| Description: | BIOGRAPHY - JORDAN DARE
It's late at night, dark & probably raining outside, cigarettes burn in the ashtray, the night sky is full of dark clouds, there is no sun, no stars, just black. In this kind of sea of darkness nothing grows, except music, tracks such as No Love Today, Pressure, Going Under, No Future & Crack Track are rinsed in clubs & charted by everyone from Tiga, Plastque de Reve to Black Strobe. Dare is a music making machine, in addition to his solo work he is also in 2 electronic bands & is the front man of a local up & coming hardcore group. When he's not producing, he's in the mix 3 or 4 nights a week, that's it, no day job, just tunes, he breathes, eats, sleeps music & it shows, here's the story...
After escaping from the USA in the early nineties, Jordan took refuge in Montreal & made a name for himself DJ ing in some of Montreal's seediest night spots like Sona, Blizzarts, Playgroud, Stereo, Jai, Spectrum, Metropolis, S.A.T & Usine C, smoky dark room after smoky dark room, Dare delivers every time, solid tracks & tight mixes, when you see him play it becomes so obvious that he is most comfortable when performing, producing or singing.(Or as he calls it, screaming) Having been influenced musically by early electro, new wave & drum n bass (by the likes of Joy Division, Gary Numan, New order, Kraftwerk, Jonny L, Black Strobe, Depeche Mode & even Acen) Dare has been DJing for over 15 years & making tracks for over 7, just coming into his own personal sound and style, now, we call in "moody post-punk new wave ominus electrohaus."
Jordan keeps sane by making a track a day in his studio & has built a very impressive catalog of music of his own & for his bands, Evening & the new Cut Throat Republic, he has performed across Canada & all over the world including Miami, New York, & even Japan, (not a good flight to take after a St Patrick's day drinking binge, I still cant believe that he made that flight, he couldn't even remember his own address.)
Dare is a resident at Voyeur Saturdays at Blizzarts, (Montreal’s longest running moody post-punk new wave ominus electrohaus night) & of course famed I Love Neon events along side Tiga. He has also played along side Dj Hell, Martini Bros, Goldie, Sneaker Pimps, The Prodigy, Chemical Bros, Felix da housecat, Grooverider & Fabio, Steve Bug, Afrika Bambataa, Ed Rush & Optical, Dj Rap, Chromeo, and many many more...
Check out Jordan's latest EP entitled, day in day out, on White Leather, & Keep your eyes open for the first Cut Throat Republic EP out soon on Montreal's Turbo Recordings.
ADAM L >> Adam L, who composes under the name 'Illson,' works on beat production with Sase One. His history of crowd pleasing DJ sets and mix tapes have made him a founding father of the Montréal drum and bass scene |
