Córdoba usually refers to:

• Córdoba, Argentina (pop. 1,300,000), capital city of Córdoba Province, and the largest city with this name
• Córdoba, Spain (pop. 325,000), city in Andalucia, capital of the historic Caliphate of Córdoba, and the city from which the name originates

Córdoba may also refer to:

Historical states[link]

• The Islamic Caliphate of Córdoba (929-1031) and Emirate of Córdoba (756-929), which ruled over the Iberian peninsula, (known as "Al-Andalus" from 711–1492) and a small part of North Africa, with its capital in Córdoba, modern Spain.
• Córdoban Republic, an 11th century taifa state

People[link]

• Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (discoverer of Yucatán) (d. 1517)
• Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (founder of Nicaragua) (d. 1526)
• Jacob De Cordova, (1808-1868), a Jewish Texan legislator
• Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453-1515), Spanish military leader
• Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585–1645), Spanish military leader
• Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer
• Piedad Córdoba, Colombian senator

Places[link]

Argentina[link]

• Córdoba Province, Argentina, one of the country's 23 federal provinces

Colombia[link]

• Córdoba, Quindío, municipality in Quindío Department
• Córdoba, Bolívar, municipality in Bolívar Department
• Córdoba, Nariño, town and municipality in the Nariño Department
• Córdoba Department, one of the country's 32 departments

Mexico[link]

• Córdoba, Veracruz

Spain[link]

• Córdoba (Spanish province)
• Córdoba (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
• Córdoba (Vino de la Tierra), wine producing region in Spain

Other[link]

• Great Mosque of Córdoba
• Cordoba, Op. 232, No. 4, a musical composition by Isaac Albéniz
• Córdoba CF, Spanish football club
• Cordoba Fighting Dog, an extinct Argentine dog breed
• Cordoba Guitars, a guitar manufacturer
• Nicaraguan córdoba, the currency of Nicaragua

Automobiles

• Chrysler Cordoba, a car produced by Chrysler
• SEAT Córdoba, a car manufactured by SEAT

See also[link]

• Cordova (disambiguation)
• 365 Corduba, an asteroid
• Cordoba House

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Espinoza Paz
Background information
Birth name	Isidro Chávez Espinoza
Also known as	Espinoza Paz
Born	(1981-10-29) October 29, 1981 (age 30) Angostura, Sinaloa, Mexico
Genres	Regional
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2004-Present
Labels	Nueva Generacion Music Group
Website	Página oficial de Espinoza Paz

Isidro Chávez Espinoza (Angostura, Sinaloa, Mexico, October 29, 1981) better known as Espinoza Paz, is a Mexican musician and composer of Mexican Regional music.

Early career[link]

Espinoza Paz was born on October 29, in La Angostura, a small colorful town just north of Sinaloa, Mexico. He was only 11 years old when he wrote his first song which was dedicated to a girl on whom he had a crush. By the time he was 13, he had already written 20 songs; however, it wasn’t until his father sent him money from the United States that he decided to buy his first guitar and teach himself to play it. In 1996, he emigrated to Sacramento, California, where his love for music grew while he earned a living washing tomatoes and picking oranges, olives and grapes. Months later, he decided to return to Mexico where he suffered the hardest experience of his life: the passing of his Mother, Mrs. Maria de la Paz Espinoza. This was a loss from which he would never recover. From that point on, Paz embarked on what seemed a never-ending journey to find his destiny. He returned to the United States (this time to Oregon) and worked as a gardener for about a year. Tired of traveling, he then decided to concentrate on his career as a songwriter, and being convinced of his calling, he returned to Mexico once again. His "muse" was a friend from California, Blanca Estrella. Their platonic relationship inspired many of his songs. For the next eight years he knocked on doors and sang in regional bands, always looking for "the opportunity" as he poured his feelings and experiences into his songs.

Success[link]

His big break came when he showed some of his creations to "El Coyote" - a popular Sinaloan banda singer — who recorded his songs "Besitos En El Cuello" ("Little Kisses On The Neck"); "Prohibido" ("Forbidden"); and "Para Impresionarte" ("To Impress You"), all of which immediately became hits.

In December 2006, Paz met Martin Fabian, a well-known personality within the radio and music industry, who immediately foresaw the extraordinary talent within the young singer-songwriter. They soon began collaborating on his debut album "Paz En Tu Corazón" (literally, "Peace In Your Heart" -- the title being a wordplay on his name). This project was released in 2007 in association with Nueva Generacion Music Group. Another independently-released album, "Amigo Con Derechos" ("Friend With Benefits"), followed in 2008 before Paz was offered a recording contract with the major label Universal Latino, which released his first major label album "El Canta Autor del Pueblo" ("The Village Singer-Songwriter") in 2008 on its Machete Music subsidiary. This album featured eight previously-released favorites such as "El Celular" ("The Cell Phone") and "Amigo con Derechos" ("Friend With Benefits") plus four new recordings. A single from this project, "El Proximo Viernes" ("Next Friday") reached #14 on Billboard Magazine's "Hot Latin Tracks" chart.

Soon Paz was penning songs for a long list of regional Regional artists, including Sergio Vega, La Arrolladora Banda el Limón, Banda Cuisillos, Julio Chaidez, Banda de Jerez, Jenni Rivera, Chuy Lizarraga, Adair Elizalde, El Potro de Sinaloa, El Chapo de Sinaloa, and Duelo, among numerous others. Paz continues to write and record music of his own.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Other albums[link]

• 2004: Prohibido Perder
• 2008: Mis Exitos Con Tololoche
• 2010: Mis Canciones Con Amor
• 2011: 15 Top Hits: Espinoza Paz
• 2011: Exitos Romanticos
• 2012: Enamorado Del Pueblo
• 2012: Un Hombre Normal
• 2012: Amigos De Espinoza Paz

Other songs[link]

• El Paletero
• Prohibido
• Te Compro
• Besitos En El Cuello
• No Se

Collaborations[link]

• 2010: "24 Horas" (featuring David Bisbal) - Sin Mirar Atrás (24 Horas + Edition)
• "Asi O Mas" (featuring María José)
• "Me Voy" (with Paulina Rubio)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Espinoza Paz at Billboard.com

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Julian Bream
Bream in 1964.
Background information
Born	(1933-07-15) 15 July 1933 (age 78) London, England
Genres	Classical music
Instruments	Classical Guitar, Lute, baroque guitar
Labels	RCA, EMI, BMG

Julian Bream, CBE (born 15 July 1933), is an English classical guitarist and lutenist and is one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century. He has also been successful in renewing popular interest in the Renaissance lute.

Early years[link]

Bream was born in London and brought up in a musical environment. His father played jazz guitar and the young Bream was impressed by hearing the playing of Django Reinhardt.

Bream began his life-long association with the guitar by strumming along on a small gut-string Spanish guitar at a very young age to dance music on the radio. The president of the Philharmonic Society of Guitars, Dr Boris Perott, gave Bream lessons, while Bream's father became the society librarian, giving Bream access to a large collection of rare music.

On his 11th birthday, Bream was given a guitar by his father. He became something of a child prodigy, at 12 winning a junior exhibition award for his piano playing, enabling him to study piano and cello at the Royal College of Music. He made his debut guitar recital at Cheltenham in 1947, aged 13.

He left the Royal College of Music in 1952 and was called up into the army for national service. He was originally drafted into the Pay Corps, but managed to sign up for the Royal Artillery Band after six months. This required him to be stationed in Woolwich, which allowed him to moonlight regularly with the guitar in London.

After three and a half years in the army, he took any musical jobs that came his way, including background music for radio plays and films. Commercial film, recording session and work for the BBC were important to Bream throughout the 1950s and the early '60s.

In the years after national service, Bream pursued a busy career playing around the world, including annual tours in the U.S. and Europe for several years. He played part of a recital at the Wigmore Hall on the lute in 1952 and since has done much to bring music written for the instrument to light.

1960 saw the formation of the Julian Bream Consort, a period-instrument ensemble with Bream as lutenist. The consort led a great revival of interest in the music of the Elizabethan era.

His first European tours took place in 1954 and 1955, and were followed by extensive touring in North America (beginning in 1958), the Far East, India, Australia, the Pacific Islands and other parts of the world. Bream performed for the Peabody Mason Concert series in Boston, first solo in 1959, and later with the US debut of the Julian Bream Consort.^[1]

In addition to master-classes given in Canada and the USA, Bream has also conducted an international summer school in Wiltshire, England.

Recordings[link]

Bream has recorded extensively for RCA and EMI Classics. These recordings have won him several awards, including four Grammy Awards, two for Best Chamber Music Performance and two for Best Classical Performance.^[2] RCA also released The Ultimate Guitar Collection, a multi-CD set commemorating his birthday in 1993.

From the beginning of the 1990s Julian Bream continued his recording career with EMI Classics, featuring music by J. S. Bach, a Concerto album (with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle), and discs devoted to contemporary works and guitar sonatas.

Despite his importance as a classical guitarist, however, many of his RCA recordings (including the series of 20th-century guitar music) were out of print for several years. In 2011 RCA/Sony Classical released My Favorite Albums, a 10-CD set of albums chosen by Julian Bream himself.

Later career[link]

A highly successful biographical film, A Life in the Country, was first shown on BBC TV in 1976. Bream also presented a series of four master-classes guitarists on BBC TV. BBC TV has presented a programme about Julian Bream's life as a concert guitarist. In 1984 he made eight films on location in Spain for Channel 4, exploring historical perspectives of Spanish guitar music.

In 1991, BBC Radio and TV broadcast Bream's BBC Prom performance of Malcolm Arnold's Guitar Concerto. He also participated in a recital and concerto performances of works by Tōru Takemitsu at the Japan Festival in London with the London Symphony Orchestra.

During the 1992-93 season he performed on two separate occasions at the Wigmore Hall - at their Gala Re-opening Festival, and at a special concert celebrating his 60th birthday. In the same period, he toured the Far East, visiting Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan, and performed the premiere of Leo Brouwer's arrangement for guitar and orchestra of Albéniz's Iberia at the Proms. In 1994 Bream made debuts in both Turkey and Israel to great acclaim, and the following year played for the soundtrack to the Hollywood film Don Juan de Marcos.

In 1997, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of his debut, he performed a recital at Cheltenham Town Hall. A few weeks later, the BBC dedicated a special television tribute This Is Your Life programme to Julian Bream, filmed after a commemorative concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

In recent years, his engagements have included a Gala solo performance at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, a Kosovo Aid concert at St. John's Smith Square, London, with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields recitals at the Snape Proms, Aldeburgh, and at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and a tour of UK National Trust properties in summer and autumn 2000.

In November 2001 he gave an anniversary recital at Wigmore Hall, celebrating 50 years since his debut there in 1951.

The 2003 DVD video profile Julian Bream: My Life In Music contains three hours of interview and performance. It has been declared by Graham Wade "the finest film contribution ever to the classic guitar." It became "GRAMOPHONE DVD of the year". His series Guitarra! was made for British television and charts a journey across Spain.

Style and influences[link]

Bream's recitals are wide-ranging, including transcriptions from the 17th century, many pieces by Bach arranged for guitar, popular Spanish pieces, and contemporary music, much for which he was the inspiration. He has stated that he has been influenced by the styles of Andrés Segovia and Francisco Tárrega.

Bream's playing can be characterised as virtuosic and highly expressive, with an eye for details, and with strong use of contrasting timbres.

Dedications and collaborations[link]

Many composers have worked with Bream, and among those who dedicated pieces to him are Malcolm Arnold, Richard Rodney Bennett, Benjamin Britten, Leo Brouwer, Peter Racine Fricker, Hans Werner Henze, Humphrey Searle, Tōru Takemitsu, Michael Tippett and William Walton. Britten's Nocturnal is one of the most famous pieces in the classical guitar repertoire and was written with Bream specifically in mind. It is an unusual set of variations on John Dowland's Come Heavy Sleep (which is played in its original form at the close of the piece).

Bream has also taken part in many collaborations, including work with Peter Pears on Elizabethan music for lute and voice, and three records of guitar duets with John Williams.

Honours and awards[link]

Bream was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1964 for services to music, and in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 1985 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He has received Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Surrey (1968), and Leeds (1984). In 1976 he was personally presented with the Villa-Lobos Gold Medal by the composer's widow. He was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music (1966), and has been honoured with Fellowships of the Royal College of Music (1981) and the Royal Northern College of Music (1983). In 1988 he became an Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society, and was also presented with the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist's Award in 1996.

Other details[link]

In 1984 Bream’s arm was seriously injured in a car accident. It cost him great effort to regain his previous technical ability.

Bream has said that he had some "sessions" with Segovia but never really studied with him. Bream does not consistently hold his right-hand fingers at right angles to the strings, but uses a less rigid hand position for tonal variety.^[3]

Bream lived for over 40 years in a Georgian farmhouse at Semley in Wiltshire. In 2008 he moved to a smaller house in Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire.^[4]

Pieces written for Julian Bream (in chronological order)[link]

• Reginald Smith Brindle Nocturne for Guitar Solo (1946)
• Reginald Smith Brindle El Polifemo de Oro (1956)
• Lennox Berkeley Sonatina, op. 52, no. 1 (1957)
• Tristram Cary Sonata (1959)
• Malcolm Arnold Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra, op. 67 (1959)
• Benjamin Britten Nocturnal after John Dowland, op. 70 (1963)
• Richard Rodney Bennett Impromptus (1968)
• Tom Eastwood Ballade-Phantasy (1968)
• Peter Racine Fricker Paseo (1969)
• Reginald Smith Brindle Variants on two themes of J. S. Bach (1970)
• Richard Rodney Bennett Guitar Concerto (1970)
• Malcolm Arnold Fantasy, op. 107 (1971)
• Alan Rawsthorne Elegy (1971)
• William Walton Five Bagatelles (1972)
• Humphrey Searle Five (1974)
• Lennox Berkeley Guitar Concerto, Op. 88 (1974)
• Hans Werner Henze Royal Winter Music (first sonata, 1976)
• Giles Swayne Suite (1976)
• Peter Maxwell Davies Hill Runes (1981)
• Michael Berkeley Sonata in One Movement (1982)
• Richard Rodney Bennett Sonata (1983)
• Michael Tippett The Blue Guitar (1984)
• Leo Brouwer Concerto elegiaco (Guitar Concerto No. 3) (1986)
• Tōru Takemitsu All in Twilight (1987)
• Leo Brouwer Sonata (1990)

Awards and recognitions (incomplete)[link]

• 1964: Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• 1964: Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1964 for Evening of Elizabethan Music performed by the Julian Bream Consort
• 1966: Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music
• 1967: Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) at the Grammy Awards of 1967 for Baroque Guitar (Works of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, etc.)
• 1968: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Surrey
• 1972: Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) at the Grammy Awards of 1972 for André Previn (conductor), Julian Bream & the London Symphony Orchestra for Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar
• 1973: Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1973 for Julian Bream & John Williams for Julian and John (Works by Lawes, Carulli, Albéniz, Granados)
• 1981: Fellowship of the Royal College of Music
• 1983: Fellowship of the Royal Northern College of Music
• 1984: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Leeds
• 1985: Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 1988: Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society
• 1996: Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist's Award

Partial discography[link]

LP[link]

• 20th Century Guitar, RCA LSC-2964
• 70's, RCA ARL 0049
• Dedication, RCA ARL 5034
• A Bach Recital for the Guitar, Westminster CLP 1929
• Baroque Guitar (1966), RCA
• The Classical Guitar (3 - LP set), Westminister WMS -1029
• Collection of the Greatest Performances of Julian Bream, Vol. II, Westminster
• Concertos for Lute and Orchestra, RCA ARL1-1180
• Dances of Dowland, RCA LSC-2987
• Elizabethan Lute Songs, RCA LSC-3131
• Elizabethan Music by The Julian Bream Consort, RCA LSC-3195
• The Golden Age of English Lute Music, RCA LSC-3196
• Julian & John, RCA
• Julian Bream's Greatest Hits, Westminster
• Julian Bream's Greatest Hits Volume Two, Westminster 9008-8185
• Lute Music of John Dowland, RCA ARL1-1491
• John Dowland: 14 Lute Pieces, Westminster W-9079
• Music for Voice and Guitar with Peter Pears, RCA LSC-2718
• Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar, RCA
• Rodrigo: Concerto De Aranjuez, Berkeley Guitar Concerto (1975), RCA
• Sonatas for Lute and Harpsichord—Bach, Vivaldi with George Malcolm, RCA LSC-3100
• Villa-Lobos, Twelve Etudes for Guitar, Suite populaire bresillienne (1978), RCA
• The Woods So Wild, RCA LSC-3331

CD[link]

• Fret Works (1990), MCA ASIN B00000DWBQ
• Guitarra: The Guitar in Spain (1990), RCA ASIN B000003EOU
• Joaquin Rodrigo: Concerto Elegiaco/Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre (1990), RCA ASIN B00000E6E7
• Julian Bream plays Bach (1990), RCA ASIN B000003EOG
• Julian Bream Plays Granados & Albéniz (Music of Spain, Volume Five) (1990), RCA ASIN B00000E68D
• Music of Spain, Vol. 7 (1990), RCA ASIN B00000E697
• Two Loves with Peggy Ashcroft (1990), RCA ASIN B00000E6FM
• Baroque Guitar (1991), RCA ASIN B000003F1J
• La Guitarra Romantica (1991), RCA ASIN B000003F0G
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Preludes (1991), RCA ASIN B000003EPS
• Romantic Guitar (1991), RCA ASIN B000003EQA
• Baroque Guitar (1993), RCA ASIN B000025HGT
• A Celebration Of Andrés Segovia—Bream (1993), RCA ASIN B000009JN3
• Highlights from the Julian Bream Edition (1993), RCA ASIN B000003FKP
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasía para un gentilhombre No1-5 (1993), RCA ASIN B000003FI4
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Takemitsu: To the Edge of Dream with Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1993), Capitol ASIN B00000DNS6
• Together/Julian Bream & John Williams (1993), RCA ASIN B000003FDM
• Together Again/ Julian Bream & John Williams (1993), RCA ASIN B000003FDN
• Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto; Preludes; Etudes with André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra (1993), BMG International ASIN B000024RKH
• Bach Guitar Recital (1994), EMI Classics ASIN B000002RU9
• Bach: Lute Suites, Trio Sonatas (1994), RCA ASIN B000003FG2
• Guitar Concertos (1994), RCA ASIN B000003FG4
• Julian Bream Consort, Vol. 6 (1994), RCA ASIN B000003FFX
• Music of Spain (1994), RCA ASIN B000003FG6
• Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar (1994), RCA ASIN B000003FFY
• Romantic Guitar (1994), RCA ASIN B000003FFZ
• Sonata (1995), Angel ASIN B000002RUX
• 20th Century Guitar I (1996), RCA ASIN B000003FG0
• The Golden Age of English Lute Music (1996), RCA ASIN B000003FFW
• Music for Voice & Guitar (1996), RCA ASIN B000003FG1
• Music of Spain: Milán, Narváez (1996), RCA ASIN B000003FG5
• Popular Classics for the Spanish Guitar (1997), RCA ASIN B000003G9U
• Julian Bream Edition, Volume 1: The Golden Age of English Lute Music (28 CDs) (1998), RCA ASIN B000003FFV
• The Romantic Hours (1998), RCA ASIN B000003FSG
• Spain—Sor, Vol. 24 (1998), BMG Classics ASIN B000025HGH
• Guitar Concertos (1999), RCA ASIN B00000HZS3
• Guitar Music by Albeniz, Vivaldi, Rodrigo & Grandos (2 CDs) (1999), RCA Classics/BMG ASIN B00002DFHV
• Woods So Wild (1999), RCA ASIN B00000HZS6
• Nocturnal: Martin, Britten, Brouwer, Lutoslavski (2000), EMI ASIN B000002RTP
• The Ultimate Guitar Collection (2 CDs) (2000), RCA ASIN B00004UEH6
• Duos de Guitares with John Williams (2001), RCA ASIN B00005I9SO
• Spanish Guitar Music (remastered) (2001), Deutsche Grammophon ASIN B00005OLDN
• Spanish Guitar Recital (2001), RCA ASIN B00005OC01
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Tres piezas espanolas; invocacion y danza (remastered) (2004), RCA ASIN B0002DD67Y
• Spanish Guitar Recital (2004), ASIN B000026GX4
• Guitar Recital: Bach, Sor, Turina, Tippet, Schubert (2005), Testament ASIN B0009UC6L2
• Music of Spain (2005), RCA ASIN B0009U55QA
• Elizabethan Lute Songs, Decca ASIN B000ICGD06
• Julian Bream & Friends, Musical Heritage Society ASIN B000294GJK
• Lute Music from the Royal Courts of Europe, BMG Classics ASIN B000G27DIO
• Music of Spain: The Classical Heritage, RCA ASIN B0001GH54C
• My Favorite Albums, RCA/Sony Classical ASIN B001DD0HPG

References[link]

1. ^ Boston Globe, 7 December 1963, Margo Miller, "The Bream concert dances all night".
2. ^ Grammy Award Winners
3. ^ "Segovia's Contribution to Technical Studies". Graham Wade, EGTA Guitar Journal no.4 (July 1993). http://www.egta.co.uk/content/articles_about_guitarists/segoviatechnique. 
4. ^ No strings attached: article by Anna Tyzack in the Daily Telegraph Property section pp 1&2, 22 September 2007 (Issue no 47,730)

Books about Bream

• Stuart W. Button, Julian Bream, the Foundations of a Musical Career, Scolar Press, 1997 (reissued by Bold Strummer Ltd, 2006. ISBN 1-57784-067-4)
• Graham Wade, The Art of Julian Bream, Ashley Mark Publishing Company, 2008

Other books about Bream[link]

• Julian Bream: a Life on the Road. London: Macdonald, 1982. ISBN 0-356-07880-9. Text by Tony Palmer, photographs by Daniel Meadows, includes discography (pp. 204-16).

External links[link]

• Julian Bream's myspace page
• Biography (Hazard Chase)
• Some photos of LP covers (Oviatt Library Digital Collections)

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John Digweed
Background information
Birth name	John Digweed
Born	(1967-01-01) 1 January 1967 (age 45)
Origin	Hastings, England, United Kingdom
Genres	House, Progressive House
Occupations	Disc jockey Record producer Record Label Owner
Years active	1989 – present
Labels	Bedrock Records Global Underground Renaissance
Associated acts	Sasha & John Digweed, Bedrock
Website	http://www.johndigweed.com/

John Digweed (born John Digweed^[1] on 1 January 1967 in Hastings, England) is an English DJ, record producer and actor.^[2]

Biography[link]

John Digweed began DJing at age 15.^{[citation needed]} His breakthrough came in 1993 when he got a gig at the Renaissance Club in Mansfield after fellow DJ Alexander Coe (aka Sasha) heard his demo.

Digweed is known for promoting the progressive house sound that became popular in Europe and North America in the late 1990s and early 2000s, releasing several popular mix compilations on labels like Renaissance and Global Underground. He started the record label Bedrock Records to further promote the music he was playing at the time. In addition to starting the Bedrock imprint, he and friend Nick Muir produce under the Bedrock alias. In his sets, Digweed is noted^{[citation needed]} for adopting tracks with new and different styles.

Between 2000 and 2005, John Digweed promoted his "Bedrock" sound with monthly club nights for members and newcomers to the electronic music scene. He played Thursday nights at Heaven in London and Friday nights at a smaller club night at The Beach in Brighton. These nights featured numerous guest DJs including Danny Howells, Phil Thompson, Hernan Cattaneo, and Chris Fortier. As Digweed's international schedule increased, these events drew to a close, although occasional reunions are still held at Heaven. Digweed celebrated 10 years of his Bedrock club night at Matter, London on 10 October 2008 with a near on 10-hour set.

Digweed has enjoyed popularity throughout North America in addition to Europe. Digweed, as well as Sasha, established a monthly residency at the now defunct New York club Twilo, which proved a key location for the American electronic music scene. The residency began in 1996 with a lukewarm reception but grew into one of the most popular club nights in New York City by the end of its run in 2001. Sasha and Digweed DJ'd at Twilo on the last Friday of every month, playing sets that lasted between 8 and 12 hours. In early 2001, Sasha suffered an ear injury and was unable to play for their last 4 dates until Twilo was closed by the New York City.^{[citation needed]} Digweed continued to play the time slot by himself until May 6, 2001 when Twilo was raided by the NYPD and subsequently forced to close down.

Digweed DJed as himself in the Greg Harrison's 2000 movie Groove, which tells the story of an all-night rave in San Francisco.

In early 2002, Digweed underwent a six week country-wide tour of the United States with Sasha and Jimmy Van M called Delta Heavy. Promotion of the tour was done by Clear Channel and attendance reached 85,000.^{[citation needed]} The tour took place in a variety of venues but was completely self-reliant from a technical point of view. Sound, lights, and visual setups were brought along to every gig of the tour. Also in 2002, Digweed created the soundtrack to the film Stark Raving Mad.

From September 2000 to January 2011, Digweed hosted a weekly two-hour radio show on Kiss 100 in the UK, in which Digweed played the first hour of music and a guest DJ played the second hour. Beginning in September 2006, John Digweed's show was available on all 3 Kiss radio stations. By that time, the show's name became Transitions, which was also the name of a four-volume series of mix albums by Digweed released every six months during 2006-2008. In January 2011, "Transitions" aired for the last time on Kiss 100.^[3] The show continues to be broadcast online.

2008 saw Digweed and Sasha reuniting for a Spring Club Tour that once again featured performances all over North America. Also in 2008, Digweed's music is to be featured in the film movie adaptation of Irvine Welsh's best-selling novel Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance.

In 2010, he was voted the number 29 DJ in DJ Mag's annual Top 100 vote. He has been featured in the top 10 from 1998–2008 and was voted number one DJ in 2001.^[4]

John is the brother of 19 times World Clay Shooting Champion George Digweed MBE.^{[5][not in citation given]}

Discography[link]

Compilation albums[link]

• 1994: Journeys by DJ Volume 4: Silky Mix (Music Unites)
• 1994: Sasha & John Digweed - Renaissance: The Mix Collection (Renaissance)
• 1995: Renaissance: The Mix Collection Part 2 (Renaissance)
• 1996: Sasha & John Digweed - Northern Exposure (Ministry of Sound)
• 1997: Sasha & John Digweed - Northern Exposure 2 (Ministry of Sound)
• 1997: The Winning Ticket (Jackpot)
• 1998: Global Underground 006: Sydney (Boxed)
• 1999: Bedrock (INCredible)
• 1999: Sasha & John Digweed - Northern Exposure: Expeditions (INCredible)
• 1999: Global Underground 014: Hong Kong (Boxed)
• 2000: Sasha & John Digweed - Communicate (INCredible) (Billboard 200 #149)
• 2001: Global Underground 019: Los Angeles (Boxed)
• 2002: MMII (Bedrock Records) (Billboard Top Electronic Albums #7)
• 2003: Stark Raving Mad (Thrive Records) (Billboard Electronic #9)
• 2004: Layered Sounds (Bedrock Records)
• 2005: fabric 20 (fabric) (Billboard Electronic #13)
• 2005: Choice – A Collection of Classics (Azuli Records)
• 2005: Layered Sounds 2 (Bedrock Records)
• 2006: Transitions (Renaissance) (Billboard Electronic #16)
• 2007: Transitions Vol. 2 (Renaissance)
• 2007: Transitions Vol. 3 (Renaissance)
• 2008: Transitions Vol. 4 (Renaissance)
• 2008: Bedrock 10: Past Present Future (Bedrock Records)
• 2009: Bedrock Eleven (Bedrock Records)
• 2010: Structures (Bedrock Records)
• 2010: Bedrock Twelve (Bedrock Records)
• 2011: Structures Two (Bedrock Records)
• 2012: Live in Cordoba (Bedrock Records)

Singles[link]

• 1993: Bedrock - "For What You Dream Of" (Stress Records) (UK #25)
• 1997: Bedrock - "Set in Stone" / "Forbidden Zone" (Stress Records) (UK #71)
• 1999: Bedrock - "Heaven Scent" (Bedrock Records) (UK #35)
• 2000: Bedrock - "Voices" (Bedrock Records) (UK #44)
• 2001: Bedrock - "Beautiful Strange" (Bedrock Records)
• 2002: Bedrock - "Emerald" (Bedrock Records)
• 2003: Bedrock - "Forge" (Bedrock Breaks)
• 2005: Bedrock - "Santiago" (Bedrock Records)
• 2006: Bedrock - "Warung Beach" (Bedrock Records)
• 2007: John Digweed - "Gridlock" (Renaissance)
• 2009: John Digweed & Nick Muir - "Tangent" (Bedrock Records)
• 2010: John Digweed & Nick Muir - "Satellite / Meteor" (Bedrock Records)
• 2010: John Digweed & Nick Muir - "Satellite / Meteor (Remixes)" (Bedrock Records)

DVD[link]

• Sasha & John Digweed present Delta Heavy (System Recordings)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Site
• Bedrock Records
• John Digweed discography at Discogs
• (French) Interview John Digweed - Actualites Electroniques
• (English) Interview John Digweed - Actualites Electroniques
• 10 years of Bedrock Interview by Laptoprockers
• John Digweed Transitions - Official Tracklistings - 2006 to Now
• John Digweed Transitions - Archive - 2000 to Now - Streaming & Downloads
• John Digweed Essential Mix 2010