Return of the Jaded

Launched in 2013, Canada-based duo Return of the Jaded rapidly made a lasting impression upon the aficionados of deep quality underground house music. Jaded with the existing state of affairs in the world of electronic music at the time, members Zoltan Kontes and Simon Sheppard created ROTJ as a counterculture movement with a desire to offer a fresh alternative to current trends. They kicked things off on Pleasurekraft’s imprint Kraftek with their debut release titled “Lolita”, which garnered over 200,000 plays on Soundcloud alone. 2014 was a stellar year for ROTJ punctuated by a packed house performance at the legendary Nest in London. Most notably, the release of “What’s It Gonna Take” on Kittball Records (Germany) charted at #6 on the DMC Buzz Chart, was viewed more than 275,000 times on the Mr. Deep Sense Youtube channel and received more than 175,000 plays on Soundcloud. Their collaboration “Old School Lovin’” with in.deed on Kittball is closing in on 200,000 views on Youtube and 100,000 plays on Soundcloud. No less than 7 of their productions have charted in the top 100 on Beatport. Further releases on 303Lovers and well received remixes on Enormous Tunes and Kowalski Music are a testament to the critical appreciation they have received in such a short time. A plethora of respected DJ’s have been dropping ROTJ tracks in their sets namely the likes of David Penn, Tube & Berger, Crazibiza, Luigi Rocca, Franky Rizardo, Manuel De La Mare, Boy George, Tocadisco, My Digital Enemy and Mario Ochoa amongst others. They presently host a monthly boiler-room type event in their hometown of Ottawa, Canada. ROTJ are also busy in the studio concocting new original productions that will further distinguish them as trendsetters in a rapidly evolving music industry.