John Tejada

John Tejada (born April 21 1974 in Vienna, Austria) is an electronic music artist, music producer, DJ, and record label owner. His Austrian father was an orchestra composer/conductor who met his mother, a soprano singer of Mexican-American descent while she was studying in Vienna.

He has recorded under diverse monikers for different labels. Names he has recorded under include Mr. Hazeltine, Lucid Dream, and Autodidact. He also provided a remix to "Such Great Heights", from The Postal Service.

Collaborations

*Tejada has released several recordings with Arian Leviste over the span of 15 years. He is also a frequent collaborator with Divine Styler.
*Tejada teamed up with Takeshi Nishimoto (a pupil of Pepe Romero) to form I'm Not A Gun. I'm Not A Gun has released 3 full length albums since 2003.
*In 2006, he performed at several venues throughout Europe with Justin Maxwell, his newest associate.
*In October 2007, Tejada and Arian Leviste embarked on their first tour together throughout Europe. The duo performed a live hardware set at the following venues: Mission (Leeds, UK), Click (Hamburg, Germany), Watergate (Berlin, Germany), Propaganda (Moscow, Russia), Maffia (Reggio Emilia, Italy), Batofar (Paris, France), and Compression @ King King (Los Angeles, California, USA).

Discography

Album

*Daydreams In Cold Weather (2002) - Plug Research
*The Toiling of Idle Hands (2003) - Immigrant Records
*Logic Memory Center (2004) - Plug Research
*Cleaning sound is a filthy business (2006) - Palette Recordings
*Where (2008) - Palette Recordings

EP

*Mono On Mono (2004) - Palette Recordings

External links

* [http://www.paletterecordings.com/ Palette Recordings]
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* [http://rbmaradio.com/ARCHIVE.153.0.php?extID=0&showID=55 RBMA Radio On Demand - Train Wreck Mix - John Tejada (Palette Rec., LA)]