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ERIC PRYDZ

 

Commandeering a vocal from age-ripened rocker Steve Winwood’s ‘Valerie’, the first time Winwood has given clearance for one of his tracks to be used, Swedish-born Prydz loops it into what promises to be the biggest funked-up house monster of the season. Lola’s what?

 

Starting life as an mp3 in the hands of only a select few DJs ‘Call On Me’ has spread like wildfire, surfing label bidding-wars and dodging a spate of bootleg rip-offs along the way, to eventually land in the hands of Mr Winwood himself who liked the track so much he re-sang the vocals. Prydz began making music at the tender age of 9, and was so fanatical even at this early stage, that a lack of equipment was simply a minor obstacle in his quest for stardom. He developed a habit of breaking and entering in order to “borrow” his school’s keyboards: a habit that soon landed him in a Swedish reform school. But this set back merely strengthened his resolve and, buoyed by encouragement from influential friends such as Steve Angello, Prydz was soon producing tracks that found their way into the record boxes of some of the worlds most high profile DJs.

 

Influenced by the production quality of the ‘first generation’ of Stockholm talent, such as Håkan Lidbo and Adam Beyer, the Prydz sound is a merging of his love for Depeche Mode, early-electronica and a catchy 80’s melody with the stimulus of artists such as Alexender Kowalski and Underground Resistance. Working from his (literally) underground studio in the heart of Stockholm, Prydz creates hard-hitting tunes, with a firm foundation in funk but what sets him apart from the crowd is his talent for hooks and melodies.

 

After the success of an initial release on EMI, Eric moved to the label’s flagship dance imprint Credence and released the hugely successful “EP1”. By the time “EP3” came around, Eric had developed into one of the hottest names in house music. Word of his production skills soon spread, making him one of the most sought-after remixers on the scene. His work for the likes of Junior, Positiva and Ministry of Sound found favour with DJ’s including Seb Fontaine, Judge Jules and Pete Tong and his remix of “Miracles” even added The Pet Shop Boys to his long list of admirers.

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DAVID MORALES

 

As a DJ, remixer, producer and co-owner of Def Mix Productions (one of the world's most successful dance music production companies) David Morales has made a mark all his own. David hails from the streets of Brooklyn which influences his unique style behind the DJ booth as well as in the studio, a style that brings guts and accessibility to music.

 

David Morales, aka 'The Face' will be re-releasing his massive hit single 'Needin' You' on Manifesto in January next year. The track has been given a vocal treatmet by Juliet Roberts. 'Needin' You' reached No.8 in the UK charts when it was released originally on Manifesto last year.

 

In 1989, David was employed as a DJ at a new club named "Red Zone" which along with his first trip to Britain caused his studio mixes to become a fusion of the UK sound with his own street sound. Those mixes were called "Red Zone mixes" and led Morales to become a legend in the underground.In 1991, Morales produced his own record David Morales And The Bad Yard Club "The Program" which was released on Mercury Records in 1993. As a follow up to the success of the album, David has worked on a new Bad Yard Club song called "Wind Up Your Body" which is soon to be released on Mercury Records.

 

Known (and often derided) for his occupation as remixer to the stars during the 1990s, David Morales was one of the pioneers of house music in New York, an original head from the 1970s who weathered the change-over from disco to house and teamed up with Frankie Knuckles to form the leading early remix team, Def Mix. During the '90s the dance mainstream became aligned to many of his stylistic trademarks -- vocal breaks, uptempo piano riffs, plenty of strings -- resulting in clichés attributed to both of them. Also, Morales hasn't been involved in own-name record production as much as his few peers (Knuckles, Junior Vasquez, Todd Terry), but Morales found a dancefloor hit with the 1994 single "In De Ghetto."

 

His beginnings were certainly not so refined; born in Brooklyn to Puerto Rican immigrants, Morales lived his early life in quite a rough section of the Brooklyn projects and was once shot while growing up. He dropped out of high school after ninth grade, and worked as a cook while supplementing his meager living with a job as a DJ (he had been collecting records since the age of 14). Turned on to disco at crucial clubs like the Loft and the Paradise Garage, Morales was soon working at the Garage as well after hooking up with For the Record, an early DJ management firms. His reputation spread during the late '70s and early '80s until he had DJed at every major club in the New York area. One of the first underground house hits in the New York area, "Do It Properly" (by 2 Puerto Ricans, a Black Man and a Dominican) was a production helmed by Morales, with Chep Nunez, Robert Clivilles and David Cole. Moving on to remix and production work during the '80s, he hooked up with another major house legend, Frankie Knuckles (through For the Record) to form the Def Mix Productions crew, and his Red Zone remixes became known as important sign-posts in the developing progressive house movement.

 

Increasingly though, as dance music began appealing to a wider clientele, Morales' mixes attuned themselves more to the mainstream of dance and his material often garnered airplay on daytime radio as well as in nightclubs. After making his name in the pop charts with an early Def Mix for Seal, he began working with a role call of the era's major pop stars: Mariah Carey, Madonna, Michael Jackson, U2, Janet Jackson, Tina Turner and Björk, among them. A major-label contract with Mercury resulted in the 1994 single "In De Ghetto," a reasonable club hit, and Morales' debut album, The Program. He's also a top-flight DJ, known for pushing a sound much harder than that found on his own remixes

 

David has been a guest DJ on MTV's "The Grind" and has programmed and mixed music for the show as well. He continues to spin records at major clubs around the world as well as mixing his own Saturday night program, called "Morales At Midnight", on New York's #1 Dance Radio station WKTU. His production skills have kept him in great demand with top recording artists such as Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Seal, Janet Jackson, Tina Turner, Jamiroquai, Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, Spice Girls and Toni Braxton to name just a few. David was nominated in 1996 for a Grammy Award for producing Mariah Carey's "Fantasy". In 1997 he produced two tracks, "Honey" and "Butterfly" for the recently released Mariah Carey album and is has also remixed "The Roof" and "My All".

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THE TOP 150 DJs IN THE WORLD

 

Rank DJ Score

 

1 TIESTO 50753

2 PAUL VAN DYK 46627

3 ARMIN VAN BUUREN 37545

4 SASHA 34228

5 DEEP DISH 31806

6 CARL COX 29637

7 FERRY CORSTEN 26699

8 ATB 23993

9 PAUL OAKENFOLD 22761

10 JOHN DIGWEED 20579

11 HERNAN CATTANEO 12231

12 MARCO V 11449

13 MAURO PICOTTO 11216

14 BENNY BENASSI 10340

15 ERICK MORILLO 9294

16 ROGER SANCHEZ 8964

17 ABOVE AND BEYOND 8904

18 BLANK & JONES 8760

19 DANNY TENAGLIA 8105

20 STEVE LAWLER 7885

21 DAVID GUETTA 7867

22 MARKUS SCHULZ 7754

23 BT 7645

24 SANDER KLEINENBERG 7569

25 COSMIC GATE 7567

26 GABRIEL & DRESDEN 7290

27 JOHAN GIELEN 6905

28 TIMO MAAS 6756

29 DARUDE 6731

30 ARMAND VAN HELDEN 6466

31 FATBOY SLIM 6155

32 RANK 1 6070

33 SATOSHI TOMIIE 5958

34 JAMES ZABIELA 5719

35 RICHIE HAWTIN 5604

36 PETE TONG 5413

37 SVEN VATH 5254

38 NICK WARREN 5198

39 INFECTED MUSHROOM 5084

40 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS 5050

41 KAI TRACID 4942

42 BOB SINCLAR 4922

43 ANTOINE CLAMARAN 4824

44 4 STRINGS 4820

45 AMOROUS 4505

46 STEVE ANGELLO 4467

47 JUDGE JULES 4384

48 JAMES HOLDEN 4168

49 DANNY HOWELLS 4145

50 ROBBIE RIVERA 3874

51 M.I.K.E. 3774

52 SANDRA COLLINS 3723

53 MYLO 3664

54 ERIC PRYDZ 3566

55 BAD BOY BILL 3512

56 AXWELL 3509

57 TIGA 3451

58 CHRIS LIEBING 3361

59 JUNIOR JACK 3305

60 YVES DERUYTER 3267

61 MARCEL WOODS 3239

62 SCOOTER 3185

63 DAVID MORALES 3109

64 UMEK 3103

65 RON VAN DEN BEUKEN 3088

66 DAN 2961

67 YAHEL 2941

68 DAVE SEAMAN 2936

69 MARCO CAROLA 2921

70 JEFF MILLS 2907

71 MOBY 2865

72 DAFT PUNK 2778

73 CI 2686

74 MISS KITTIN 2665

75 RONSKI SPEED 2647

76 MARTIN GARCIA 2539

77 ASTRIX 2391

78 CHUS & CEBALLOS 2387

79 CHUS 2386

80 LAURENT GARNIER 2381

81 DEAN 2375

82 ANDY MOOR 2363

83 LADY DANA 2344

84 SCOT PROJECT 2343

85 ICEY 2338

86 GEORGE ACOSTA 2335

87 ADAM BEYER 2323

88 DESYN MASIELLO 2299

89 YOJI BIOMEHANIKA 2291

90 DAVE CLARKE 2290

91 DONALD GLAUDE 2283

92 MAX GRAHAM 2228

93 MISSTRESS BARBARA 2214

94 LISA LASHES 2192

95 PRODIGY 2188

96 TECHNOBOY 2181

97 FELIX DA HOUSECAT 2180

98 SKAZI 2166

99 MARTIN SOLVEIG 2128

100 DR KUCHO 2079

101 VIBE 2076

102 THE PROPHET 2058

103 SCESADA 2056

104 RUSH 2053

105 HARDY HELLER 2023

106 PAVO 2003

107 ISAAC 1930

108 ALIGATOR 1928

109 FRED BAKER 1919

110 SEBASTIAN INGROSSO 1908

111 RAP 1897

112 VICTOR CALDERONE 1894

113 VALENTINO KANZYANI 1892

114 MARCO BAILEY 1858

115 MATTHEW DEKAY 1837

116 SAMMY 1786

117 DEFERSON LESSAK 1767

118 JEAN 1749

119 WALLY LOPEZ 1735

120 MARK FARINA 1734

121 LAYDEE JANE 1701

122 L.U.N.A 1691

123 HELL 1683

124 NU NRG 1667

125 SEB FONTAINE 1663

126 GIGI D'AGOSTINO 1625

127 ISABEL 1618

128 CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE 1616

129 RANDY KATANA 1608

130 IRENE 1595

131 THE THRILLSEEKERS 1593

132 MENNO DE JONG 1593

133 DAVIRAZ 1573

134 ARMAN DINARVAND 1571

135 ZANY 1570

136 ANTHONY PAPPA 1552

137 TIDDEY 1549

138 MARK NORMAN 1537

139 TRENTEMOLLER 1523

140 SHOG 1501

141 ASTRAL PROJECTION 1494

142 PAUL 1492

143 NIC FANCIULLI 1477

144 MATT DAREY 1469

145 KYAU VS. ALBERT 1462

146 SANDER VAN DOORN 1454

147 SASH! 1442

148 CHICANE 1436

149 LEE BURRIDGE 1425

150 MARKO NASTIC 1418

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Satisfaction-benny benassi

Ever After-Bonnie Bailey

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Ne Yo - So sick

Mary J. Blige- be without yoi

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Chris Brown-Run it

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Anton Ramos Chillout Sessions CD

Bonnie Bailey - Safe (Remix)

Moony - Flying Away (Lounge Remix)

Telepopmusik - Breathe (Remix)

 

 

Nee-Yo - So Sick (Remix)

Nelly - Ride With Me (John Mayor Remix)

T Pain Feat. Stat Quo - I'm Sprung (Remix)

Nathalie - Going Crazy (Remix)

 

Nyoy Volante - Panalangin

MYMP - Sa Kanya

Sugarfree - Burnout

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