Jaimeson MUSIC PAGE

Jaimeson started making music back in 1990 at the ripe old age of 15. He's first productions weren't the rolling bassline Garage classics that he is now known for but were in fact 'Hardcore' tracks, which for those that don't know was the original sound that Jungle music came from. He's first record was released on the underground in Jan 03' which was the Kenetic E.P. which was released on Boogie Beat Records when Jaimeson was only 17. He had three further releases with Boogie Beat but the label began to have some problems and Jaimeson decided to move on.



During that period between 93' and 96' he was still producing in his studio at home and experimented with a few different styles but finally settled on Garage in late 96'. " I didn't really like Garage at first, some friends introduced me to it but I only liked a few tracks mostly the Tuff Jam stuff, the rest was a little too laid back for me" he said. Despite this he began to investigate the scene more by going to the local record shops and buying new tracks and over the course of the next 6 months really began to embrace the scene and the music.



Jaimeson's first Garage release in early 97' was double A side titled 'Rocsteady presents Movin U' out on Jonny Biscuit Records which was very well recieved by the DJ's and clubbers alike.

For the remainder of that year he worked at a huge pace, having some 14 or so more vinyl releases that year alone. Some of these were just released as white labels and others were released under different artist names, which meant that by the end of 97' he had a large back catalogue of tracks but no real recognition.

In early 98' frustrated with the situation Jaimeson started he's own label called Lifestyle Records and began he's slow climb to becoming a respected Garage producer. With underground hits like 'Take It Easy' and in 2000 'This One'. By late 2000 all the hard work began to pay off for Jaimeson as each release on Lifestyle did better and was more popular than the last. At about the same time, early 01', Jaimeson began to get regualr remix work and has done Garage mixes for artists like, Destinys Child, Sugababes, Jay Z, Miss Dynamite and The Streets to name a few. It was also at this time that he made the decision to leave his day job and concentrate fully on his music career, something that he had worked hard for over 6 years to achieve.

The track that put him on the Garage map was of course 'Urban Hero' which was released mid 01'. This was quickly followed by the vocal mix 'Selecta' which featured MC Viper and Jaimeson on vocals. 'Selecta' was signed to Soundproof Records which was Mark Hill of Artful Dodger's label, but despite being massive on the underground the track failed to get it's deserved commercial success. Not stopping for breath Jaimeson quickly regrouped and signed an album deal with J DID records, having the vocal mix of 'True' hidden away so's not to take the attention away from 'Selecta', but by Sept 02' 'Selecta' had been released and he decided it was the right time.

Over those next few months Jaimeson and Angel Blu were on the road promoting the single, but it was no walk in the park. It seemed that most people outside of London didn't know the track and because it wasn't being played much on commercial radio the PA's were hard work winning the crowd over, but eventually that's exactly what they did. In Dec 02' Kiss FM really got behind the track which lead to other stations following suit, by Christmas of that year it was everywhere. Finally on the 13th of Jan 03' 'True' was given a full commercial release and went in the charts at No.4. It was a great moment for Jaimeson, who didn't get a chance to sit back and relax. Being signed to an album deal meant more tracks and of course more singles. Eventually 'Complete' was picked as the second single and repeated the success ot 'True' going straight in at No.4.

The next single was 'Take Control' which came out in Jan 04' which was quickly followed by the release of Jaimeson's first album 'Think on your Feet' a tiltle that came from the fact that he felt that during 2003 he had so many new things to deal with and handle and the only way to really do it is think on your feet.

Since the release of the album Jaimeson and J DID parted company and Jaimeson remains involved in the Garage scene as well as working on other projects that come up that he feels he can bring something to.

As for the future he remarks " who knows what I'll end up working on next. back in the day I never thought I'd do Garage and look what happened there ". One things for certain, whatever he ends up making, you know it will be banging!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!