John Tejada

John Tejada

John Tejada (born April 21, 1974 ) is an electronic music artist, music producer, DJ, and record label owner. Born in Vienna, Austria, his Austrian father was an orchestra composer/conductor who met his mother, a soprano singer of Mexican-American descent while she was studying in Vienna.

He has recorded under diverse monikers for different labels. Names he has recorded under include Mr. Hazeltine, Lucid Dream, and Autodidact. He also provided a remix to Such Great Heights, from The Postal Service.

Collaborations

• Tejada has released several recordings with Arian Leviste over the span of 15 years. He is also a frequent collaborator with Divine Styler.
• Tejada teamed up with Takeshi Nishimoto (a pupil of Pepe Romero) to form I'm Not A Gun. I'm Not A Gun has released 5 full length albums since 2003.
• In 2006, he performed at several venues throughout Europe with Justin Maxwell, his newest associate.
• In October 2007, Tejada and Arian Leviste embarked on their first tour together throughout Europe. The duo performed a live hardware set at the following venues: Mission (Leeds, UK), Click (Hamburg, Germany), Watergate (Berlin, Germany), Propaganda (Moscow, Russia), Maffia (Reggio Emilia, Italy), Batofar (Paris, France), and Compression @ King King (Los Angeles, California, USA).

Discography

Album

• Little Green Lights and Four Inch Faders (1998) - A13
• The Matrix of Us (2000) - Defocus
• Daydreams In Cold Weather (2002) - Plug Research
• The Toiling of Idle Hands (2003) - Immigrant Records
• Logic Memory Center (2004) - Plug Research
• Cleaning sound is a filthy business (2006) - Palette Recordings
• Where (2008) - Palette Recordings

EP

• Ebonics (1997) - Palette Recordings
• Genre (1998) - Palette Recordings
• Sonic Life (1998) - Ferox Records
• Song Forms & Freedom (2000) - Mosaic
• The Cover Up (2000) - 1200 Music
• Connection Remixes (2001) - Sheep Records
• Mating Rhythm(2001) - Mosaic
• The Toiling of Idle Hands (2004) - Immigrant

Compilation

• Fabric 44 - John Tejada (2009) - Fabric (London)]

External links

• Palette Recordings
• John Tejada at Allmusic
• John Tejada discography at Discogs
• RBMA Radio On Demand - Train Wreck Mix - John Tejada (Palette Rec., LA)
• (French) Interview John Tejada - Actualites Electroniques
• (English) Interview John Tejada - Actualites Electroniques