At the age of 13, most boys are playing football and chasing girls… not so David Jimenez. The teenager was already listening to the likes of Mr Mike on Swiss radio station ‘Couleur 3' and David Morales on ‘undergroundnyc.com'. His love of the music soon brought him to his first parties at a small venue called ‘Go West' (Zurich) where he met his mentor, the well known Swiss DJ/Producer ‘Kalabrese', who taught him the tricks of the turntables.
It was also Kalabrese who got David his very first booking, to play the ‘Releaseparty' for Zurich based label ‘Stattmusik' as club ‘Rohstofflager'. David was 15.
David's first residency was at the ‘Zoo' club in Zurich, and it was here that he perfected his skills behind the decks. His career soon took off with gigs such as ‘House 3000' (Palais X-Tra, Zurich), ‘Supermarket' and his own parties ‘Duende Night', playing alongside some of the finest names in house music… Ame, Sandy Rivera, Axwell, Mylo, Martinez, Sebastian Ingrosso, Wally Lopez, Mark Knight and more.
David's DJ style is unique… fusing his soulful style with electronic influences. He's always liked to present a variety of music to his audiences and his favourite sets have been known to last several hours.
It wasn't long before the DJ'ing failed to completely quench the thirst… and soon Production seemed the next logical progression. Together with friend and fellow DJ ‘Danny Freakzoid' he remixed the ‘Bush II Bush' release ‘Piano Track' that got a release on Cr2 Records and went on to great success in the UK's Club Charts.
In Switzerland the name David Jimenez is synonymous with good quality house music, and since the age of 13 David has been carving a reputation as one of the most talented djs/produces to emerge from the countries house seen in many years. This reputation has lead to remixes on labels such as Cr2 Records & Fling in the UK, but it wasn’t until this year that he decided to take what he felt was the next logical step, starting his own label! In February 2008 Tentigo records was born, and what a launch it had with David’s first single ‘Studio 69’ getting remixed by the likes of fellow rising stars Worthy, and Nick & Danny Chatelain. The release found favour with some of the worlds biggest djs, getting major support from the likes of Danny Tenaglia, Roger Sanchez, Sander Klienenberg, Claude Von Stroke, SOS, Ivan Smagge, Satoshi Tomiie & Tom Stephan to name a few. Now David returns with another outstanding single ‘Scirocco’. With another awesome set remixes (incl. Cedric Gervais Remix), get ready for this to blow, and further cement his name not just in Switzerland, but around the world, as one of the hottest prospects in house music!
So the future is looking very bright for David Jimenez and Tentigo… make sure you keep an eye on them!
