Eli Epp
DJ Dow Jones | |
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| Birth name | Eli Epp |
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| Born | March 1, 1975 North Bay, Ontario, Canada. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
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Eli Epp (born March 1st, 1975), professionally known as stage name Dow Jones, is a Canadian hip hop disk jockey (DJ) and hip hop artist.
Music Career[edit]
Dow Jones (also known as Spitz) has begun his career in 1995 by founding Mood Ruff with Odario Williams. In the early 1990s, the two members started recording their first demos on a karaoke machine in Spitz’s basement. They first started playing their music live in 1994, in small clubs around Toronto. "We were playing at this club called the 360 in Toronto and there were all of nine people there, five of which were from Winnipeg,"[1] says Odario about one of their very first live shows. They also toured with punk and funk bands.[2]
They eventually started to gain an underground fan base all throughout Canada. In 1997 they started their own record label, Slo-Coach Records, and released their albums through this label. Also in 1997, the group founded the Peg City Holla Festival. This festival, which is held every summer, hosts a venue for hip-hop groups from Winnipeg. The festival has also had appearances by Ali Shaheed Muhammad from A Tribe Called Quest.[3] Their first hit was a single called 'No Hooks' which received heavy rotation on Canada's Much Music video station and gained them national awareness. Their first album, Night.Life.Types, was released in 1999. This album was followed by their second album, Politic Different. Both albums received positive reviews and did reasonably well in regards to album sales. Their third album, Antarctica (Cold, Cold World), was released in 2002. Their fourth and latest album, I Do My Own Stunts, was released in 2005. I Do My Own Stunts continued the streak of critically acclaimed albums, and it also contained their first commercially successful single, "Rocketship".
DJ Career[edit]
In 2003, Dow Jones was ready for a change and went from behind the mic to behind the turntables. He started off with small local residencies which quickly became the city’s hot spots. In early 2008 Dow Jones solidified his place with Canada’s elite by earning the title of Most Versatile DJ, winning the Red Bull Three-Style Battle. He has recently brushed shoulders with some of the biggest names in the industry such as Z-Trip, Team Canada, Kid Capri, Dj Ayres, Matt the Alien, DJ Kemo and DJ Pump. DJ Dow Jones’ high demand has led him to open for major acts such as Slick Rick, Kanye West, Fabulous, Redman, Method Man, Akon, Kardinal Offishall, and Flo Rida. Now moving from an opening act to a headline DJ, Dow Jones has played to sold-out crowds on three countries and some of the industry’s biggest parties in Canada and the U.S. He is currently the official DJ of Madchild and according to Mad, DJ Dow Jones has contributed [4] a fair share to the creation of Hellbound - a track from Madchild's 2014 Switched On EP.
Awards and Nominations[edit]
- 2008 Red Bull Thre3Style Battle: Most Versatile DJ
- 2009 Top 3 for Red Bull Thre3Style
- 2011 Nominated for Central Canadian DJ of the Year
- 2010 Runner up for Red Bull Thre3Style
- 2010 Nominee for Central Canada’s DJ of the Year Stylus Awards
Notable Appearences[edit]
- 2011 Japan Summer Jump Off Tour (Headlining DJ)
- Bishop Lamont’s Official Tour DJ
- Official Coast 2 Coast Mixtape Allstar DJ
- Opening DJ for Rick Ross
- DJ’d at The City in Cancun, Mexico
- G Unit “Bang Out” Radio on Shade45
- Officially sponsored by Reebok
- Socialite Party for Jenni “J-WOWW” of Jersey Shore
- Opened for Redman and Method Man
- Played alongside New York City’s DJ G.I.
- Placed in the Top 3 for Red Bull Thre3Style Winnipeg
- Headline DJ of Winnipeg's Most Western Canadian Tour 2012 [5]
- Headline DJ of Madchild 2012 Canadian Fall Tour 2012 [6]
- 2012 Official DJ at Super Spike [7]
External links[edit]
- DJ Dow Jones on Instagram
- DJ Dow Jones on Facebook
- DJ Dow Jones on Twitter]
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- ↑ “Mood Ruff Interview.” Hip Hop Canada. 2005. Archived 2007-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Biography." Mood Ruff Official Website. 2005. 16 October 2008. http://www.moodruff.com
- ↑ Adams, Steven. "Mood Ruff Celebrates 10 Years Behind the Mic." Uptown Magazine. June 2002
- ↑ "Madchild interview for hiphopdx.com" hiphopdx.com. 4 Ocetober 2014.
- ↑ Tour dates and details. 23 March 2012 http://www.sakihiwe.ca/news/read,article/30/winnipeg-s-most-hitting-the-road-for-western-canadian-tour/
- ↑ Tour dates and details. 10 October 2012. http://exclaim.ca/music/article/madchild_rolls_out_canadian_fall_tour/
- ↑ Local community announcement. 20 July 2012. http://www.communitynewscommons.org/culture/sports/a-weekend-of-drinks-music-and-maybe-a-little-volleyball/
