DJ Jock shares his Soundtracks for Life

Born in Croatia in 1992, DJ Jock entered the world of music when he was practically a toddler. By the age of 14, his love of techno led him to start playing at private parties, and from then on, his dreams began to turn into reality. Three years later in 2009, he became a resident DJ at Croatia's Pineta Beach Bar. Only 17 years old at the time, he was opening and closing gigs for a host of big name DJs. Not only did this give him the chance to show off his skills to a bigger audience, he also went on to play all-night sets lasting between 5-7 hours.

Before long, Jock started producing his own tracks, with his first EP 'Colombian Lines' being released on Debuger Records by the time he was 18. He continued to work tirelessly on his production, which eventually saw him go on to fulfil a lifelong dream - he was signed to Cristian Varela's label Pornographic Records. The first release was supported, played and charted by some of the world's top DJs. His tracks, 'Chicas' was a huge success and has been played at iconic festivals and clubs, including Tomorrowland, Awakenings, Electrobeach Festival, Exit Festival and Space Ibiza.

Further tracks by the Croatian talent were later signed on top techno labels including Sasha Carassi's Phobiq Records and UMEK's 1605. Carl Cox also showed huge support, signing his EP 'Raw Love' on his legendary Intec Records. The track went straight into beatport's top 100 techno chart at number 23, instantly changing everything for Jock.

For the final instalment in our Soundtracks for Life series, Jock has picked out his top tracks for those special situations. From slow jams to big beats, his selection is a winning combination of sounds.

'Wake Up The Sun' is one of the most beautiful tracks I've ever heard. Every element of the track is just perfect. It also works really well if it's played right at the end of an early morning set. Try listening to this when you wake up, I'm sure you will continue your day with a smile!

I think that would have to be 'Lift Me Up' by Moby. I'm not really sure why, but this track always lifts me up and gets me in the mood. Moby is one of the artists I often listen to before before my own gigs.

This is one of the track that always works. It doesn't matter if you play this in front of two or two thousand people, everyone will go crazy. 'Caramba' was released on Cristian's last album Max&Max for Carl Cox's Intec label. The whole whole album is just perfect - Cristian has made a masterpiece.

If I listened to this track on repeat I think I could run for days! This groove really drives you and Blake Baxter's vocals took this track to another level. The track has that specific Ben Sims raw analogue techno sound that I absolutely love.

This was the first vinyl I ever bought. I went over to my friends place to buy some records from him and from 500 records I picked this one. I was 14 years old and I only had enough money for one record. When I got home that night, I must have listened to this track a thousand times. This track was released on his Pornographic Experience EP on Elephanthaus Records, and later remixed by Tim Baker, Marco Bailey and Bando. I am lucky to have both vinyls, one of which is signed by Cristian himself.