'Superstar' electronic dance DJ O'Callaghan for hometown debut
by John Donohoe Updated: Wednesday, 25th January, 2012 5:00pm
Navan session between Australian and European dates for O'Callaghan
John O'Callaghan plays Solar nightclub, Navan, on 11th February.
He's in demand all over the world, but next month sees electronic dance DJ John O'Callaghan make a debut appearance in his hometown of Navan with a session in the Solar Nightclub.
Recent weeks have seen him spin the discs in Argentina and Britain, and he is heading off to Australia for an extensive tour in March, after a number of dates in eastern Europe and Russia. John's high- energy trance mix coupled with a highly refined precision mixing style has seen him surge up through the DJ ranks. Spinning his first Radio 1 Essential Mix in the summer of 2008, the gifted 29 year-old was one of only four trance DJs to do so during the year. Immediately following that, he made his debut in DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs rundown, arriving at number 60. In the 2009 chart he became one of the year's highest climbers, leaping 36 places into the world's top 25 (at number 24) and cemented his place as Ireland's foremost DJ and producer. In 2010 he held his own and remained in the Top 40 at number 33, in a year where house music exploded into the poll - this was a great achievement to maintain his rank. In his home country he has picked up the Best DJ awards at the Irish Dance Music Awards for three consecutive years; decisively conquered the notoriously competitive testing ground of Ibiza and was the first Irishman to play Trance Energy. John has achieved so much already but this is just the beginning of a trance legacy.
Since making his first moves into music production nine years ago, O'Callaghan's notched-up over 50 productions and released them on some of the most respected labels in the industry.
In the latter half of 2009, John again reached into the heartland of electronic dance with both his second artist album and the first edition of his new compilation series. Containing the hit singles 'Find Yourself', 'Never Fade Away', 'Out of Nowhere' and his Giuseppe Ottaviani collaboration 'Our Dimension', broadened John's appeal yet further still. Conquering the hearts and minds of both fans and press, it scaled the highest reaches of global dance charts, and burned through high rotation radio playlists worldwide. 'Subculture' quickly followed - an innovative hybrid artist/mix album that premiered freshly produced material including 'Cramped', 'Backup' and 'Striker'.
John caught his first DJ'ing break playing on 2FM's 'Sessions Tour'. From the DJ booth he has gone on to throw trance-fire onto the floors of some of the world's highest-profile clubs, arenas and festivals. Counted amongst them are Planet Love, Lush, WMC in Miami, Rain in Las Vegas and Creamfields. He is also a regular fixture in Ibiza, road blocking Cream @ Amnesia throughout the course of summer 2010, as well as his yearly trip to Eden for Judgement Sundays. O'Callaghan has also expanded his fanbases into Eastern Europe and North & South America (playing Sunrise Festival, San Francisco's LovEvolution, LA's Monster Massive, and his Brazil/Paraguay/Argentina tour).
He presents his take on the trance scene through his Subculture show on the industry-leading station DIFM. Subculture presents a crystal-clear monthly snapshot of John's in-and-out of club sound, exploring the outer reaches of electronic music. The show goes out at 5pm UK time on the second Monday of the month, noon US EST and 6pm CET.
In February 2010, after the radio show and compilation, John took the next evolutionary step and launched Subculture: the label. In cooperation with industry giant Armada, the imprint quickly started to showcase John and other likeminded musicians' tracks, kicking off with his own floor-pounding 'Striker'.
The Subculture brand has quickly built momentum with such success that John played at Tripod in Dublin, which is commonly known as the best club in Southern Ireland and sold out his feverishly awaited debut. Subculture nights are quickly becoming such a success in Ireland and further afield. Although his studio career carries more of an original production bias, John has lent his musical skill to many exceptional remixes. He is widely regarded as one of the most indemand remixers in electronic dance music today.
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