DJ Rush

Isaiah Major{{cite web |author= |title=Biography |url=http://www.djrush.net/biography/ |accessdate=October 19, 2013 |website="DJ Rush.net - Biography" |publisher=djrush.net}} was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, growing up on the south side of the city and DJing from an early age.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-16 |title=Cover Story: DJ Rush is a True Original, and an Entertainer of the Highest Calibre |url=https://www.beatportal.com/features/cover-story-dj-rush-chicago-house-techno-berlin-tresor/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Beatportal |language=en-US}} Isaiah finished his degree in Computer Operations, Anger Management and won several first-place awards in Art competitions.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

In the growing House scene of Chicago, DJ Rush quickly rose to prominence in the electronic music genre. He made his first appearances as a DJ in the Chicago clubs Music Box, the Powerhouse and the Warehouse where he played his sets for up to ten hours. He also began producing. In 1989 he began running a party called Gaucho out of a friends garage. Gaucho became one of the cities most popular parties in the House scene, birthing dance crew battles at house parties across the city.

In 1991 DJ Rush released his first single ("Knee Deep") on the label Trax Records.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-22 |title=Interview with DJ Rush |url=https://www.54house.fm/en/news-story/interview-with-dj-rush/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=54house.fm – The Heartbeat of House Music |language=en}} He began to gain ground in London and Berlin. In 1996 he moved to Berlin, becoming part of the progressive and creative techno scene that had gathered momentum after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

In 1998 DJ Rush successfully had a Europe-wide breakthrough with the record "Motherfucking Bass". It was widely regarded as one of the "club hymns" of that year. Following this success he teamed up with Tina Panitzke to start the booking agency and record label Kne'Deep in Berlin.{{cite web |url=http://knedeep.net/about/ |title=About |author= |publisher=knedeep.net |accessdate=February 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620054317/http://knedeep.net/about/ |archive-date=June 20, 2013 |url-status=dead }} In 2001 he displaced Jeff Mills as the Reader's Choice for most popular DJ in Groove-Magazine (a German magazine for electronic music released since 1989).{{cite web |url=http://www.laut.de/DJ-Rush |title=LAUT.DE-BIOGRAFIE – DJ Rush |author= |date= |work= |publisher=laut.de |accessdate=February 4, 2013 |language= German}}

DJ Rush began performing in Portugal in the late 1990s. After travelling there regularly for work he fell in love with it, leaving Berlin to move to the Algarve in around 2016.{{Cite web |last=Hewitt |first=Martin Guttridge |date=2022-02-23 |title=Techno legend DJ Rush: "Manchester really wants to party" |url=https://www.manchestersfinest.com/music/techno-legend-dj-rush-manchester-really-wants-to-party/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Manchester’s Finest |language=en-GB}}

His production style over time embraced a harder more minimal style, placing him within the genre of hard techno, however DJ Rush has referred to his musical style as 'Hard Energy', first firmly rooted in house music and now combining elements of many genres including jazz, disco and soul. He sometimes DJ's and MC's simultaneously as a unique way to entertain the crowd. DJ Rush is known for his unique sense of style – being {{convert|6|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} tall and often performing in platforms and extravagant costumes, citing Grace Jones and Missy Elliott amongst his inspirations.

DJ Rush is a well-known DJ in the European techno scene, having played in Techno BAM (Barcelona), Barcelona de Noche (Barcelona), Sala del Cel (Girona), Rachdingue (Vilajuïga), I Love Techno (Ghent), Tresor (Berlin), Love Parade (Berlin), Palazzo (Bingen), Dolnov (Lukavac, BiH), La Real (Oviedo), Florida 135 (Fraga), Hafentunnel (Erfurt), Awakenings (Amsterdam), Tomorrowland (Boom) and Sziget Fesztivál (Budapest).{{cite AV media |date=July 12, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG-RdeuvKUM |title=Dj Rush & Zombie Nation live @ Hafentunnel 2001 |publisher=Kieloview |via=YouTube |access-date=August 24, 2021}}{{cite AV media |date=July 2, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTD1_Zmxk1I |title=Awakenings Festival 2018 Saturday - Live set DJ Rush @ Area Y |publisher=Awakenings |via=YouTube |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227103406/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTD1_Zmxk1I |archive-date=December 27, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite AV media |date=October 7, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x2r-nmeGMc |title=Dj Rush @ Sziget Fesztivál (2003.08.05) |publisher=GabWeinTechno |via=YouTube |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315025735/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x2r-nmeGMc |archive-date=March 15, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite AV media |date=July 11, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eBoQ1HGlaQ |title=Dj Rush - Live @ I Love Techno 2003 (19.07.2003) |publisher=intothecosmic |via=YouTube |access-date=August 24, 2021}}{{cite AV media |date=February 16, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shU8ELxAwQM |title=Dj Rush @ Tresor Closing Party [13.04.2005] |publisher=Rausch Durch Musik |via=YouTube |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202134044/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shU8ELxAwQM |archive-date=February 2, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite AV media |date=September 13, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSufpiLxvKM |title=VIDEO TECHNO-DJ RUSH LIVE @ PALAZZO AIRBASE |publisher=DJ Huggy |via=YouTube |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110214624/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSufpiLxvKM |archive-date=November 10, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite AV media |date=July 16, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiUmCJD7yPo |title=DJ Rush vs Pet Duo @ Florida 135 -- 06-11-2004 |publisher=intothecosmic |via=YouTube |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615061832/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiUmCJD7yPo |archive-date=June 15, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite AV media |date=July 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4S9WaeiuMI |title=DJ Rush @ Tomorrowland 2013 |publisher=Cherrybeats |via=YouTube |access-date=August 24, 2021}}{{cite AV media |date=August 24, 2007 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbMayCjECV0 |title=Dj Rush - Barcelona |publisher=Toni |via=YouTube |access-date=August 24, 2021}} He continues to perform internationally.

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• {{Official website|http://www.djrush.net|DJ Rush's official website}}

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