Festa: Platinum Presents Samual James & JDG

Festa: Platinum Presents Samual James & JDG

Samual James:
Driven by a ferocious festival anthem and the uplifting buzz it brews, Samual has fallen at the feet of his own beat. Breaking boundaries in this generation’s electronic music melt down, the Samual James sound is worth the madness it creates. Blowing up on the harder tips of the progressive and electro house notions- his sound is large whether you like it or not! Inside the studio or bowed by the dance floor, the kamikaze that is Samual James defends the extremities that electronic music has so well shaped.

His solo release on Sony sub label Basik Rkrds ‘Mega’ set the storm in its paces, creating a tornado of hype from his hometown of Melbourne to the monster dance music cities globally with Hardwell, Laidback Luke and Sandro Silva in musical support. With a glowing position in the top 20 Progressive Chart on Beatport and three weeks in ARIA’s Club Chart Top 10, its no surprise Australia’s Will Sparks took to the mic on telling EDM Tunes Samual will be the biggest DJ in the world.

From teenage years, the studio has been his home while the booth has been his resort. On support for Sander Van Doorn and Porter Robinson in Melbourne recently has seen the solidarity of this gold mine. Dropping a huge beat across dance floors, the world is stepping up and paying attention. In anticipation of his next drop on ‘Argon’ through Hype Recordings with an official remix from the likes of Uberjakd, there is no denying that this southern beau is about get brutal.

JDG:
Amid an electronic dance music climax, a shining talent shadows its master from the first beat. Australia has been set ablaze with the delivery of a musical prodigy rocking the bounce tinge together with electro and big room house madness- his name is JDG.

Signed to the country’s stellar electronic music label Onelove, Melbourne born and bred Jordan Griffiths draws an awakening from a global compass to harness his impeccable production expertise. From the sounds and boldness of Hardwell, W&W, and TJR to the homeland inspiration of Will Sparks and Joel Fletcher, there is no room to deny the JDG profile is on a solid journey with his own flavour. Fusing a caliber of elements across the house, minimal and bounce tips, JDG drives the studio in first gear pioneering his sound across charts from Australia to the USA.

From his originals to remix roles, Jordan has etched his sound on the industry. His solo effort ‘Psyched’ claimed #3 on the Beatport Minimal Chart, ‘Indigo’ hit #10 on the Electro House Chart while grasping #16 on the ARIA club chart, and his collaboration with Will Sparks on ‘People Talk’ took out the Beatport Electro House Chart again at #15. ‘Chinatown’ with Joel Fletcher boomed at #10 on the Beatport Minimal chart while Jordan’s remix ride saw ‘Stars’ for Kaz James and Jono Fernandez lit up Oz at #17 on the ARIA club chart.

At Future Music Festival, Ultraglow and Goodlife, the fresh electronic scene has amped up the volume for JDG giving him dibs to the #44 In The Mix position, creating a DJ name for him outside of the studio. While he slams the decks its his pioneer fellow beat breakers David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and long time dance music devotee Tommie Sunshine that are also shaking up their sets with a beat or two from the JDG discography.

Keeping his tap on the sound from studio to the stage, JDG can only claim the smooth road ahead with his musical pride expanding lavishly with an epic array of tracks released into 2014.