Jonathan Ulysses

Voted "Best club in the world": at 2001 Dance star Awards, it's understandable that Jonathan describes his five years residency at Space as "Living the dream". Playing alongside luminaries including Eric Morillo, Darren Emerson, Steve Lawler, Laurent Garnier, Carl Cox and Armand van Helden. Jonathan has also mixed three terrace selection sides of the Space CD series and DJ s globally as main resident on the Space World Tour. Though Jonathan built up a stellar reputation as a house DJ, he still does not like to pigeon hole the music he plays and keeps his record box suitably eclectic.

Playing alongside luminaries including Eric Morillo, Darren Emerson, Steve Lawler, Laurent Garnier, Carl Cox and Armand van Helden. Jonathan has also mixed three terrace selection sides of the Space CD series and DJ s globally as main resident on the Space World Tour.

Though Jonathan built up a stellar reputation as a house DJ, he still does not like to pigeon hole the music he plays and keeps his record box suitably eclectic.

He describes the majority of his house style as percussive with a funky twist - very pumping and uplifting. Through out his fifteen year career Jonathan has played every genre of dance music.

His aim is to educate the crowd rather than play only the obvious commercial tracks, this has helped him break boundaries and receive the acclaim he deserves.

However, Jonathan's career was no overnight sensation. After leaving school, Jonathan formed a sound system called Soul Plus and fancying himself as a bit of a raga MC competed in sound clashes across south London.

In 1989 he started working for a holiday company in Corfu where his stage presence and crowd control training served him in good stead as a DJ.

Once the season was over Jonathan returned to London and spent time DJ around NW8 until the next summer, he was sent to the Balearic Isle of Ibiza. In Ibiza he found himself being pushed to DJ at certain times and events, this is where Jonathan realised his true vocation.

Taking a small record box of rnb, soul, hip hop, jungle and very little house Jonathan returned to Ibiza the next summer to solely DJ. He went to work for a friend who had taken over a small venue, and for the next six years this was to be Jonathan's training ground where he perfected his mixing skills and got to grips with the industry.

Jonathan's presence there, complete with his MC-ing antics, dancing on the bar, and varied musical selection transformed the venue into one of the best places to be, where he played the coolest music to packed crowds every single night.

This resulted in Jonathan playing stints at the islands major clubs Clockwork Orange, Es Paradis, Miss Moneypennys, El Divino, Amnesia, Privilege and of course Space. The bars were no stranger to him either, as he clocked up Bar M, Mambo, Kanya, Star Cafe, Savannah and Kiwi.

In 1998 Jonathan started a residency for Twice as Nice who were at the time small promoters from London, the rest they say is history...

Four years on and Jonathan has made his mark firmly establishing himself at Space. Playing for such diverse crowds at Space has opened doors for Jonathan, who has had his talents recognised globally.

In recent years he has played at the top nights in Miami, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Canada, Columbia, Israel, Hungary, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Holland, German Dance Festival, POP KOM (K_ln) 2003, Croatia Dance Music Festival 2003 and even Singapore.

Never having stayed in one place long enough to secure a regular radio show, Jonathan has made appearances on various radio shows, such as Galaxy (Manchester and Bristol), Kiss 100, Ministry of Sound, Key 103, Thump Radio (San Francisco) and Radio 1, Pete Tong Essential Mix.

He also has an ever-growing production CV. Past productions include "The Voice" under the name Nine Lives. Signed to Azuli. "The Voice" featured on the Space compilation of 2003.

Jonathan has also worked with other producers, Tom Neville, Good Rhyming Bass on Nukleuz, and with French producer laurent c of Paris, 21st Century Party People on Cyber Records and Matt Swartz from Deepest Blue. In 2003 DJ Magazine nominated Jonathan for Best Ibiza D.J.

You can catch Jonathan on Sundays at "We Love Space", on Wednesday mornings for "In Bed with Space", on Saturday mornings for "Matinee" and on Thursday mornings at the "La Troya After Party".