Ewen MacNeil AKA Def-e has been causing quite a stir on dance floors throughout the world. Under his different guises (The Beginerz, Def E and Claude Stout) his productions and remixes have crossed musical boundaries and have been championed by DJs and public across the board
With years of experience of working dance floors as a DJ producing was a natural progression, culminating with so far over 100 releases and remixes on labels such as Cheeky Records, BMG, Toolroom Records, Low Pressings, Sony, EMI, Azuli, and Polydor to name but a few.
His debut "thoughts of You" was released on the celebrated Low Pressings in 2001 picking up support from such DJs as diverse as Miguel Migs and X-press 2.
Continuing on in the same vein, releases then followed with two collaborations with Problem Kid Mark Wilkinson on his own Kidsound label, and the start of his "Darker Departures" series on Low Pressings."Highlands" picked up support f rom such DJs as Tom Stephan, Steve Lawler, and was voted New York's Finest by Roger Sanchez on his radio show. Def E has continued exploring the darker sounds of the dancefloor with releases on labels such as the prolific Toolroom Trax, Oceantrax, and his own imprint Wax habit but has also come up for light with releases on Big Love, Nocturnal Groove and G-Club
Ewen is probably best known though as one half of the chart bothering Beginerz. Teaming up with Ibi Tijani they created a dance floor anthem in the shape of "Reckless Girl". Signed by the famous Cheeky records "Reckless Girl" was supported by Pete Tong, Seb Fontaine, Judge Jules and Norman Cook (who said it was "the talk of the town in Miami"). It was then play-listed on BBC Radio 1 before reaching number 28 in the UK national charts and then enjoyed similar success throughout the rest of the world.
Since the success of "Reckless Girl" Ewen has continued creating club smashes. New York Taxi, History, Doin' me Wrong, Rhythm Foundation, Wipe those tears away, and Ape Stalking have all found huge international success. He has also, in this time remixed artists such as Dido, Faithless, Gus Gus, Terri Walker and the chart topping Shapeshifters
As well as continuing success in the studio, Ewen (both as Def E and The Beginerz) tours throughout the UK, Europe and beyond, DJing at some of the most prestigious clubs and is currently used as a Ministry of Sound tour DJ representing the club around the world
As if all of that is not enough, Ewen is also the manager of Uptown records in Soho,london, over-seeing the day-to-day running of one of the world's leading independent dance music stores
For further information please contact Ewen on [email protected] / For DJ bookings please contact [email protected]
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