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88 EP & Toolroom Knights Compilation coming soon ! |
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| Location: | South |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | Jun 29, 2008 (512 days back) |
About Me |
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TIME-LINE OF A SPOON... (or Simon Neale) 1977 - Born in Portsmouth, UK. 1980 - Made first mixtape aged 3 on my Dads music centre with Police, Stones & other records! 1985 - Junior school buys Yamaha PSR keyboard, i'm obsessed! 1986 - Dad buys Casio keyboard, obsessed with this also! 1987 - Forced to play trumpet at school! - Listening to ANYTHING electronic! Depeche Mode, New Order, Gary Numan and even Jean Michel Jarre!! 1988 - Heard my first Acid record, Londonbeat "Theres an Acid House Goin On". 1989 - Go to a very forward thinking school & find a TB303 & Juno 60 in the music room cupboard! - Music teacher say's "mmmm, they make acid house with a 303!". 1990 - Hear a Kevin Saunderson mixtape, HOOKED! - Start sampling & making beats using Atari ST with Notator & Akai S950 sampler at school. 1991 - First hear a proper Hardcore mixtape (Krome & Time), obsessed with 140bpm breakbeats and Rave noises! - still way too young to go to a club! - Became a disciple of the new Essential Selection on Radio 1. 1992 - Found out my best-mate's nieghbor (Brian Carew) is a house DJ... started to listen through the wall every day! 1993 - Summon up courage to knock on his door to ask for a proper listen. - Summon up courage to have a go... hooked! - First heard Gat Decor's "Passion" & Acen's "Trip 2 The Moon"... wow! - Hung out with Liam Howlett @ Prodigy gig, we briefly become mates!! - Hardcore gets cheesy, bring on the Jungle! - Left school, I'm lost without equipment. :( 1994 - Liam helps me out buying some old equipment, releases 2nd album and disappears. :( 1995 - Got bored with Jungle/DnB, Sasha Essential mix "changes my life"! 1996 - Stopped producing & let turntables become a part of my body. 1999 - Musically Lost! :( 2001 - Worked in a friends record shop. - Discovered Propellerhead's Reason software! 2002 - Christened "Dave" by Fly Mic! :) 2003 - Edit audio for Fly's radio show, then christened "Spoons" too (you do the Maths). 2004 - Left Record shop, made "21st Century". - Mark Knight signs "21st Century" to Toolroom & opens Essential mix with it! :) 2005 - Seamus Haji signs "Sunrise" to Big Love. - Remixing for Stealth, Cyber & Data. 2006 - Made "At Night", added to 3 track "Outside EP" for Toolroom. - Remixing more & more... - "At Night" becomes ridiculously big & crosses so many Genres, even Tiesto & PVD are playing!?? 2007 - Made "Sylo EP" with Mark Knight. - Essential new tune "At Night" becomes "Bad Girl (At Night)" ft. Lisa Maffia on vocals. - Start new studio project with Pete Tong & remix Robyn's "Every Heartbeat" - Buy a keyboard from a friend of Gat Decor's, end up remixing "Passion"... Crazy! 2008 - Writing my album! - Asked to do a show on BBC Radio 1, amazing! Start Feb 1st! MORE SOON :) CLICK HERE FOR DISCOGRAPHY! STUDIO... Apple PowerMac G5 2.5 Quad 4GB ram Novation Remote 37SL keyboard controller Motu Ultralite audio/MIDI interface Minimoog Model D Roland Juno 60 with Kenton Pro-DCB/MIDI Roland SH101 Sequential Circuits Pro-One Roland TR909 Roland TR808 Kenton Pro-2 CV/MIDI Reason 4 Logic 8 Ableton Live 6 Recycle 2 Loads of Synth & FX Plugins Adam P11a active monitor speakers BBC Radio 1 In New DJ's We Trust TWICE (for unknown reasons!).. 2007 Interview... Pete Tong's In New Music We Trust on Radio 1LINKS... |
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Music:Member Since: 2/20/2006Band Website: davespoon.co.uk Band Members: Simon Neale Influences: REPRESENTATION... Artist Management & Remixes | Sylo Management Phil Sales - phil@sylomanagement.com DJ Bookings | X-Ray Touring Amy Thomson - amy@xraytouring.com Hannah Edds - hannah.edds@xraytouring.com Drunken Spoon caught on MOStv 2008... .. Greggus' "5 Minutes of Dumb" part 1... Spoons 2007 interview on Pete Tong's Fast Trax show... When on the road, always follow Keith Moon's example... Sounds Like: Dave Spoon Record Label: Universal/Toolroom Type of Label: Major |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (House / Electronica) |
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Sylo Management, BBC Radio 1, Toolroom Records, Ministry of Sound, Spoon, Harris & Obernik, Tong & Spoon, obernik, PAUL HARRIS, Pete Tong, Mark Knight, CAGEDBABY, Gilles Peterson, Kicks Like A Mule, Dizzee Rascal, Mark Mendes, Dave Robertson, GIO_C, NOOSE.stroke, F.A.B. PARTIES, zac, 2robots, Teej, PHILIP F, dj Takeaway, rosapereta, DJ KNIGHT, Jus Haus!, Geronimo Chala, Florian NASTI & Kévin CLARKS, Feles, steve-mile, Voodoo Circus Events, Black white & Co, David-Reporter Photographe, Martin Rémond, EMANOO, Wet Synthex, Le Noir productions, THE DEATH KIT, JM BROTHERS DJS, MitFreundenFeiern, Breaks Inc., André Calderano, Tatyana Sherman, Mojo Man, Groove Sense Records, Cà, N Joy, ITS THE BUTTCHEMIST, Stylefeeler, DAVE SILCOX - NEW BEAT UP ON MA PAGE!, Quadrini, dj ru, Vaishiyas & Sync, Panos Manias, Paul Gee, NUtKO, Hondawg--, neil howell sound, bigbig soundz production, Club Zero - NEW TRACK -, DJ HANDCLAP
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