Musical artist
Jérôme Léonard "Jerry" Bouthier (French pronunciation:
[ʒeʁom leɔnaʁ butje]) is a French DJ,
house record producer and songwriter.
[1] Born in
Marseille, originally from
Paris and based in
London, he produced sound-design for fashion shows and brands,
[2] records and remixes as JBAG (with Andrea Gorgerino) and is the
A&R of his record label Continental Records.
Career
Inspired by
Ibiza and
The Haçienda in
Manchester, Jerry and his younger brother
Tom Bouthier [
fr] pioneer house music and rave culture in Paris alongside de
Laurent Garnier,
Dimitri from Paris, Patrick Vidal (
Marie et les Garçons)... The pair are A&R and artists on P.U.R. — Paris Union Recording, the first compilation of French electronic artists in the 1990s (which presents the beginnings of
Philippe Cohen Solal [
fr] from
Gotan Project and
Marc Collin from
Nouvelle Vague) and release two singles on Stress (
DMC UK's record label), Breakline (1994) et I Love Paris (1995). The brothers move to London, and join the ranks of the Unlimited DJs agency, which introduce them to the UK club scene (
Ministry of Sound,
Cream,
Manumission,
Miss Moneypenny's,
Gatecrasher...).
With the new century, Jerry switches to
electro, and he ends up resident DJ at BoomBox,
[3] the infamous London night that brought back individual attitude and imaginative fashion to the dancefloor. After selecting and mixing the
Kitsuné-BoomBox cd, he becomes part of the Kitsuné family, deejays all over the world as ambassador of the label and releases six mixed cds for the Parisian record/clothing label.
He is
Vivienne Westwood's music director from 2008 to 2013 and sound-designs the fashion shows of
Matthew Williamson,
[4]
Roksanda Ilincic,
Julien Macdonald,
Peter Jensen, Kokon to Zai, Sibling and many others.
He is also the step-brother of
Mathieu Bouthier [
fr], a French house DJ and producer.
He also runs a monthly show on Radio Raheem,
[5] an independent radio based in
Milan.
Selected discography
Singles / Maxis
- Riviera Splash – Breakline (Stress)
- Riviera Splash – I Love Paris (Stress)
- Continental Trash – Everybody (Continental)
- Electrique Boutique – Revelation (Continental)
- Little Star – Petite étoile (Continental)
- JBAG – X Ray Sex feat. Louise Prey (Continental)
- JBAG – Mogadsico (Continental)
- JBAG – Through Blue feat. Kamp! (Continental)
- JBAG – Everybody (Come On!) feat. Shindu (Continental)
- Jerry Bouthier – Yeah! (DJ Tools #01) (Continental)
Remixes
-
Kylie Minogue – BoomBox (JBAG Remix) (EMI)
-
S'Express – Stupid little girls (JBAG Remix) (Kitsuné)
-
Siobhán Donaghy – Don't give it up (JBAG Remix) (Kitsuné)
-
Adam Sky & Danny Williams – The Imperious Urge (JBAG Remix) (Exploited)
- Bunny Lake – Army Of Lovers (JBAG Remix) (Universal)
- Variety Lab – Money (JBAG Remix) (Pschent)
- Voltaire Twins – D.I.L. (JBAG Remix)
-
Sparks – Good morning (JBAG Remix)
-
Ladyhawke – My Delirium (JBAG Remix) (Modular)
-
Arnaud Rebotini – Another Time, Another Place (JBAG Remix) (Blackstrobe Records)
- Kamp! – Cairo (JBAG Remix) (Discotexas)
- Reflex – Wavering (JBAG Remix) (Continental)
- Shindu – Happy House (JBAG Remix) (Kitsuné)
-
Housse de Racket – Chateau (Kitsuné)
- Mjolnir – Just A Boy (JBAG Remix) (Continental)
- Punks Jump Up – Get Down (Kitsuné)
- Gigamesh – Your Body (JBAG Remix) (Kitsuné)
- RÜFÜS – This Summer (JBAG Remix) (Continental)
- Jupiter – Starlighter (JBAG Remix)
-
Two Door Cinema Club – Next Year (JBAG Remix) (Kitsuné)
- Scarlet Fantastic – No Memory ’14 (JBAG Remix) (Continental)
- Romuald & Madji'k – Fastlane (JBAG Remix) (Continental)
Compilations
- 1992 : P.U.R. (Paris Union Recording) (Delabel)
- 1996 : DJ Culture 3 (Various Artists Mixed by Tom & Jerry Bouthier) (Stress)
- 2007 : Kitsuné Boombox (Various Artists Selected & Mixed by Jerry Bouthier) (
Kitsuné)
- 2010 : Kitsuné x Ponystep (Various Artists Selected & Mixed by Jerry Bouthier) (Kitsuné)
- 2011 : 100% Gomma (Various Artists Selected & Mixed by Jerry Bouthier) (Gomma)
- 2012 : Kitsuné Soleil (Various Artists Mixed by Gildas Loaec and Jerry Bouthier) (Kitsuné)
- 2013 : Kitsuné Soleil 2 (Various Artists by Gildas Loaec and Jerry Bouthier) (Kitsuné)
- 2014 : 100% Continental (Various Artists Selected & Mixed by Jerry Bouthier) (Continental)
- 2014 : Kitsuné Trip Mode (Various Artists Selected & Mixed by Jerry Bouthier) (Kitsuné)
- 2015 : Mystery Tour (Various Artists Selected & Mixed by Jerry Bouthier) (Emerald & Doreen)
- 2015 : Voyage Sauvage 1 (Various Artists Mixed by Jerry Bouthier) (Emerald & Doreen)
- 2016 : Café Kitsuné (Various Artists Mixed by Jerry Bouthier) (Kitsuné)
- 2016 : Voyage Sauvage 2 (Various Artists Mixed by Jerry Bouthier) (Emerald & Doreen)
- 2017 : Emerald & Doreen 200 (Various Artists Mixed by Jerry Bouthier) (Emerald & Doreen)
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