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JB Biography With his roots firmly etched in the Acid House era, JB (aka Jon Barnet) has continued to develop as one of London’s key underground house music figures, and has kept his fingers in all of the right pies throughout his eponymous career as a highly respected and regarded DJ on London’s underground circuit and beyond- his dj-ing skills have taken him to Ibiza, Eastern Europe, Asia and all over the USA and South America. With a history of organising his own parties at London’s top clubs to setting up and running a record label and a banner production company, JB has embraced all areas of the scene and subsequently acquired many strings to his bow since he fell in love with that first house beat. It all started for JB in the late 80’s in his home town of Croydon in Greater London, when the Acid House phenomenon was just starting to bubble. At 17 JB was spinning early House, Soul and Disco tracks at a legendary local boozer The Rue St George alongside pal and D&B head Bailey (who now holds down a weekly D&B slot on BBC Radio 1). It was here JB started his party building career- by moving the people and the sound system from the pub gig on to carefully sourced empty venues every week where they’d charge an entry fee. Suffice to say, they were part of a global underground music movement that would soon explode way beyond anyone’s wildest expectations. JB’s dj-ing talents were soon captured by massive party organisers Spiral Tribe and he became a regular DJ at…
