London
Breaks Across the Nation....
It’s the year 2010, and the future is decided. America
doesn’t know where it’s going, but we know who’s taking it
there.
Such is the Orlando dance scene, now in its second decade as a
cultural force. While Central Florida’s underground club scene
lost some of its spark after helping ignite a worldwide
progressive dance movement, the impact is still being felt at
music festivals, clubs and stores across the U.S. - even on the airwaves -
as the next generation of breaks and trance DJs take their place
alongside seminal influences such as, DJ Icey and
Andy Hughes.
And DJs like Dave London are at the forefront and in demand,
delivering Central Florida’s patented breaks sound to music events across the country, in scenes across the
Southeast, Midwest, Northeast, Pacific Coast and Spain... places
that are still enjoying their own “golden age” of dance music.
And the dance world is starting to notice.
London’s debut mixcd is entitled, Orlando Breakz V. 03 and sold
over 15,000 copies.
Born in Cleethorpes, England, London, moved to the States in 1991
to pursue a degree in Communications. He began DJ’ing while at
college, at first for fun but before long he became addicted to
the music he had grown up listening to in the UK.
Dave bought his first keyboard in late 1996, and by early 1997,
had released his first song entitled “Blazing Pianos,”
co-produced under the group name Junior Camp. This “housey”
first release on a Florida’s Kaleidoscope label did surprisingly
well in a breakbeat dominated market, received radio play on
weekend mix shows and was charted by popular radio stations in
Florida.
Dave’s second release, “The Rhythm EP,”
was co-produced by Dave’s Junior Camp alter ego, and outsold its
predecessor within two months.
“The Rhythm EP” was also given to Paul Van Dyk who
played the record on the Radio One FM Essential Mix and charted it
in Mixmag, Muzik and DMC magazines.
Dave and Junior Camp released “Clap Your Hands” in late
1997, which was quickly licensed to several mix CDs in the U.S.
“Clap Your Hands” was embraced by the late DJ Tony De Vit and
charted in Muzik Magazine, and by the end of 1997 was licensed to
the established hard house label Tripoli Trax. Released in March
1998, “Clap Your Hands”, became Tripoli Trax’s 32nd
and biggest ever commercial release, storming the U.K. singles
chart at #7 and selling over 7,000 copies in two weeks. It even
received airplay on the giant Radio 1 FM.
Dave then formed his own label, Yes Mate Recordings. Since
Yes Mate’s inception in 1997, Dave London has continued to be at
the forefront of cutting edge club music and has released many
singles which have been licensed to countless mix CDs by magazines
and labels such as Mixmag, Moonshine, DMC, Caffeine, Funkwax,
Streetbeat, Tripoli Trax and USA Records.
In the November 2001 issue of BPM Culture magazine, Dave
was featured alongside Paul Oakenfold, DJ Icey and Adam Feeland.
In addition to his own music, Dave’s helped bring attention
to Sonique’s
“Feel So Good,” which went on to become a worldwide hit
in 2000.
Over the last 7 years, Dave London has remixed and some of the
most recognized breakbeat records including Lightforce “Join Me”, Deejay Punk Roc “Blow My Mind”
alongside the Plump DJ’s, Monsoon “Africa”, Trinity Hi-Fi
“Turn the Lights Down”, Tony Allen “Take Me Higher”,
Syntax "Pray" (Kiss FM's 2004 remix of the year) and many
others. And in the winter of 2001, the Dave London/Filthy Rich
remixes of Ascension’s “Someone” were released via’s Funk Wax Platinum. Dave London’s original
song co-produced by partner Filthy Rich entitled “Twisted” was released on Distnct’ive
Breaks. Dave's music
also appears on Ministry of Sound’s recent hard
house compilation “Hard Energy” mixed by Yomanda and Fergie.
Dave's biggest musical influences include Rollo (Faithless), Armin Van
Buuren, Ferry Corsten, DJ Icey and Hybrid.
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