A Day in Paradise: Exclusive Photos of Jamie Jones
House innovator Jamie Jones let Rolling Stone's cameras trail him for a day as he prepped for EDM's big week in Miami and played a gig in L.A. Here's the narrative of his day, in his own words:
"I'm a real pacer when on the phone, can't take a call whilst sitting down. I spend as much time as I can looking out over the city when I'm here, it's an inspiring view for me, makes me really want to create things."
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Green Day
"Grabbing a bite of some food that my girlfriend has prepared, on a serious health kick whilst living in L.A. It's my time to get ready and prepare myself for the rest of the year when I barely stop. It's studio and lots of green in L.A."
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Room With a View
"Preparing some music for tonight. I have vinyls sent to me from the U.K. and Europe, and I listen to a bunch of demos and go through Beatport, etc."
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Gear Up
"My home studio in L.A. Slowly getting a replica of my home set up in London going, still a long way to go, but some great bits of kit that I swear by. Lee Foss also has a studio here in L.A., so we trade equipment all the time."
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A DJ and a Gentleman
"Dry cleaners on Highland, picking up my girlfriend's jackets, what a gentleman. (Actually mine were not ready, ha.)"
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Record Heaven
"Entering Amoeba, walls of music history."
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Listening Station
"In Amoeba, they have a huge selection of old house and disco, but also import some new stuff which they display for pre-listening on these iPads."
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Pro Picker
"I wish they had turntables, can only pick what you know. Luckily I've been buying records for almost 20 years so know my way around the crates."
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Studio Cruiser
"I love driving in L.A. I have an SUV so I can fit all my studio gear in when moving between studios."
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Toast of the Town
"Pre-club drinks with U.S. team, friends, Pete Tong and his wife — only one or two for me tonight though, off to Aspen straight from the club on a snowboard vacation."
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Last Looks
"I still don't have all my music on external hard drives to play, as my iTunes was 500 gigs, so if I think of a track that's not there, I go down and drop it on a USB. Better hurry though. . ."
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Get the Party Started
"Just getting started, good vibes in the club, four-hour set ahead."
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Head Trip
"Ever since Coachella last year, where someone made a huge cut out head of me on a stick and had it on the dance floor all night, this cut out head has followed me to a few gigs on the West Coast. Here it is again in multiple!"
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In the Zone
"Deep into it."