’ Remix) – KMS 2007 Armand Van Helden – Playmate (Jesse Rose Remix) – Southern Fried 2007 Swag–Everything I Know I Learnt On Acid (Jesse Rose & Oliver $ Remix) Odori 2007 Tom Mangan – Hot Toast (Jesse Rose Remix) – Private Joy 2007 Plastic Operator – Why Don’t You (Jesse Rose Remix) – Fine Day Records 2007 David E Sugar-Greco – Roman Soundsystem (Jesse Rose Remix) – Greco-Roman 2007 Robosonic – Die Verwandlung (Jesse Rose Remix) – Discomafia 2007 Ben Mono – BeatBox (Jesse Rose Remix) – Compost 2007 Kennith Bager – Fragment Two (Jesse Rose Remix) – Music For Dreams 2007 Kennith Bager – Fragment Seven (Jesse Rose Remix) – Music For Dreams 2007 2Raumwohnung – Besser Geht’s Nicht (Jesse Rose Remix) – EMI/ It Sounds – 2007 Cagney & Lacey – your Girl Pukes all Over The Dancefloor (Jesse Rose Remix) – TFE 2007 Claude Vonstroke – The Whistler (Jesse Rose Remix) – Dirtybird 2007 Sideshow – Philly Soundworks Dub (Jesse Rose Remix) – Aus Records 2006 Soho Dolls – Right & Right Again (Jesse Rose Remix) – A&G Records 2006 Layo&Bushwacka! Feat. Green Velvet – Life2Live (Jesse Rose Remix) – Olmeto Records 2006 2020 Sound System – Can’t Stop The Crew (Jesse Rose Remix) – 2020Vision 2006 Krafty Kuts & Tim Deluxe – Bass Phenomenon (Jesse Rose Remix) – Against The Grain 2006 Pan-Pot – Black Dog (Jesse Rose Remix) – Mobilee 2006 Recloose – Dust (Induceve Remix) – Peacefrog 2006 Rekid – Next Stop Chicago (I Belong) (Jesse Rose Remix) – Rekids 2006 Riton – Angerman (Jesse Rose Remix) – Linxfarren 2006 Phil Weeks – Make Me Wet (Jesse Rose Remix) – Robsoul 2006 Heidi vs Riton – Vejer (Jesse Rose Remix) – Get Physical 2006 Mark Knight Feat. E Man – A New Reality – 1Trax 2006 Jimpster – Love You Better (Jesse Rose Remix) – Freerange 2006 Kosma – Heliocentric (Jesse Rose Re-Puzzled Mix) – INFRAcom! 2005 Jamie Anderson – Back Then (Jesse Rose Edit) – Front Room 2005 Elite Force – Mindfunkpsychedelic (Jesse Rose Remix) – Kingsize 2005 Trevor Loveys – Now I Am Ready (Jesse Rose Vs Jimpster Remix) – Freerange 2005 Put It On – The Hidden Track (Jesse’s Made to Play Edit) – True to Form 2005 Trevor Loveys – Say What? (Jesse Rose Edit) – Front Room 2005 Pascal Feos – Feos Jazz (Regarding Movement Remix) – True to Form 2005 Lee Mortimer – When It Comes (Izit? Remix) – Front Room 2005 Freaks – Love & Hate (Induceve Remix) – MFF 2004 Atlantic Fusion – Man From Atlantic (Jesse Rose Re-Jig) – Front Room 2003 Solid Groove – Mad About (Jesse Rose Dub) – Front Room 2003 Eric De Mann – I am (Somebody), (Induceve remix) – Artform 2002 420 – That Funky Track (Induceve Remix) – Classic 2002 Jamie Anderson – Anything (Seventh Chord Remix)–Artform 2000

Compilations Body Language Vol.3 – Get Physical 2007 Compressed – Front Room Recordings 2000 Tec-House Living – Subversive Records 1998

Studio collaborations have included Henrik Schwarz, Chris Duckenfield, Rob Mello, Solid Groove, Jimpster / Audio Montage, Jamie Anderson, AJ Scent, Sygire, Sinden, Switch, Kosma, Claude Vonstroke, Atlantic Fusion, Domu, Trevor Loveys, Stefan Goldmann, Max Fresh, Access 58, Oliver $ & MDV.