Justin Boland, also known as J Boogie is a DJ, music producer, radio host, music director and music curator from San Francisco with over 25 years of experience in the music industry.
He is the Head of Hip-Hop and R&B Programming at Pandora Media. As a curator, he's responsible for the Hip-Hop and R&B libraries, editorial curation and programming Pandora's genre stations and Project Management for Pandora's programming team. J Boogie's experience in radio, clubs and the recording studio have provided opportunities for him to work at Beats Music, Pulselocker, Spinner.com/AOL Music, Amoeba Music, KUSF and more.
He is signed to the
Om Records
Om Records is an American record label, established in 1995, which releases electronic music, dance music and hip hop. The label was founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Chris Smith. Om Records releases both artist albums and compilations, incl ...
label, and has three full-length albums as well as several DJ mix CDs. He has also been featured on several compilations and remix projects.
His style includes a mixture of
downtempo
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soul
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Etymology
The Modern English noun '':wikt:soul, soul'' is derived from Old English ''sāwol, sāwel''. The ea ...
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afrobeats
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Latin
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dancehall
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, and
electronic
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* ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal
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He was the co-creator of the radio show ''Beatsauce'', along with DJs Raw B, and Wisdom on KUSF, which was awarded "Best hip-hop show" by citysearch.com, the ''SF Bay Guardian'', and the ''SF Weekly''. He was also one of the long time residents at
Dub Mission
Dub Mission is a dub, dubstep, roots, and dancehall party which occurs weekly on Sunday nights at San Francisco's Elbo Room club in the Mission district. Started by DJ Sep in 1996 as a monthly venue to fill a void in the Bay Area's dub scene, D ...
, a weekly reggae/roots party in San Francisco at the Elbo Room.
J Boogie's Dubtronic Science
His band J Boogie's Dubtronic Science, features himself DJing with FX and drum machines, plus a few other frequent contributors. They play a mix of styles and feature members of
Jazz Mafia The Jazz Mafia is a young American musical collective that incorporates smaller ensembles into a larger family.People Under The Stairs, Capital A and Tony Moses. His next release on Om Records, ''Live in the Mix'', was a mix CD featuring two new original songs, "You're a Murdera" featuring Deuce Eclipse and Zion I, and "Purple Perpendicular Phonics", featuring P.E.A.C.E. and Raashan Ahmad.
His third release on Om, ''Soul Vibrations'', features The Rebirth, Rich Medina, Lyrics Born, Ohmega Watts, Zion I, Crown City Rockers, Jennifer Johns, Deuce Eclipse, Capitol A, The Mamaz, Jazz Mafia, Lunar Heights, Jrod Indigo, Tony Moses and more.
J Boogie has also released several mixtapes and remixes. His has remixed DJ Vadim, Alice Russell, Miguel Migs, Karsh Kale, The Rebirth, Zeph & Azeem, Mark Farina, Zion I, Goapele and Soulstice. His mix CDs are ''Leftism 1 & 2'' with Sake One, ''In the Mood I & II'', ''Universal B Breaks'', ''Electro Soul'', ''Live in the Bedroom'', and ''Live on the Dancefloor''. He has been featured on compilations like Mark Farina's ''Mushroom Jazz 5 & 6'', the ''Om Lounge'' series, and Ubiquity compilations and remix projects.
He has remixed/dubbed:
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Mark Farina
Mark Farina (born March 25, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American disc jockey and musician, known for his Chicago house, acid jazz and downtempo works. His notable releases include ''Mood'' (KMS Records, 1989) and the ''Mushroom Jazz'' ...
* Asiah and DJ Tonk
* Romanowski
* Soulstice
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Colossal
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* ''Colossal'' (film), a 2016 science fiction film starring Anne Hathaway
* (Colossal) Pictures, entertainment company which closed in 2000
* Colossal (band), American punk band formed in 2001
* "Colossal", a song by Scale ...
Kaskade
Ryan Gary Raddon (born February 25, 1971), better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ, record producer and remixer. ''DJ Times'' voted Kaskade "America's Best DJ" in 2011 and 2013. ''DJ Mag'' named Kaskade fifty-first on its 20 ...
Talib Kweli
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Mark Farina
Mark Farina (born March 25, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American disc jockey and musician, known for his Chicago house, acid jazz and downtempo works. His notable releases include ''Mood'' (KMS Records, 1989) and the ''Mushroom Jazz'' ...
Zion I
Zion I was an American hip hop project founded by MC and producer Baba Zumbi (real name Stephen Gaines) in Oakland, California. K-Genius and Amp Live were also project members.
Career
Originally formed as a group, Zion I released the debut s ...
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Goapele
Goapele Mohlabane (; born July 11, 1977), is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. Her name means ''to move forward'' in Setswana, a Southern African language.
Early life
Goapele's South African father Douglas Mohlabane was an exiled po ...