Soulful / Funky House

Image	DJ Name	Music Style	MP3	Book
	DJ Danny Clark	Soulful/ US/Latino/Funky House
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Hometown
Essex,UK

Age
29

Music Style(s)
Soulful/ US/Latino/Funky House

Venues Played
Have played all around the UK and Europe but here is a list of some of the better known venues.

MOS
Turnmills
Sanctuary
Opera House
Zapp
Honeyclub
Lakotta
Cafe Blue
Po Na Na
Fez
Emporium
Aquarium
Retox
AKA
Rouge
Route
Storm
Zinc

Promoters Worked For
Hed Kandi
Clockwork Orange
Miss Moneypennies
Pams House
Soulfunk
Cheeky Cheeky
Soul Heaven
Garage Heaven
Destiny
UK Dance
Electro Art

Preferred Equipment
Most important are CDJ 1000's MK2 then Technics 1210's

Recording Label

Solid Soul

Tracks Made

3 tracks are due to be released, but due to red tape at present I cannot list them.

Remixes

A few things in the pipeline- Watch this Space!

Break Through Gig

See Bio

Most Memorable Gig
Playing alongside Danny Rampling in my local club Rumours in Clacton.

Favourite Venue
The Cross and Pacha

Favourite DJ
Anyone that has Soul!!

First Record Bought
"Respect" by Adeva & "Promised Land" by Joe Smooth

Inspiration
Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer, George MCcrae, Jocelyn Brown, Joey Negro, Frankie Knuckles

Biography

Danny's interest in the dance music scene developed in the late eighties when the whole "acid" evolution broke through. For the next few years Danny spent many hours waiting patiently in service stations around the M25 for the convoy to pass by and lead him to some deserted warehouse or muddy field. Danny became inspired by the atmosphere and unity a DJ could create and how much control and input they had on pleasing and entertaining so many. With this, Danny purchased his first set of 1210's at the tender age of 15 and never looked back. He started off playing to friends at house parties and as his skills and confidence grew so did his hunger for bigger
and better things. Danny was a regular clubber at the legendary Oscars on Clacton Pier (once voted as the third best club in the country by Radio 1),
where he met and be-friended the resident DJ Force. This is where Danny got his first big break and played warm up sets for the likes of Slipmatt,
Grooverider, DJ Seduction and Mickey Finn. The success of these nights led to an influx of other regular bookings around East Anglia.

Danny's taste in music gradually changed as he felt he found more from the soulful delights of the US House scene. Inspired by the likes of Todd Terry, Joey Negro and Kiss FM's Paul Trouble Anderson, Danny had finally found his
sound and his audience.

Danny moved to Bristol and continued his promising DJ-ing career in the South West, and soon found himself to be a regular on the local club and bar circuit. He decided to start to promote his own nights in a dis-used function room above a pub in the city centre. Danny realised that he was
taking a financial risk by putting on a soulful house night in an area that was predominately into Drum & Bass, but the risk payed off. By offering an alternative experience, a massive advertising campaign and of course the DJ
talents of Danny, the good folk of Bristol were suddenly being turned away at the doors due capacity crowds within a number of weeks. Word of mouth soon spread about the quality of both Danny's skills behind the decks and his classy promoting, attracting the attention of a number of local club promoters. Danny was offered numerous bookings at the likes of Lakotta, Cafe Blue, The Porthouse, Oddysey, The Lizard Lounge, Po Na Na and The Thekla playing to crowds of up to 2000, alongside the likes of Danny Rampling,

Terry Francis and Norman Jay.

After a couple of years Danny returned to Essex and continued where he left off, gainng a slot on the pirate station Feelings Fm and regular guest
apperances on his local pirate station in Essex, Switch FM. Danny's soulful, seamless mixes have also been used on Ministry Radio and have received superb feedback from industry insiders. Danny also has a fortnightly mix broadcast on Dream FM.

With this recognition Danny helped support Miss MoneyPennies and Clockwork Orange tours and meant he played alongside some of his DJ-ing idols. He also regulary plays for the biggest promoters in East Anglia including Pams
House, Essence, Big, Cheeky Cheeky, UK Dance and the newly formed Soulfunk alongside the likes of Richard Earnshaw, Boy George, Jeremy Healey, Brandon Block and Lottie. Danny's love of music led him to open his own record shop and online sales service in Ipswich and this in turn led him to hook up with another East Anglian DJ who shared the same thoughts, passions and desires. Between them they took all their experience and knowledge as professional DJj's and began to produce their own soulful, funky material . The music being churned out of Danny's newly formed studio is the sort of sound you would expect to hear on the likes of Soulfuric, Defected, Swing City and Refunkt. The first track being produced has generated a great deal of interest from a few major labels, so watch this space!!!!

Danny's aims for the near future is to get more work in and around the Capital, to gain more media exposure both as a DJ and producer, and to help to promote his new residencey Soulfunk. His hard work, enthusiam and talent has now seen him get summer bookings in Tenerife, Ayia Napa, Rhodes, Moscow and at a number of the UK’s leading clubs including Turnmills and Ministry of Sound,London.

Danny is a well travelled, vastly experienced DJ who can and will work anywhere, who has played to audiences of up to 2000 and is a master of crowd reaction. He can build sets very subtly and gradually build a vibe for a climax or play powerful peak time sets with equal presicion and ease thus
making him a neccesity for any dancefloor!!

Drawing from all his years both as a punter and as a jock, Danny knows that crowd participation is a vital key to ensure that the public get exactly
what they are looking for. Feedback is essential to any DJ so you will often spot Danny on the dancefloor before, after and sometimes even during his magicall sets. So with that, his production work, his radio work, his website being re-designed, his two weekly residencies at Flava and Soulfunk and a constant demand from promoters for his talents, it looks as if Danny is carving himself a healthly reputation as an all round pro. This Dj is definitely one to watch for 2005-06!!!

Chart

1 Audiowhores mix - "You Can Make It" - Soulfuric
2 Louis Benedetti mix - "Thats What Love Does" - Philly Soundz
3 Copyright mix - "Faith" - Fluential
4 Blaze - "Wonderful Place" - Susu
5 R.Earnshaw mix - "Elements Of Life" - CDR
6 DJ Spen - "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" - Code Red
7 Rawsoul mix - "Love 2 Love" - Player
8 Scott Wozniak - "Soho Sessions" - Large
9 R.Earnshaw mix - "Buscando" - One51
10 M. Bingham - "Flight" - King Street

Radio

Switch Fm 105.7 FM

Feelings Fm 97.1 FM
MOS(Ministry of Sound) Radio (Guest Mixes)
Numerous guset apperances on Internet Stations
Guest mixes on Vibe 106.4 FM