About

Gant Garrard (pronounced Jerrod) aka Gant-Man was introduced to the turntables by his older brother and learned how to count beats and blend records at the young age of 5. Gant was ready to share his talent with the world beginning at age 10 when the program director gave him his own mixshow on a college radio station in Chicago (WKKC 89.3 FM) where he mixed from 1989 through 1997. At age 14, his first residency was at a roller rink "The Rink Fitness Factory", where he exposed his House tracks to a large south side audience which helped shape the Juke House sound. Gant produced his first EP for Dance Mania Records titled "Its About Time" which spawned the Chicago underground smash "3 Blind Mice" which was built around the theme music from "The Three Stooges" television show. He became known in Chicago as the "Youngest Professional DJ" and is recognized as being one of the main key innovators of Ghetto House/Juke. This EP was followed by several EP's and mixtapes sold locally. In 1998, Gant alongside DJ Puncho (who produced the first Ghetto House track saying the word "Juke) coined the word "Juke" by saying it on tracks, mixtapes and live at the parties spawned the genre of "Juke" music. That year, Gant also began releasing House music EP's under the pseudonym "Gant Garrard" to separate his Juke tracks from his House music tracks. At age 18, he began to travel, playing both the rave and club circuits in Chicago, the U.S., as well as in Europe. In 1998-2002 Gant toured, playing in France, Belgium and Switzerland, which prepared him for his summer 2000 residency in Ibiza at El Divino alongside Paul Johnson. Gant was the co producer with Grammy Award winning remixer Maurice Joshua on R&B group Destiny's Child remixes which landed him his breakthrough remix in 2005. This made Gant the first Juke House producer to have a Juke remix on a major label with a major artist with his official remix of Beyonce's "Check On It" feat. Slim Thug on Sony/Columbia Records. Gant produced a smash remix of Chicago House/Techno legend Cajmere aka Green Velvet's "Shake & Pop" single which sold the most downloads on the "Shake & Pop" EP. Gant continues to collaborate with the Cajual Records family to this day. Since then, Gant produced with the Fool's Gold Records family releasing the club smash "Juke Dat Girl" single and remixing Kid Sister singles, "Damn Girl" and "Pro Nails" feat. Kanye West. He also produced her next single "Switchboard" featuring Gant rapping on the 2nd verse. Most recently, Gant performed as a guest along side Green Velvet at North Coast Music Festival doing his "Percolator" remix. His track, "Juke Dat Girl" is featured in the latest Tyler Perry's movie "Peeples" released in 2013. You never know what to expect from the talented Gant or where his music might appear.

DJ Gant-Man mixes with Serato

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