8-8-10 New Single " Through The Fader" available exclusively at BeatsDigital Purchase at BeatsDigital
Justin Gates, DJ bookings / Audio Mastering, Remixing and Track Licensing Available at bookings@djJustinGates.com
THEN AND NOW
As is often said, there is only one original. Born on the St. Lawrence river a stones throw from Ontario Canada, in the northern most region of New York State and long before the internet made it's way into our homes; B-Boying was the art of passion circa 1982, just a few short years after arriving in new home Albany, New York. Soon after Justin Gates began writing rhymes under the moniker MC JP. While working with other rappers and DJs he recorded a number of demo tracks as an MC at Albany NY based Hyland Recording Studios in the mid to late 1980's. By 1990 he had started mixing and scratching music on local Albany radio stations, at house parties and outdoor community gatherings with friends and local inspirational favorites under the name DJ Justnyce. During that period he gave birth to a popular DJ night spot appropriately named "THE RELEASE" on Albany's southern urban/suburban border; located underground in the basement of a friend's restaurant. The weekly in which he played the night's entire set of music, sometimes pulling marathon five hour Hip-Hop / House, Techno and R&B sets for a mixed urban and suburban crowd for two consecutive years was a significant step forward in 1990-91 and moreover for the New York Capital Region's DJ /dance culture collective. It was a solidification that sought to crosscut socio-economic and stylistic barriers and it left it's dent. "The Release" came into fruition before the region had a weekly Friday and Saturday night standard with this diverse a crowd at any other independent venue until such time.
Along with the significant efforts of other producers, DJ's, M.C.'s and dancers of yesterday and today, it played a role in what is now a mass-explosion of sub-genres; namely the Hip-House, Hyphy and Ghettotech/Street -Techno styles. A corner was turned and the script flipped with a new found focus to forge a relationship between electronic music engineering and the street music that so fascinated him as he and the music were maturing. He played the rave circuit throughout the 1990s and hosted / DJ'd several F.M. radio shows, some he engineered on his own in efforts to maintain the conceptual purity of the music and context. Many tracks were originated from the recording studio to the airwaves instantly (same day play). Some of the more recent F.M. Radio shows were "THE SOUNDS OF JUSTNYCE" and "THROUGH THE FADER" that aired every Saturday night in New York's Capital Region and throughout various parts of New England from 01-04.
Currently, the focus is making new and original experimental dance music, inspiring creatively and educationally with music and dance, as a viable alternative to stagnation, negative cycles and life patterns and bringing people together in a positive unification of dance and rhythm. He has a long list of DJ / musical credits with a catalogue including night club event appearances, video / audio / print interviews with major artists, official news publication and a history of mix-tape work.
Also, Now Out! at Napster, Itunes, Rhapsody and other fine mp3 shops the "Soul Soft Drive EP", his five track release with minimal vocals by Justin Gates/Justnyce on the "Saltlick" track.
