Biography
Jeremy Healy first rose to prominence in England as a leading mainstream dance music DJ, yet his path encompassed an array of roles. He fronted the short-lived new wave outfit Haysi Fantayzee in the early 1980s, opened the mid-1980s dance venue Circus, helmed the acid house production “Everything Begins with an ‘E’” by E-Zee Possee toward the decade’s close, partnered with Boy George to establish the dance imprint More Protein spanning the late 1980s and early 1990s, ranked among Britain’s most sought-after DJs throughout the 1990s, reemerged in 2000 as one half of the trance project Bleachin’, and later directed his skills toward high-fashion circles, collaborating with leading couturiers and, above all, John Galliano.
Jeremiah Healy entered the world on January 18, 1962, in London, England. His entry into the music business came as a vocalist in the early-1980s British new wave ensemble Haysi Fantayzee alongside Kate Garner. The group notched a Top 20 single in 1982 with its debut release, “John Wayne Is Big Leggy,” then repeated the chart success in 1983 with “Shiny Shiny” while issuing the full-length album Battle Hymns for Children Singing on Regard Records. A visit to New York City’s celebrated Danceteria—where new wave, hip-hop, breakdance, and dance-pop converged—prompted Healy to launch his own London counterpart, Circus, and to assume the DJ booth there.
By the tail end of the 1980s he had shifted focus to acid house production. Credits from 1988 include the tracks “Blow the House Down” and “The Beat, the Rhyme, the Noise” for the British hip-house pair Wee Pappa Girl Rappers on Jive Records, plus “No Clause 28” for Boy George on Virgin Records. Additional work that year extended to the Baby Ford album Ooo the World of Baby Ford, and he also cut “Everything Begins with an ‘E’” for E-Zee Possee and “Love on Love” for Dr. Mouthquake, both issued on the More Protein label that he and Boy George had jointly founded in 1988.
Further E-Zee Possee singles appeared at the start of the 1990s—“The Sun Machine” (1990), “Breathing Is E-Zee” (1991), and “Geddit” (1992)—alongside the 1992 album The Bone Dance, yet none registered commercially. Apart from a solitary side project under the name H.W.A. (Hedgehog with Attitude) that yielded the Internal Affairs single “Supersonic,” inspired by the then-popular video-game character Sonic the Hedgehog, the E-Zee Possee long-player concluded Healy’s dance music production activity for the remainder of the decade.
Throughout the 1990s he concentrated on DJ engagements, documenting the period with the mix albums Mixmag Live!, Vol. 14: The Mad Hatters Tea Party (1995) and Ibiza: The Closing Party (1999). In 2000 he resurfaced alongside Amos (Amos Pizzey) as the trance duo Bleachin’. The BMG-signed act delivered the singles “Bleachin’,” “Peakin’,” and “Comin’ Down,” followed by the album Everyone Loves You, Everything’s Free.
Concurrently, Healy cultivated ties within the fashion industry. His closest association was with designer John Galliano, although he also supplied audio for Dior, Versace, Victoria’s Secret, and Katherine Hamnett. Subsequent clients included the pop stars turned fashion figures Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefani. In 2004 he launched the recording project Seraphim Suite, featuring vocalists such as Mica Paris.
Jeremiah Healy entered the world on January 18, 1962, in London, England. His entry into the music business came as a vocalist in the early-1980s British new wave ensemble Haysi Fantayzee alongside Kate Garner. The group notched a Top 20 single in 1982 with its debut release, “John Wayne Is Big Leggy,” then repeated the chart success in 1983 with “Shiny Shiny” while issuing the full-length album Battle Hymns for Children Singing on Regard Records. A visit to New York City’s celebrated Danceteria—where new wave, hip-hop, breakdance, and dance-pop converged—prompted Healy to launch his own London counterpart, Circus, and to assume the DJ booth there.
By the tail end of the 1980s he had shifted focus to acid house production. Credits from 1988 include the tracks “Blow the House Down” and “The Beat, the Rhyme, the Noise” for the British hip-house pair Wee Pappa Girl Rappers on Jive Records, plus “No Clause 28” for Boy George on Virgin Records. Additional work that year extended to the Baby Ford album Ooo the World of Baby Ford, and he also cut “Everything Begins with an ‘E’” for E-Zee Possee and “Love on Love” for Dr. Mouthquake, both issued on the More Protein label that he and Boy George had jointly founded in 1988.
Further E-Zee Possee singles appeared at the start of the 1990s—“The Sun Machine” (1990), “Breathing Is E-Zee” (1991), and “Geddit” (1992)—alongside the 1992 album The Bone Dance, yet none registered commercially. Apart from a solitary side project under the name H.W.A. (Hedgehog with Attitude) that yielded the Internal Affairs single “Supersonic,” inspired by the then-popular video-game character Sonic the Hedgehog, the E-Zee Possee long-player concluded Healy’s dance music production activity for the remainder of the decade.
Throughout the 1990s he concentrated on DJ engagements, documenting the period with the mix albums Mixmag Live!, Vol. 14: The Mad Hatters Tea Party (1995) and Ibiza: The Closing Party (1999). In 2000 he resurfaced alongside Amos (Amos Pizzey) as the trance duo Bleachin’. The BMG-signed act delivered the singles “Bleachin’,” “Peakin’,” and “Comin’ Down,” followed by the album Everyone Loves You, Everything’s Free.
Concurrently, Healy cultivated ties within the fashion industry. His closest association was with designer John Galliano, although he also supplied audio for Dior, Versace, Victoria’s Secret, and Katherine Hamnett. Subsequent clients included the pop stars turned fashion figures Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefani. In 2004 he launched the recording project Seraphim Suite, featuring vocalists such as Mica Paris.