Jason Hodges (hudd traxx, soul control, sampled, aroma, apt) will be bringin his hard-hitting beats and deep grooves all the way from Toronto to the Endup’s longest running Sunday Sessions party, Sunday Mass. With Jason’s signature sound, and those solid house sets the SM resident DJs have become known for, you can be confident it’s time again to lace up your dancing shoes and hit the dancefloor at SF’s most legendary club.

Canadian born Jason Hurtubise, arrived to the house music scene in 1991, taking on Toronto’s underground party scene he developed his DJing skills on the decks with the likes of New York - New Jersey sounds. Todd Terry, Kenny Dope + Lil Louie Vega (Maw) Zack Tomz, and Todd Edwards are a few of Hodges’ favorite producers.  Drawn to the sounds of drum machines, Hodges began renting gear from local music stores until finally deciding on a E-MU SP 1200, a piece commonly used by Hip Hop producers since it’s arrival in 1987.  Hard-hitting beats with deep grooves quickly became the signature sound for Hodges – whether in the studio, on the dance floors; in Toronto’s rapidly growing underground scene, and across Canada, Hodges was growing and coming into his own.

Jason began releasing records with various Toronto labels getting his feet wet remixing and co-producing tracks with some of Canada’s talents. After many years of training and development, Hodges returned to the scene with a new energy and a new plan.  As a part of the All World Entertainment (now apt Entertainment) team of house DJs and producers, Hodges teamed up on co-productions and remix work for several notable and established artists.

Floodgates opened for world travel and new music projects. Jason continued to build his profile; remixing artists like Freaks on MMF, Kaskade on OM, Sneak’s “Fix my Sink” on Magnetic, Cozy Creatures Oomph, Bosh, an EP for Swirl People on Aroma Records (Belgium), EP for Oomph Records (USA), EP for OAE Records (USA), Amenti Music, with many of his productions featured on several House of OM CD Series’ (Carter & Farina LIVE, DJ Sneak, Fred Everything) as well as Mark Farina AND Derrick Carter’s ‘Sessions’ for Ministry of Sound UK, respectively – all promising a steady and bright future for Canada’s best-kept secret.

Recent years have sent Jason across the globe, from Brazil to Belgium to Bulgaria, all the UK majors and exclusive Ministry of Sound events, Istanbul, Turkey, the Netherlands and over to Asia and Australia with the beautiful continent South Africa on the horizon.  For those who know, the name Jason Hodges represents the technical craft he pours into every production, with highly anticipated tracks being played and praised by the likes of Mark Farina, DJ Heather, Derrick Carter, DJ Raoul, among other eminent House Music Pioneers around the world.

We are so excited to have Jason at The Endup on May 17, 2009’s Sunday Sessions.

(texts partially taken from apt Entertainment and Monica Linabury)

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