TFP Episode 22: Joel Armstrong

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It’s episode 22 and as promised, we’ve got Dot Dot Records founder and guru Joel Armstrong on this month. He’s taken time out of his busy schedule to give us two solid hours of silky smooth progressive house. So, give it a download and show him some love. Download now.

Air Date:

October 2008

Guest DJ: Joel Armstrong

Joel Armstrong hails from Vancouver. In 2005, Joel went on to release a highly anticipated track on new label Proton Music, called Serenity, a track that Progressive Sounds dubbed 'truly astounding,' and gave a perfect 10/10 review. The following year saw two more of Joel's originals, Park Street and Silvermoon, get picked up by label Babylon Records. In 2006 Joel teamed up with fellow producer, Micah, to help run A&R and remix duties for label Ruhnsong Recordings. A collaborative remix between Micah and Joel, of Baltic Sound's original track Glimmer, saw its way into Markus Schulz Ibiza 06 Mix Compilation. In spring of 2007, Baroque Records released another of Joel's original works, After Later, which was licensed for use on Shiloh's Elements Mix Compilation.

Joel has releases/remixes on Baroque Records/Baroque Limited, System Recordings, Babylon Records, Groove Syndicate, Hunya Munya, Lyon Echo, Nightshade Music, Proton Music, Dumber Recordings, Emote, Ruhnsong Recordings, Point Records, Olaris Records, Ascension Records and several others. His original works have been remixed by the likes of Shiloh, Micah Lukasewich, Damien Heck, Derek Howell, Bastards of Funk and Sonic Union, Opencloud and Maher Daniel. He in turn has remixed for Micah, Deepsky and Marc Mitchell, Moonbeam, Can Costa aka Ricky Ryan, Boom Jinx, Anthony Ross, Jacob Todd, CPM, 3kStatic, Robert M, Royal Sapien and Dumber Recordings.

In 2007, Joel's DJ career took a major step when he became a resident at Victoria's club Hush. He also played summer festivals and raves in the US and in western British Columbia. Joel is known for moving crowds with a fun blend of various house music styles.

An exciting 2008 sees Joel start his own label, Dot Dot Records and pick up new residencies in Vancouver at The Red Room and The Majestic. Dot Dot is managed by Mike Miller at Decible Music Management and serves as an outlet for Joel's own personal projects. Dot Dot features the sounds that can only be described as Techy, Melodic and Chunky House music. Dot Dot also has its own radio show on Proton Radio, airing the 3rd Tuesday of every month.

Look for more fantastic music coming out this year from Joel on labels Lyon Echo, Proton, Polytechnic, Sick Watona and of course his own label Dot Dot.