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DJ Fresh 
DJ Fresh at a set.Background information Birth name Daniel Stein Also known as DJ Fresh, Fresh, Mosquito, Absolute Zero Born 11 April 1977 Origin England Genres Drum and bass Occupations songwriter, musician, audio mixing, record producer, DJ Years active 1996–present Labels Breakbeat Kaos, Data Records, Ram Records, V Records, Valve Recordings Associated acts Bad Company UK, Pendulum, Tenor Fly, $pyda, Adam F, Andy C, Deekline & Wizard, Ivory, Soundweapon, Stamina MC, Koko, Ce'Cile, Sigma, DJ Shadow, DJ Hype, Darrison, Mary Byker, Baron, Swift, Valkyrie, Sian Evans. DJ Fresh (real name Daniel Stein) is an English DJ, and one of the principal members of Bad Company.
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Career
Early success and Escape from Planet Monday (1993-2008)
Along with the three other members of Bad Company, Fresh founded the record label BC Recordings, as well as the website Dogs On Acid.[1]
Resuming his solo career in 2002, Fresh founded Breakbeat Punk, which merged with Adam F's Kaos Recordings to become Breakbeat Kaos in 2003.[2] In 2004 Dogs on Acid was given its own imprint.
Fresh has worked with artists ranging from Pet Shop Boys, DJ Shadow, Apollo 440 to Andy C and Grooverider, and has also held a working relationship with the drum and bass trio Pendulum, until 2007 when Pendulum decided to leave his imprint.[3]
Fresh has had his own tracks included on a number of remix CDs, including the 2006 release Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back!, Andy C's Nightlife series, DJ Hype's Drum and Bass Warfare, and Goldie's Drum and Bass Classics.
In 2006, Fresh released his first studio album, Escape from Planet Monday, featuring "The Immortal", "X Project", "Nervous" and "All that Jazz" on Breakbeat Kaos.
Kryptonite and Mainstream Success (2009-Present)
In 2009 Fresh released a 12" of "Heavyweight" (with Fantasia on the B side) on the Digital Soundboy label. "Heavyweight" had a different style from Fresh's usual output, and gained positive reviews and a general positive response through the underground scene and within various radio stations.[4] Fresh subsequently released "Hypercaine" (including a remix from Nero) in September 2009,[5] and made BBC Radio 1's daytime playlist.
On the 1 August 2010, he re-released his song Gold Dust Featuring vocals from Ce'cile, Where it peaked 24 in the UK and 39 in Ireland, it marked his first Top 40 hit in both countries. Drum & Bass producer Finka remixed Gold Dust in early 2011. On 16 August, he released his second studio album, "Kryptonite" where it peaked 4 on the UK Dance Chart.
He then released his follow-up single, called "Lassitude" with Sigma and Vocals from Koko. It managed to peak 98 on the UK Singles Chart and 11 on the UK Dance Chart.
Third Album and Commercial Breakthrough (2011 - Present)
The first single from his Third Album, "Louder" was released on July 3, 2011. The song is being used as part of a Lucozade Lite advertising campaign the UK and Ireland. The song features vocals from Welsh singer Sian Evans from the band Kosheen, It peaked number 4 on the Irish Singles Chart and Number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. It marked his first top five hit in both countries and first to reach number 1. It is also the first ever song of the dubstep genre to reach number 1 in the UK Singles Chart.[6]
In 2011, Fresh will be appearing at a number of Festivals during the UK Festival Season as well as appearing at shows and clubs in the U.S, Such as Bar 525 in San Francisco, Republic Live in Austin, Texas.[7]
Discography
Albums
Title Album details Positions UK UK Dance Escape from Planet Monday - Released: 22 May 2006
- Label: Breakbeat Kaos (BBK003)
- Format: 12" LP, CD, download
— — Kryptonite - Released: 16 August 2010
- Label: Breakbeat Kaos (BBK006)
- Format: 12" LP, CD, download
167 4 Compilation albums
Title Album details Breakbeat Kaos - Released: 18 August 2003
- Label: Ministry of Sound (MOSCD 74)
- Format: 12" LP, CD
Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back! - Released: 4 October 2004
- Label: Breakbeat Kaos (BBK #001CD)
- Formats: 12" LP, CD
Bass Invaderz Jungle Sound: Gold - Released: 13 November 2006
- Label: Breakbeat Kaos (BBK #001CD)
- Formats: CD, Digital Download
Singles
Year Song Peak chart positions Album UK
[8]UK
Dance
[9]UK
Indie
[11]BEL
(FL)
[12]BEL
(WA)
[12]IRE
SCO
[15]2003 "Dalicks / Temple of Doom" 60 — — — — — — Non-album single 2004 "Submarines" 73 — — — — — — Escape from Planet Monday "When the Sun Goes Down"
(featuring Adam F)68 — — — — — — Non-album single 2006 "Nervous" — — — — — — — Escape from Planet Monday 2009 "Hypercaine"
(featuring Stamina MC & Koko)— 12 — — — — — Kryptonite 2010 "Gold Dust"
(featuring Ce'cile)24 6 2 — — 39 32 "Lassitude"
(with Sigma and Koko)98 11 8 — — — — 2011 "Louder"
(featuring Sian Evans)1 1 1 5 43 4 1 Non-album single Promotional singles
Single Year "Heavyweight/Fantasia" 2009 Other Singles
Singles/EPs Morning Glory / Thunder and Rain Dead Man Walking / Formula One Signal / Big Love Colossus / Hooded Twister / Capture the Flag Cactus Funk '02 All That Jazz (ft. Darrison) Funk Academy Supernature (Baron vs. Fresh) The Immortal Exhale Balloons (Thinking In Reverse) Steam (Rock Out) Clap / Exhale (Inhale remix) All That Jazz (Mosquito Remix) / Windrush (Heist Remix) Blow (with MC Ivory vs Deekline & Wizard) Off World / Direct Order (DJ Fresh / The Funktion) Remixes
Year Song Original Artist Album 2003 Here Comes Trouble Dillinja Here Comes Trouble - A Decade of Drum and Bass Twist 'Em Out Twist 'Em Out / Kids Stuff Mo' Fire Andy C Nightlife 2004 Cuban Links DJ Clipz Cuban Links (Fresh Remix) / Tripods Thugged Out Bitch Dillinja Spectrum (with Lemon D) 2007 Enuff DJ Shadow Enuff / This Time 2010 I Want You Paul Harris vs Eurythmics I Want You (White label release) Cross My Heart (Raw and Club Mixes) Skepta (ft. Preeya Kalidas) Cross My Heart 2011 Together Hervé Together Broken Record Katy B Broken Record Right Beside You Jakwob (ft. Smiler) Right Beside You Collaborations/As a Featured Artist
Year Song Album 2002 Mutated (Version X) Mutated for 200X
(with Trace)Sandstorm (Sunrise) U-Boat Chain of Thought 2003 Sausage Dog 3rd Planet (EP) Switch 21st Century Drum and Bass 3 Warehouse Lick (with Trace) Spy Technologies 2: Battlefield 2004 Kingston Vampires (with Pendulum) Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back! Living Daylights 2005 Floodlight Bass Invaderz Play Me (with Swift) (Swift & Blame Remix) 2007 Living Daylights II The Immortal Ease Down Inside the Machine / Lost and Found
(Bad Company UK compilation)Trick of the Light 2008 All That Jazz (VIP mix) Bryan G & MC Skibadee Live @ Movement Bar, Rumba 2009 X-Project (VIP mix) Heist's Mystery FM Spaceface Unreleased / Incomplete Lazer Squad Music videos
Year Song Albums Director 2006 Nervous Escape from Planet Monday Barney Howells 2009 Hypercaine Kryptonite B.J. Madoff 2010 Gold Dust Ben Newman Lassitude - 2011 Louder Non-album single Ben Newman See also
References
- ^ FRESH (Bad Company, Breakbeat Kaos, Dogs on Acid, UK) !' Illegal party: Accessed 22 July 2009
- ^ World's Top DJs Coming to Seoul Korea Yimes: Accessed 22 July 2009
- ^ Junglesound Gold)
- ^ "DJ Fresh Live" Last Fm: Accessed 11 August 2009
- ^ "BBK - DJ Fresh News // Hypercaine, Heavyweight, Kryptonite" Dogsonacid.com: Accessed 11 August 2009
- ^ http://www.dirtysmart.co.uk/news_article.php?id=320
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/freshbadcompany/shows
- ^ "Chart Stats - DJ Fresh". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=10384. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
- ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/18/2011-07-16/
- ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/18/2009-10-17/
- ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/12/2011-07-16
- ^ a b http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=DJ+Fresh
- ^ http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2010&year=2010&week=37
- ^ http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2011&year=2011&week=27
- ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/22/2010-08-14
External links
Compilation albums Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back! (2004)Singles "Gold Dust" · "Lassitude" · "Louder"Related articles Categories:- Living people
- 1977 births
- English drum and bass musicians
- English DJs
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