Jono Fernandez

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Jono Fernandez has achieved more as a producer and DJ in the last few years than many do in an entire career. At 15 Jono discovered club life and dance music in Canberra and he soon began Djing. Not long after supported by his classical training in piano, violin, flute and guitar he launched his successful career writing and producing electronic dance music. With his music earning him global accolades from peers and enthusiasts alike, Jono has since released tracks that are played and charted worldwide and have found their way into the record bags of many Australian and international artists including John Digweed, Sasha, Dave Seaman, Anthony Pappa, James Zabiela, Plump DJs, Blim, Hybrid, Hernan Cattaneo, Gerry Bonham, Kasey Taylor, Ivan Gough, Phil K, Gab Oliver, Luke Chable, Moshic and Gordon Kaye.

After relocating to Melbourne in 2001, Jono was signed to the Australian label Zero Tolerance; a move that allowed him to further develop his production skills, perform and collaborate with esteemed Australian producers Gab Oliver, Ivan Gough and Luke Chable. The last 3 years have seen Jono continue to adapt his classical training toward innovative production that has achieved him international recognition with "Intruder" featured on Global Underground 22 mixed by Dave Seaman, released worldwide in May 2002. Not content to let his success and passion for electronic music stop there in the last year alone Jono has let loose with "Colours of Conscience" (Electrofly), "Monkey Business" (EQ Grey), "Before You Break On Me/Before You Beat My Box" (M Theory) and "Come To Me" (Screen) with Luke Chable as well as remixing "Scream to Be Heard" by SDM Soundclash (Baroque).

Jono shows no indication of slowing down as 2005 rapidly approaches, turning out the much talked about Prodigy mashup "Beat My Poison" which is destroying dance floors all over Australia and Asia as well as an unsuspecting crowd in the main room of Bedrock (UK) causing absolute mayhem when Luke Chable dropped it earlier this year. With upcoming releases slated for later this year including "Northern Lights" on Erase Recordings, a collaboration with Vance Musgrove called "Directions In Groove" on Pangea and "Deliver Me" on Institution Recordings, as well as several tracks and remixes yet to be announced, Jono is set to expand his ever increasing repertoire of quality tunes.

In addition to his production accomplishments, Jono has also had an impressive DJ career. Jono was instrumental in establishing the progressive club scene in Canberra and now forms an integral part of the Melbourne scene. Since 1995 the Fernandez following has been rapidly multiplying with huge numbers turning out to see him play with consistent appearances and residencies at various Australian events, club nights and venues in Melbourne, Canberra, Cairns, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney. Amongst his guest spots and residencies, Jono has played alongside Dave Seaman, Nick Warren, Anthony Pappa, Kasey Taylor, James Zabiela, BT, Andy Jarrod, Danny Howells, Craig Richards, Barry Gilbey, The Orb, Lexicon Avenue, Mara, Plump DJ's and Krafty Kuts.

Not content with his current gig schedule and workload Jono has also developed a production course to share his knowledge with upcoming producers and DJ's while at the same time increasing his own portfolio of trademark individualistic sounds and adapting his considerable production skills to do more remix work. Jono is recognised as a well-respected pioneering talent who works tirelessly and brings maturity and experience to the studio. His musical expertise crosses a broad set of modern genres including, deep house, progressive, breaks, tech-house and ambient.

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