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from Washington D.C., Justin Katz, (aka hook the captain Jpunch) is one of the
singular emerging talents on the worldwide scene. The captain has been lauded
for his innovative melding of lush house elements with aggressive underground
dance and extravagant vocals. With his recent debut on 'Oakenfold Presents' and
a cache of amazing pop/house tracks, the captain is rapidly emerging as one of
the brightest stars on the scene.
The
captain has released tracks on major dance labels all over the world, from Global
Underground, and System Recordings to Climax Recordings, Ovenready Productions,
and the Ministry of Sound, alongside artists like BT, Underworld, Sasha, Sinead
O Conner, Joshua Ryan, Grayarea, Fretwell, Earth Dueley, Paul Lancaster and more.
Hook spends his spare time running his own house label dpulse!, and producing
with his band, 3kstatic.
Online,
the captain dominates large scale music sites like Kazaa, Itunes, Pressplay, Rhapsody,
Listen, AOL Radio, Netscape Radio, and Napster. He has been downloaded over 3
million times. Offline, the captain not only a Producer extra ordinaire, regularly
DJ's and promotes partys in the Washington D.C. Area. He can be found Djing at
some of Washington DC's hottest dance clubs, including Club Five, Andalu, and
Platinum. The captain recently acquired his very own residency at Andalu and plays
there every saturday night with fellow DJ's Matthew Hade and Ally Di Nas. With
his productions rapidly gaining support from people like Dfuse, Oakenfold, Hernan
Cattaneo, Greg Benz, Spesh and more... hook really is the pants. |