John Tejada

John Tejada (born 21 April 1974) is an Austrian-born American electronic music producer and composer. Tejada's output of music began in 1994, including four albums for Kompakt, plus releases on Pokerflat, Cocoon, Plug Research, Seventh City, Playhouse, Defected, and his own label of 22 years, Palette Recordings.

Early life Tejada was born on 21 April 1974 in Vienna, Austria, and moved to Los Angeles, United States, in 1982 with his parents, both classically trained professional musicians. After learning the piano at the age of four and drums at the age of eight, Tejada was introduced to hip-hop music, and aged 12 received his first turntable and mixer. His first gig was that same year, when he began DJing the school dances. By 1991, he was already creating his own recordings, and in 1994 he released a single with Arian Leviste.

Disc jockey career Tejada began traveling internationally in 1997 to showcase his DJing skills around the globe. He has traveled to more than 25 countries and performed live at clubs and festivals around the world, including the Detroit Electronic Music Festival (aka Movement), Sónar (in Spain and Tokyo), Decibel Festival (Seattle), Dance Valley (Netherlands), Sync Festival (Greece), Mutek (Montreal and Mexico), as well as internationally known spaces such as Berghain (Berlin), Fabric (London), Yellow (Tokyo), Rex Club (Paris), Output (NYC), Dekmantel (Amsterdam), Guggenheim (Bilbao), The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles), and twice at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Télépopmusic, The Field, Bomb the Bass, Kevin Saunderson,

Discography Albums Little Green Lights and Four Inch Faders (1998) – A13 The Matrix of Us (2000) – Defocus Daydreams In Cold Weather (2002) – Plug Research The Toiling of Idle Hands (2003) – Immigrant Records Logic Memory Center (2004) – Plug Research Cleaning Sound is a Filthy Business (2006) – Palette Recordings Where (2008) – Palette Recordings Parabolas (2011) – Kompakt The Predicting Machine (2012) – Kompakt Signs Under Test (2015) – Kompakt Dead Start Program (2018) – Kompakt Live Rytm Trax (2018) – Palette Year of the Living Dead (2021) – Kompakt Resound (2023) – Palette The Watchline (2025) – Palette

EPs Ebonics (1997) – Palette Recordings Genre (1998) – Palette Recordings Sonic Life (1998) – Ferox Records Song Forms & Freedom (2000) – Mosaic The Cover Up (2000) – 1200 Music Connection Remixes (2001) – Sheep Records Mating Rhythm (2001) – Mosaic The Toiling of Idle Hands (2004) – Immigrant Voyager (2005) – Palette Recordings Sweat (On the Walls) (2004) – Poker Flat Recordings Not That, But This (2011) – Trapez Acid Test 10 (2016) – Absurd Recordings Therapy (2016) – Palette Recordings Acid Test 12 (2017) – Absurd Recordings

Compilation albums Fabric 44 – John Tejada (2009) – Fabric (London) The 7th City Years (2012) – Palette Recordings

Collaborative albums Wajatta Casual High Technology (2018) – Comedy Dynamics Don't Let Get You Down (2020) – Brainfeeder