D.A.V.E. the Drummer has become a name that is now synonymous with techno all over the world. A long standing member of the infamous London based free party crew “The Stay Up Forever Collective”, run by the Liberator DJ’s, and a regular recording artist on many of the collectives labels, he has proved to be a very important influence on the global techno scene over the last ten years.
Djing and playing live using the latest technology, he has taken his unique sound to many different countries, having become almost a resident of Brasil and regularly visiting other countries. He has played every possible size of venue, from small clubs to large outdoor events and has always rocked the crowd with his uncanny sense for the right tune at the right time, and his original DJ technique.
Presently, D.A.V.E. A+R’s and runs his own two record labels, “APEX” and “HYDRAULIX”, both of which are managed by the S.U.F. collective and are distributed by Intergroove and Amato respectively. Hydraulix has gone on to achieve much critical acclaim for many of the releases with outstanding attention being received for Hydraulix number
9, a tune that still sounds fresh today and still gets played all over the world.
Apex has had tracks licensed by Carl Cox amongst others and has received strong support from great techno DJ’s such as Dj Preach , Misjah , and Stanny Franssen. Support has also come from John Peel, Rob Da Bank, Judge Jules, Chris Liebing, Michael Burkat, Dj Emrson from Kiddaz Fm, and Eric Sneo for various releases and remixes on a variety of different labels from around the world.
D.A.V.E is continuing to look for fresh ideas and take chances with his labels releases to try to push the sound of techno forward into the future.