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A dynamic and versatile talent, whose energy is not only felt in his music but also his showmanship, Jon Mavek is no stranger to the New York nightlife scene. He is a veteran in the game with 3 decades of experience playing in clubs and lounges in the city. Places like Le Souk, Guernica, Sapphire, Porch, National Underground and Cielo.  Jon was first exposed to the art of DJing when he was 12 years old from his older brother that at the time was a DJ himself. At the age of 15, he taught himself how to DJ and practiced his new found passion and began to play at local parties in Washington Heights New York where he grew up. In the late 90’s at the age of 21 he landed a residency at the Kenny Scharft room at Tunnel Night Club and in 2003 Jon began to focus his energy on music production and as of late he has produced tracks that have made the top 100 Afro House charts on Traxsource. His DJ sets have been praised for their range, selection and his technique and his productions have received support from many of the great producers in the game. Jon’s love for the music and his passion for the art form is undeniable. 

Mavek Recordings is his record label established in 2018 and launched in 2020. Its  focus is on House music mainly Afro House, Afro Latin, Deep House, Chill Out Lounge Ambient Electronica and anything in between.

Influenced by the sounds of the South Beach Club scene of the early 90’s the soulful and versatile voice of Jei is a powerhouse ready to take you onto the dance floor yet capable of soothing your senses into ecstasy. 



Born in Miami, Florida to working class Cuban immigrant parents, in true Taurus form this young artist’s ambition and talents began to shine early on when she was five years old. After a beautiful performance in front of a large crowd at a school event, Jei receives her first standing ovation and triggered her parents to realize and begin to nourish her artistic talents with singing and piano lessons. Following her instincts she continued performing in her adolescent years as an active part of her high school chorus and drama club. 



On her 15th Birthday she released her first demo for a single project with two songs related to the celebrated Spanish tradition of “Quinceañera” or Sweet Fifteen.  Due to the buzz about this release, Jei was featured in an article in the Miami Herald about local musical talent and also interviewed by other local magazines. These publications opened several opportunities for Jei and soon after she was contacted by the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, to participate in their annual national singing contest. 



Continuing on her path to accomplish her dream she auditioned and performed on MTV’s Spring Break, American Idol 2003 where she showed her talents and was exposed to millions on TV coming in second place…MTV Reps were extremely impressed by her high energy performance and invited her back to other venues. At this same time Jei was introduced to the thriving underground house music scene in Miami in such clubs as Space. 



It was there that she met Edgar V, Oscar G, Ralph Falcon, Charlie Solana and Sammy O. From then on Jei worked on her craft by performing in the top clubs with Hot Jam Entertainment developing her style and craft.  Leading up to recording ’’ Enlevez- Moi’’ with DJ Christian Falero on Sydney Blu’s label  Blu Music.  It was then Jei ran into Ralph Falcon and he thought she was finally ready to shine.  From that session ‘’Amame’’ was born, and was released as single on vinyl format  to commemorate  their 20 year anniversary, May 2011 on Nervous Records. Shortly after ‘’Enlevez-Moi’’ was released to rave reviews and a scorching remix by Paul Thomas that has been featured on Sirius Radio, and the BBC Radio 1 UK and featured on Sydney Blu's cd on Nervous Records. 


Since then, Jei joined the cast of reality show Tough Love Miami on Vh-1 that debuted to over  1 million viewers on October 2. Coined Miss Bossy on the show, Jei hasn’t stopped there. Her solo single Show me the Money produced by Giuseppe D on Spy Music Group was released on Itunes to coincide with the show. Proving she’s multi-talented;  she has co-written, co-produced and directed 2 viral video parodies with the help of her team, ”Casa de Jei’’.  And as if that isn’t enough she has been featured in such publications as Life & Style, In Touch, Barcode, Miami Herald, Miami New Times and E!.  Finally, Jei was recognized by the City of Miami Beach with a Certificate of recognition, presented to her by The City of Miami Beach’s Commissioner Michael Gongora at the Lords Hotel in Miami Beach. The International Dance Music Awards nominated Jei for the International hit ''Amame” by Intruder ''MURK'' Nominated for Best House/Garage/Deep House Track. 



Jei is currently in the studio recording her first solo Album.produced by Oba Frank Lords. Set to be released Spring 2014 on 4Tune Entertainment.Featuring songs co written by Jei, Oba, and Michael M. Whether she’s on the stage, tv, radio or blasting in a club system near you. Jei is a force to be reckoned with.

www.missjei.com

As one of the longest standing independent record labels in the US, Nervous Records has built its reputation through a willingness to take chances on new sounds and new producers. Nervous was the first American label to sign and release tracks from such dance industry luminaries as Armand Van Helden, Paul Van Dyk and Nuyorican Soul. This spirit has enabled Nervous to build a catalogue of hits that spans the complete range of underground dance and hip hop genres.

The label was famous almost immediately when it started back in 1991 because of its eye-catching, very distinctive cartoon character logo. In addition the first three releases were produced by Roger S., Kenny Dope, and Todd Terry respectively, representing the three best house producers of that time. By 1992 Nervous was featured in magazines like Billboard, DJ Magazine (cover story), Mixmag, and ID, hailed by all as the “Sound of New York nitelife.”

Nervous’ first major dance release came in 1992, with “Feel Like Singing” by Sandy B. Nervous decided at that point to focus its energy on expanding the label’s musical field. The label’s first step outside the house music arena was with the Brooklyn, NY-based rap group, Black Moon, whose single “Who Got The Props” virtually put Brooklyn back on the map as a center of hip hop. At the same time, the label decided to alter the Nervous character for this release, giving it specific hip hop characteristics, and calling the hip hop label Wreck Records. Massive success followed with the Wreck imprint, as hits soon followed by Smif-N-Wessun, and Funkmaster Flex.

Nervous decided to continue to expand its musical boundries in 1993 by signing Mad Lion, which would be the first reggae artist on the Weeded imprint. Once again, there was huge success as Mad Lion’s single “Take It Easy” sold over 250,000 units.

Meanwhile, the Nervous merchandise continued to produce massive sales numbers as it established itself as one of the most favored t-shirts for the youth cultures of America, Japan, and many European countries.

In 1994, the label decided it was time to move into the electronic genre, and started an imprint called Sorted. The first artist on that label was Josh Wink, who went by the artist name Winx. While Winx’s debut release was a critical success although not a major seller, Winx’s follow-up release “Don’t Laugh” became the American dance community’s most talked about single, and ended up selling several hundred thousand units worlwide. Subsequently Nervous released Winx’s debut album, “Left Above The Clouds.” This album was one of the first “electronica” albums to be released, and lead to Josh Wink being signed to Sony as an artist. Nervous also released an album by two Long Island based dj’s, DJ Micro and Vicious Vic. The album, entitled “Progress Into Our Future,” since became a seminal album for the crew of Long Island dj’s that currently dominate clubs with their hard trance sound.

In 1996, Nervous virtually single-handedly created a garage house music revival by releasing the debut solo artist album by house music legend Byron Stingily. Byron was formerly the lead singer of gold-selling group Ten City. His second single on Nervous, “Get Up,” went to number one on dance charts around the world, including the Billboard Magazine club chart in America.. For his album, “The Purist,” Nervous assembled an all-star cast of legendary House producers, including Frankie Knuckles, Masters At Work, David Morales, Basement Boys, Maurice Joshua and MK.

As the musical trends continued to evolve in the late 90’s, Nervous continued to create new imprints to remain at the cutting edge of all independent labels. Nervous Dog was created to accommodate the emerging harder-edged house sound of New York; Strapped was the home for uptempo, club oriented hip hop Party tracks; and Nervous Chill released the down tempo, jazzy grooves that are always in vogue in the newest restaurants.

The label also has had many successful tours over the years. One of the biggest was in 2,000, when the Nervous tour was sponsored by Playboy Magazine and KAMEL cigarettes, and featured DJ’s Jackie Christie, Razor-n-Guido and DJ Escape, along With PA’s by Nervous artists Byron Stingily, Charlotte And Kim English. In addition, Nervous created what became one of the Winter Music Conference’s most original Parties, the Nervous After-hours breakfast at Denny’s, which featured an International list of dj’s entertaining conference attendees at 5:00 AM while they ate their grand slam Denny’s breakfast.

In 2000 and 2001, the energy tribal sound dominated the US club and Nervous gave America’s club-goers four of the its most dominant anthems, “Skin” by Charlotte, “Ssst…Listen” by Jonah, “Unspeakable Joy” by Kim English and Dive In The Pool by Barry Harris featuring Pepper Meshay. During this same time, the label has also created many successful compilation series, among them “Hip Hop Independent’s Day,” and “Future Progressive,” and “Club Nervous.

As the hits grew in number, so did the value of the catalogue for sampling purposes. Nervous songs have been sampled in major hits by Mariah Carey, New Edition, Coolio, Flip Squad, Basement Jax, George Michael, Soulsearcher and more..

In 2006 Nervous gave the US one of the biggest dance radio records with What A Feeling by Peter Luts & Dominico, a track which won the 2007 WMC award for Best Euro Dance track. In addition, Nervous delivered the most memorable US underground track of the year with Ralph Falcon – I Need Someone, which was also number one club record of 2007 according to Billboard Magazine.

In 2008 Nervous had two of the top five most played records of the year at dance radio, with Bellatrax feat. Sophia May/I Can’t Help Myself and Every Word by Ercola featuring Daniella, and ended the year as the two most played label at dance radio in the USA according to Billboard Magazine.

Nervous has also made a strong foray into the compilation market, building a roster with some of the most credible house music. The past twelve months has seen full length cd’s from Oscar G, Ralph Falcon, Funkagenda, Mark Brown, Behrouz, Chris Lake, Starkillers & Austin Leeds, DJ Theo, Exacta and Marlon D. Second half of 2009 will see releases from Danny Krivit, Frankie Knuckles, Tom Stephan, Peter Bailey and Richie Santana and Anane (produced by Louie Vega. 

In the grand tradition of Nervous launching sub-labels to embrace the next sounds to take over Nitelife ... In 2011 we launched Nurvous Records.  With the Indie Dance / Nu-Disco sound that has erupted from England and is now barreling towards full speed in America, one of our primary goals is to provide innovative homegrown style; and bringing back emotion to the music, squashing the over-commercialized big-room invasion.

I used to think I was a lot of things,  like some kind of revolutionary.    Now Im just an Audio Engineer, Music Maker, Synth Builder, and Dad.

The musical vibrations of Antonio Ocasio’s Tribal Winds thrives off of an infectious breed of raw Afro-Latin Jazz and deep house music. The heavy percussion and conga rhythms naturally speak to Antonio’s ancestral roots. 

His years of experience as a Producer and DJ have led to a lethal combination of ingenious musicianship and aspiring productions. As a prominent storyteller, Antonio pays homage to his upbringing by spinning tales of musical tradition and experience, taking the dancer through peaks and valleys, building anticipation with every turn of the record.

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