Submitted by: willg

Born in whiter-than-white Boulder, CO, raised in whiter-than-that Orange County, CA, Danny Love was nevertheless a soul man with a hard-on for James Brown and the Jackson 5. Raised in the hothouse of funk, he was by the mid-1980's a ready recruit for hip-hop - and that, he says, is when he started spinning records. He kept spinning throughout college (he's a UCLA history grad), where he merged seamlessly into the burgeoning Southern California rave/club scene. Hip-hop, house, techno - 'Soul,' he says, 'is still the root of all the music I love to play.'

Today, with over 15 years of experience behind the decks, Danny Love is still making booties shake wherever he plays. He was there from the very beginning, 6 years ago, as one of the original resident DJ's of Club Rubber (along with DJ Beej). Since then Rubber has grown into the USA's largest touring nightclub, selling out shows of up to 10,000 people in cities all around the Western United States. 'Rubber,' he says, 'has definitely been a big deal for me-because of the exposure through Club Rubber, I have been given the opportunity to share the bill with some amazing DJ's.' Those DJ's include Donald Glaude, Keoki, Christopher Lawrence, Dave Aude, and Thomas Michael to name a very few.

Although his DJ schedule regularly finds him 'spreadin' the Love' in cities such as San Diego(4th & B, Ole Madrid), Pheonix (Cat Eye Lounge), Las Vegas (Utopia, RA, Baby's, C2K), San Francisco (Club Decibel) and Los Angeles (Hollywood Palladium, Park Plaza, Atlas Supper Club, Opium Den), he is forced to balance the travel with no less than 4 ongoing residencies in the LA/Orange County area. Those residencies presently include Rubber, Grand Royal, House of Blues, and his newest project, the Bristol Sessions.

Born out of his need to expand artistically, the Bristol Sessions, which takes place at the all new Detroit Bar, has become Danny Love's main outlet for the music he calls Future Funk--a blend of deep, sexy house, trip-hop, and soul. It is here that he regularly invites some of his personal favorite DJ's, such as Andy Caldwell (OM Records/Soulstice), Julius Papp (Spundae, SF) and soon Marques Wyatt (Hula Groove) to share their talents with the appreciative Friday night crowd.