JP & Jukesy aka Jon-Paul Montgomery and Adam Jukes are two rising stars in the UK scene especially in their home city of Birmingham.
We both have come from a clubbing background and have spent every weekend out for the last couple of years going to various clubs around the country, after a about 4 years of clubbing we decided we wanted to do more than just go to clubs. We decided we wanted to play in the clubs, we wanted to control the music played out to the clubbers and this gives us great satisfaction. To see the smiling faces of thousands of clubbers gives us both such an amazing adrenaline rush, that rush it what drives us week in week out. We have always favoured the harder side of hard house and this reflects in the sets that we play we also play hard trance and techno in our sets.
After fully supporting Sunday School in their opening months in Birmingham we were both given solo slots playing at the night, this is where we decided to go back to back and from April 2002 we were given a monthly residency as JP & Jukesy and we haven't looked back since. Sunday School gave us our first monthly residency and when the night decided to expand to a larger club in Birmingham they took us with them. We have since played at every event for Sunday School at the Bonds nightclub and are now the main residents with Tim k.
In the Summer of 2002 we set up our own night called Fluential at the Academy bar in Birmingham which was successful and ran for 8 weeks but due to other commitments the night was put on hold. In this time we were also given a residency at 2 student nights, Bounce and Frazzle.
Also in 2002 Afterssential opened at Subway City where we played the second night from the launch and had the privilege to take over from Andy Farley, since then the closing slots at Afterssential have always been a joy to play.
We have also appeared live on www.bpmradio.co.uk several times in 2002 going out live to 1000+
In 2003 we entered our first Dj competition it was for www.bangingtunes.com of which we were 1 of 8 winners and were awarded a set in the BT room at Insomniacz F.U.C.K in Sheffield which has been one of the hardest events the UK has ever seen. With a good performance there we are now booked to play again and also received a booking for World Dj Day where all proceeds go to cancer research.
In March 2003 after an excellent performance at a rammed Insomniacz Leicester we were given a bi-monthly residency at the Leicester event. We were also given main residents spot at the Jam in Birmingham and Delicious in Oswestry. We also opened a new afterclub called Deprivation with Daley, which will run special events on the Bank holiday weekends.
Working hard for our love of hard house and wanting to bring our own style to the dance floor we have had 2 tracks signed to Passion Records and will be released on Passion Presents in April. Both tracks How I feel and H-bomb are two hard house stompers and the reaction to both records has been excellent.
In 2003 we joined Gurn.net's DJ Agency, ClubTheWorld DJ Agency, DJ-Register DJ Agency, Mainroom DJ Agency and will be playing at their tours around the country. If you are interested in booking these agencies for a tour please contact Jukesy or JP for details. .
We compile hard house charts for hard to find records every other month, this is mailed out to over 180,000 customers worldwide, and we also compile monthly charts for our website
Music Policy: We are real crowd pleasers as we come from a clubbing background and we know how to read a crowd. Our style of music ranges from proper hardhouse to hardtrance to techno just depending on what the crowd want.
From: Jukesy - Dudley, Jp - Tamworth
Year of Birth: Jukesy - 1981, JP - 1981
Management Agency:
Residency: Sunday School, Afterssential, Insomniacz Leicester, Frazzle and Fluential (own night)
No. of Records: 2000+
Started Playing: May 2002 as Jp & Jukesy but we had both previously played out solo
All time top 3 tunes: Bk - Bad Ass (original), RR Fierce and DMF Full metal (original), Ian M No way
Worst DJing Moment: Travelling 2 hours to a gig Wales, 15 minutes into the set the police came in and shut the place down because they never had a music license. JP kept putting the music back on while the police were there and the owner went mad. Needless to say we made a quick exit. Was well funny tho J
Would most like to play: Sundissential HQ (main room) and Sundissential North
Most enjoyable set you've played: Sundissential Ibiza in August 2002 and Sundissential Hq re-opening in the Dance Factory. Sunday School at Bonds are always enjoyable too.
When you're not DJing you're: Both hard at work in our full time jobs and trying to juggle studio work.
Favourite DJs: Ian M, Andy Farley and Paul Glazby
Favourite Venue: Evolution, Leeds
Favourite Promotions: Sunday School, Sundissential
Favourite Producers: Tom Ingamells, Paul Janes, Karim, Glazby, Casper, the late RR Fierce (rip) Paul King, Nik Denton, Guy Mcaffer the list could go on and on
Favourite Labels: Passion Records and Vicious Circle
Biggest Influences: Sundissential as a clubber from the pulse days. Producing and dj wise it would probably be Ian M, Glazby and Farley
Drink: Shandy as always driving somewhere
Non-music pastime: Women J
Words of wisdom: You should never burn your bridges as it may have to cross them again at a later date, also if you don't ask you don't get!!
If you could change the colour of the sky what colour would it be?: Turquoise
Did you ever fancy your dinner lady at school?: Never a dinner lady, there were a few nice teachers tho.
Residencies
- SUNDAY SCHOOL (MONTHLY)
- AFTERSSENTIAL (BI-MONTHLY)
- INSOMNIACZ LEICESTER (BI-MONTHLY)
- FLUENTIAL (PROMOTERS AND RESIDENTS)
- FRAZZLE (WEEKLY
Played Alongside
- Andy Farley
- Paul Glazby
- Karim
- Ian M
- Ilogik
- Lee Haslam
- Nick Rafferty
- Rob Tissera
- GRH
- Strange Dave
- (to name just a few)
Venues Played
- www.gurn.net Events
- www.clubtheworld Events
- www.mainroomdjs.co.uk Events
- www.dj-register.co.uk Events
- Sundissential Ibiza, San An
- Sundissential, Birmingham
- Sundissential North & Bank holiday Special, Leeds
- Afterssential & Bank Holiday Special, Birmingham
- Sundissential pre-bar, Birmingham
- Sunday School, Birmingham
- Sunday School vs Explosive, Birmingham
- Syn:ergy vs Insomniacz, Manchester
- Insomniacz, Sheffield
- Insomniacz & Insomniacz Afterclub, Leicester
- Extatic, Wakefield
- Housewives Choice, Leed
- Fluential (own night), Birmingham
- Deprivation, (own night), Long Eaton
- Fixation, Long Eaton
- 4th Dimension, Birmingham
- Crescendo, Birmingham
- Fluffy, Birmingham
- Messy, Peterborough
- Furious vs Frazzle, Oswestry
- Expression, Derby
- Frazzle, Birmingham
- Boo, Birmingham
- Spongy, Birmingham
- Fidget, Coventry
- Spiritualised, Atherstone
- Bounce, Birmingham
- Reality, Leicester
- Oblivion, Leicester
- Clotted cream, Hinckley
- Delicious, Oswestry
- Bosh, Long Eaton
- The Jam, Birmingham
- Word Dj Day 2003 HDUK vs BT, in aid for Nordoff Robins fund, Long Eaton
- Planet Hardcore, Northampton
- Suction, Birmingham
- Toast Daily Special, Manchester
- Frisky DJ competition, Northampton
- Deviation vs Damnation, Solihull
- Frisky, Northampton
- Discipline, Nottingham
- Spaceage, Nottingham
Future Dates
- May 18th - Insomniacz, Sheffield
- May 23rd - Deviation vs Damnation Launch Night, Solihull
- May 25th - Fidget, Coventry
- May 25th - Sundissential North, Leeds
- May 30th - Suction Launch Night, Birmingham
- June 8th - Nocturnal, Leicester
- June 13th - The Jam - Birmingham
- June 14th - Toast Daily Special - Manchester
- June 14th - Frisky DJ Comp, Northampton
- June 20th - Deviation vs Damnation, Venue tbc
- June 21st - Reality, Leicester
- June 27th - Delicious - Oswestry
- July 4th - Discipline, Nottingham
- July 11th - Insomniacz, Leicester
- July 11th - The Jam, Birmingham
- July 18th - Spaceage, Nottingham
- Aug 8th - The jam, Birmingham
- Aug 9th - Housewives Choice, Leeds
- Sept 27th - New event in wales vs Sundissential, Venue TBC
Please don't hesitate to call either one of us regarding bookings or on the availability of our first track How I feel as it is now signed to passion records.
References are available on request from Richard Sahonta at Sunday School and Madders at Sundissential please contact us for further details.