Jolyon Petch (#1 ARIA Dance Music Producer)
The first New Zealand Dance Music producer to have produced over eight #1 singles on the Australian ARIA club charts and in 2020 claim 2 top 5 positions on the UK Upfront Club charts aswell. Already in 2021 he has hit the #1 spot on the Australian ARIA club charts with 2 singles ‘Holding On’ & ‘Dreams’.
NZ born, now Melbourne based DJ & Music Producer Jolyon Petch found the spotlight early in his career, successfully pairing his Record Label ‘Club Luxury’ with his DJ brand and touring the world from 2006-2010, performing in over 15 countries and over 20 different cities before finally settling in Australia to further his music career. After holding multiple DJ residencies in the top venues on both the Gold Coast and Melbourne in 2015 Jolyon signed to Dance Major Label ‘Vicious Recordings’ and would go onto release top selling & charting records on all of Australia’s Major Dance labels.
Most notably his cover version of Paul Simon’s ‘You can call me Al’ under his Murph & Petch moniker. ‘You can call me Al’ was also the first time any Kiwi DJ/Music Producer had climbed the ranks to claim the #1 top spot on the prestigious Australian club charts. In October 2018 Jolyon’s follow up crossover single ‘Otherside’ quickly rose up the Beatport dance charts and claimed his first ever #1 on this global DJ music store (For over 50 Days), the single also hit the #4 spot of the ARIA club charts and was supported by some the biggest DJ’s in the world from the likes of Tiesto, Hardwell, MistaJam (BBC), Chuckie, John Gibbons, Joe Stone, Stafford Brothers, Timmy Trumpet, etc. It’s currently his biggest streamed single on Spotify with over 5 Million streams. In October 2019 Jolyon also achieved a world first of officially getting publishing clearance for his cover version of Michael Jackson's most iconic single 'Thriller' which was released via Perfect Havoc in the UK and was given the green light as the first ever cover version of Thriller with the blessing of the MJ estate and the writer Rod Templeton's estate, The single went to #8 on the ARIA Club charts and #5 on the Beatport Dance charts.
2020 saw Jolyon team up again with Belgium House Music legend Kid Créme for their single ‘How to love me’. The single went straight to #1 on the ARIA club charts and also became Jolyon’s first single to crack #4 on the UK Upfront club charts too. With the world coming to a halt with Covid-19 in March, Jolyon set his sights on taking a seminal record and giving it his own distinct modern flavour and his 2020 version of ‘Show me Love’ featuring the original singer Robin S again shot straight to the #1 spot on the ARIA Buzz charts this time for 3 consecutive weeks and also peaked at #5 on the UK Upfront charts.
Over Jolyon’s career he has collaborated with Kid Créme, eSQUIRE, Sian Evans, Ron Carroll, Natalie Conway, Andy Van (Madison Ave), Jordan Magro, Scott Forshaw, Greg Stainer, Mind Electric, John Course, DAZZ, Andy Murphy, Luca Debonaire, Mobin Master, Komes and many others.
He has singles & Remixes out on Major Labels across the world including: Positiva, Virgin, EMI UK, Kontor, Sony, BigBeat, Armada & many top dance labels: Strictly Rhythm, Loaded Records, Central Station, Perfect Havoc, Fierce Angel, Hussle Records, Pornostar, Stoneyboy, One Love, Neon & more. His Official Remixer credits include the likes of Dance music luminaries - Robin Schulz, NERVO TWINS, Junior Jack, Ron Carroll, Freemasons, Syke n’ Sugarstarr, Tobtok, Oliver Nelson, Soul Avengerz, Jason Herd, Calvo & DAZZ, Plus remixing Pop icons such as The Pet Shop Boys, Example, Starley, Mel B (Spice Girls), Conrad Sewell, Carmen Electra & Jessica Sutta (Pussy Cat Dolls). With his remix for Mel B taking out the #1 spot on the Billboard Dance charts.
In 2021 he has new music coming out on Central Station Records, Vicious, TMMRW, Club Luxury, House Life and a few remixes for major artists including Junior Jack & Siedah Garrett (Responsible for writing MJ’s ‘Man in the mirror’). Along with all this BIG music news he now signs his DJ bookings exclusively with Mona Rennalls to take his career to the next level. Stay Tuned!
NZ born, now Melbourne based DJ & Music Producer Jolyon Petch found the spotlight early in his career, successfully pairing his Record Label ‘Club Luxury’ with his DJ brand and touring the world from 2006-2010, performing in over 15 countries and over 20 different cities before finally settling in Australia to further his music career. After holding multiple DJ residencies in the top venues on both the Gold Coast and Melbourne in 2015 Jolyon signed to Dance Major Label ‘Vicious Recordings’ and would go onto release top selling & charting records on all of Australia’s Major Dance labels.
Most notably his cover version of Paul Simon’s ‘You can call me Al’ under his Murph & Petch moniker. ‘You can call me Al’ was also the first time any Kiwi DJ/Music Producer had climbed the ranks to claim the #1 top spot on the prestigious Australian club charts. In October 2018 Jolyon’s follow up crossover single ‘Otherside’ quickly rose up the Beatport dance charts and claimed his first ever #1 on this global DJ music store (For over 50 Days), the single also hit the #4 spot of the ARIA club charts and was supported by some the biggest DJ’s in the world from the likes of Tiesto, Hardwell, MistaJam (BBC), Chuckie, John Gibbons, Joe Stone, Stafford Brothers, Timmy Trumpet, etc. It’s currently his biggest streamed single on Spotify with over 5 Million streams. In October 2019 Jolyon also achieved a world first of officially getting publishing clearance for his cover version of Michael Jackson's most iconic single 'Thriller' which was released via Perfect Havoc in the UK and was given the green light as the first ever cover version of Thriller with the blessing of the MJ estate and the writer Rod Templeton's estate, The single went to #8 on the ARIA Club charts and #5 on the Beatport Dance charts.
2020 saw Jolyon team up again with Belgium House Music legend Kid Créme for their single ‘How to love me’. The single went straight to #1 on the ARIA club charts and also became Jolyon’s first single to crack #4 on the UK Upfront club charts too. With the world coming to a halt with Covid-19 in March, Jolyon set his sights on taking a seminal record and giving it his own distinct modern flavour and his 2020 version of ‘Show me Love’ featuring the original singer Robin S again shot straight to the #1 spot on the ARIA Buzz charts this time for 3 consecutive weeks and also peaked at #5 on the UK Upfront charts.
Over Jolyon’s career he has collaborated with Kid Créme, eSQUIRE, Sian Evans, Ron Carroll, Natalie Conway, Andy Van (Madison Ave), Jordan Magro, Scott Forshaw, Greg Stainer, Mind Electric, John Course, DAZZ, Andy Murphy, Luca Debonaire, Mobin Master, Komes and many others.
He has singles & Remixes out on Major Labels across the world including: Positiva, Virgin, EMI UK, Kontor, Sony, BigBeat, Armada & many top dance labels: Strictly Rhythm, Loaded Records, Central Station, Perfect Havoc, Fierce Angel, Hussle Records, Pornostar, Stoneyboy, One Love, Neon & more. His Official Remixer credits include the likes of Dance music luminaries - Robin Schulz, NERVO TWINS, Junior Jack, Ron Carroll, Freemasons, Syke n’ Sugarstarr, Tobtok, Oliver Nelson, Soul Avengerz, Jason Herd, Calvo & DAZZ, Plus remixing Pop icons such as The Pet Shop Boys, Example, Starley, Mel B (Spice Girls), Conrad Sewell, Carmen Electra & Jessica Sutta (Pussy Cat Dolls). With his remix for Mel B taking out the #1 spot on the Billboard Dance charts.
In 2021 he has new music coming out on Central Station Records, Vicious, TMMRW, Club Luxury, House Life and a few remixes for major artists including Junior Jack & Siedah Garrett (Responsible for writing MJ’s ‘Man in the mirror’). Along with all this BIG music news he now signs his DJ bookings exclusively with Mona Rennalls to take his career to the next level. Stay Tuned!