DJ Dara
Encyclopedia
DJ Dara is an Irish
drum and bass
DJ
operating mainly in North America
. He is a member in the D'n'B group known as the Planet of the Drums
. This group consists of AK1200
(Dave Minner, Orlando, Florida
), DJ Dara, Dieselboy
(Damian Higgins, Brooklyn, New York), and MC Messinian (James Fiorella, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
).
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
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...
operating mainly in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. He is a member in the D'n'B group known as the Planet of the Drums
Planet of the Drums
Founded during the summer of 2000, the Planet of the Drums is the alliance of four of America's most popular drum and bass DJ's: AK1200 , DJ Dara , Dieselboy , and MC Messinian...
. This group consists of AK1200
AK1200
AK1200 is the stage name of a Florida-based musician Dave Minner working in the jungle and drum and bass genres.He started DJing in 1989 playing mainly Electro, and in 1990 he opened a record store in Orlando, Florida called The Hottie Shop. His early working relationships were with record labels...
(Dave Minner, Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
), DJ Dara, Dieselboy
Dieselboy
Dieselboy is the stage name of Damian Higgins, an American drum and bass DJ, producer, remixer, founder of the Human Imprint music label, and co-founder of its sublabel SubHuman : Human Imprint which launched in September 2010...
(Damian Higgins, Brooklyn, New York), and MC Messinian (James Fiorella, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
).
Full Albums
- (1997) Rinsimus Maximus (CD) – Sm:)e
- (1998) Full Circle: Drum & Bass DJ Mix (CD) – Moonshine
- (1999) Renegade Continuum Vol. 2 (CD) – Rawkus Raw Kuts
- (1999) Halfway Home (CD) – Sm:)e
- (2000) From Here to There (CD) – Moonshine
- (2001) Future Perfect (CD) – Moonshine
- (2002) Further (CD) – Moonshine
- (2003) Breakbeat Science: Exercise 01 (CD) – Breakbeat Science
- (2004) The Antidote (CD) – Breakbeat Science
External links
- http://www.breakbeatscience.com – Breakbeat Science
- http://ravearchive.com/mixtapes/Dara – Dara Mixtapes - Updated May '09
- Video Interview with DJ Dara (2009) - Part 1
- Video Interview with DJ Dara (2009) - Part 2