Dick Johnson (Magik J)


As a teenager Dick Johnson landed a residency at Manchester’s legendary Hacienda Club where he honed his house sound until it’s closure in 1997. Before long he was producing tracks for Cream’s Olympic label, New Order’s Pleasure Recordings and Manchester’s Paper Recordings collective, and had set up his own record label Shaboom records which went on to do over 100 releases from the likes of Joeski, Fred Everything, Doc Martin and DJ Sneak.

Prolific in the studio, he went on to do albums for Darren Emerson’s Underwater Label and Bristol house imprint NRK, as well as releases for Jesse Rose’s Made To Play/Play It Down, Southern Fried, Nic Fanciulli’s Saved Records, Lazy Days, Soundway, MOS & Vicious.

As well as his own productions, Dick has remixed the likes of Crookers, Claude Von Stroke, DJ Sneak, Ian Pooley, Worthy, Crazy P, Bassnectar, Fred Everything and has recently set up two new acts. The first is eight-piece band Weird Together with its own twist on world music and two EP’s signed to UK label Soundway and Jillionaire of Major Lazer’s Feel Up Records. The second is MEDZ, a slower, more futuristic electronic project with the first release due out on Vicious Btch.

Now based in Auckland, New Zealand and with a weekly show on local radio station George Fm, Dick continues a busy DJ schedule and it’s a rare weekend indeed that he is not behind the decks electrifying a crowd of dedicated followers and testing his tunes on dance floors from Russia to Argentina and most points in between. He has EP’s due to drop in mid 2015 for Play It Down and  Vicious Records, and a 10 year anniversary release of his classic ‘Feel Alright’ on Oliver Dollars ‘ new label Industry Standard.

Dick Johnson/Magik J
https://soundcloud.com/magikj
https://www.facebook.com/DJMagikJohnson

Weird Together
https://soundcloud.com/weird-together
https://www.facebook.com/WeirdTogether

MEDZ
https://soundcloud.com/medsmusic-1
https://www.facebook.com/MEDZbook

Discogs:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/81210-Magik-Johnson


Biography:

There’s a lot you can say about a DJ but the best thing for a DJ to say is nothing. Just play the records, mate. Which is what Benwah has been doing for over two decades. A DJ that prefers to let his music speak for him, Ben focuses on getting on with the job. He reads a room, sizes up the sensibility, then leads everyone on a musical journey that leaves them happy and enlightened. Not content to simply bang out the hits, he draws on his extensive knowledge and experience to unearth old and new classics to keep the audience on their toes. He’s honed his skills with an impressive resumé of gigs throughout the world, including numerous local club and bar residences. His style is difficult to pin down, a fitting testament to his willingness to explore different music and scenes. Suffice to say he knows a good track when he hears it and the right time it should be played.

Starting in 1990 I had a ten year journey, with The Prodigy we went from raves to rock stadiums, touring with some of the best artists of a generation.Picking up new influences and inspiration throughout the experience.In 2000 i left the band to concentrate on Djing and my own productions, releasing an album under the name Flightcrank, before moving on to vocal duty on two albums for UK artist Hyper.
A move to Germany brought about a Smash Hifi Album in 2014.In 2018 I began to release music on Get Hype Records, it was back to the underground with no limitations just my music that makes people rock. 2020 I started releasing on music.leeroythornhill.com in order to put more music out. 
Thirty years and seventy five countries later music is still my drug, various different projects, many learning curves, and plenty of musical experimentation, having brought me to where i am today. Using the things that inspired me to create my own sound in the studio and to bring energy to the dance floor when DJing.

coopa1 is me, Sean Cooper from Auckland NZ...

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