‘Underage in the underground’ is where it all began for Justin Michael. During the early 1990s, when most 15 year olds were hitting the books, this Billboard-charting artist and native Angeleno was earning his stripes hitting the decks in underground Californian clubs. The fake IDs and security escorts necessary back then may now be just a memory, but Justin Michael is anything but. The proud Californian born-and-raised artist has long been a favourite in clubs for his soulful, melodic and vocal house productions released on the finest labels in the world. 2010, however, has seen Justin continue to widen his musical repertoire and, in doing so, emerge as a producer of choice for established and emerging artists both inside and outside the electronic music realm. Having recently been commissioned by major labels Warner, Jive and Atlantic for remixes of Jason Derulo’s chart-topping ‘Ridin’ Solo’, Ludacris and Ciara’s ‘Ride’ and Toni Braxton’s ‘Make My Heart’, Justin’s penchant for producing credible, catchy music - regardless of genre – is gaining attention worldwide. The past 12 months have seen him complete production work for former Pussycat Doll Carmit Bachar and Taiwanese Mandopop singer Elva Hsiao, as well as turn in a remix of J Scott G’s (formerly of “Deepsky”) collaboration with American Idol runner up Adam Lambert. This, in addition to numerous collaborations with current ‘it’ artist and friend Bruno Mars (of ‘Billionaire’, ‘Nothin’ On You’ and current hit ‘Just The