DJ Chus

DJ Chus



Chus L Esteban began his professional career in the late 80’s in his own city when Acid House was in its summit at Alien venue, one of the first clubs of the well known Kapital Group. In August 1992 he was invited to be the resident Dj of Portuguese club KADOC, where he shared booth and met the best international Dj’s, what made him see the evolution of ‘Dance Music’ in the 90’s. It was then when his sound turned into house thanks to the influence of the characteristic Portuguese and American underground sound.

In September 1994 he opened Teatro Kapital – one of the first house clubs in Madrid . During 7 years he was resident in both clubs, Kadoc during the summer season and Kapital during the winter. In 2001 he organized periodic sessions with international artists at Kapital.

The most interesting part of Chus’ career is his production side, which began with David Penn owner of Zen Records and Urbana recordings. In 1999 Chus founded Stereo Productions. The first couple of years were of intense studio work collaborating with artists like David Penn, Oscar de Rivera, Joeski Halo Varga, Dano, Tony Hewitt or Isaac Indart.

Without doubt the track which launched Dj Chus career was ‘Dj Chus presents The Groove Foundation – That Feeling’, awarded with Best House Track 2002 by prestigious Spanish magazine DEEJAY and licensed worldwide by Defected Records. His remixing work with David Penn or Pablo Ceballos has given him international prestige, having remixed great artists like Madonna, Paris Hilton, Enrique Iglesias, Yoko Ono, Kathy Brown, Deep Dish, Danny Tengalia, Superchumbo, Tedd Patterson or Sandy Rivera among others.

In 2001 he recorded for Beat-Freak his first solo mixing compilation, ‘DJ CHUS presents IBERICAN SOUND!’. In that compilation he managed to define what we know today as Iberican Sound. The end of 2002 saw the launching together with Pablo Ceballos of the firs Stereo’s Cd mix; ‘One Year of IBERICAN SOUND’, a compilation of all label’s tracks during its first year of life and the first release of a series of three compilations, which were released in 2003 and 2004 with the name of ‘This is Iberican Sound’.

In summer 2003 he released with Defected a double CD compilation called ‘Amplified, The best of the Stereo Production’. In 2004 and making the most of the use of the CD by professional Dj’s he launched a new series of compilations called ‘Stereo productions presents Unmixed Series’.

Through his career he has won a lot of awards like Best House DJ and Best DJ of the Year in Deejaymag’s awards. Nowadays he is one of the 100 Best Worldwide Dj’s according to some international press media. House music and his electronic music particular vision through his trademark Iberican Sound are Chus’ sign of identity. You can hear his great style and quality in one of his countless sessions worldwide. A clear latin influence, a heavy and dense afro-tribal feeling, a great rhythm component, the seriousness of the sounds he uses and his great professional technique make his sets full of energy and good taste.