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Early life

Junior Sanchez was born in

, on May 4, 1977, and raised in the Ironbound. His family is from the state of

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, Brazil.

Career

Sanchez has worked in the music business as a record executive president and A&R. At 17, he became A&R for the independent New Jersey label Rufftrax, signing producers James Christian and B.O.P. He also ran his own label Cube Recordings which released material from Felix Da Housecat,

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, and was also President of A&R for various label's Junior now operates his own record label "Brobot Records" distributed by Armada Music. Junior has released original music under these names or aliases: The Controllers [w/

], S-Men [W/

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. Production and remixes include

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, Felix Da Housecat,

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Discography

Compilations

* SubSpecies* / Junior Sanchez – ''From Da East'' / Da Bionic Trax (CD, Comp) Rhythm Republic 1996

DJ mixes

* ''Cube Recordings'' (CD) DJ Magazine 2001 * ''Seize The Fewcha'' Nervous Records 2011

Singles and extended plays

* "Alive at Night" (featuring Ineabell) * "Deeper Love" (with Sultan & Ned Shepard) * "Without You" (with CeCe Peniston) * "Salt" (vs. Bad Suns) * Dave Carlucci & Junior Sanchez – Rufftrax On Wax (EP) , Rufftrack Records 1994 * Dave Carlucci & Junior Sanchez – The Guardian Of Ruff EP (12", EP) , Rufftrack Records 1994 * Harry "Choo Choo" Romero & Junior Sanchez – Bad Little Kiddies , Gossip Records 1996 * Da Bionic Trax , Strictly Rhythm 1996 * Da Shape Of Da 80s , Narcotic Records 1998 * Rhythm Masters And Junior Sanchez – Da New Age Funksters , Junior London 1999 * 2Morrows Future 2Day (2x12") , R-Senal 1999 * Old Tracky Bastard (12") , Armed Records 1999 * The Man-E-Facez EP , Yoshitoshi Recordings 2000 * Junior Sanchez Featuring Angie Johnson – That Girl Ain't Right , R-Senal 2000 * Junior Sanchez & Rhythm Masters Are New Age Funkstas – Rock Your Body (12") , Cube Recordings 2000 * Armand Van Helden & Junior Sanchez – Stanton Music Sampler No. 1 Stanton Magnetics, LLC 2000 * Junior Sanchez Feat. Dajae* – B With U 3345 Recordings 1999 * Executes Cubizm 1.0 (12") Cube Recordings CUB 01 2000 * Junior Sanchez and Christian Smith – R United Cube Recordings 2001 * Dancin Next To Me (12") Not On Label JUNBUG 01 2001 * Junior Sanchez and Rhythm Masters – Are New Age Funkstars (12") House Works 2001 * Steve Mac and Junior Sanchez – The Controllers (Essential DJ Toolz) Dis-Funktional Recordings 2001 * Superincumbent / I Wanna Rock! (12", W/Lbl) Cube Recordings ZCUB 14 2003 * Neoteric Version 1 (12") Cube Recordings CUB 14 2003 * The Last Dance (12") Big & Dirty BADR.002 2005 * Junior Sanchez Feat. Good Charlotte – Elevator (12") Rise RISE 492 2010 * Harry Romero*, Junior Sanchez & Alexander Technique Feat Shawnee Taylor – Where You Are (12") Sneakerz Muzik 2011 * Dim Mak Attack EP (3xFile, MP3, EP, 320) Dim Mak Records DM 293 2012 * Junior Sanchez featuring CeCe Peniston* – Without You (File, MP3, Single, 320) Size Records 2014 * Junior Sanchez with Todd Terry – Figure Of Jazz (Freeze Records) 2018 * Junior Sanchez – Fundamentals EP (

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) 2018 * Todd Terry and Junior Sanchez – Figure of Jazz (Freeze Records) 2019 * Junior Sanchez – Without Your Love (Armada Music) 2019 * Junior Sanchez – ''Blueprint'' EP (Kaluki Musik) 2019 * Junior Sanchez – Hard to Resist (Too Many Rules) 2019 * Junior Sanchez – ''Everyday'' EP (Circus Recordings) 2019 * Junior Sanchez and Boris – Move It (Saved Records) 2020 * Junior Sanchez featuring Lee Wilson – Music So Special (Undisputed Music) 2021

Remixes

*1998:

- " Revolution 909" (

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& Junior's Revolutionary War Mix) *2007:

- " DARE" (DARE - Junior Sanchez Remix) *2019: Huxley and Javi Bora – "You're Everything" (Junior Sanchez Remix) *2019:

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and Lenny Fontana – "Top of the World" (Junior Sanchez Remix)

Miscellaneous

* Harry Romero, Junior Sanchez & Alexander Technique Feat Shawnee Taylor – ''Where You Are'' (3xFile, MP3, 320) Size Records 2010 * Junior Sanchez featuring Karmen – ''I Believe In'' (Remixes) (2xFile, MP3, 320) Size Records 2011 * Junior Sanchez featuring Karmen – ''I Believe In'' (3xFile, MP3, 320) Size Records 2011 * Junior Sanchez and Bad Suns – ''Salt'' (File, MP3, 320) Size Records 2014 * Junior Sanchez and Sultan & Shepard – ''Deeper Love'' (File, MP3, 320) Size Records 2014

References

External links

* Junior Sanchez at AllMusic.com*
Junior's Bio

Junior's Video Interview on Vimeo
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