Junior Vasquez

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Junior Vasquez
Birth name
Donald Gregory Mattern
Born
(1949-08-24) August 24, 1949 (age 69)[1]
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Genres
House
Occupation(s)
  • DJ

  • record producer

  • remixer


Years active
1980s–present
Labels
  • Tommy Boy

  • Virgin

  • EMI

  • Nervous


Junior Vasquez (born Donald Gregory Mattern, August 24, 1949[1] in Lancaster, Pennsylvania), is an American DJ, record producer and remixer.[2]




Contents





  • 1 Career


  • 2 Madonna controversy


  • 3 Discography

    • 3.1 Albums


    • 3.2 Mixed compilations


    • 3.3 Selected remixes



  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Career


Mattern moved to New York City as a young adult in 1971 with ambitions of becoming a fashion designer, briefly attending Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and working as a hairdresser for a while. Mattern soon became fascinated with NYC nightlife especially the work of DJ Larry Levan at the Paradise Garage. After adopting the pseudonym "Junior Vasquez", he began his career in music production in the 1980s. Vasquez worked with DJ and pop remixer/producer Shep Pettibone, and together they co-produced and edited numerous singles from artists like Madonna, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, MC Hammer, Prince, Pet Shop Boys and others. Vasquez landed a brief residency at Club Bassline, where he began to make a name for himself as a live DJ.


Many of Junior Vasquez's earliest underground hits were released under the name "Ellis D", including the gay house track, "Work This Pussy". Vasquez also released the tracks "Just Like a Queen", "My Lolleata", "It's Scratched", and "Took My Love Away".


From 1989 to 1995, Vasquez was the DJ at the original Sound Factory, a club he co-founded with Richard Grant, which was located at 530 W. 27th St in the Chelsea district. Major record labels began soliciting Vasquez to produce club-friendly remixes for their top singers using his personal beat-driven house style. Due to a rise in demand from these labels, many singer and musicians like C+C Music Factory, David Morales, Björk, Marilyn Manson, and Madonna were known to frequent his Sunday morning events. Working with many popular artists allowed Vasquez to create his own repertoire of exclusive "Private Collection" of authorized remixes (along with several unofficial remixes) which were not released to the market and thus made his live sets even more distinctive to his following due to the fact that they could only be heard at Vasquez's Sound Factory events.


Junior Vasquez also was closely associated at this time with The House of Xtravaganza, a gay ballroom "house" which enjoyed a great prominence in New York City at this time. In the early 1990s, Vasquez released his single "X", which sampled Danny Xtravaganza say the word "extravaganza!" (the voice sample was taken from Danny Xtravaganza's 1990 single "Love the Life You Live").


After the Sound Factory was closed in February 1995, Vasquez held residencies at the Tunnel (1995-1996), and at ArenA (held at the Palladium) (1996–1997) where his suspended booth was custom designed by designers Dolce & Gabbana. In 1997, he returned to the former site of the original Sound Factory, now called Twilo. Remodeled to include a custom-designed DJ booth for Vasquez's exclusive use and fitted with new cutting-edge audio technology known as "Phazon", Vasquez's residency at Twilo lasted until May 2001 when the venue was closed by order of the city. In 1997, Ian Jenkinson and Inner Rhythm Artists Tribal Gathering enlisted Vasquez for the largest single artist DJ even in UK history at the London Arena. Problems with the venue saw the event split between the two clubs: Ministry of Sound and Cream.


Vasquez held shorter-lived residencies at the various clubs in New York, including Discothèque, Sound Factory (so-named by Richard Grant who retained legal rights to the name) and opened in a new space located in Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan.


In addition to his work as a DJ and remixer, he has co-produced albums for John Mellencamp, For Real, Lisa Lisa, and Cyndi Lauper as well as individual LP tracks for Madonna, Cher, Wild Orchid, and Kristine W. Vasquez, along with his record label Junior Vasquez Music, is also known for introducing new artists, including many crossover singers, to dance/pop music scene, including Vernessa Mitchell, Jason Walker, Casey Stratton, Quentin Elias, Vivian Green, and Sam Harris.



Madonna controversy


Vasquez had a public falling out with Madonna in 1996, after the release of an unauthorized single titled "If Madonna Calls". The original version that Vasquez plays at nightclubs contains what is widely believed to be an actual phone message from Madonna left on Vasquez's answering machine.[3]


The song's lyrics are as follows:


(voice recording ostensibly left by Madonna on Vasquez's answering machine at his home in New York): "Hello, Junior. This is Madonna. Are you there? (short pause) Call me in Miami."


This is followed by the voice of vocal house artist, author of song Franklin Fuentes, which says:"If Madonna calls, I'm not here."


This is followed by hard tribal rhythms, with the samples of the message still playing in the loop of the track, and the male singer repeating the words shown above along with "Hola, Señorita Cosa" ("Hello, Ms. Thing"). Toward the end of the song, the words change, and the male voice concludes by saying: "If Madonna calls…actually, if she calls, just disconnect her. That's right—if she calls, tell her I'm not here."



Discography









Selected remixes


Note: The industry standard by which a remix is considered commercially released is the track has been made available legally for retail sale. This can mean the remix was released on a CD single, 12" vinyl single, cassette single, or it can mean the remix was released on one of the artist's albums (usually on a greatest hits compilation or as a bonus track to a studio album's international release). Other times it was included on a compilation or soundtrack album. The tracks listed below have all been released commercially in one of the aforementioned forms, with a few exceptions which are indicated with a note in parenthesis explaining the track's status. With the advent of Internet-selling using programs such as iTunes, that type of release is also considered commercial as it results in a profit and the artist and management oversee what is available on such programs.




  • Ace of Base - "Beautiful Life"


  • Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen (of U2) - "Theme from Mission: Impossible"


  • Amanda Lear - "I Just Wanna Dance Again"


  • Amber - "One More Night"

  • Amber - "This Is Your Night"


  • Annie Lennox - "No More I Love You's/Take Me to the River/Downtown Lights (Medley)"


  • Angelique Kidjo featuring Peter Gabriel - "Salala"


  • Aqua - "Around the World"


  • Ayumi Hamasaki - "Boys & Girls"

  • Ayumi Hamasaki - "Appears"


  • Beyoncé - "Krazy in Luv"

  • Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul - "Baby Boy"

  • Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug - "Check on It"


  • Billie Ray Martin - "Your Loving Arms"


  • BoA - "Valenti"


  • Britney Spears - "Breathe on Me" '(Unreleased)"

  • Britney Spears - "Break the Ice" "(Unreleased)"

  • Britney Spears - "Circus"

  • Britney Spears - "Gimme More" (remixed by Junior Vasquez & Johnny Vicious)

  • Britney Spears - "If U Seek Amy"

  • Britney Spears - "Me Against the Music" "(Unreleased)"

  • Britney Spears - "Piece of Me" (remixed by Junior Vasquez & Johnny Vicious)

  • Britney Spears - "Radar" "(Unreleased)"

  • Britney Spears - "Touch of My Hand" "(Unreleased)"

  • Britney Spears - "Toxic" (Unreleased)

  • Britney Spears - "Womanizer"


  • Bjork - "I Miss You" (Unreleased)


  • Casey Stratton - "House of Jupiter"


  • CeCe Peniston - "He Loves Me 2"


  • Cher - "Love Is in the Air"


  • Cher - "One by One"


  • Cher - "The Power" "(Unreleased)"


  • Cher - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"


  • Christina Aguilera - "Ain't No Other Man"


  • Cyndi Lauper - "Come on Home"

  • Cyndi Lauper - "Hey Now (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun)"

  • Cyndi Lauper - "You Don't Know"

  • Danielle Bollinger - "You'll Always Have Me"


  • Dannii Minogue - "Success"


  • Dana International - "You Get Down on Me"


  • David Bowie - "Little Wonder"


  • David Longoria featuring Cece Peniston- "Deeper Love"


  • Deborah Cox - "Absolutely Not"

  • Deborah Cox - "It's Over Now"

  • Deborah Cox - "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"

  • Deborah Cox - "Who Do U Love"


  • Deborah Gibson - "Only Words"


  • Destiny's Child - "Girl"


  • Dolly Parton - "Peace Train"


  • Donna Summer - "Melody of Love"


  • Duran Duran featuring Grandmaster Flash - "White Lines"


  • Elton John - "Made in England"


  • Everything but the Girl - "Missing" (Released only on DMC Remix Service promo)


  • For Real - "Like I Do"


  • France Joli - "Breakaway"


  • Funky Green Dogs - "Fired Up"


  • Geri Halliwell - "Mi Chico Latino"


  • Gioia Bruno - "Barely Breathing"

  • Gioia Bruno - "From the Inside"


  • Gloria Estefan - "Higher"


  • Information Society - "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" (2001 Remix Single)


  • Irene Cara - "All My Heart"


  • Janet Jackson - "Twenty Foreplay"


  • Janet Jackson - "Runaway"

  • Janet Jackson featuring Khia - "So Excited"

  • Janet Jackson - "Someone to Call My Lover" (unreleased)


  • Janice Robinson & Sandy B - "The Real Me (It Gets Better)"


  • Jars of Clay - "Flood" (released only on DMC Remix Service promo)

  • Jason Walker - "My Life"


  • Jody Watley - "Whenever"


  • Joi Cardwell - "After the Rain"


  • John Mellencamp - "Key West Intermezzo"

  • John Mellencamp - "Emotional Love" (unreleased)


  • Jonny McGovern - "Orange Juice"


  • Joyce Sims - "All & All"


  • Juliet Roberts - "I Want You" (released only on DMC Remix Service promo)


  • Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body"


  • k.d. lang - "If I Were You"


  • Kelly Clarkson - "Miss Independent"


  • Keyshia Cole - "Love"




  • Kristine W - "Clubland" (unreleased)

  • Kristine W - "Don't Wanna Think" (Champion Records 4 x 12" promo only)

  • Kristine W - "Feel What You Want"

  • Kristine W - "Fly Again"

  • Kristine W - "Land of the Living"

  • Kristine W - "One More Try"

  • Kristine W - "Save My Soul"

  • Kristine W - "Sweet Mercy Me" (unreleased)


  • Kylie Minogue - "Too Far"

  • Kylie Minogue - "Limbo" (unreleased)


  • Lisa Lisa - "Acid Rain"


  • Lisa Lisa - "If This Is Real"


  • Lisa Lisa - "Knockin Down the Walls"


  • Lisa Lisa - "Make It Right"


  • Lisa Lisa - "Same Old Thing"


  • Lisa Lisa - "Skip to My House"


  • Lisa Lisa - "When I Fell In Love"


  • Lisa Stansfield - "Never Gonna Fall"

  • Lisa Stansfield - "All Around the World"


  • Livin' Joy - "Don't Stop Movin'"

  • Livin' Joy - "Dreamer"


  • M People - "Padlock"


  • Madonna - "Bedtime Story"

  • Madonna - "Hollywood" (authorized release for a fashion show hosted by Donatella Versace)

  • Madonna - "Like a Prayer" (unreleased)

  • Madonna - "Rescue Me"

  • Madonna - "Secret"

  • Madonna - "I Want You" (unreleased)

  • Madonna - "You'll See" (Unreleased)

  • Madonna - "Crazy For You" (unreleased)

  • Madonna - "Human Nature" (unreleased)


  • Mariah Carey - "Heartbreaker/If You Should Ever Be Lonely"


  • Maroon 5 - "This Love"


  • Mary J. Blige - "Your Child"


  • MC Hammer - "Pray" (remixed by Junior Vasquez & Shep Pettibone)


  • Michael Jackson - "Off The Wall" (eight remixes were made, but only one released)

  • Michael Jackson - "You Rock My World" (remixed, but never released)


  • Moby - "Into The Blue"


  • Nelly Furtado - "I'm Like a Bird"

  • Nelly Furtado - "Say It Right"

  • Nelly Furtado - "Powerless (Say What You Want)"


  • Orgy - "Fiction (Dreams in Digital)"


  • Paula Abdul featuring Ofra Haza - "My Love Is for Real"


  • Peggy Wood - "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"


  • Pearl Jam - "Better Man"


  • Pet Shop Boys - "Yesterday, When I Was Mad"


  • Pink - "U + Ur Hand"

  • Pink - "Sober"

  • Pink - "Stupid Girls" (remixed by Dynamix & Junior Vasquez)


  • Prince - "Cream"


  • Queen - "Bicycle Race"


  • Quentin Elias - "This Time Baby"


  • Quindon Tarver - "When Doves Cry"


  • Qkumba Zoo - "The Child Inside" (also known as "The Sea World" song)


  • Rank 1 - "Airwave"


  • Real McCoy - "Run Away"

  • Real McCoy - "Come and Get Your Love"


  • Rob Thomas - "Lonely No More"


  • Rickie Lee Jones - "Living It Up" (unreleased)


  • Sandy B - Nothingness


  • Seduction - "Feel Brand New"


  • Shannon - "Let The Music Play"


  • Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Fear (of the Unknown)"


  • Skunk Anansie - "Brazen (Weep)"


  • Sounds of Blackness - "Children of the World"


  • Spice Girls - "Say You'll Be There"

  • Spice Girls - "Wannabe"


  • t.A.T.u. - "All The Things She Said"


  • Tevin Campbell - "Strawberry Letter 23"


  • Toni Braxton - "Unbreak My Heart" (Released only on DMC Remix Service promo)


  • Vanessa L. Williams - "You Are Everything"


  • Vernessa Mitchell - "Reap (What You Sow)


  • Veronica - "Relentless (Just a Game)"


  • Wes Madiko - "Awa Awa"


  • Whitney Houston - "Greatest Love of All"

  • Whitney Houston - "How Will I Know"

  • Whitney Houston - "I Didn't Know My Own Strength"

  • Whitney Houston - "I Learned from the Best"

  • Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"

  • Whitney Houston - "Million Dollar Bill"

  • Whitney Houston - "My Love Is Your Love" (unreleased 2010 Birthday Mix)

  • Whitney Houston - "Step by Step"

  • Whitney Houston - "Fine"


  • Wild Orchid - "Talk to Me"


  • Zelma Davis - "Power"




References




  1. ^ ab "Cielo: May 2009 News". top40-charts.com. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2010. 


  2. ^ IMO Records. "Junior Vasquez Biography" Archived 2012-08-02 at Archive.is, IMO Records' Retrieved on 29 February 2011.


  3. ^ Music Makes the People Come Together from New York Magazine 10 September 2001




External links



  • Junior Vasquez on Facebook


  • Junior Vasquez on Twitter Edit this at Wikidata


  • Junior Vasquez on SoundCloud Edit this at Wikidata


  • Junior Vasquez discography at Discogs


  • Junior Vasquez on IMDb





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