BIOGRAPHY
Julius Papp is a house music producer and DJ whose dance
music roots lie in Disco of the 70's and New Wave of
the 80's. Julius was born and raised in Montreal, Canada,
and got tuned into club music through the city's flourishing
club scene and diverse radio broadcasts.He started collecting
vinyl records in the late 70's and took to the turntables
in 1985, scoring his first major club gig 2 years later.
Early DJ influences for Julius came from reading about
specific parties that were piloted by talented music
programmers that even today, still influence the youngest
of aspiring DJ's. Legends like Larry Levan at the Paradise
Garage in NYC to Frankie Knuckles at The Warehouse in
Chicago to Tony Humphries' weekly at Zanzibar in New
Jersey. Always inspired by any track listing in those
articles, Julius would hunt down the music that became
classics, worshipped by their discerning audiences.
To this day, his goal is to keep solidifying his music
foundation by being open minded and eclectic in absorbing
the music that truly touches him.
That open minded attitude has also groomed Julius into
fine tuning his musical palette by giving him a dominant
sound which exudes a deep and soulful perspective, which
he translates onto the dancefloor. That being said,
he blends various styles together (including Latin,
Afro, Disco, Jazz) with such fluidity that it is difficult
at times to put a defining stamp on his sound. Contributing
to that is his willingness to take a chance. He always
tries to push the envelope by introducing music that
may or may not go over well, but feels deserves the
exposure. He takes his audience on a musical journey
with various mood and energy changes.
Not content to limiting his ambitions on the dancefloor,
Julius began producing music in 1994. The studio was
another outlet for Julius' creative ideas to flow. His
early releases were on the downtempo Acid Jazz tip.
He drew attention as part of the jazz and funk scene
in San Francisco via the Mushroom Jazz parties alongside
resident Mark Farina.
As Julius' production catalogue grew, so did the amount
of labels he released music on including - Nervous (NYC),
Maxi (NYC), Large (Chicago), Yellow (Paris), King ST
(NYC), Loveslap (SF) and OM (SF).
A veteran DJ and Producer, Julius has refined a style
of dance music that has taken him beyond the boundaries
of San Francisco to global praise and recognition. Being
nominated as "Most Innovative Producer" at
the 2004 House Music Awards is a perfect example of
that. Putting him in the company of Joey Negro, Osunlade,
DJ Gregory, DJ Spinna and Ben Watt was an absolute honor
for him.
Along with working wizardry in the studio, Julius has
become a familiar face behind the decks, which has taken
him around the world. He has DJ'd at popular mainstays
like "Pacha" in Ibiza and "Ministry of
Sound" in London,To Zouk in Singapore.
Julius' current San Francisco residencies include a
monthly collaboration with Miguel Migs called Salted
and a bi-monthly collaboration with Andy Caldwell called
Jack Your Body.
In 2003 Julius Papp ventured into the label arena with
NeoDisco Music. Named after the sound that continues
to inspire Julius, the label offers him an alternate
outlet to release his own productions without feeling
pressured into producing formulaic music that might
become predictable.
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