Daz Saund is a

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club DJ and

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from

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Career

After getting his big break at the seminal ''Troll Nites'' at the ''Sound Shaft'',

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, London in the late 1980s. Daz Saund then progressed to become resident DJ at the immensely popular ''Garage'' at Heaven nightclub. He then spent three years (1990–93) spinning the decks at the legendary

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and was one of the original

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, where he made his mark as one of Britain's leading

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artists. Daz's reputation rapidly spread throughout the UK, Europe and the

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, playing at monumental events such as

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, Mayday and

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in the UK. In 1995 Daz was voted ''Best International DJ of the year'' by Front Page Magazine, he remains at the forefront of today's techno

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scene as a figure greatly admired world over. Daz first ventured into the remix and production world in 1992 with a remix of 'Lets Rock'. He has worked with Trevor Rockcliffe under the guise of Black & Brown producing several singles, including 'Lick it'. Since 1996 he has collaborated extensively with Ben Tisdall as Sound Associates, producing for labels such as Music Man Belgium, Tortured Records and Missile Records in the UK. He has recently been working on his own material due out on Eukatech Records. At the start of 2000, Daz returned to one of his favorite venues Turnmills, this time with a Sunday night residency nite called Habit where he played a blend of funky techno-dance music. Daz has also launched on his own new record label "Resident Records" together with Richard Dearlove, otherwise known as Diddy, who produced the single "Give me love", on

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. He also played at

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on the infamous DTPM nights and travels extensively around

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, and recently co-hosts the successful Megawoof events.

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20111102181118/http://www.eukatechrecords.com/
http://www.measuredevents.com/djs.agenthttp://www.fabriclondon.com/official siteDiscogs/Artist/Credits/Re-Mixes.http://www.myspace.com/profile/dazsaund90's Dance Music Blog

http://musicbrainz.org/artist/Daz Saund
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