Here's a remix I did that hasn't received a proper release, so its been collecting dust. Therefore, I'd like to gift it to my fans for the continued support. Hope you enjoy!

Derek Ryan - Arashi (Jeremy Rowlett Remix)

producer, remixer, dj, radio host. in to all styles.

The thin lines between......
Progressive / Techno / Trance

Born and raised in the small rural town of Wilmar in southeastern Arkansas, US. With no local music scene, his only exposer to music at a very young age was through attending church but also digging into his mother and brother's vinyl and cassette collections listening to hip-hop, r&b, blues, soul and motown artists. In his elementary years he joined his school choir and learning the basics of piano and reading sheet music. Later, at 12yrs. old he joined his high school concert band learning to compose and write and playing alto saxaphone and later added tenor and baritone sax to the list. This opened his exposure to classical music. In addition, he later developed a taste for percussion; learning snare and eventually full drum set. Having been exposed early on to rock and metal music, this led him to being recruited as drummer for local a progressive metal band. Having been introduced to computers while enrolled in a technology course, he stumbled across music production software. Realizing he could use this as a creative medium musically in a way he had never imagined, he quickly learned this software, mimicing hip-hop beats and eventually creating his own. Unsatisfied with the sounds, he wanted more. A close friend then introduced him to electronic music artists such as Paul Oakenfold, Timo Maas, Nick Warren, John Digweed and more. This was a sound unlike anything he had ever heard. He studied these producers sounds and quickly started producing his own tracks and uploading them to forums online. After several years of crafting his sound he gathered the attention of the likes of world renowned DJs such as Paul Oakenfold, Markus Schulz, Solar Stone, M.I.K.E. and John 00 Fleming to name a few, with releases on labels such as Saturate Audio, In Sessions and an assorment of labels under the Proton Music label catalog. 


Record Label Affiliates:

@Saturate-audio / @joof-recordings / @forescapedigital

For more guest mixes and live sets, go to www.mixcloud.com/jeremyrowlettmusic

Send all promos, production requests and other inquires to: 

jeremyrowlettmusic@gmail.com

In childhood it wasn’t a book Derek kept under his covers late at night – it was a pair of headphones. Listening to the late night shows on the Santa Monica university radio station KCRW he discovered the mind expanding experiences of synthesized soundscapes, adding a whole other dialect to his second language of music. (Japanese is his third, but that’s another story.)

Then, while living in France, Derek discovered the trance genre in Antiloop’s “Nowhere to Hide” and Energy 52’s “Cafe Del Mar” on a Love Parade compilation, bringing him ever closer to the melodic textures of this electronic world. One day, in Paris, guided by fate, he completed this crescendo when he accidentally stumbled upon his first outdoor rave – Derek was home.

Returning to the US, Derek headed for the San Francisco club and underground scene. He bought turntables in 2003, deciding to place himself directly in the flow of the sounds he came to love in the chaos and freedom of a Parisian street rave.

Ever since, he has dedicated himself to bringing the raw emotional power of melodic dance music to dance floors and headphones from the San Francisco Bay Area to Tokyo to Black Rock City and beyond through DJ appearances and crafting cutting edge melodic dance sounds in original studio productions, remixes, and collaborations such as BluDream, Panic, Fireflower and Aureal.

Derek Ryan tracks have been rocking clubs worldwide in the crates of such DJs as Giuseppe Ottaviani, M.I.K.E, Suzy Solar, Tempo Giusto, Imag’in, Steve Anderson and more, and have been played on top radioshows/podcasts including Trance Around The World, SAME, Amadeus, In Love For Trance.

Between rave-reviewed productions and live DJ sets described as “blissfully rippin”, Derek continues to live true to his motto of delivering driving melodic beats to the masses.

Resident at: 

Resonate Together 
Progressive House UK
Trance Unleashed

Hi, my name is Mark Selby, back in the day, around about 1990 I first went to the legendary club in my home town of Sunderland "The Blue Monkey" and straight away I was hooked to the ever growing rave scene that was taking over the country. After several years of clubbing and trekking up n down the country attending raves I decided to purchase my own set of Technics 1210's. At first I started messing about with techno until I heard an amazing set played on the Essential Mix by the one n only Paul Oakenfold, that was it, I was hooked to psytrance  buying tracks on Perfecto Flouro, Union Jack and Dragonfly etc. It wasn't long after that I was introduced to epic house music and realised this was the sound that I wanted to start playing, listening to and taking inspiration from dj's like Sasha, John Digweed, Dave Seaman to name a few. Eventually the scene took on the name of Progressive House, this was the style of music that I played for the next 6 years before hearing UK Hard House, I started playing hard house with old friends that I used to go out raving with.
This was a fantastic time when me and my friends did various nights the Sunderland playing in local bars, our most successful night "Crackdown" was a fantastic event where we would pull in a crowd of proper die hard music fans....good times ;-)
After about 6 Years of playing hard house I started to get back into trance music again and also took the digital plunge and started using CDJ's which I found strange at first but soon got the hang of, I messed about with trance for a few years before reverting back to my true roots of progressive house, the music that I first started to play back in 96.
Around 2 years ago I started a SoundCloud account and started putting my mixes online and the rest is history!!!!