Mr. V

Mr. V is the deep house artist Victor Font, from Manhattan, United States, born in 1974. He works as a DJ, producer and remixer, and his style draws on house, hip-hop, Latin, garage, disco, rhythm and blues, jazz and other classic dance music forms.

Background

Growing up in the 1980s, Mr. V develops an interest in the social energy of dance music and the role of the DJ in shaping a crowd’s response. He is influenced by the sound of New York clubs and by a friend, Lord G., who runs a weekly Thursday-night party in New York City. His path changes when he meets Louie Vega and discovers house music through Vega’s Underground Network party. He wants to play the soulful sound associated with that scene, and Vega later brings him into Masters At Work as an assistant, giving him first-hand experience of the international dance world before he begins playing alongside his mentor.

Production and label work

In 2001, Mr. V and Alix Alvarez launch Sole Channel Music to release music with full creative control. The label issues four singles, including his best-known track, “Something (Wit’ Jazz).” As a producer and remixer, he also works for Vega Records, Ricanstruction Label, Underground Collective Recordings, King Street Sounds, Hustle Music, City Deep Music and Large Music.

His releases for Vega Records include “Jus’ Dance” and “V Gets Jazzy,” credited to Louie Vega feat. Mr. V. Across his productions and remixes, he works with labels such as Ricanstruction, Vega Records, Real Tone Records, BBE, Dope Wax, Defected and Africanism.

Style and activity

Mr. V’s DJ sets are known for unpredictability and for mixing classic references with contemporary club energy. He often plays material that he feels other DJs do not include, ranging from house records to older dance music selections. Alongside his production work, he appears as a headliner and as support for Louie Vega, and he plays at nightclubs in many parts of the world.

Album

His debut album, Welcome Home, is scheduled for release in 2006, alongside the single “Da Bump.”