The House of Aviance is one of the houses within the ball scene known for its vogueing, fashion, music and performances. He is a member of that House, and it is from that House where he takes his last name.[1]
Selection of works
In 1991, Aviance produced a track titled Go Bitch Go! – "Work This Pussy" (Original Bitch Mix).[1][3] This track has been covered and released numerous times by some high-profile DJs such as Armand Van Helden in his 2014 Masterpiece.[4] According to music critic Barry Walters, Britney Spears' 2013 track Work Bitch from her Britney Jean album is a recreation of "the vogueing vibe of gay/trans bitch tracks like Go Bitch Go's "(Work This) Pussy" [Go Bitch Go! – "Work This Pussy"] originally produced by Aviance in 1991.[5] Critic Christina Lee posits that, Britney's Work Bitch track sounds more like RuPaul's 1993 track Supermodel (You Better Work).[6] Aviance would go on to produce other classic house tracks such as Giv Me Luv - which was remixed in 2009 by DJs Chris Cox and Yiannis Mistress.[7][8]
Other works include Ultraworld – Life After Death on Strictly Rhythm (1991), Sexy Thing (1996) Useless (1999) and Black On Black (2001).[1][9]
Throughout his career, Aviance has gone by several variations of his name including J. P. Aviance, J. P. Wilkerson, J. Philippe, J. Phillipe (Alcatraz), J. Phillippe, J. Phillippe Aviance, J.P., J.P. Aviance, J.Phillipe, Jean - Philippe, Jean Philip Aviance, Jean Philipe Aviance, Jean Philippe, Jean Philippe Aviance, Jean Philippe-Aviance, Jean Phillipe, Jean Phillipe Aviance, Jean Phillippe, Jean Phillippe Aviance, Jean-Philippe, Jean-Philippe Aviance, Jean-Philippe Avians, Jean-Phillipe, Jean-Phillippe, JP, and JP Avience.[9]
Alcatraz
Aviance was member of Alcatraz along with fellow U.S. producer/mixer Victor Imbres whom he collaborated with on Giv Me Luv (1995) - which reached number 12 in the UK Charts (1996).[10][11][2]
Alcatraz was a duo consisting of Aviance and Imbres. The duo's debut single was Give Me Luv — which was released on Deep Dish's Yoshitoshi label in early 1995.[2] This track was Aviance and Imbres' first collaboration. They had "first met when Imbres was engineering a remix of Deep Dish's Satori by Aviance." Alcatraz was not envisaged as a permanent collaboration. However, Aviance and Imbres' collaboration gained them journalistic and club support until the two parted company.[2]
Aviance is married and lives in Delaware (as of 2014). He is currently a semi-retired DJ.[1]
^ abcdLarkin, Colin (editor), "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music", Virgin (1998), p. 10, ISBN9780753502525
^ abcJean-Philippe Aviance [in] "Mother Juan Aviance bio" [in] the official website of The House of Aviance [1]
^Music Times : "Armand Van Helden's 'Masterpeice' To Be Released Feb. 15 On Ministry of Sound" by Ryan Middleton (December 24, 2014) [2]
^"Britney Spears Goes Blanker Than Usual on the Nightmarish ‘Britney Jean’" by Barry Walters (December 3, 2013) [in] Spin [3]
^"Britney Spears’ "Work Bitch" Hits The Web Early: Listen To The Club Banger That Works (Bitch)'" by Christina Lee (September 15, 2013) [in] IDOLATOR [4][permanent dead link]
