Daniel Furniss was always a dreamer.
The creative thinking and electronic music loving Daniel Furniss aka The Divide was born in Leeds in 1981. At around the age of 10 he became interested in rhythm sections on old acid house cassettes. Five years from then he attends the Helter Skelter Technodrome which blew his head clean off. It was at this moment in his life when he knew he had to utilize his creative ideas and twist the techno genre to express a myriad of emotions. Having been born in what he sees as the dawn of a new technological age Daniel started take his vision of the future and express them sonically. Having delusions of a cashless society, a dystopia, a broken world with and an apocalyptic end he decides to grab the techno beast by neck and use it to warn people of the new unfolding reality. One of which the powers that control divide those underneath. Others warned him, he was told to switch off and embrace lifes distractions, switch on the TV, go consume, to take the blue instead of the red pill, to choose to ignore, to be controlled instead of be free
10 Years on with releases on Construct Rhythm, Form, Jerk, Fine Audio, Betamax, Template & Blackout Audio Recordings Daniel still strives to keep above the distractions in life. To keep away from the bullshit we are fed from the cradle to the grave. With tracks played across the globe at events such as Awakenings, Oxygen Festival, I Love Techno by dj’s such as Dave Clarke, Cari Lekebusch, The Anxious and Patrick DSP. Daniel is currently pursuing a more purist sound. Having based his degree thesis on algorithms and aesthetics, Daniel believes in mathematical expression in music, maths is the vehicle and the soul is the hand of the programmer. One day, the machine will program itself, become self aware, the machines will speak.
Daniel also produces under the names Fernando, Black Jackal and collabs with David Graham for Stereofarm Productions. If you’re a filmmaker and need some audio work, music composition or post production click here
Releases (Digital):
19/06/08 [The Divide + Various] Armatura Clandestine, In Your Mind
23/01/08 [The Divide] R3tox Digital Recordings, Hazard
23/01/08 [The Divide] R3tox Digital Recordings, Earth Wox
23/01/08 [The Divide] R3tox Digital Recordings, Broken Steppa [Dubstep]
23/01/08 [The Divide] R3tox Digital Recordings, I Lift it
Releases (12"):
17/06/08 [The Divide + Various] Mastertraxx vol.13 [MAXX 013.13]
23/02/06 [The Divide] Fine Audio, Museum Of Skulls EP [AUDIO48]
01/11/05 [The Divide + Various] Template, Audio Voices 2 [TEMPL8R 002]
25/10/05 [The Divide + Various] Template, Audio Voices 1 [TEMPL8R 001]
12/09/05 [The Divide vs Johnny Vella] 'Carnival Knowledge' [BETAMAX01]
18/04/04 [Fernando] Bondage Bitch [Composure15].
17/03/04 [Fernando] Act Of Worship, Construct Rhythm [CR12041]
01/03/04 [Black Jackal] Blackout Audio 11. [BOA011]
19/01/04 [Fernando] Satan's Sidekick, Jerk 46 [JERK2046]
10/12/03 [Fernando] Paranoid Inside, Construct Rhythm [CR12040]
Tracks Appear On:
Digital Collective 1.2, Carnival Knowledge [Digital Collective 2005]
Music For A Harder Generation Volume, Temporal Bone [Tidy Trax 2006]
Schranz Tanz - The Fourth Chaper, Satans Sidekick [ReWire 2003]
Mega Schranz Volume 2, Satans Sidekick [Globe Reco 2004]
Schranzwerk 10, Paranoid Inside [ZYX Music 2004]
Dave Clarke@ fuse (Belgium) playing James Hammer - Bang It mixed into The Divide - Temporal Bone...