D.A.V.E The Drummer

D.A.V.E.the Drummer has become a name that is now synonymous with techno all over the world. A long standing member of the infamous London based free party crew “The Stay Up Forever Collective”,run by the Liberator DJ’s, and a regular recording artist on many of thecollectives labels, he has proved to be a very important influence onthe global techno scene over the last ten years.

Djing and playing live using the latest technology , he has taken his unique sound to many different countries, having become almost a resident of Brasil and regularly visiting other coutries such as: South Africa,Japan, Australia, U.S.A., France, Belgium, Spain, Bosnia, Croatia,Venezuela, Canada , who have all enjoyed D.A.V.E’s exhilarating liveshows and seriously funky DJ sets. He has played every possible size of venue, from small clubs to large outdoor events and has always rocked the crowd with his uncanny sense for the right tune at the right time, and his original DJ technique.


Presently, D.A.V.E. A+R’s and runs his own two record labels, “APEX” and “HYDRAULIX”, both of which are managed by the S.U.F. collective and are distributed by Intergroove and Amato respectively. Hydraulix has gone on to achieve much critical acclaim for many of the releases with outstanding attention being received for Hydraulix number 09, atune that still sounds fresh today and still gets played all over the world. Apex has had tracks licensed by Carl Cox amongst others andhas received strong support from great techno DJ’s such as: Dj Preach ,Misjah , and Stanny Franssen. Support has also come from, John Peel,Rob Da Bank, Judge Jules, Chris liebing , Michael Burkat , Kiddaz Fm ,and Eric Sneo for various releases and remixes on a variety ofdifferent labels from around the world.

D.A.V.E is continuing to look for fresh ideas and take chances with his labels releases to try to push the sound of techno forward into the future.