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Dave Clarke is a Brighton born Techno Producer and DJ, often given the status The Baron of Techno. Brighton on the southern Sussex coast is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ...
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Biography
Educated at Brighton College, Clarke ran away from home at the age of 16 after his parents split up. After sleeping rough for a while, a friend offered him temporary accommodation. All that kept him going was his love for music, initially Hip Hop and post-punk (The Damned are a favourite of his to this day). He soon managed to blag himself a DJ set at Brighton club Toppers. The night became very successful and even worried a rival night, in which a young John Digweed held residency. From then on Clarke gained popularity, getting club invites from round the world playing his blend of funky peaktime rave-techno. Brighton College is a public school (that is, an independent, fee-paying secondary school) for boys and girls in Brighton, East Sussex in England. ...
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In the 1990's he began producing music. His first EP's under the collective name of 'Red' and his début album 'Archive 1' received rave reviews, as they were seen as being innovative and crossing genres, something not common in the Techno scene at the time.
His sense of rhythm and amazingly impressive DJ skills have earned him more respect than most producers. He has a longstanding relationship with visceral, intense Techno, and is considered one of the innovators of the genre. He's an especially big fan of the minimal Detroit Techno sound, focusing on mechanical pulse and underlying Funk. Clarke has continued to remain massively popular, due to his unique dj style of endlessly cutting and scratching during his predominantly funky, dark, elektro-inspired Techno sets (although he sometimes plays purely elektro sets). Clarke's style is both sinister and energizing, and his live sets are rarely a disappointment. This style is evident on his latest two mix CD's World Service 1 and 2. His latest Album The Devils Advocate released in 2004 is a mixture of dark Techno, and hip hop featuring Chicks on Speed and DJ Rush. He also made a relatively experimental John Peel Sessions EP, known as "Directional Force". // Biography Chicks on Speed are a female electropop group which got its origins in Munich, formed in 1997 after the members had met through the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. ...
Clarke was careful to warn young clubbers of their guinea-pig adventure with ecstacy in an interview in 2001, saying that if you need to take pills to make your night, it must mean that the music being played is lacking in quality. Needless to say, this is a very unusual comment for a major DJ to make, but it is indicative of Dave Clarke's independent-minded attitude.
"Music has always brought me through, even in times when I've had nothing. Music has given me everything and I feel I have to give everything back. I don't know what I'd do without it, it's in my blood and bones, the only constant throughout the whole of my life." (Dave Clarke, 2005)
Selected Discography
EP's 1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
1995 (MCMXCV in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Albums 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
DJ Mixes - World Service (2001)
- World service 2 (2005)
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2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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