As one of the founders of Club music, DJ JOSE is an important pioneer in the dance scene. With a lot of hits and played in every Dutch club, his productions still know how to find the charts. If he isn’t behind the turntables; he runs the new bookings office “White Villa Bookings” in Ede Holland.
DJ JOSE (Jos Klaster) is born at March 24th 1966 in Meppel Holland. Music has always been his biggest passion. At a certain point he discovers the meaning of “mixing” via records like “Relax” (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) and “High Energy” (Evelyn Thomas). At the age of 14 he starts his DJ career with playing for school parties. Not much later he becomes resident of the bar dancing “Cez Jean” in Steenwijk (Holland), where he lives at that moment. His residence delivers him more bookings in other famous clubs in the area, like “Locomotion” in Steenwijk (Holland) and “Lord Nelson” in Meppel (Holland).
At the age of 19 he starts working at the local radio station, where he does the presentation of different radio programmes. At the age of 24 the manager (Barend Zielman) of the big Dutch “Musichall X-Ray” enteres him for a mix-competition, presented by the big Dutch jock Alex van Oosterom. Because he didn’t have an official DJ name, manager Barend presents his DJ name for the first time: DJ JOSE was born.
While playing in different clubs and drive inn shows all over the country, the name DJ JOSE becomes famous in the club scène. In 1996 DJ JOSE start working as A&R and product manager of record company Ala Bianca BLX and Media Records BLX. Because of his busy DJ schedule he quits in 2001 and becomes a full time DJ. At the beginning of 1999 until the end of 2001 DJ JOSE is resident DJ of the famous Dutch club “Lexion” in Westzaan.
Right now DJ JOSE performs in every club in Holland and also is a famous DJ in countries like: Alanya (Turkey), Oslo (Norway), Grand Canaries, Lloret da Mar, Blanes, Salou (Spain), Corfu, Mykonos, Crete (Greece), Israel, Curacao, Aruba, St. Maarten and the tropical island of Bermuda. He also playes at big festivals like: MysteryLand (NL), Dance Valley (NL), Free Festival (NL) and Trance Energy (NL).
Next to his work as a DJ, DJ JOSE produces a lot of hits like: “Wrong=Right” (1998), “House of Justice” (1999), “II Symbols” (2001) and “Access” (2001) on the label Media Benelux. In 2003 DJ JOSE switches to the record label Zzap Recordings where he releases “Hesitate” (2003). This record also is a big hit in countries like: England, Austria and Germany. His next record “Stepping in To The Beat” (2005) also becomes a big hit in countries like: England, France, Spain en Portugal. Most of these records are produced in corporation with DJ/ Producer G-Spott.
DJ JOSE releases his newest single: “Steppin To The Beat” on Hi-Bias for North America |