Jean-Philippe Aviance

Jean-Philippe Aviance is a French American house and techno DJ and producer from Washington, D.C. These weekly parties were frequented by U.S. nightlife personalities like Kevin Aviance (whom Jean-Philippe had worked with before back in the 1980s According to music critic Barry Walters, Britney Spears' 2013 track Work Bitch from her Britney Jean album is a recreation of "the vogueing vibe of gay/trans bitch tracks like Go Bitch Go's "(Work This) Pussy" [Go Bitch Go! – "Work This Pussy"] originally produced by Aviance in 1991. Critic Christina Lee posits that, Britney's Work Bitch track sounds more like RuPaul's 1993 track Supermodel (You Better Work). Aviance would go on to produce other classic house tracks such as Giv Me Luv - which was remixed in 2009 by DJs Chris Cox and Yiannis Mistress. Other works include Ultraworld – Life After Death on Strictly Rhythm (1991), Sexy Thing (1996) Useless (1999) and Black On Black (2001).

Throughout his career, Aviance has gone by several variations of his name including J. P. Aviance, J. P. Wilkerson, J. Philippe, J. Phillipe (Alcatraz), J. Phillippe, J. Phillippe Aviance, J.P., J.P. Aviance, J.Phillipe, Jean - Philippe, Jean Philip Aviance, Jean Philipe Aviance, Jean Philippe, Jean Philippe Aviance, Jean Philippe-Aviance, Jean Phillipe, Jean Phillipe Aviance, Jean Phillippe, Jean Phillippe Aviance, Jean-Philippe, Jean-Philippe Aviance, Jean-Philippe Avians, Jean-Phillipe, Jean-Phillippe, JP, and JP Avience.

Aviance is married and lives in Delaware (as of 2014). He is currently a semi-retired DJ.