Beehive Presents CARTE BLANCHE featuring: JODY WISTERNOFF (BRISTOL
• ANJUNADEEP • WAY OUT WEST)‘WELCOME TO MY WORLD’ ALBUM
RELEASE TOUR WITH TRAVIS LYDIAN + CODY GARTH Saturday, April 26th
2025Sub Rosa - 200 8th Ave SW, Calgary, Canada18+ with valid ID.Doors
9PM. • Only buy tickets online through our website• Do not buy
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risk JODY WISTERNOFF BIO: “Am I a legend?”, asks Jody
Wisternoff, questioning the question. “The thing is, legend tends to
suggest you’ve had your time, got the pipe and slippers out and only
work occasionally as the mood takes you, and nothing could be further
from the truth in my case; I continue to push forward and evolve, plus
I’m busier now than I’ve ever been!” Seriously? Clearly Jody
Wisternoff is a man whose personal dictionary doesn’t contain the
term ‘tread water’. Jody has indeed been pushing the envelope his
entire career, which started at the very early age of 13 years when he
and brother Sam prodigiously reached the finals of the DMC HipHop
Championships. This success was compounded two years later when they
found national fame as Tru Funk, landing themselves on the pages of
cult magazine The Face and Tim Westwood’s Radio 1 playlist.
“Obviously it was a different genre to what I’m known for now,”
explains Jody, “Bristol’s always been renowned for the calibre of
its dub scene and the artists that have come out of it. In the late
80‘s and early 90‘s I was very much a part of that movement, which
provided me with an invaluable foothold in the world of dance. I soon
found myself DJing to thousands at fondly remembered festivals such as
Universe and Fantazia. It was a crazy time.” These formative years
were influential too, for it was this background that underpinned the
ethos of Way Out West, which Jody founded with Nick Warren following a
chance meeting in a local record shop. Fusing Bristol’s dub roots
with club beats Way Out West captured a sound unlike any other at that
time and burst onto the mid-nineties dance scene with seminal hits
such as ‘Ajare’ and top ten smash ‘The Gift’, which they even
performed on Top of the Pops (RIP). When not appearing on nationally
treasured TV programmes they could be found remixing the likes of Roni
Size, M-People, Orbital, Tiesto, Sasha, BT, UNKLE, James Holden and
Fatboy Slim’s Freak Power alter ego; touring the world alongside
dance titans Faithless and The Prodigy and collaborating with Trevor
Horn, arguably one of Britain’s most successful and revered
producers. How many can boast a CV like that? But perhaps most
remarkable of all is that, in this highly disposable world of dance,
Way Out West continues to this day. Having released their fifth album
last year , Jody explains the key to their longevity, “It’s
because we don’t live in each others pockets and take long breaks
between WOW projects. In other words, we keep it fresh. It’s a cycle
of about 4 years focusing on solo stuff, followed by a year back
together, which is great because we bring all our new experiences from
this time apart time and feed it back into the band. It’s not
something we planned, or rather, do plan, it’s a schedule and
process that’s developed over time and works.”So what of Jody’s
solo endeavours? Well, if you think these are fallow periods living
off the echo of past Way Out West achievements, you’d be very, very
wrong indeed. Once again Jody’s incomparable ability to succeed with
production and DJing has seen him climb to the highest heights of
Beatport (and we’re talking THE overall, not genre chart here) and
iTunes , gain a healthy Spotify following , remix Above & Beyond and
Lane8 plus many others , and maintain a steady solo release schedule .
It's his alliance with Anjunadeep both as A&R ( signing Lane 8 for
starters ) and priority artist which has been his most significant
career move in recent years . The annual Anjunadeep compilations which
he has been mixing alongside label boss James Grant since 2015 have
all hit the iTunes USA Dance No1 jackpot and it this profile boost
especially in the USA which has helped maintain a constant touring
schedule . As if all of that weren’t enough, there was also the
release his debut solo album, ‘Trails We Blaze’ a few years back .
“It’s probably fitting to end this biog as I began,” concludes
Jody, “I really am busier now than ever, which is a blessing.
Whether I’m in the studio, playing to 5,000 alongside A&B ,
embarking on a 20 date Anjunadeep tour or playing one off parties in
obscure cities in Eastern Europe, I’m still as excited by what I do
now as I was when I began. The music, style and opportunities may have
evolved over the years, but my passion remains the same. No time for
pipe and slippers yet!”
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