SSPS is Jon Winfield Nicholson AKA Jon Sunville AKA Porkchop AKA Blaak Gigi. Originally known as "Private Sector" Jon did a string of Performance based sound performances in late 2004 in NYC. The "SS" was adopted partly to resolve design issues for the LED ER EST / SSPS split 7inch released in late 2007. With the release of that seven inch, it marked the beginning of the Private Sector as "Secret Servant of the Private Sector".In 2008 SSPS again transforms itself into the Saccharine Sister of the Pyramid Snake, and again in 2010 with the Savage Society Private Sector. Jon is also a member of EXCEPTER since 2003. SSPS makes intentional strides to shine the third eye onto the crystal, emanating shades of blues, concrete, and punk . In January 2013, SSPS's membership grows by one with the welcome addition of Brooklyn based designer and rebel rouser- Erica Kenia to the line up. In her off time she gives old clothes new lives through experimentation with clothing label as St. Kenia. She is also the face behind the mask for parties "Kitty" and "Kooler than Jesus" at Wreckroom Bar in Brooklyn, NY. In musical circles she is known as DJ JRK PRTY aka DJ Crytsal Visions. SSPS has released music on Avant God, Nation, Long Island Electrical Systems, and Obsolete Units.

Recording artist , DJ and live performer.
LIES, Silent Season, TheBunkerNewYork

Kstarke Records / Nation Records - Chicago IL. 
No ‘Label’ - Amsterdam NL.
Interdimensional Transmissions - Detroit, MI.

Sound Signature: A symbol or icon defined by things heard. No sound is wrong. No sound is too elusive to escape arrangement, one's signature.

Sound Signature: An event, emotion, or feeling described by sound, but not limited to it. Expression given a direction. A focus through arrangement, our personal language at any given moment. No one can duplicate your signature, your mark, your life.

The difference between imitation and emulation is specific experience. No one else has walked your path, lived your vision.

There is no right or wrong way, only different ways as there are different people. We will learn reverence from each other through expressing our symbols, our hieroglyphs. This is my attempt to share mine.

Theo Parrish
Detroit 1997

Technicus // Cupio // quertycon

duckstadradio.com

Deep in the heart of Rotterdam’s concrete jungle you’ll catch Mowgli swinging through a crate of minimal wave, proto EBM, unknown boogie and the noisier edges of Chicago house and early techno.
With a persistent lean towards the darker and the grittier, Mowgli’s known for his leftfield selections that are stripped right back to the bare necessities. Heavy duty drum machine workouts and raw analogue synths are always on the menu, and this head chef is cooking up a storm whenever he steps behind the deck.

With an early fascination for bands like Parliament Funkadelic, Kleeer and Midnight Star, he’s always had a feel for the grooves that make you move. Formative experiences in Rotterdam’s underground club scene led the funk and soul boy down a path towards distorted electronix, and from those smoke-filled basements he’s never looked back.

Finding his feet among the freaks at early morning dances, his electronic education was synthesiser-driven from the very beginning. High NRG, Italo Disco and the Dutch West Coast Sound were all early influences, and every weekend he’d seek out the sounds at notable venues Bar, Hoboken & Perron.

With a growing flame for digging and DJing he was quickly recruited as a store trooper to work the counter at Pinkman. Here he submerged himself in the strange shades of electronic music’s deeper corners, stocking the aisles with labels like L.I.E.S, Bunker, L.A Club Resource, Stroom, South of North, plus Pinkman, CHARLOIS and Mindri.

Quickly developing a taste for the rougher edges of DIY dance music, he began his long running Operator residency as a platform for all his favourite finds. A regular show diving to the depths of his sound, it’s a must for all those with a soft spot for overdriven distortion and moody melancholia. 

Keeping up regular appearances at spots all over the Netherlands, including PIP, Blijdorp Festival, Poing, BIT, RadioRadio, Skatecafe & Weelde, Mowgli’s sound is taking him further afield with invitations from all four corners of the Netherlands and beyond.


Played venues:
- Keile Cafe (Rotterdam, NL)
- Weelde (Rotterdam, NL)
- Steur Garden (Rotterdam, NL)
- Bird (Rotterdam, NL)
- Poing (Rotterdam, NL)
- Mono (Rotterdam, NL)
- Bit (Rotterdam, NL)
- Blijdorp Festival (Rotterdam, NL)
- WiBar (Leiden, NL)
- Grey Space In The Middle (The Hague, NL)
- Pip (The Hague, NL)
- Skate Cafe (Amsterdam, NL)
- Radio Radio (Amsterdam, NL)
- Paak (Nijmegen, NL)
- EKKO (Utrecht, NL)
- Ankali (Prague, CZ)

For bookings or inquiries contact: carlos@pontoonbookings.com

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