The Canadian National Newspaper: DJ Rowe's spins great beats

DJ Joe Rowe started playing 3 years ago in St. John's Newfoundland and quickly became a local favourite. After spinning for only 4 months Joe won the yearly Amateur DJ Competition at Liquid Ice, Newfoundland's premier after-hours club. Once winning the competition bookings starting coming in all across the province, one of the most notable being the "Red Cliff Rave", playing a 3 hour peak time slot for 1000's of party goers at Newfoundland's largest music festival Splash 2004. Another notable Newfoundland event was a mash-up of House, Breaks and Hip-hop at Laser Runner in Grand Falls, featuring internationally acclaimed recording artists Choclair and Spence Diamonds, with the beats for the late night being provided by our young prodigy Joe.

In recent years Joe has moved to Ottawa, Canada, where he instantly made an impact as a serious talent in their local scene. A jack of all trades so to speak, Joe has had the opportunity to play almost all of the major venues in the Ottawa-Gatineau area, including Helsinki, MTL&Co., Maverick's, Café Dekcuf, Lotus Lounge/Club Soda, Space, Buddha Bar/Lucky Lounge, Malone's, Traffik, Paladium and many other raves and parties.

Other notable accomplishments for this young rising star include playing along side Global Deejays for nearly 1000 people at Montreal's largest nightclub, The Dome. Joe was also mentioned in the 2006 Trancer's Guide to the Galaxy, an international magazine distribution that focuses on the trance scene of major cities around the world and their respective artists. Joe has also played along side 5-time DMC judge Matt the Alien and was the headliner for the first ever rave in Timmins's Ontario, playing for a sold out crowd in a massive concert hall.

Recently Joe won the U Dance DJ Comp. A competition that focuses on not only track selection and mixing ability, but also a DJ's stage presence, performance, crowd interaction and overall style. Joe also recently returned from the World Electronic Music festival, where he and some partners from the USA managed a renegade stage for 3 days, playing some of the best beats non-stop all weekend long. In addition, Joe has recently been chosen to be the feature DJ on lyricalsmelter.com and he has secured a Deal with Kreotik Productions, to go on the 2006 Demolition tour in Canada with Delta 9 and Rob Gee.

The future looks bright for DJ Joe Rowe. If he's not out playing shows he's hard at work in his studio fostering his fledgling production career. Needless to say, it looks like nothing is gonna stop Joe from sending his message of Peace, Love, Music and Community as far as he possibly can.