Daniel Edward Stein (born 11 April 1977), better known by his stage name DJ Fresh, is an English musician, DJ, record producer, best known for making

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. He is one of the principal members of the drum and bass group

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, alongside Darren White ( dBridge), Jason Maldini and Michael Wojcicki (Vegas). He also owns and runs the drum and bass label

Breakbeat Kaos Breakbeat Kaos is a British independent record label based in London, UK that specialises in drum and bass. It is jointly owned by Fresh and Adam F, who founded the label in 2003 by merging Fresh's Breakbeat Punk with Adam F's Kaos Recordings ...

with Adam F. DJ Fresh released his third studio album, '' Nextlevelism'', in October 2012 on

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Recordings, which includes the two number one hit singles " Louder" and "

Hot Right Now "Hot Right Now" is a single by English drum and bass producer DJ Fresh featuring English singer Rita Ora, released on 13 February 2012 as the second single from his third studio album, ''Nextlevelism'' (2012), before later being included as a b ...

" – the UK's first dubstep and

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number ones respectively – " The Power", " The Feeling", "

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" and " Gold Dust". DJ Fresh scored his fourth top five single with "

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", a collaboration with Mad Decent label boss

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, featuring

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, "

Dibby Dibby Sound "Dibby Dibby Sound" is a song by British record producer DJ Fresh and American record producer Jay Fay (whose track it is heavily based on), featuring vocals from British singer Ms. Dynamite. It was released on 2 February 2014 as the second si ...

", a collaboration with St. Louis producer Jay Fay also featuring the garage vocalist

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, "

", featuring Ella Eyre and featuring on " Say You Do" by Sigala also featuring Imani. DJ Fresh has 2.8 million record sales, two number one singles and a further eight top 10 singles to his name. He also has over 157 million plays on his YouTube channel.

Career

Early success and ''Escape from Planet Monday'' (1998–2008)

Along with the three other members of Bad Company, Fresh founded the

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BC Recordings, as well as the website Dogs on Acid. Bad Company's track "The Nine", was released in 1998 when Fresh was just 21 years old. "The Nine" was later voted the greatest drum & bass track of all time by readers of Knowledge Magazine Resuming his solo career in 2002, Fresh founded Breakbeat Punk, which merged with Adam F's Kaos Recordings to become

in 2003. In 2004 ''Dogs on Acid'' was given its own

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. In 2006, Fresh released his first studio album, '' Escape from Planet Monday'', featuring "The Immortal", "X Project", "Nervous" and "All that Jazz" on Breakbeat Kaos.

''Kryptonite'' and commercial success (2009–2011)

In 2009 Fresh released a 12" of "Heavyweight" (with Fantasia on the B side) on the

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label. "Heavyweight" had a different style from Fresh's usual output, and gained positive reviews and a general positive response through the underground scene and within various radio stations. Fresh subsequently released "Hypercaine" (including a remix from

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in September 2009) "BBK – DJ Fresh News // Hypercaine, Heavyweight, Kryptonite"
''Dogsonacid.com'', retrieved 11 August 2009. and made

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's daytime playlist. On 1 August 2010, he re-released his song " Gold Dust" featuring vocals from Ce'Cile, where it peaked 24 in the UK and 39 in Ireland, it marked his first Top 40 hit in both countries. On 16 August, he released his second studio album, "

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" where it peaked 4 on the UK Dance Chart. He then released his follow-up single called "Lassitude" with

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featuring vocals from Koko. It managed to peak 98 on the

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and 11 on the UK Dance Chart.

''Nextlevelism'' and continued commercial success (2011–2012)

" Louder", the first single from his third album '' Nextlevelism'', was released on 3 July 2011. The song was used as part of a Lucozade Lite advertising campaign in the UK and Ireland. The song features vocals from Welsh singer Sian Evans from the band Kosheen and peaked number 4 on the

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and was the first ever dubstep number one on the

. On 12 February 2012, the second single "

", featuring British singer

Rita Ora Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in February 2012 when she featured on DJ Fresh's single, "Hot Right Now", which reached number one in the UK. Her debut stud ...

, became his second number one in the UK, and the first drum and bass song to chart at number one in the UK. The third single from the album, " The Power", which features rapper

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, was officially released on 3 June 2012. Following the release of his fourth single, " The Feeling", which features rapper RaVaughn, on 23 September 2012, DJ Fresh released his new album '' Nextlevelism'' on 1 October 2012. " Nextlevelism" includes the songs "

", " Louder", " The Power", " Gold Dust", " The Feeling" and features

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Professor Green Stephen Paul Manderson (born 27 November 1983), better known by his stage name Professor Green or simply Pro Green, is an English rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, television personality and mental health activist from London. Growing up on ...

Ms Dynamite Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley (born 26 April 1981), better known as Ms. Dynamite, is a British singer and rapper. She is the recipient of the Mercury Music Prize, two Brit Awards and three MOBO Awards. Early years She was born Niomi Arleen Mc ...

, The Fray and

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2012–2018

Stein started working in 2012 on his fourth studio album. The album's lead single, "

", is a collaboration with

and

. The song was released on 18 August 2013 and managed to reach number four on the

. An edited version titled "Motherquake" was produced and released specifically for the film '' Kick-Ass 2''. The album's second single, "Dibby Dibby Sound", samples the song "Dibby Dibby" by moombahton producer Jay Fay and features additional vocals from

. The song is credited as DJ Fresh vs. Jay Fay. The song received the title of

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's "Hottest Record in the World". The third single from the album, "

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", is credited as DJ Fresh vs. TC featuring

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. The song is a reworking of TC's previously unreleased 2012 song "Make You Bounce" and was released on 29 June 2014. The fourth single, "

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", features

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and was released on 28 September 2014. It is a reworking of the original version that appears on Goulding's album '' Halcyon Days''. The fifth single, "

", features Ella Eyre and was released on 8 February 2015. The song appears on Eyre's album '' Feline''.The sixth single, " Believer", with DJ Adam F, was released as a digital download on 7 June 2015. "

How Love Begins "How Love Begins" is a single by English drum and bass producer DJ Fresh and Welsh drum and bass DJ and producer High Contrast featuring vocals from English rapper, songwriter, singer, and record producer Dizzee Rascal and uncredited vocals from C ...

", with bass DJ and producer High Contrast featuring vocals from English rapper, songwriter, singer, and record producer

and uncredited vocals from

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. The song was released as a digital download on 5 February 2016 as the seventh single. " Bang Bang", with

featuring vocals from R. City,

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and

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. The song was released as a digital download on 9 December 2016 as the eighth single from Fresh's forthcoming fourth studio album.

2018–present

After surviving cancer in 2017, Fresh changed his focus to his other long running passion of software development. He now works as a machine learning-focused software engineer in

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, England.

Discography

;Studio albums * '' Escape from Planet Monday'' (2006) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Nextlevelism'' (2012)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fresh 1977 births Living people People from Maidenhead English drum and bass musicians English DJs English record producers Electronic dance music DJs Place of birth missing (living people) English people of German descent