DJ Rolando
Encyclopedia
DJ Rolando is a Latin America
n techno
DJ
and producer
from Detroit, Michigan
, United States
. He released music with the groups Underground Resistance
and Los Hermanos. DJ Rolando came to notoriety when he and the Underground Resistance record label
were involved in a scandal where Sony BMG released a "tone by tone" cover version
of his club hit "Knights of the Jaguar" in December 1999, after Underground Resistance would not license it to them. They never received compensation from the music conglomerates, but the incident promoted the song and made it an international success.
Billed as "Jaguar" it peaked at #43 in the UK Singles Chart
in October 2000.
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
n techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
from Detroit, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He released music with the groups Underground Resistance
Underground Resistance
Underground Resistance is a musical collective from Detroit, Michigan, in the United States of America. They are the most militantly political example of modern Detroit Techno, with a grungy, four-track musical aesthetic and a strictly anti-mainstream business strategy...
and Los Hermanos. DJ Rolando came to notoriety when he and the Underground Resistance record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
were involved in a scandal where Sony BMG released a "tone by tone" cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of his club hit "Knights of the Jaguar" in December 1999, after Underground Resistance would not license it to them. They never received compensation from the music conglomerates, but the incident promoted the song and made it an international success.
Billed as "Jaguar" it peaked at #43 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in October 2000.