
Danny J Lewis - Peak Time - Apr 2006
Submitted By:
DSM
Genre: House
Date of Set: Apr 2006
Filesize: 34.30 MB
Total Downloads: 2
Biography of Danny J Lewis
Danny Lewis has been producing music for over a decade. His first single 'Best Friends' with UK Reggae star Don Ricardo was released to critical acclaim in 1993 and swiftly followed up by the 'Four to the Floor' EP on Stronghouse. Leading cut from the EP 'Spend the Night' became a huge underground success and promoted Danny to the upper ranks of those few UK producers who were making the US House sound at that time. Releases and remixes followed on labels such as Ministry of Sound, Shindig, Imperial and many more bringing support from his heros; US House jocks such as Kerri Chandler, Tony Humphries and Masters at Work. In fact the MAW connection came to the fore when a collaboration with legendary NYC DJ Kenny Carpenter and Bugz in the Attic's Daz I Kue was signed to the MAW imprint making Danny one of the first UK Producers to achieve a release on such a respected label. Danny teamed up with Daz to form 'Da Funkstarz' remixing several major artists such as Damage, Adeva, Celetia and several RnB artists for Young Disciples' Femi Fem.
Danny developed his sound and experimented with rhythms from around the globe, particularly Africa and Brazil in the form of his alter ego 'Hubert Hudson' Several releases on Arthrob records saw one of his tracks, a collaboration with singer/songwriter Simon Jinadu, become a Miami WMC party favourite with Bugz in the Attic's Orin Walters and other leading DJs on the scene. The West London 'Broken Beat' scene was increasing as an influence and Danny hooked up with a local dj and club promoter Mark Robertson who was known for his 'Spiritual South' clubnights. The first track Danny produced for him, 'Green Gold' became one of the biggest dancefloor hits of 2003 and was successfully promoted and released on the well respected Afroart Records label. Seeing there was some common ground they joined forces & Danny became known across the globe as the production guru behind the scenes of Spiritual South. Countless remixes followed including hits such as Max Sedgely's Happy (used by ITV for their Euro 2004 coverage) and also the remix of legendary DJ Paul Murphy's tune Jazz Room which was championed by BBC Radio 1 Worldwide Show Presenter Gilles Peterson.
Danny is now working on new solo/collaborative material - first release Ballistica on Defected records has already been a club smash.
Danny is also a Part Time lecturer in Sound Design and Production Skills at award winning college Point Blank - www.pointblanklondon.com.
http://www.myspace.com/dannyjlewis
Veyron
Rating:



(4)
Oct 08, 2006