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John Tejada (@paletterecordings) is a Vienna-born, Los Angeles-based electronic music composer, DJ, and professor at @calarts. Tejada’s professional output of music began in 1994 and has never let up, including five albums for the revered label @kompakt, plus releases on @pokerflatrecordings, @cocoonrecordings, @plugresearch-music, Seventh City, Playhouse, @defectedrecords, and his own label since 1996, @paletterecordings. Tejada has also been responsible for remixing over 100 songs for acts including The Postal Service, Télépopmusic, The Field, Bomb The Bass, @way-out-west, @kevinsaunderson, @darren-emerson, @gui-boratto-official, @simianmobiledisco and many others. Tejada’s latest venture as Wajatta is a musical collaboration with international star Reggie Watts, having released their debut album, Casual High Technology, in 2018 and Don’t Let Get You Down in 2020 on @brainfeeder.
Tejada has traveled to more than 30 countries DJing and performing live at clubs—@berghain, @fabric, @rexclub, Womb; festivals such as @dance-valley, @decibelfestival, Dekmantel Festival, Detroit Electronic Music Festival, @mutek_montreal and @mutek_mx, @sonarfestival and Sync Festival, as well as esteemed venues such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and twice at Walt Disney Concert Hall, both in Los Angeles.
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