Daniel Avery is an English

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

producer and DJ from

Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...

Career

Early life and musical beginnings

Avery was primarily a fan of

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in his youth, performing in local bands inspired by

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and My Bloody Valentine. He became a regular attendee at

dance music Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded danc ...

club night Project Mayhem, before eventually being invited to DJ by the night's promoter. He moved to London in 2007, and first began producing and DJing in 2009 under the name Stopmakingme, collaborating with

Little Boots Victoria Christina Hesketh (born 4 May 1984), better known by her stage name Little Boots, is an English electropop singer-songwriter and DJ. She was previously a member of the band Dead Disco. Since performing as a solo artist she has released ...

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, and

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, and regularly performing at

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. During this period, Avery worked at the now-defunct Pure Groove

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, London. There he met future collaborators

Kelly Lee Owens Kelly Lee Owens (born 24 August 1988) is a Welsh electronic musician and producer. She released her self-titled first album in 2017 to critical praise, her follow-up album ''Inner Song'' was released in August 2020. Her third studio album ''LP.8 ...

and James Greenwood. Owens contributed to Avery's debut album, '' Drone Logic'', and Avery produced her first EP, ''Oleic''. In 2011, the shop closed, and he reverted to his birth name for releases from 2012 onward.

2012-present

In 2012 he contributed a DJ mix to the ''

Fabriclive From November 2001 to November 2018, the London nightclub fabric ran a monthly mix compilation series. Mixed by a variety of emerging and established DJs, the two series were entitled ''fabric'' and ''FABRICLIVE'' respectively. The compilation m ...

'' series, and released the cassette-only

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''Divided Love''. The latter was limited to 100 copies, with one side dedicated to a club mix and the other to more ambient, chill out tracks. Avery's debut album, '' Drone Logic'', was released in 2013. He issued a DJ-Kicks compilation in 2016. In 2018 he released the EP ''Slow Fade'', followed by his second album, '' Song for Alpha'', on early champion

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Phantasy Sound Phantasy is a British independent record label established in London, England, and founded in 2007 by the DJ and record producer, producer, Erol Alkan. Its current roster includes Connan Mockasin, Daniel Avery (musician), Daniel Avery, James ...

and

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. The album was a marked change to his debut, with critics noting the influence of his collaborations with London producer Volte-Face (as the techno duo Rote) and

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, with whom he put out a 7" ambient single in 2017. In 2020 he collaborated with Cortini on the album ''Illusion Of Time''. The pair met when Avery supported

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, for whom Cortini regularly plays, on a US tour in 2018. In 2019, Avery sat in for

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on her

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programme, ''6 Music Recommends''. In 2020 he released the single "Lone Swordsman," in tribute to his mentor

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, who died in February of that year. Proceeds from Bandcamp sales of the single went to

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. He surprise released his third album, ''Love + Light,'' in the summer of 2020. The album was a mix of uptempo dance and ambient tracks, returning to a dynamic first explored in his earlier ''Divided Love'' mix. His fourth album, ''Together in Static'', was released on June 24, 2021. Avery released his fifth album, ''Ultra Truth,'' in November 2022. The record features vocals by Kelly Lee Owens,

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's Jonnie Standish,

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, and SHERELLE. It was preceded by the single "Chaos Energy."

Discography

*'' Drone Logic'' (

, 2013) *'' Fabriclive 66'' (Phantasy Sound, 2013) *''New Energy (Collected

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)'' (

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, 2015) * '' DJ Kicks'' (K7, 2016) *''Slow Fade'' (Phantasy/

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, 2018) *'' Song for Alpha'' (Phantasy/

, 2018) *''Song for Alpha (B-Sides & Remixes)'' (Phantasy Sound, 2019) *''Illusion of Time'' (with

) ( Rough Trade, 2020) *''Love + Light'' (Phantasy Sound, 2020) *''Together in Static'' (Phantasy Sound, 2021) *'' Ultra Truth'' (Phantasy Sound, 2022)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Avery, Daniel Year of birth missing (living people) English electronic musicians Musicians from Bournemouth Living people