Johnny Gleeson

Who is Johnny Gleeson?

Johnny Gleeson is an Australian DJ living in Sydney. The son of a jazz/dance pianist, he discovered House Music in 1989. Early plans to pursue a production career were temporarily put on standby after his audio studies finished to focus on a much talked about DJ career.

Gleeson's energy and musical knowledge made him a sought after act on the Sydney scene. His was selected as a Pacha resident, and member of the Pacha allstars, an elite remixing outfit, chosen by the superclub.

In 2007, Gleeson was commissioned to produce an album for one of China's favourite DJ's, Chozie, for local label PPC in Beijing, a city where Gleeson has regularly worked during the last decade.

He has had many singles released on labels Subliminal, Pacha, Toolroom Records and Hedkandi. "Right Before My Eyes" was his biggest track to date under the guise of The Southside Hustlers with Carl Kennedy. It was number five in the charts as well as earning essential new tune and four consecutive weeks of airplay from Pete Tong on his Essential Selection BBC Radio 1 program. This was however not the only production to taste success as Banta Boom was also featured as an essential new tune, and "Electric Pillowcase" became the top earner for Pacha's "Black label", featuring on 12 compilations worldwide, and the cover of DJ Magazine.