eon
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Electro / House / Club
Label:
Trelik/VinylSolution/Plus8/Kracktronik/Electron
Eon started his recording career in 1987 while dj'ing as Ian B (Mud Club, Pyramid, the Fridge & others) when he started producing his own music. Dj friend Colin Faver played his first track 'Cuban Jakkin' by Rio Rhythm Band on the then pirate radio station Kiss FM, this led to it being released on Eddie Richards' BAAD label. The Eon releases started in 1988 with
'Light, Color, Sound', his first release on Vinyl Solution.
There followed many Eon releases on VS including 'Spice','Basket Case', 'Fear the Mind Killer' & others, including 'Inner Mind' (featured in the trashy college dance segment of the original Buffy the Vampire slayer movie!)
J Saul Kane aka
Depth Charge was involved on many of the early Eon projects as co-producer, including the first Eon album 'Void Dweller' also released in the USA on Columbia Records.
Eon also remixed & produced tracks for Bizzare Inc including the classic
'Raise Me'. Also during this period 88 - 93 he had the first releases on
Hooj Toons & XL Recordings with the release of classic Rio Rhythm Band track 'Carnival da Casa' on Hooj Toons (now re-released with Christian J remix on Boombox Records) and 'We Want Funk' / 'Happy Magic' on XL.
In '93 he teamed up with fellow british acid pioneer Peter 'Baby' Ford producing many classic tracks including 'Dead Eye' (Ifach Records no.001), which was featured on Richie Hawtin's 'Decks FX & 909' album & is now released as a single on his Plus 8 label.
Peter Ford also co-produced 'A Kind of Living' with Eon (Vinyl Solution) and they worked together on 'Fetish' (Rhythm King/various) Then as Minimal Man they
released 'Outside the Window' on Guerilla Records followed by the classic
'Treatment Feel' on Vinyl Solution. There followed many releases on various labels both in the UK & Europe. Latest Minimal Man release is 'Plastic Smile' on Sender Records featuring a remix by Benno Blome.
Eon has also released tracks on Peter Ford's Trelik Records label as Tan Ru
& R Rash, as well as an Eon EP on PAL-SL. The Trelik classic 'Smokin Jakkit' by R Rash has just been remixed by dj Luciano & is out now on Exacta Records. The complete Trelik catalogue is now live on Juno - see link below
Eon has performed live at Fabric and on Radio 1, & has worked with Mark Moore as remixer & co producer, Mark & Eon's new remix of 'Blame' by Temposhark is going down a storm! As Sonny
Bozo they released the 12" 'Trash the Can' / 'Bang Bang' on Umami Records,
also on Umami is the 'Magazines will kill you' 12" which features Countess Zapak on lyrics & vocals & also a remix of the first Eon vs the Countess track 'Broke Bitter & Twisted' by legendary 80's producer John Robie. Eon's remix of S'Express new track 'Stupid Little Girls' is out now on Kitsuni Records.
2003 saw the release of Eon's 2nd album 'Sum of Parts' on Long Haul records.
Later that year, Eon teamed up with Marcus J Knight as co- producer of the band 1gnition
later releasing 'Love is War' on Kingsize Records featuring a remix by Chicken Lips, and second single 'Airtight'. 12" single 'Planet 69' featuring Williams remix plus 'Night Version' is out now on Adrift Records. 1gnition 12" 'Secret Sunday Lover' featuring remixes by
Ilija Rudman & Greg Wilson, out now on the
Love is War label. Latest LIWM release "Supersonic Lovers" - Pinero EP is out now & features the MJK - Kid Circus - Eon remix
Eon 12" vinyl ep 'Component X' is out now on
Kracktronik Records.
Look out for limited gold vinyl pressing!
Update Jan 09: Eon has been busy in the studio with long time collaborator Baby Ford on
some new projects. The first of these to emerge will be their Minimal Man remix of Detroit outfit Anonym's Hart Plaza, upcoming on German label Pariter Records
1gnition DJ mix podcast     
For discographies/further info
www.phinnweb.org/jsk/eon/
www.discogs.com/artist/eon
www.allmusic.com/eon
www.hyperreal.org/minimal man
(these discogs to be updated)
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/eon
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