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DJ Die - Intrigue - Nov 2007
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Biography of DJ Die
Daniel Cawsman aka DJ Die
'Drum & bass has never just been about dark, it’s all the elements. We make dark music, but it’s still party music.'
Skateboarding fiend, DJ Die was born and spent his formative years in Devon, before moving to Bristol as a teenager. An early interest in house and hardcore lead to a musical partnership with friend Jody (who later formed Way Out West with Nick Warren). Recording together under the aliases of Tru-Funk and Sub-Love on Three Stripe Records, they created hardcore staples like 4am and made numerous DJing appearances at early Universe raves.
The partnership was a brief one however, and Die began to diversify his output, drawing on his enduring hip hop influences. He had already encountered Krust and Suv, who were regular visitors to Universe, but it was a chance meeting with Roni Size at Bristol’s Replay Records store in 1992 which would lead to their first collaboration in the form of Agility for V Recordings and Die’s ongoing contributions to the Full Cycle catalogue.
Together with Roni, he originated the seminal Music Box which was to become the title track of the debut Full Cycle compilation in 1996. Solo efforts like Landslide and Jittabug would help carve out a niche for Die, who became known for his ability to fuse the jazz with the breaks to create devastating, seismic floor shakers. Emerging firstly as a core member of Reprazent and later in 1998, as one third of Breakbeat Era (a project spawned by the Music Box track of the same name), he was thrust into the limelight and soon found himself remixing the likes of DJ Shadow, Towa Tei and DJ Cam. His Gnarly remix of Reprazent single Watching Windows became a classic and was released in its own right by Talkin Loud.
Between his international Djing schedule and touring commitments to Reprazent, Die has recently joined forces with Krust to work on an album for their Kamanchi project in addition to concentrating on material for his own forthcoming solo album.
RECORDS AS: Swabe, 4-Tree, Breakbeat Era (with Lennie Laws & Roni Size), DNA (with Bill Riley), Scorpio (with Roni), Wings (with Roni & Krust), Kamanchi (with Krust)
LANDMARK TRACKS: Jittabug (Full Cycle), 11.55 (Full Cycle), Nasty (Full Cycle), Clear Skies (Full Cycle), Drop Bear (Full Cycle)
THE MEDIA SAID:
'Anyone who knows anything about Bristol's drum 'n' bass heritage will immediately place DJ Die at the top of this list.' - Knowledge Magazine 'Through the Eyes confirms Die as the on form producer in Bristol' - Jockey Slut.
http://www.myspace.com/djdiefullcycle
