Julien Jabre
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Julien Jabre | |
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| Born | November 1976 |
| Genres | House, techno, deep house, tech house |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, composer, sound engineer |
| Instrument(s) | Synthesizer, programming, sequencer |
| Years active | Since 1996 |
| Labels | Elias, Basic, Yellow, Defected, Ultra |
| Website | Official website |
Julien Jabre (born November 1976) is a French-Lebanese electronic music composer, producer, and audio engineer. Specializing in house music, he is associated with the French house.
During the mid-'90s, three French house music pioneers, DJ Deep, DJ Gregory, and Alex from Tokyo, hosted a radio show dedicated to electronic music on the Parisian station FG. A fan of the show A Deep Groove, Julien Jabre met them in 1994 through a friend who was interning at the radio.[1] He made his DJ debut during a guest appearance by DJ Gregory, who entrusted him with the decks for the first time.[2] Over the next two years, he frequently appeared on the radio.[1]
In 1997, the track "Faithfull" under the alias Fantom was released with Julien Jabre's as a producer.[3] The success of Fantom was soon followed by "The Deep," another collaboration, this time with DJ Deep, and then Soha, a New York continuation of his partnership with Gregory.[4] Simultaneously, he began releasing solo tracks on Basic Recordings, starting with "Jungle"[1] and later the deep house EP "Time," which included tracks like "That Day" and "Delivrance".[5]
In the early 2000s, Julien Jabre started gaining recognition with tracks like "Voodance" and "Yalopa". At the time, he distanced himself from the scene and DJing.
His first full-length release, released in 2003, was a compilation The Disco-Tech of Julien Jabre. This selection was published on the Yellow Productions label.[6]
That same year, he established his own label, Elias.[7]
Throughout the rest of the decade, Julien Jabre collaborated with artists including Dimitri From Paris[8] (particularly on official remixes for the group CHIC) and Martin Solveig, both in mixing and production capacities.[9] Simultaneously, he continued his solo career. "Swimming Places," released in 2006, is revered as a house music classic.[10][11][12] He started collaborating with the Venezuelan group Los Amigos Invisibles, mixing three tracks on the album "Comercial," which won a Latin Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.[13]
In 2009, he released the EP "Wonderland" on Defected, following the previous year's release of "Talking Walls".[14][15] Also on Defected, the compilation DJ Gregory & Julien Jabre – House Masters was released.[16]
During the 2010s, Julien Jabre worked as a producer, composer, and sound engineer on an international level.
In 2012, he gained attention by co-writing an album for Madonna, MDNA, alongside Martin Solveig. He co-wrote two tracks, including "I Don't Give A" performed as a duet with Nicki Minaj.[17] In 2019, he co-produced "Thando" with South African producer Black Coffee.
In 2019, he resumed his solo career and released the EP "Samana" / "Far at Sea" on his label Elias.[18]