Real name: John Juan Mendez

Effective period / Period of releases: 2006 - 2023

American techno DJ and producer. Born in Guatemala on 14 August 1977, he was brought up in Los Angeles and started DJing at the age of 16. In 1999 he made contact with Regis, the founder of the Birmingham-based Downwards label, becoming a member of Regis’s Sandwell District collective, with whom he released a series of singles throughout the 2000s. He was Sandwell District’s art director, and has worked as a graphic designer and as an art director at a high end eyewear company. He died on 18 January 2024.