Summary: Jacob Henry on the "Virtual Sessions" presented by The DJ Sessions 3/30/23 About Jacob Henry - Jacob Henry, who was born in Philadelphia and currently resides in Los Angeles, is the Lead A&R of Monstercat Silk, formerly known as Silk Music (2008-2021). In February 2021, Vancouver and Los Angeles-based label Monstercat officially announced its acquisition of Silk Music and formation of the Monstercat Silk brand, under Jacob's direction. In 2022, Monstercat Silk received the Best Label nomination from DJ Mag and launched several branded playlists on leading global meditation app Calm, as well as a label showcase at Amsterdam Dance Event. Jacob has been DJ’ing throughout the United States and beyond since 2000 and composing original electronic music since 2009. Highlights of Jacob’s discography include the poignant melodic house offerings "Hopeful Romantic” and "Yesterday's Tears" (w/ Approaching Black), as well as the more anthemic “Serengeti" (w/ Coastal) and affecting "Words Unspoken," a collaboration with global melodic & progressive house leader Shingo Nakamura. Jacob's productions and compilation series have received radio support from the likes of Above & Beyond and Armin van Buuren and have been featured in the pages of both DJ Mag and Mixmag. On behalf of Silk, Jacob appeared as the featured guest on episode #124 of Above & Beyond's acclaimed "Group Therapy" radio show. Jacob is the founder and co-host of Monstercat Silk's weekly radio show, Monstercat Silk Showcase. The show is now a Top 100 global iTunes podcast and can be heard on all major streaming services and podcasting platforms. Artist Pages: https://instagram.com/jacobhenrymusic/ https://twitter.com/jacobhenrymusic https://soundcloud.com/jacob-henry Label Pages: https://monstercat.com/silk https://youtube.com/monstercatsilk https://facebook.com/monstercatsilk https://soundcloud.com/monstercatsilk https://instagram.com/monstercatsilk https://twitter.com/monstercatsilk Radio Show: https://monstercat.com/mss About The DJ Sessions - “The DJ Sessions” is a Twitch/Mixcloud "Featured Partner” live streaming/podcast series featuring electronic music DJ’s/Producers via live mixes/interviews and streamed/distributed to a global audience. TheDJSessions.com The series constantly places in the “Top Ten” on Twitch Music and the “Top Five” in the “Electronic Music", “DJ", "Dance Music" categories. TDJS is rated in the Top 0.11% of live streaming shows on Twitch out of millions of live streamers. It has also been recognized by Apple twice as a "New and Noteworthy” podcast and featured three times in the Apple Music Store video podcast section. UStream and Livestream have also listed the series as a "Featured" stream on their platforms since its inception. The series is also streamed live to multiple other platforms and hosted on several podcast sites. It has a combined live streaming/podcast audience is over 125,000 viewers per week. With over 2,400 episodes produced over the last 12 years "The DJ Sessions" has featured international artists such as: BT, Youngr, Sevenn, Wuki, Scott Slyter, Simply City, Micke, Netsky, Rich DietZ, Bexxie, Boris, MJ Cole, Flipside, Skeeter, Bissen, Katie Chonacas, Hollaphonic, Lady Waks, Arty/Alpha 9, Miri Ben-Ari, DJ Ruby, DJ Colette, Nima Gorji, Kaspar Tasane, Andy Caldwell, Party Shirt, Plastik Funk, ENDO, John Tejada, Hoss, DJ Sash U, Arkley, Bee Bee, Cozmic Cat, Superstar DJ Keoki, Crystal Waters, Swedish Egil, Martin Eyerer, Dezarate, Maddy O'Neal, Sonic Union, Lea Luna, Belle Humble, Marc Marzenit, AthenaLuv, Maximillian, Inkfish, Kidd Mike, Michael Anthony, They Kiss, Downupright, Harry “the Bigdog” Jamison, DJ Tiger, DJ Aleksandra, 22Bullets, Carlo Astuti, Mr Jammer, Kevin Krissen, Amir Sharara, Coke Beats, Danny Darko, DJ Platurn, Tyler Stone, Chris Coco, Purple Fly, Dan Marciano, Johan Blende, Amber Long, Robot Koch, Robert Babicz, KHAG3, Elohim, Hausman, Jaxx & Vega, Yves V, Ayokay, Leandro Da Silva, The Space Brot
