eJay

{{DISPLAYTITLE:eJay}}

{{Other uses|Ejay (disambiguation)}}

{{Short description|Musical arrangement software and video games}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox video game

| image = EJay Clubworld Cover.jpg

| caption = North American PlayStation 2 version cover art featuring the real-world clubs on the left side of the cover, The End, Amnesia, U60311, Zouk, and The Queen are among some of the clubs featured in the game.

| developer = Empire Interactive
Unique Development Software (PlayStation 2)
Yelsi AG

| publisher = {{vgrelease|EU|Empire Interactive|NA|Crave Entertainment, Ingram Entertainment}}

| series = eJay

| engine =

| released = {{vgrelease|EU|August 30, 2002|NA|July 30, 2003}} (PlayStation 2)

| genre = Music

| modes = Single-player, multiplayer (PlayStation 2)

| platforms = Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 2

| italic title = no

}}

eJay is a series of musical arrangement{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102139649/the-daily-telegraph/|title=Multimedia-Rave eJay Fast Trak|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|page=84|date=June 25, 1998|accessdate=May 20, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}} software, and video games, primarily for Microsoft Windows. The first edition, Dance eJay, was released in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.ejay.com/pages.aspx?pageid=61 |title=About us |publisher=eJay |accessdate=2008-09-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201133857/http://www.ejay.com/pages.aspx?pageid=61 |archivedate=December 1, 2008 }} It supports eight tracks of audio and, as with its successors, permits the arrangement of sound bites by a drag-and-drop interface.{{cite web|url=http://www.jameswoodcock.co.uk/?page_id=535|title=Dance 7 – Virtual Music Studio|last=Woodcock|first=James|date=June 27, 2006|accessdate=2008-09-12}} Since the original Dance eJay, there have been many releases catering to different music genres and users, including techno{{cite web|url=http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/reviews/review.phtml/71/1095/techno-ejay-4-pc-music.phtml|title=Techno Ejay 4|last=Lynn|first=Andy|date=November 11, 2003|publisher=Pocket-lint|accessdate=2008-09-12}} and hip-hop,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2003/feb/18/science.highereducation|title=Musical science|last=Williamson|first=Ben|date=February 18, 2003|work=The Guardian|accessdate=2008-09-12}} as well as a PlayStation 2 edition called eJay Clubworld.{{cite web|url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/431/431709p1.html|title=eJay Clubworld: The Music Making Experience (PS2)|last=Hwang|first=Kaiser|date=August 2003 |publisher=IGN|accessdate=2008-09-12}}

In the PlayStation 2 edition, Carl Cox is featured in the game and gives an introduction during the opening FMV sequence with a quick start guide on how to put together a mix while travelling to the real-world clubs to be a special guest DJ and showing off what the clubs are like at the locations and what genres of music they play at the clubs. There are genres of music to choose from which correspond to a club in a particular real-world location (hence the subtitle Clubworld) that plays that particular genre of music even though in the real world the clubs are not necessarily restricted to just one genre of music, but the clubs play many different genres of music, for example in the game in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, The United States of America, the club would be called Brooklyn and the club would play hip hop music, in the real world, New York is where hip hop music was born, but in another Borough of the city called Bronxville (The Bronx) in 1973 and the player would make and play back hip hop music should the player select the club/genre. Each genre of music has a theme of a real-world club.

In May 2009, a note posted to eJay's official Facebook page stated that Empire Interactive Europe Limited, the company that owned and developed the eJay products, was in administration.{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=91882001212|title=The future of eJay...|publisher="eJay official" on Facebook|accessdate=2009-08-02}}

On October 15, 2010, three eJay products were reissued in editions: Hip Hop 5, Dance 6 and DJ Mixstation 4, with Hip Hop 5 and Dance 6 now having twice the number of sound samples than they had originally (10,000 instead of 5,000). Also on the same date, a new software called Video & Music Exchange was released.

Currently eJay is a registered trademark of Yelsi AG.