Mention the name
Jonathan Peters to any club-goers and most likely
you will hear that he is without a doubt a DJ's
DJ. Providing beat-driven bliss in 14 hours stretches
and displays amazing control and power at Manhattan's
legendary "Sound Factory" each Saturday
night. Supplying hard-hitting body-rocking beats,
Peters creates an auditory roller coaster from
which the crowd enthusiastically jumps on, throws
their hands in the air, and enjoys the ride. In
addition to DJing and being a founder of Deeper
Rekords NYC www.deepernyc.com Peters also produces,
remixes and makes guest appearances around the
world.
For over a decade Peters has been synonymous with
house music in New York City. He began his career
in 1988 when he landed his first gig spinning
weeknights at Café Iguana. Over next three
years, Iguana was the place to be witnessing young
DJs star on the rise. In 1991, he moved to Café
Society, as did his growing numbers of fans, and
then to Le Bar Bat a year later.
Jonathan then continued a six year odyssey of
weekly residencies at NYC’s hottest nightspots
including, the Roxy, Limelight, Palladium, Mirage,
Club USA, Nell’s, Tavern On the Green, Club
10, El Flamingo, Expo, (Save The) Robots –
even aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid. Committed to
leading the pack in breaking the freshest progressive-style
house, it was only natural that Peters tuned his
prodigious energies to productions.
Inspired by the success of The Fugees, Peters’
remix of Roberta Flack’s original "Killing
Me Softly" for Atlantic earned him his first
#1 Billboard hit. Shortly after, he had another
#1 hit under his belt with the galvanizing remix
of Chaka Khan’s "Never Miss The Water"
for Warner-Reprise. Soon he was being sought after
to work magic for other big names artists such
as, Janet Jackson (Virgin), Amber, Cynthia, Jocelyn
Enriguez (Tommy Boy), Hannah Jones (BMG) and Eboni
Foster. Jonathan’s work is featured on the
GlassNote release of opera classic "Flower
Duet" and his remix of Divine’s (Pendulum)
remake of George Michael classic "One More
Try".
Jonathan Peters display amazing control and power
when he regularly appearing at Boston, Miami,
Philadelphia and venues all over the world. In
addition to DJing, making hit songs and being
Billboard reporter, he recently started his own
radio mix show on Radio FG in Paris. Jonathan
has unique ability to tap into today’s sound
and give it his own special twist, and leave with
nothing but pure aural ecstasy. Behind the turntables
or behind the mixing board, Jonathan Peters is
the new force in dance music to be reckoning with. |