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“Good
things come to those who wait…” an apt saying for Danny Howells, a
turntable maestro with ten years experience under his belt. The last two
years have seen this Hastings bred talent rise through the ranks to be
accorded the position of number 10 in DJ Magazine’s latest poll.These
years of dedication and an unrivalled attention to detail have earned Danny
a place among the big boys of the club World after honing his talents the
hard way.
Danny
Howells’ is one of the few DJs on the scene today that truly has a style
of his own. It is a sound
developed through playing warm up sets, main sets, alternative sets, playing
countless venues, in countless countries the World over. Now, Danny’s own
brand of “deepsexyfuturistictechfunkhouse” has caught the imagination of
the planets dancefloors. It is for this reason Howells is resident at Home
(London), Renaissance (Nottingham) and Twilo (New York) as well as a sought
after guest for everyone else under the Sun.
Danny’s
well thought out and meticulously mixed sets can be heard on his own album
series, ‘Nocturnal Frequencies”, which is now up to number 3. He has
also released albums in the USA and Holland as well as a recent release on
Global Underground as part of the ‘Nu Breed’ Series. There will be
another innovative mix project in the pipeline later this year.
Back
home , Danny’s production skills are being gradually honed. His main
focus, Science Dept. with co-producer Dick Trevor, has just signed an album
deal with Renaissance. The next single ‘Breathe’ which features the
soulful vocals of Eririe is already becoming a Radio 1 favourite. There is
also another guise, ‘Kinkyfunk’ the first track of which has been
licensed to Yoshitoshi.He has also just completed a collaborative track with
Dutch wizard Stef (Paco,Stef and Frederick) and there are more killer tracks
on the way with the likes of Funk D’Void, HippE and Halo and John Creamer.
After the success of remixes for the likes of BT and David Morales there
will surely be a few more big remix projects this year too.
The
year 2001 is undoubtably Danny’s year…….
Squelch
– Squelch (Jackpot)
Science
Dept.- Repercussion/Persuasion (Bedrock)
Science
Dept.- Breathe (Renaissance)
Amethyst
- Futura 2000 (Jackpot)
Reicarnation
– (Red Parrot)
M3
– Bilamos (Inferno)
Coco
& StoneBridge – The Beach (R&S)
Moca
– Higher (Azuli)
BT
– Dreaming (Pioneer)
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