My name is
Danny Slade and I'm Head of A&R for
ZIRENZ MEDIA RECORDS UK I'm also a
DJ/ Promoter/ Music Reviewer in Wales. I’ve been involved in the Dance Scene for 17 years and have promoted many award-winning clubs and festivals and have won loads of Awards (listed in my biog).
I also co Produce tracks under the name
'Tripezium' with two lovely ladies,
'Cat & Bex', and the tracks have been well received.... which is nice! Apart from that I don’t really have much time to do stuff. Mind you, as I enjoy my work so much it doesn’t bother me because being paid to do what you love is absolutely awesome. Here is my work biog:
DANNY SLADE Biog Danny Slade is one of the UK’s true pioneers of dance music. From his early days of putting on free parties in the late 80’s through to today he has dedicated his life to music. His first forays into the world of DJaying were when he bought a set of decks for £200 to put on a club night and had a go with his friends’ records for a laugh. Six months later he was playing at his first paid gig and he hasn’t looked back since. To list all of the clubs that he has played over the last 15 years would be impossible. A few of the better known nights that have had the pleasure of witnessing his near legendary sound are:
Gatecrasher, Sheffield;
Ministry of Sound, London;
Slinky, Bristol and Bournemouth;
Cream Arena tours;
Peach, London;
Passion, Coalville;
Lush, Northern Ireland and
Es Paradis, Ibiza.
Not content with his work in clubs, Danny has also lent his skills and knowledge to a number of radio stations. He hosted his own national dance show on
BBC Radio Wales for a year and a half, for which he was dubbed
‘The Welsh Pete Tong’ by the
national dance music press. This also lead on to work for
Radio 1, both DJaying for them at the first
Radio 1 Dance Party of the new Millennium to over 25,000 people and holding
DJ Masterclasses for them as part of
“One Live†in Cardiff.
All of his hard work and dedication over the years has not gone un-noticed. At the first ever
Welsh Music Awards in December 2001 he scooped the award for the
nations Best Trance DJ. At last years awards he won the
Best Trance DJ again and also scooped the most prestigious award of the night for
Outstanding Contribution to Dance Music. This year he beat off stiff competition and was
voted as the Best DJ in Wales.
He has also had his fair share of media coverage on many TV and Radio programmes and the national dance press regularly sing his praises. His connection with the media does not stop there as Danny also turns his hand to a spot of writing himself and in the past has written for ,
DJ Magazine,
Club On and numerous other smaller dance music related publications and most recently a national publication called
IDJ Magazine.
Although things change fast in Club-land, one constant was his involvement at
Escape. Danny was resident at
Escape Swansea and at all Escape events and tour nights since it first opened its doors in 1995. He also booked all of the artists for
Escape into the Park Wales’ only dance festival, up until its sixth year. He was also head of promotions which kept Escape ‘up there’ as one of the UK’s most successful and revered dance nights in the UK. With Danny as resident DJ, in charge of music programming and guest DJ bookings, Escape did not gone un-noticed. Last year they picked up the award for,b ‘Best Night’ and
‘Best Venue’ at the
Welsh Music Awards and they also won awards for
‘Best Special Event’ for their festival
‘Escape into the Park’ for the two previous years running. Last year it was also picked as the
‘Best Trance Night in the UK’ and the seventh
‘Best Club in the UK’ in
‘Mixmag’ the Worlds leading dance publication, and this year they have just picked up the award for
‘Best Club In Wales’. As they say though, ‘all things come to an end’ and after much soul searching Danny left Escape at the end of 2005 to set up
Klub Kaos in Swansea. Danny was again the brains behind the project and all of the radical innovations featured at the venue.
Due to a bad car crash earlier in 2006 and a further bad acident in 2007, he is keeping a low profile while he recovers. He will be throwing himself with full force back into the scene in 2009 so watch the mayhem commence! DJ style wise, Danny is probably best known for his
award winning Hard Trance sets. It is worth noting though that he can play many styles as he has an extensive and varied background in music. He is just as happy playing warm up and main slots and can play many different varieties of dance music. From his first indulgences as a bassist in a punk band through to his life-long love of many musical genres, Danny draws on his vast knowledge to put together DJ sets that are always energetic, upfront and full of class.
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