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Dieselboy
Dieselboy
Background information
Birth name	Damian Higgins
Born	1972
Origin	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Genre(s)	Drum and bass
Occupation(s)	DJ, Record producer
Years active	1991 - Present
Website	www.djdieselboy.com

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1998 saw Dieselboy continue his trek through the DJ circuit and his Sixeleven DJ Mixseries Vol 1 steadily climbed the retail charts. 1998 also saw Dieselboy tie with LTJ Bukem for Best Drum & Bass DJ at the Global DJ Mix Awards. He was the first American drum and bass DJ ever to be nominated. Aside from DJing, Dieselboy initiated Philadelphia's first 21+ drum and bass weekly (a recurring club event) entitled "Platinum" - which ceased as a weekly on October 14th, 2004 after a 6.5 year run. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... LTJ Bukem is the stage name used by the drum and bass musician, producer and DJ Danny Williamson (born 1967, London). ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... General Name, Symbol, Number platinum, Pt, 78 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 6, d Appearance grayish white Atomic mass 195. ...

Early 1999 saw Damian complete a North American tour with Technical Itch & Decoder in support of his track Atlantic State whilst the end of 1999 saw the release of his fourth mixed CD on the Moonshine label entitled A Soldier's Story, which sold extremely well (more than any other drum and bass release in America that year) ^{[citation needed]}. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Decoder is the stage name of Drum and bass and Jungle producer Darren Beale. ...

2000 saw Dieselboy joining forces with Palm Pictures/Island Recordings and his releases The Descent, Invid, Render and a full length album on Palm Pictures label called The 6ixth Session. To date, his 'The 6th Session' is the best selling drum n' bass mix CD in the history of electronic music, followed by his ultra-successful 2002 release, 'projectHUMAN' ^{[citation needed]}. Palm Pictures is a US based entertainment company owned and run by Chris Blackwell. ...

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March of 2004 saw a new mixed CD release, The Dungeon Masters Guide. A genre defying mix CD with remixes of tracks by Josh Wink, Tiësto, Technical Itch, and many more. With the release of this mix CD compilation, Dieselboy also released a Triple vinyl LP pack featuring remixes by various artists such has Gridlok, Kaos, Karl K, Jae Kennedy, Stratus, and KC. Cover of the 4th printing of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide The Dungeon Masters Guide (DMG or DMs Guide; in earlier editions, the Dungeon Masters Guide) is a book of rules for the seminal role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. ... Josh Wink Josh Wink aint rave you gimp Josh Wink (born Joshua Winkelman in 1970) is an electronic music DJ, label owner, producer, remixer, and artist. ... Tiësto (born Tijs Verwest on January 17, 1969 in Breda, Netherlands) is one of the worlds most famous trance DJ figures in the electronic dance music scene. ... Mark Caro, better known as Technical Itch, is a British electronic music artist, disc jockey, and founder of Technical Itch Recordings and Penetration records. ... Gridlok is drum and bass producer and DJ based out of San Francisco, USA. He used to be a classical violin player before he submerged himself into the drum and bass realm. ... KAOS can mean: KAOS 89. ... A Stratus cloud is a cloud belonging to a class characterized by horizontal layering with a uniform base, as opposed to convective clouds that are as tall or taller than wide (these are termed Cumulus clouds). ... KC may also refer to Kellogg College, University of Oxford. ...

In April 2006, Dieselboy released the album "The Human Resource" under his new label Human. Step into Dieselboy’s laboratory, as he builds the beast known as THE HUMAN RESOURCE. Disc One ‘SELECTED WORKS,’ is the first CD compilation from the album. This 12-song un-mixed sonic monster includes club anthems and VIP remixes from )EIB(, DJ Fresh, The Upbeats, Dieselboy + Kaos and more.

Disc Two ‘EVOL INTENT ASSEMBLE THE MONSTER’ features a continuous DJ-mix from one of America’s top d’n’b DJ/producer crews, Evol Intent, hand picked by Dieselboy to stitch together some of the best of the HUMAN catalog, plus exclusive tracks and remixes from Gridlok, Infiltrata + Hochi, Vector Burn, Dieselboy + Technical Itch and others.

Discography

Singles

• Patriot Games EP (2x12") – Tech Itch Recordings
• The Trans-Atlantic Link Part 1 (12") – Tech Itch Recordings
• The Descent (12") – Palm Pictures (1999)
• Invid (12") – Palm Pictures (2000)
• Render (12") – Palm Pictures (2000)
• Invid (Remixes) (2x12") – Palm Pictures (2002)

For a complete listing of Dieselboy's releases see his entry on Rolldabeats

DJ Mixes

• Drum And Bass Selection (CD) – Suburban Base
• Drum And Bass Selection USA (CD) – Moonshine
• 97 Octane (CD) – Moonshine
• Sixeleven DJ Mixseries, Vol. 1 (CD) – Sixeleven Records (611)
• A Soldier's Story (CD) – Moonshine
• System_Upgrade (CD) – Moonshine
• The 6ixth Session (2xCD) – Palm Pictures
• Project Human (2xCD) – Human Imprint Recordings
• DJ World Series: D & B From The United States (CD) – DJ Magazine
• The Dungeonmaster's Guide (2xCD) – Human Imprint Recordings
• The Human Resource (2xCD) – Human Imprint Recordings

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• Substance D Due for Fall 2007 – Human Imprint Recordings

External links

• http://www.djdieselboy.com – Official Website
• Dieselboy at Discogs
• Dieselboy at rolldabeats

• http://www.myspace.com/humanimprint
• http://www.systemrecordings.com
• http://www.humanimprint.com
• http://www.planetofthedrums.com
• http://www.myspace.com/damianomen