Leroy Rey

Can start a long, long story about how I started listening to (good) music when I was a little shortie; fell in love with records, turntables & every kind of equipment having knobs while I supposed to play in the sand and all that stuff that almost every aspiring or even renown DJ puts in their bio, but I won't. This whole DJ-thing is ofcourse about loving music & the drive to do somethin' with it, but along with it comes 'bein' in the limelight' ( every DJ has a little bit of blown-up ego in 'em) and -more importantly- some finances. A DJ that says otherwise, don't believe him.

That said, I did a couple of things throughout the years: was a founding member & did beats for Dutch hiphop-crew "The Proov", remixes for diverse artists and went a lotta places national & international as a DJ. These days I try to spread my DJ-time between my own crew called "The Aficionados" (Rey Familia stand up!), my "RiskSoundSystem" membership (devotees to RealHouseMusic) and my ever-growing family from "Wicked Jazz Sounds" (good lookin', we gon' hit in 2008!) Why this many crews? Simple, I hate bein' alone...lol..........

Nah, I don't like to get caught up in one type of music, I love to listen to different shit. On top of that I like hangin' out and workin' with different people, as they all have their own vision and specific qualities. Look out for lots of projects in 2008: Wicked Jazz Sounds 5 (a comp.), the Wicked Jazz Sounds studio-album & RiskSoundSystem's first single "The Sound is Yours" (Legato Records) and various remixes. The Aficionados are also in the lab, no further details @ this moment, but we cookin'... watch out!! PeAce, L.


Some of the clubs/festivals:

Rockit/058 Podium (Lwd, NL), Jimmy Woo (A'dam, NL), Sugar Factory (A'dam, NL), Melkweg (A'dam, NL), Paradiso (A'dam, NL),Soho (A'dam, NL), Tivoli (Utr., NL),LVC (Leiden, NL), 013 (Tilburg, NL), Now&Wow (R'dam, NL), Off Corso (R'dam, NL), Stalker (H'lem, NL),Supernatural (Utr.,NL) Befrijdingsfestival Fryslan (NL), Lowlands (NL), North Sea Jazz Festival (NL), Metropolis Festival (NL), Soul Heaven @ Panama (A'dam, NL), De Rechter (Eindh, NL), Kaaiman (Antw, B), Cafe d'Anvers (Antw., B.),Hu'u Bar (Bali, Ind.), The New Dating Game (Chi., US), Love/Hate Bar (Miami, US), Club Blue (Miami,vUS),Deep @ Vanguard (L.A., US),vMoonshadows (Malibu, US), Cielo (NY, US), Apt.(NY, US)


Favourite DJs:

St.Paul - NL
Karizma - US
KC the Funkaholic - NL
Louie Vega - US
Spinna - US
Rich Medina - US
Seiji - UK
Theo Parrish - US
Lawrence LeFreak (Louwlouw!!)- NL


Some artists I shared the stage with, or was support act for:

James Brown
Common
Leela James
The Roots
Jill Scott
Digable Planets
Bebel Gilberto
Dwele
Gilles Peterson
Louie Vega / Kenny Dope
Karizma
Seiji
Dego/Marc Mac
Nickodemus


Discography:

'Warp 9' Da Zombi Squad (cassette only '96)
'SpeakerRoom' The Proov (cassette only '97)
'What I'm not' The Proov (12 inch '98)
'Traditions' The Proov (EP '99)
'Feel the heat' The Proov (12 inch '00)
'Traditions' The Proov (full CD '00)
'Elastiks' The Proov (track available on Nebula on 12 inch '03)
'SoulClap' Compilation (Universal '06)
'One off' Remix DogDaze (Flyin High '06)
'Wicked Jazz Sounds III' Compilation (United '07)
's'Amuse' Monsieur Dubois Wicked Jazz Sounds Remix (download only '07)
'The Sound is Yours' RiskSoundSystem (NEWS '08)
'Walking Down the Street' (RSS Remix) - Ron Carroll (Sneakerz '08)


Forthcoming:

Remix for Norman Kapoyos' 'A Long Way'
Wicked Jazz Sounds V
Leroy Rey's Aficionados album


Sources of inspiration:

Papa Ferry Rey
Earth, Wind & Fire
Stevie Wonder
A Tribe Called Quest
Marvin Gaye
Masters at Work
Karizma