Breakfast (music producer)
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Casey Keyworth more commonly known under his alias "Breakfast," is a Trance
DJ
from Annapolis, Maryland
, United States
.
from the album Homework by Daft Punk
played on the radio. He soon purchased the album and discovered the diversity of electronic music
. Inspired, he began using the digital audio workstation
FL Studio
. This program would turn out to be the main base for production
in the years to come; using it, he learned techniques and styles
that are now evident in his music.
's record label Flashover Recordings
. After giving a CD
to Corsten on the night of a gig in Washington, D.C.
, Keyworth received an email from him requesting him to join Flashover Recordings. Soon the first release under the 'Breakfast' alias was being played worldwide and gained support from a wide range of DJs. He has released the albums The Air Between and River Of Light.
, the United Kingdom
, Australia
, Poland
and the Netherlands
where he played for the world renowned Dance Valley's 2008 main stage. Currently based in America, he regularly plays at Glow in Washington, D.C.
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
from Annapolis, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Early life
At the age of 9, Keyworth heard the song Around the WorldAround the World (Daft Punk song)
"Around the World" is a song by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk. It appeared on the duo's debut album, Homework and was released as a single the same year. It subsequently became a major club hit around the world and arrived at #1 in dance charts. The song is particularly known for the...
from the album Homework by Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
played on the radio. He soon purchased the album and discovered the diversity of electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
. Inspired, he began using the digital audio workstation
Digital audio workstation
A digital audio workstation is an electronic system designed solely or primarily for recording, editing and playing back digital audio. DAWs were originally tape-less, microprocessor-based systems such as the Synclavier and Fairlight CMI...
FL Studio
FL Studio
FL Studio is a digital audio workstation developed by the Belgian company Image-Line. FL Studio features a graphical user interface based on a pattern-based music sequencer...
. This program would turn out to be the main base for production
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
in the years to come; using it, he learned techniques and styles
Music genre
A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music...
that are now evident in his music.
Record deal
In summer of 2006 Keyworth was signed to Ferry CorstenFerry Corsten
Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry...
's record label Flashover Recordings
Flashover Recordings
Flashover Recordings is a trance music record label founded by Dutch trance DJ Ferry Corsten in 2005.-Artists:*Breakfast*Coburn*Dave Walker*FB*Ferry Corsten*Lemon & Einar K*Mason*Mind One*P.A.F.F.*Rafaël Frost*Randy Boyer & Eric Tadla*Rockdown...
. After giving a CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
to Corsten on the night of a gig in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, Keyworth received an email from him requesting him to join Flashover Recordings. Soon the first release under the 'Breakfast' alias was being played worldwide and gained support from a wide range of DJs. He has released the albums The Air Between and River Of Light.
DJ career
Keyworth has embarked on a DJ career, and he has performed at clubs in JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
where he played for the world renowned Dance Valley's 2008 main stage. Currently based in America, he regularly plays at Glow in Washington, D.C.