Roland Clark

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Roland Clark is known as House Music's Legend, 

Producer, Deejay, and Vocalist, all in one. 

He was born in New Jersey however hails in New York City for his musical upbringing. Some of Roland Clark’s early recordings helped to define the underground house scene in NYC in the 90s. 

Under the alias South Street Player he had a big hit in 1993 with "Who Keeps

Changing Your Mind" released on Strictly Rhythm. 

His latest alter ego Jesus Jackson pegged the 3rd season opening of the show Grey's Anatomy with his song "Running On Sunshine." 

Roland's voice is often described as wildly erotic, soulful, loving, and deep Roland Clark can be heard on the latest Katy Perry hit Swish Swish out on Universal Music.

 His voice penetrates throughout the different realms and sub genres of House Music and his vocal touch is consistent; many to the “Voice of House” consider

him. 

His lyrics are powerful and political, and everyone in the electronic dance music culture instantly recognizes his voice. 

Roland has written and sang vocals for many top producers, and his voice gives the tracks their soul and meaning. He is a featured vocalist on many Fatboy Slim releases,including the hit "Star 69 (What The F**k)" and Armand Van Helden's

gorgeous "Flowerz." As Roland (under the alias Urban Soul) says himself

on King Street Sounds' 2003 hit "President House"... "If House is a nation,

I Wanna be President."

 Roland has also made a name for himself with his

phenomenal deejaying and production skills. 

In 2000 he scored a huge hit with "I Get Deep" and had another massive hit in 2003 with "Resist." 

His production contributions fuse together many artists' best works, and he has

worked together with other producers such as Todd Terry, Kenny Dope,

Mark Knight, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Bob Sinclair, and many others.

Roland has had his share number one tracks on both Beatport and

Traxsource, and is one of the only artist to have a number one track at both

sites at the same time. 

Roland's sound can be described like a chameleon that goes from a raw deep bass drive to a ceremonial tribal explosion as well as some hypnotic techno.

 In 2006, Roland started his own record label, Delete Records, which brought out the 2012 hit "All Of Me" featuring the legendary Robin S, and the 2015 full-length album Afromation that contained the smash hit "Whuup," which was the top selling track onTraxsource and the most played track at Miami Music Week that year.

 In 2014, Roland was inducted into Pete Tong's BBC Hall Of Fame and

received the BBC Radio 1 Legend Award for all of his vocal, production,

and deejay accomplishments. 

Roland is the official spokesperson for Pioneer DJ's Rekordbox and has a weekly radio show on Pioneer Radio called "I'm With The DJ" that is aired every Monday and features mixes from himself and guest mixes from other notable deejays. In summer of 2016, Roland took Ibiza by storm and deejay'd in all of the biggest clubs,

including Amnesia, Cafe Mambo, Cafe Del Mar, and Pikes Hotel. 

His set at Cafe Mambo was broadcast live and had biggest live viewership in their

history, with over half a million views. In late 2016 Roland was also hand

picked by the owner of Strictly Rhythm Records to bring Strictly Rhythm

into the millennia, and to help revive the legendary label and to sign new

music and artists to the label.

 Roland Clark is definitely a force to bereckoned with in the underground electronic music world and has a lot of new productions and collaborations coming out in the end of 2018 and throughout 2019.