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The Glove Side is the latest musical endeavor by Chicago-based musician Jon DeFiore.

Comprised of himself and a rotating cast of friends and artists that assist in the live performance, The Glove Side creates boundary-less, electronic-based music that explores emotional dissonance that this artist was unwilling to explore with his previous musical ventures.

History
Born and raised in the far south Chicago suburb of South Chicago Heights, Illinois, Jon started playing drums at a very early age. He quickly progressed to the drum set; falling in love with and building an admiration for jazz; attempting to emulate great jazz and big band drummers such as Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich , Max Roach , Art Blakey and Barrett Deems. Jon was a student of well-respected local music instructor Valerie Nicholson (Prairie State College) and started playing in the local college jazz band at the age of 14. Synchronously, Jon began jamming with a local metal guitarist, which led to the formation of Jon's first band: Epitaph (later changed to Avalon).

Continuing to play drums in both jazz and metal bands, Jon discovered the burgeoning underground rave scene of the late 90s. He was intrigued by the music he was hearing at rave parties in the Chicago-land area and wanted to learn how to reproduce these electronic sounds he was hearing every weekend. Making a split-decision, Jon quit his bands and placed his drumming career on-hold, wanting to dedicate every waking minute to learning how to create electronic music.

Starting on an MPC2000 drum machine and sampler and a little-used DAW (digital audio workstation) called SAW, Jon quickly picked up the techniques necessary to make electronic music. It was around this time that Jon snared a gig assisting in the production of DJ mixes for Chicago radio DJ Brian Middleton on legendary Chicago radio station B96. Simultaneously, Jon was learning how to produce and DJ; two essential skills in the electronic music forum.

Following a few years of learning and listening, Jon formed his first electronic music groups (Truth Serum and Spank Equinox) with a pair of local friends. While neither group was able to snare a record deal, his next project ("Archetype", also with a friend from his first high school band) did prove to be a success, ultimately having a track signed to Chicago house outfit D'lectable Recordings. In 2006, Jon decided to fly solo, starting to produce music under several different monikers and started his own independent record label: Junky Trunk Records. It was here that Jon saw his greatest musical success, gaining notoriety in the underground house music scene, DJ'ing domestically and internationally; releasing close to 50 original tracks and remixes for a host of record labels. Following a fruitful and enjoyable five to six year run, Jon grew weary of the scene and wanted to expand his musical palette. It was around this time that Jon started to formulate the ideas for what is now known as The Glove Side.

Genesis of The Glove Side
Never having lost his love of house music, but also wanting to expand musically, Jon began writing tracks that were hybrid house, tech, electro and indie, but more of a standard verse-chorus fare. He composed 4 songs and self-released an EP under the Blunt Force Drama moniker. What followed were several years of ideas that never fully came to fruition, until a life-altering event forced him to use his creative powers, dig deep within and begin composing songs that became the self-titled EP as The Glove Side.

The Glove Side
Currently, The Glove Side is finishing his next EP (yet to be titled) and playing live at venues in and around the Chicago-land area.

Musical style and influences
Like most artists, it is tough to label The Glove Side's music under any one category. However, all sounds, noises, and parts are electronic in nature. The Glove Side's music is completely sample free as well. Some artists and groups that have had a profound effect on The Glove Side are: Deftones, Underworld , Phantogram , Muse , M83 , The xx , Disclosure , DJ Shadow , and Daft Punk