John Tejada

John Tejada

John Tejada (born 21 April 1974 in Vienna, Austria), is an electronic music artist, music producer, DJ, and record label owner. His Austrian father was an orchestra composer/conductor who met his mother, a soprano singer of Mexican-American descent, while she was studying in Vienna.

He has recorded under diverse monikers for various labels. Names he has recorded under include Mr. Hazeltine, Lucid Dream, and Autodidact. He also provided a remix to "Such Great Heights", from The Postal Service.

Collaborations

Tejada has released several recordings with Arian Leviste over the span of 15 years. He is also a frequent collaborator with Divine Styler. He teamed up with Takeshi Nishimoto (a pupil of Pepe Romero) to form I'm Not A Gun. I'm Not A Gun has released five full length albums since 2003.

In 2006, he performed at several venues throughout Europe with Justin Maxwell, his newest associate. In October 2007, Tejada and Arian Leviste embarked on their first tour together throughout Europe. The duo performed a live hardware set at the following venues: Mission (Leeds, UK), Click (Hamburg, Germany), Watergate (Berlin, Germany), Propaganda (Moscow, Russia), Maffia (Reggio Emilia, Italy), Batofar (Paris, France), and Compression @ King King (Los Angeles, California, USA).

Discography

Album

Little Green Lights and Four Inch Faders (1998) - A13
The Matrix of Us (2000) - Defocus
Daydreams In Cold Weather (2002) - Plug Research
The Toiling of Idle Hands (2003) - Immigrant Records
Logic Memory Center (2004) - Plug Research
Cleaning sound is a filthy business (2006) - Palette Recordings
Where (2008) - Palette Recordings
Parabolas (2011) - Kompakt
The Predicting Machine (2012) - Kompakt
Signs Under Test (2015) - Kompakt

Ebonics (1997) - Palette Recordings
Genre (1998) - Palette Recordings
Sonic Life (1998) - Ferox Records
Song Forms & Freedom (2000) - Mosaic
The Cover Up (2000) - 1200 Music
Connection Remixes (2001) - Sheep Records
Mating Rhythm (2001) - Mosaic
The Toiling of Idle Hands (2004) - Immigrant

Compilation

Fabric 44 - John Tejada (2009) - Fabric (London)]

External links

Palette Recordings
John Tejada at AllMusic
John Tejada discography at Discogs
RBMA Radio On Demand - Train Wreck Mix - John Tejada (Palette Rec., LA)
(French) Interview John Tejada - Actualites Electroniques
(English) Interview John Tejada - Actualites Electroniques

I'm Not a Gun

Takeshi Nishimoto John Tejada

Albums	Everything at Once Our Lives on Wednesdays Sundays Will Never Change We Think as Instruments Mirror Solace

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