Born and bred in the Midwest, J.E. Differently's birth was initiated in Chicago, Illinois but his upbringing was in the same home state of the likes of Bone Thugs n Harmony  and Lebron James . A simple man who grew up open minded and against the grain of what popular society dictated what should be done to be accepted, he seemed to always be on the "other side of the tracks".
Introverted , calculated, analytical , yet courteous , well mannered, his kindness was taken as weakness causing young  junior high and high school altercations.  His mother advised him to ignore things and channel the negative emotions into weight training rather than the ill end consequenced  avenue of fighting back. Weight training led him to enjoying more than just hip hop, extending out to the genre of rock.Artists such as Rage Against the Machine, Korn, Metallica, Pantera, Limp Bizkit and  Slipknot allowed him to vent. Highly rare for an African American male at the time, which is why he kept it to close friends.

He entered the military in 1999 after graduating where he would bounce back and forth between hip hop and rock mostly . Though he listened to DJ shadow and DJ Honda , the door to electronic music was opened to J.E. by friends he met while stationed in Okinawa , Japan. His enjoyment of electronic music would wax and wane throughout the early 2000's as hip hop and his vent of rock were always holding the top spots in his ears.


He spent time in Italy from 2003-2005 where  electronic tunes were nowhere on his radar. Little did he know it would storm back into his life in 2011 where his friend and fellow music head , William Figueroa , would re-introduce him to the likes of Flying Lotus, J-Dilla, Starkey and other eclectic artists which anchored a new top love in his mind and within his ears.  Listening to everything from Dimitri Vegas, Diplo, Sinjin Hawke, Machinedrum, Keys and Krates, Flosstradamus, Yellow Claw , Disclosure, Flume, and many more , J.E.Differently has found ultimate peace within electronic music, with no worries or qualms with being described as different , hearing that's interesting when it comes to his music taste. He has seen and is seeing now how being different will always keep him diverse and open only to reap the positives not only of all the electronic genres but in social aspects of life.

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