Jon Pearn is an English
house music
House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture in the late 1970s, as DJs began altering ...
producer and a member of several successful acts including
Araknofobia,
Full Intention
Full Intention is an English house music duo consisting of Michael Gray and Jon Pearn. They are best known as prolific producers and remixers. They have reworked songs for varied artists such as the Sugababes, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and ...
and
Bodyrox
Bodyrox are an English electro house music duo consisting of Jon Pearn (from Full Intention) and Nick Bridges.
Biography
" Yeah Yeah", Bodyrox's first commercial single, was released in November 2006 on the Eye Industries label, featuring v ...
.
Biography
Pearn, with production partner Nick Bridges formed Bodyrox. Their track "
Yeah Yeah" was a hit in 2006 with the help of
Luciana. "Yeah Yeah" went on to chart at number 2 in the
UK Top 40 and was subsequently nominated for two International Dance Music awards, an
MTV video award and the prestigious
Ivor Novello award
The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They have been presented annually in London by the Ivors Academy (formerly the BASCA) since 1956, and over 1,000 statuettes have been aw ...
s in 2007.
Working alongside
Michael Gray as
Full Intention
Full Intention is an English house music duo consisting of Michael Gray and Jon Pearn. They are best known as prolific producers and remixers. They have reworked songs for varied artists such as the Sugababes, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and ...
, the duo has produced songs such as "America (I Love America)", "Once in a Lifetime" and "I Can Cast a Spell". Moreover, the duo provided remixes for artists including
Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai () are an English funk and acid jazz band from London. Formed in 1992, they are fronted by vocalist Jay Kay, and were prominent in the London-based funk and acid jazz movement of the 1990s. They built on their acid jazz sound in t ...
,
Supafly,
Mariah Carey
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,
Masters at Work
Masters at Work is the American garage house production and remix team of "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez. The duo has produced music together under the names MAW, KenLou, Sole Fusion, Hardrive, and Nuyorican Soul. They have been ...
,
Emma Bunton
Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and media personality. She rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Baby Spice. With over 100 million rec ...
and
Ultra Nate
adopted by British military intelligence in June 1941 for wartime signals intelligence obtained by breaking high-level encrypted enemy radio and teleprinter communications at the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park. ' ...
. Full Intention were also nominated for a
Grammy Award
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for their remix of "Amazing" by
George Michael
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in 2004.
47TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2004)
Grammy.com
In the 2010s, Pearn released numerous tracks with Full Intention. In May 2019, he collaborated with PowerDress and Arthur Baker on a track called "Constellations".
References
External links
Full Intention official site
BodyRox official site
Living people
English record producers
English dance musicians
English house musicians
Club DJs
English DJs
Year of birth missing (living people)
Electronic dance music DJs
People educated at Whitgift School
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