Mystery DJ Revealed: Jeremy Dawson of the Shiny Toy Guns

Afterhours

Monday, 04 May 2009 13:44

Jeremy Dawson

Returning to Cornerstone for the first time in close to nine years is Jeremy Dawson. After his first band Cloud2Ground left N*soul Records, he and his partner in crime Chad Petree formed a little group known as Slyder. With multiple releases on Moonshine Records and several other labels, Slyder made a dent some rather huge dents in the trance market and even dabbled in Drum and Bass for a few releases under yet another name. Jeremy during this time went on tours with several big names that included Paul Oakenfold.

Eventually, Jeremy and Chad felt some changes coming in the wind. It wasn’t long before Jeremy hung up his Trance mantle and picked up on the quickly evolving electro sound, not electro house, but pure electro. From there, the rest is history. The Shiny Toy Guns were created. Jeremy and Chad added drummer Mikey Martin and vocalist Sisely Treasure. Not long afterwards, the Shiny Toy Guns had a record deal and even a Grammy nomination. Today, Jeremy is reclaiming some of his DJ roots and in some ways is coming full circle with his return performance at the Cornerstone Music Festival.

Please join us on Friday night at the Afterhours Dance Club right after the Shiny Toy Guns’ performance on Main Stage. We’ll be waiting for you.

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Tuesday, 12 May 2009

Man I did not get to see him dj when shiny toy guns came to Milwaukee. I was so bummed. No way I can make c-stone. Hope you have a tight set Jeremy. What a treat for all you peeps who are going this summer.

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