DB (artist)

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DB, or DJ DB, is a British DJ and producer of drum and bass music who operates mainly in USA. He was an early pioneer in bringing drum and bass to America. He was the co-founder of Breakbeat Science recordings & store, the first record store in the United States to specialize in drum and bass.

Career[edit]

He arrived in New York in 1989 from London [1], where he was a resident DJ and promoter at the London version of The Limelight[2], and he soon had DJing residences at MARS, Red Zone and MK and throwing outlaw club events known as DEEP [3]. In 1990 he was hired by C. Robins of Profile Records to work with VP G. Pini as A&R scout. He has served as A&R director for Sm:)e communications and later went on to co-found the F-111 imprint. [4]

Since 1992 DB has become known in the U.S. for pushing & promoting drum and bass[5], first with his hardcore breakbeat club NASA at The Shelter. He also signed DJ Dara, thus starting his artist career. He and Dara then opened the Breakbeat Science store and record label based in said store, dedicated to drum and bass only. It was the first record store solely devoted to that kind of dance music in the States. [6]. In 2006 Breakbeat Science was responsible for the first compilation in the U.S. of the new sub genre of drum and bass, called dubstep.

In 1997 DB and A. Goldstone were hired by Warner Bros. Records to set up an electronic imprint, F-111 records[7].

In 2007 DB released an artist album project with Stakka, under the name Ror-Shak, focusing on the more musical side of drum and bass. The pair sold two of the songs to the CSI franchise before licensing the album to KOCH Records in the U.S. and to other various European labels.[8]

In 2010 DB expanded into another creative field by publishing a book on sticker art. DB had been collecting stickers since the 80's via punk rock and skateboarding. He and a partner, M. LoCasio, created a history book, "Stickers- from Punk Rock to Contemporary Art" also known as Stuck-Up Piece Of Crap (for Rizzoli Publishing) on the subject of stickers, artists who have used the medium, and their effect on popular culture. The pair are currently working towards touring the project as a museum quality exhibition for 2011. [9]

DJ DB can be heard on the publicly funded online radio, Art International Radio, on his weekly show called BLURRINGradio. The show is a "mix tape" of music, past and present, that has or is inspiring to him.

Examples of music[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ O'Connor, B: "Breakbeat Scientist", DJ Times, January, 2002.
  3. ↑ Paoletta, M: "DB Beat-Mixes Gentler Drum'N'Bass On Breakbeat Science", Billboard, July 21, 2001.
  4. ↑ Stein, M: "Popular Science", issue 304. Time Out NY, July 19, 2001.
  5. ↑ Ressler, D: "Scientist", Fader, 2000.
  6. ↑ Segal, D: "DB", Alternative Press, issue 158. September, 2001.
  7. ↑ Ressler, D: "Scientist", Fader, 2000.
  8. ↑ Mayers, N: "Ror-Shak: Deep Review", Prefix Magazine, March 6, 2007.
  9. ↑ Swerdloff, A: "The Subversive and the Sticky", Paper, Aug 10, 2010.

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