Jody Wisternoff is a kingpin of the melodic house genre, pioneering the sound through its many iterations over the past two decades, being a leading face in the scene as the sound has gone from dark and clubby sounds of the 90’s to the softer and more melodic-driven sounds of the early 2020’s.
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Here Are 13 Melodic House Producers Like Jody Wisternoff
He found his start in the Bristol scene in the late 1980’s. From there, his career caught flame when he met Nick Warren on a random encounter in the Bristol record shop, which lead to the formation of his progressive house duo Way Out West (whose tracks have made it on to more than one of Magnetic’s Progressive House Charts).
Since then he has touring extensively under his own name and under the Anjunadeep umbrella.
How Is Jody Wisternoff Live?
Jody Wisternoff is one of the powerhouse players on the Anjunadeep roster, and he earned that spot by truly being a DJ’s-DJ.
What’s that mean exactly?
It means that Jody is a master at his craft, full stop.
And while seeing him at massive Anjunadeep blowout events, like Above & Beyond Group Therapy at the Drumshed (linked below), the real magic of Jody’s prowess comes to light during the more intimate sets that he plays.
If you can find a 200-cap club with nothing but a few strobe lights you will be seeing Jody reveals his true power level.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
