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Dave Skywalker

Location

Milton Keynes, UK

About Dave Skywalker

Dave Skywalker has always been into electronic music. By 1986, at the age of 8 he was listening to US house music, having purchased his first record - Steve Silk Hurleys "Jack Your Body" - and was already annoying his neighbours with that "boom boom boom" music.

As house inevitably moved into hardcore around 1990, Skywalker followed; throughout secondary school he was known simply by his nackname: "Hardcore". During college in 1994, Skywalker began to produce hardcore mix tapes for friends under the name DJ Dream which then became DJ Kirby, and by 1996 had began producing his own music using free software under the name "DJ Skywalker". Some of which he then distributed himself under the Mad-P e-mailing list he ran.

During 1996 to 2000 he played in venues around Bournemouth, UK, as part of the University student union, most notably Bournemouths lapdancing club "LoveSexy" and The Gardening Club. In 1999 though the assistance of Lee Richardson aka DJ Delirious he released his first dubplate, "Time and Time", and played a few guest slots on London-based "interFACE" radio.

After graduating in 2001 Dave Skywalker released his first vinyl single on Nu Underground Recordings which he ran with companions DJ Hattrixx and DJ Dizzy. This was the now infamous, and considerably remixed, "Killerwhale", credited with being the first breakbeat hardcore tune released in the new 'old-skool' style, premiered on London's Hyper FM.

Dave Skywalker has released tunes on vinyl, CD, and digital formats on such labels as Underground Feeling and the co-operated Breakbeat Hardcore (BBHC) and has worked collaboratively with many artists including legendary Kniteforce operator Luna-C. He now maintains a steady stream of releases, focusing mainly on the hardcore breaks genre of dance music, and in 2009 commenced work on a new breakbeat hardcore label, Endor Recordings.

Dave Skywalker appears at rave events around the country, and predominately plays hardcore with a breakbeat slant, but is also known for well known for playing old skool (Dave was nominated in the 2006 Old Skool Awards as best up and coming DJ and also at the 2006 Musik4You awards for best new producer), and also harder neo-rave sets such as his appearances at the infamous Bang Face, and even harder-edged PA's under his monicker "Random Attack".

In recent years Daves popularity has been growing, thanks not only to his award nominations, but also due to bookings at venues such as the Ministry of Sound and events such as Raindance, Moondance, Bang Face, Hysteria, Epidemik, Vibealite, Hardcore Overload, and other smaller events such as High Voltage and Cruze In. He is regularly invited to guest alongside DJs on their own radio shows in addition to presenting his own mid-week show for the past six years on breakpirates.com.

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