Dieselboy
Encyclopedia
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. On New Year's Eve 2009 during a 3D Productions event at Club 24 in Washington, D.C., Dieselboy played a 3-hour multi-sub-genre set including drum and bass, dubstep and electro. The enthusiastic crowd response encouraged him to continue experimenting with this new format into 2010.
Dieselboy was the first American to be voted into the UK-based Drum & Bass Arena Top 10 DJs 2004 online poll, and has played events on six continents. He was also the first drum 'n' bass artist to chart a single on Billboard
s dance chart with Invid in 2000. (Source: The Washington Post) Dieselboy is sponsored by DC Shoes
and Pioneer Pro DJ.
Currently based in Brooklyn, New York, Dieselboy has also performed at rock festivals and extreme sports exhibitions. Dieselboy tracks have been heard on MTV
and ESPN
, and in videogames. Higgins has also designed graphics for T-shirts, logos, fliers, buttons, CD's and record sleeves. Dieselboy is represented by William Morris Electronic, the high profile booking agency's electronic artist division, and Circle Management.
in 1972. At the age of six he moved to Rye/Colorado City, Colorado, where he and his two sisters were raised by their mother (1st - 8th grades). He moved with his family to Oil City
, Pennsylvania
, on the third day of school in the 9th grade, and is a graduate of Oil City Senior High School. He is the eldest son of singer/songwriter Bertie Higgins
whose ballad Key Largo reached #8 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1982. In April 2009, Higgins married his long-time girlfriend Ramie Roth.
Higgins's early music experience included playing drums in a school marching band and DJing for high school dances. "I originally started DJing (before learning to beatmatch) back in 1989 and 1990 at dances at Oil City Senior High School and also a small nightclub in Franklin, Pennsylvania, called Shenanigans. I DJ'ed three of my high school's dances, but I was just playing tunes, not mixing."
Higgins is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh
, where he gained additional DJ'ing experience (particularly in beat-matching records) playing on a Carnegie Mellon University
radio station (WRCT
).
Higgins moved to Philadelphia in 1997 to become the drum & bass buyer and sometime T-shirt designer for 611 Records owned by Nigel Richards
. The following year he created the seminal weekly drum & bass club night Platinum at Fluid nightclub.
The name Dieselboy originated from Higgins's Internet chat handle, "Diesel." Upon discovering a local graffiti artist shared the alias, he "made it Dieselboy. Back then I looked like a kid - I was 19, but I looked like I was 14. It also reflected my interest in video games and animation."
entitled "The Future Sound of Hardcore," and sold about 100 through online LISTSERV
s. "Through [the mixtape], people heard about me and I started getting bookings on the East Coast. It was a very slow process that eventually snowballed into my getting flown various places,"
In 1996, at the request of Dan Donnelly of British drum 'n' bass label Suburban Base, Dieselboy mixed "Drum & Bass Selection USA." Dieselboy hired Paul Miller of Airline Industries of Washington, D.C., to design the art.
In 1997, Suburban Base had him follow up with 97 Octane, this time allowing him to submit track suggestions, resulting in a more varied selection. Todd Baldwin of Airline Industries designed the art.
In 1998, Nigel Richards gave Dieselboy full artistic control for his next mix-CD, 611 DJ Mix-series Vol. One (1998), for which Dieselboy did the graphics. Also in that year, Dieselboy made a mix-tape called Director’s Cut which he had packaged in film cans, his first experiment in presenting a dance mix in a quasi-cinematic framework.
In 1998, Dieselboy initiated Philadelphia's
first 21+ drum 'n' bass weekly Thursday club night entitled "Platinum
" at club Fluid, which ended on October 14, 2004. Platinum residents included Dieselboy, Kaos, Method One, Sine, Icon, Karl K, Mason, and MC's Dub2, Messinian, Armanni Reign, Sharpness, and Illy Emcee. It was rekindled in late 2009 featuring Mason, Sine and MC's Messinian & Sharpness.
In 1999, Dieselboy released his fourth mix CD, "A Soldier's Story" on the Moonshine label. The CD became the year's best-selling American D&B release. It opened with his first original “intro” and marked his CD debut as a producer with Atlantic State, a track co-produced with Technical Itch. Todd Baldwin of Airline hired an artist from Marvel Comics to design the art.
Also released on the Moonshine label was System Upgrade (2000). Justin Fines of Demo-Design designed the art.
2000 saw Dieselboy joining forces with Palm Pictures
/Island Recordings and his releases The Descent, Invid, Render. The 6ixth Session was a double CD release on Palm Pictures, featuring a cyborg-themed mix described by the Washington Post as “hard-edged hyperdriven dance music,” which marked the beginning of Dieselboy’s VIP remix phase. The robotic album art was designed by graphic artist Akira Takahashi.
In 2002, Dieselboy founded Human Imprint
, the drum 'n' bass imprint of electronic dance music label System Recordings. Human releases include Dieselboy's “projectHUMAN” (2002) and “The Dungeonmaster's Guide” (2004), as well as releases by a number of other artists.
For projectHUMAN
(2002), Dieselboy presented a mix framed as a movie trailer, hiring Don LaFontaine
for his intro and outtro. projectHUMAN was also Dieselboy’s first foray into remix commissioning, most of the tracks featuring American producers remixing UK and other international producers, and vice versa. Mike Young of Designgraphik designed the art.
In 2003, Dieselboy was invited by globally distributed DJ Magazine to create a mix showcasing American d&b entitled DJ World Series: D & B From The United States, on which he featured American producers Hive, Echo, Mason, Juju, Kaos, Karl K, Jae Kennedy, Stratus and Sinthetix.
For his next CD, The Dungeonmaster's Guide
(2004), Dieselboy asked Peter Cullen
, the cartoon voice of the Transformers’ Optimus Prime, to be the voice of the Dungeonmaster who narrates the mix. Again Dieselboy commissioned remixes, this time asking d&b producers from around the world to remix tracks by non-d&b dance music luminaries including Tiësto
, Sasha
, BT
and Josh Wink
. Dieselboy also released a triple vinyl LP pack featuring remixes by various artists such has Gridlok
, Kaos, Karl K, Jae Kennedy, Stratus, and KC. Again, Dieselboy chose Akira Takahashi to design the album art.
In April 2006, Dieselboy released his first Human Imprint compilation, a 2XCD set called "The HUMAN Resource", which debuted at #14 on the Billboard electronic album chart. Disc One Selected Works, is a 12-song un-mixed selection including club anthems and VIP remixes from Bad Company UK, DJ Fresh, The Upbeats, Dieselboy + Kaos, Counterstrike
and more. Disc Two Evol Intent Assemble the Monster features a continuous DJ-mix from Evol Intent
, picked by Dieselboy to stitch together some of the best of the Human catalog, plus exclusive tracks and remixes from Gridlok
, Infiltrata, Hochi, Vector Burn
, Technical Itch and others. The album art was created by Dieselboy with graphic artist Joel Savitzky.
In May 2008, Dieselboy released his ninth major mix-CD Substance D
(Human Imprint) which includes all exclusive tracks commissioned or licensed specifically for this project. CD1 includes remixes of Meat Beat Manifesto's "Helter Skelter" by Mayhem + Evol Intent, MSTRKRFT's "Paris" by the Upbeats, Adam Freeland's "We Want Your Soul" by Raiden, Computer Club's "Load Rocket" by Gridlok, Technical Itch + Kemal's "The Calling" by Evol Intent + Ewun, Dieselboy's "N/V/D (Zentraedi remix)" by Counterstrike, Demo's Trauma and "Cell" by SPKTRM, and Current Value's "Fear" and "Machine" by Demo, as well as Technical Itch's "Pressure Drop" and Counterstrike's "Timewarp." The vocal intro and outtro were done by Tom Kane, an Oscars announcer and voice of Yoda in Star Wars videogames. CD2 included unmixed tracks Dieselboy + Evol Intent + Ewun's "Midnight Express," Demo's "O.D.," and SPKTRM's "Machine March." In conjunction with this release, Dieselboy initiated the "Monsters of Jungle" tour with rotating Human Imprint
label artists including Evol Intent, Ewun, Demo, Mayhem, SPKTRM, Infiltrata and MC Messinian. The psychedelic album art was designed by Akira Takahashi.
In July 2009, Human Imprint
parted amicably from System Recordings. In summer 2010, Human relaunched with Steve Gordon of Steez Promo and Circle Management as new co-owner with Dieselboy, and they created the SubHuman Imprint for dubstep and electro releases.
Dieselboy tracks have been heard on MTV and ESPN, and in videogames including Gran Turismo 4, Amplitude, Saints Row, and Need For Speed.
Higgins has designed the graphics for T-shirts, logos, fliers and record sleeves for 611 Records, Breakbeat Science, Human Imprint
, SubHUMAN Imprint, the Planet of the Drums, and the Monsters of Jungle, as well as for his former Philadelphia club night "Platinum."
At a New Year's Eve 2009 event by 3D Productions at Club 24 in Washington, D.C., Dieselboy played a 3-hour multi-genre set including dubstep and electro. The enthusiastic crowd response encouraged him to continue experimenting with this new format into 2010.
On January 31, 2011, Dieselboy released his first new mix in two and a half years, "Dieselboy - Unleashed" (56 tracks, 73 minutes), as a free download on Soundcloud. In the first 24 hours it registered 14,098 plays and 6,122 downloads. As of November 14th, 2011, Unleashed has 110,642 plays and 36,571 downloads from Soundcloud.
Past residencies besides his club night Platinum in Philadelphia include Metropol in Pittsburgh and Buzz in Washington, DC.
He has played numerous major music festivals including the Bonnaroo (Manchester, Tennessee, 2010), Camp Bisco 9 (Mariaville, New York, July 2010), Jisan Valley Rock Festival
(Seoul, Korea, July 2009, also featuring Oasis
, Weezer
, Fall Out Boy
, Basement Jaxx
), PHAT 09 (near Westport, New Zealand, New Year's Eve 2008), Pirate Station (St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Russia), Summerfest "The World's Largest Music Festival" (Milwaukee, 2008), Sanctuary Drum & Bass Festival (Dieselboy vs. Noisia
)(UK, 2008), US Virgin Mobile Festival (Baltimore, 2007), South by Southwest
(Austin, TX; 2010, 2009, 2007), Coachella
, Electric Daisy Carnival
(Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Puerto Rico), Ultra Music Festival
(Winter Music Conference
, Miami, 2010, 2009), Love Parade
, Bassrush, Creamfields, Shambhala
(Canada, 2010, 2007), DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival), Starscape (Baltimore, MD; 2010, 2009, 2008), Global Gathering
(UK, 2004), HFStival
(Washington, DC; 1999, 2000).
Tours include Moby
's 2002 Area2 (Busta Rhymes
, David Bowie
, Blue Man Group
), the Salem "Stir the Senses" tour (with Kaos; other 2003 "Stir the Senses" tours featured The Roots
, Outkast
), and the PlayStation 2
(with Bad Boy Bill
).
Dieselboy has played metal concerts with Orgy
and Disturbed, and was the only D&B artist invited by Moby
to be part of his Area2 national tour that included David Bowie
, Busta Rhymes
, Blue Man Group
, Tiësto
, and Digweed. Dieselboy (with MC Messinian) tag-teamed with Andy C
(with MC GQ) at the second annual US Virgin Mobile Festival, held at Pimlico Race Course
in Baltimore
, Maryland
in August 2007, which also included artists Smashing Pumpkins, The Police
, Beastie Boys
and Wu-Tang Clan
. In 2008, Dieselboy played Milwaukee's Summerfest
"The World's Largest Music Festival," sharing the bill with John Mayer
, Alicia Keys
, Paramore
, Gnarls Barkley
and Rush (band)
.
Early 1999 saw Higgins complete a North American tour with drum and bass producers Technical Itch & Decoder
in support of his track Atlantic State, co-produced with Technical Itch. He has also toured with other drum and bass DJ's including DJ Rap (Dirty Beats Tour, 2002), DJ Fresh (Bass Invaderz Tour, 2005), Bad Company UK (Bad Human Tour, 2006), and Hive (Human Violence Tour, 2006). In 2008 he launched the Monsters of Jungle Tour including Human artists Evol Intent, Ewun, Demo, Mayhem, SPKTRM, Infiltrata and MC Messinian.
Dieselboy has also played at the Homegrown drum and bass event
in Cape Town
, South Africa
.
(Dave Minner, Orlando, FL) and Irish ex-pat DJ Dara
(Darragh Guilfoyle, New York, NY), to create an annual tour, the Planet of the Drums
. Since 2001 Messinian
(James Fiorella, Philadelphia, PA) has been the POTD's MC. At ten consecutive years (2009), it is the longest-running annual tour in electronic dance music history. In 2010 The Planet of the Drums switched to performing one-offs, the first played at U Street Music Hall in Washington, DC in December 2010.
tour concept originated by Dieselboy. "Monsters of Jungle" was the name originally proposed in 1999 by Dieselboy for The Planet of the Drums.
The aesthetic of the tour is '80s metal meets drum and bass. It launched at the 11th Annual Starscape Festival in June 2009 as a multi-media stage production including custom visuals, and new music—including remixes—and spoken word audio prepared especially for the show.
The tour includes Human Imprint
artists: Dieselboy, the Upbeats (New Zealand), Evol Intent
, Ewun, Demo, Infiltrata, Mayhem, SPKTRM, MC Messinian, and MC Dino. It is represented by Steez Promo, the William Morris Agency and Circle Management. A North American cross-country bus tour is planned for 2010.
The tour launched in June 2009: June 6: 11th Annual Starscape Festival, Baltimore, Maryland; June 13: Electric Daisy Carnival, Denver, Colorado; June 26: Electric Daisy Carnival, Los Angeles, California; June 27: Future Fest, Austin, Texas.
.
Dieselboy's 2000 2XCD album “The 6ixth Session” was at one time the best-selling D&B mix-CD in the world.
Dieselboy was the highest ranked drum & bass DJ (#45) in the 2008 DJ Times America's Best DJ Poll.
Dieselboy is sponsored as a DJ by DC Shoes
. He served as design consultant in the creation of a DC Shoes record bag.
Dieselboy is also sponsored by Pioneer Pro DJ.
Media coverage (articles and reviews) includes DJ Times, DJ Magazine, BPM magazine, URB magazine, Remix magazine, Mixer magazine, Big Shot magazine, Lotus magazine, XLR8TR magazine, The Washington Post
newspaper, Selekta.com, Spinner.com, Suicidegirls.com.
Coverage by drum and bass media includes articles and reviews in RINSE magazine, Knowledge magazine, ATM magazine, Drum & Bass Arena, and dogsonacid.com.
Magazine cover stories: URB magazine (April 2002), RINSE magazine (Nov./Dec. 2002), Big Shot (with DJ Rap).
For a complete listing of Dieselboy releases see his entry on Rolldabeats
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
of Damian Higgins, an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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, producer
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...
, remixer, founder of the Human Imprint
Human Imprint
Human Imprint Recordings is an American drum and bass record label founded by Damian Higgins in New York City in 2002...
music label, and co-founder of its sublabel SubHuman : Human Imprint
SubHuman : Human Imprint
SubHuman : Human Imprint is an American record label which releases dubstep and electro house music.In September 2010, Dieselboy / Damian Higgins and partner Steve Gordon / Smash Gordon, of Steez Promo of Baltimore, Maryland, and Circle Management , launched the SubHuman sublabel of Human Imprint...
which launched in September 2010. On New Year's Eve 2009 during a 3D Productions event at Club 24 in Washington, D.C., Dieselboy played a 3-hour multi-sub-genre set including drum and bass, dubstep and electro. The enthusiastic crowd response encouraged him to continue experimenting with this new format into 2010.
Dieselboy was the first American to be voted into the UK-based Drum & Bass Arena Top 10 DJs 2004 online poll, and has played events on six continents. He was also the first drum 'n' bass artist to chart a single on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s dance chart with Invid in 2000. (Source: The Washington Post) Dieselboy is sponsored by DC Shoes
DC Shoes
DC Shoes is an American company that specializes in footwear for extreme sports, skateboarding, snowboarding as well as snowboards, shirts, jeans, hats, and jackets.The company was founded in 1993 by Ken Block and Damon Way, and is based in Vista, California...
and Pioneer Pro DJ.
Currently based in Brooklyn, New York, Dieselboy has also performed at rock festivals and extreme sports exhibitions. Dieselboy tracks have been heard on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
and ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
, and in videogames. Higgins has also designed graphics for T-shirts, logos, fliers, buttons, CD's and record sleeves. Dieselboy is represented by William Morris Electronic, the high profile booking agency's electronic artist division, and Circle Management.
Biography
Dieselboy was born Damian Higgins in Tarpon Springs, FloridaFlorida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
in 1972. At the age of six he moved to Rye/Colorado City, Colorado, where he and his two sisters were raised by their mother (1st - 8th grades). He moved with his family to Oil City
Oil City
Oil City may refer to:in the United States*Casper, Wyoming, nicknamed "The Oil City"* Oil City, California, community in Kern County, California* Oil City, Kentucky, community in Barren County, Kentucky* Oil City, Louisiana, town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, on the third day of school in the 9th grade, and is a graduate of Oil City Senior High School. He is the eldest son of singer/songwriter Bertie Higgins
Bertie Higgins
Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins is an American singer-songwriter. In 1982, he had his only Top 40 album with Just Another Day in Paradise. It spawned the Top 10 romantic ballad "Key Largo", which referenced the Humphrey Bogart movie of the same name and reached #8 in the U.S...
whose ballad Key Largo reached #8 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1982. In April 2009, Higgins married his long-time girlfriend Ramie Roth.
Higgins's early music experience included playing drums in a school marching band and DJing for high school dances. "I originally started DJing (before learning to beatmatch) back in 1989 and 1990 at dances at Oil City Senior High School and also a small nightclub in Franklin, Pennsylvania, called Shenanigans. I DJ'ed three of my high school's dances, but I was just playing tunes, not mixing."
Higgins is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
, where he gained additional DJ'ing experience (particularly in beat-matching records) playing on a Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
radio station (WRCT
WRCT
WRCT is a non-commercial freeform radio station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station, which is hosted in the basement of Carnegie Mellon's University Center, is run by students, staff, faculty, and community members. WRCT broadcasts on 88.3 MHz with an ERP of 1.75 kW, from atop...
).
Higgins moved to Philadelphia in 1997 to become the drum & bass buyer and sometime T-shirt designer for 611 Records owned by Nigel Richards
Nigel Richards
Nigel Richards may refer to:*Nigel Richards , English actor and singer*Nigel Richards New Zealand Scrabble player*Nigel Richards Anglo - Mauritian Social Scientist...
. The following year he created the seminal weekly drum & bass club night Platinum at Fluid nightclub.
The name Dieselboy originated from Higgins's Internet chat handle, "Diesel." Upon discovering a local graffiti artist shared the alias, he "made it Dieselboy. Back then I looked like a kid - I was 19, but I looked like I was 14. It also reflected my interest in video games and animation."
Career
In 1994, Higgins created a mixtapeMixtape
A Mix Tape or Mixed Tape is a compilation of songs recorded in a specific order, traditionally onto an audio Compact Cassette.A Mix Tape, which usually reflects the musical tastes of its compiler, can range from a casually selected list of favorite songs, to a conceptual mix of songs linked by a...
entitled "The Future Sound of Hardcore," and sold about 100 through online LISTSERV
LISTSERV
LISTSERV was the first electronic mailing list software application, consisting of a set of email addresses for a group in which the sender can send one email and it will reach a variety of people...
s. "Through [the mixtape], people heard about me and I started getting bookings on the East Coast. It was a very slow process that eventually snowballed into my getting flown various places,"
In 1996, at the request of Dan Donnelly of British drum 'n' bass label Suburban Base, Dieselboy mixed "Drum & Bass Selection USA." Dieselboy hired Paul Miller of Airline Industries of Washington, D.C., to design the art.
In 1997, Suburban Base had him follow up with 97 Octane, this time allowing him to submit track suggestions, resulting in a more varied selection. Todd Baldwin of Airline Industries designed the art.
In 1998, Nigel Richards gave Dieselboy full artistic control for his next mix-CD, 611 DJ Mix-series Vol. One (1998), for which Dieselboy did the graphics. Also in that year, Dieselboy made a mix-tape called Director’s Cut which he had packaged in film cans, his first experiment in presenting a dance mix in a quasi-cinematic framework.
In 1998, Dieselboy initiated Philadelphia's
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,...
first 21+ drum 'n' bass weekly Thursday club night entitled "Platinum
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...
" at club Fluid, which ended on October 14, 2004. Platinum residents included Dieselboy, Kaos, Method One, Sine, Icon, Karl K, Mason, and MC's Dub2, Messinian, Armanni Reign, Sharpness, and Illy Emcee. It was rekindled in late 2009 featuring Mason, Sine and MC's Messinian & Sharpness.
In 1999, Dieselboy released his fourth mix CD, "A Soldier's Story" on the Moonshine label. The CD became the year's best-selling American D&B release. It opened with his first original “intro” and marked his CD debut as a producer with Atlantic State, a track co-produced with Technical Itch. Todd Baldwin of Airline hired an artist from Marvel Comics to design the art.
Also released on the Moonshine label was System Upgrade (2000). Justin Fines of Demo-Design designed the art.
2000 saw Dieselboy joining forces with Palm Pictures
Palm Pictures
Palm Pictures is a US-based entertainment company owned and run by Chris Blackwell. Palm Pictures produces, acquires and distributes innovative music and film projects with a particular focus on the DVD format...
/Island Recordings and his releases The Descent, Invid, Render. The 6ixth Session was a double CD release on Palm Pictures, featuring a cyborg-themed mix described by the Washington Post as “hard-edged hyperdriven dance music,” which marked the beginning of Dieselboy’s VIP remix phase. The robotic album art was designed by graphic artist Akira Takahashi.
In 2002, Dieselboy founded Human Imprint
Human Imprint
Human Imprint Recordings is an American drum and bass record label founded by Damian Higgins in New York City in 2002...
, the drum 'n' bass imprint of electronic dance music label System Recordings. Human releases include Dieselboy's “projectHUMAN” (2002) and “The Dungeonmaster's Guide” (2004), as well as releases by a number of other artists.
For projectHUMAN
ProjectHUMAN
projectHUMAN is a drum and bass compilation album mixed by Dieselboy, released on May 19, 2002. projectHUMAN includes two discs: disc one, the full projectHUMAN album - and disc two, a small collection of extra tracks ....
(2002), Dieselboy presented a mix framed as a movie trailer, hiring Don LaFontaine
Don LaFontaine
Donald Leroy "Don" LaFontaine was an American voiceover artist famous for recording more than 5,000 film trailers and hundreds of thousands of television advertisements, network promotions, and video game trailers. His nicknames included "Thunder Throat" and "The Voice of God"...
for his intro and outtro. projectHUMAN was also Dieselboy’s first foray into remix commissioning, most of the tracks featuring American producers remixing UK and other international producers, and vice versa. Mike Young of Designgraphik designed the art.
In 2003, Dieselboy was invited by globally distributed DJ Magazine to create a mix showcasing American d&b entitled DJ World Series: D & B From The United States, on which he featured American producers Hive, Echo, Mason, Juju, Kaos, Karl K, Jae Kennedy, Stratus and Sinthetix.
For his next CD, The Dungeonmaster's Guide
The Dungeonmaster's Guide
The Dungeonmaster's Guide is a drum and bass compilation album mixed by Dieselboy. The first disc is mixed and the second disc is unmixed. The CD art was designed by graphic artist Akira Takahashi...
(2004), Dieselboy asked Peter Cullen
Peter Cullen
Peter Claver Cullen is a Canadian voice actor, known as the voice of Eeyore in the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise, Optimus Prime and Ironhide in the original Transformers series, and the narrator in both of the original American Voltron series...
, the cartoon voice of the Transformers’ Optimus Prime, to be the voice of the Dungeonmaster who narrates the mix. Again Dieselboy commissioned remixes, this time asking d&b producers from around the world to remix tracks by non-d&b dance music luminaries including Tiësto
Tiësto
Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...
, Sasha
Sasha (DJ)
Sasha is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s...
, BT
BT (musician)
Brian Wayne Transeau is a classically trained and Grammy-nominated American music producer, composer, audio technician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter better known by his stage name, BT. He is an artist in the electronic genre...
and Josh Wink
Josh Wink
Josh Wink is an electronic music DJ, label owner, producer, remixer, and artist. He is a native of Philadelphia, United States. A pioneering DJ in the American rave scene during the early 1990s, Wink was the most prominent exponent of the tribal forms of techno and house in the U.S...
. Dieselboy also released a triple vinyl LP pack featuring remixes by various artists such has Gridlok
Gridlok
Ryan Powell, also known as Gridlok, is an American drum and bass producer and DJ.- Music career :Gridlok was raised in the Tampa Bay area of Florida and trained as a classical violinist. He soon found himself edging away from the constraints of a traditional musical education...
, Kaos, Karl K, Jae Kennedy, Stratus, and KC. Again, Dieselboy chose Akira Takahashi to design the album art.
In April 2006, Dieselboy released his first Human Imprint compilation, a 2XCD set called "The HUMAN Resource", which debuted at #14 on the Billboard electronic album chart. Disc One Selected Works, is a 12-song un-mixed selection including club anthems and VIP remixes from Bad Company UK, DJ Fresh, The Upbeats, Dieselboy + Kaos, Counterstrike
Counterstrike (drum and bass group)
Counterstrike, is a drum and bass producer duo from Cape Town consisting of Justin Scholtemeyer and Eaton Crous. They are considered to be one of the pioneers of the South African drum 'n bass scene...
and more. Disc Two Evol Intent Assemble the Monster features a continuous DJ-mix from Evol Intent
Evol Intent
Evol Intent is a hardstep drum and bass group formed in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. in 2000. The group is composed of The Enemy , Knick , and Gigantor ....
, picked by Dieselboy to stitch together some of the best of the Human catalog, plus exclusive tracks and remixes from Gridlok
Gridlok
Ryan Powell, also known as Gridlok, is an American drum and bass producer and DJ.- Music career :Gridlok was raised in the Tampa Bay area of Florida and trained as a classical violinist. He soon found himself edging away from the constraints of a traditional musical education...
, Infiltrata, Hochi, Vector Burn
Vector Burn
Vector Burn aka Oliver Scott, is a drum and bass producer from Phoenix, Arizona, USA. With numerous releases on drum and bass labels of note in the USA and Europe, his music has been part of the burgeoning North American drum and bass scene since the turn of the millennium. Influences range from My...
, Technical Itch and others. The album art was created by Dieselboy with graphic artist Joel Savitzky.
In May 2008, Dieselboy released his ninth major mix-CD Substance D
Substance D
Substance D is a drum and bass compilation album mixed by Dieselboy. The first disc is mixed and the second disc is unmixed. The CD art was designed by Akira Takahashi...
(Human Imprint) which includes all exclusive tracks commissioned or licensed specifically for this project. CD1 includes remixes of Meat Beat Manifesto's "Helter Skelter" by Mayhem + Evol Intent, MSTRKRFT's "Paris" by the Upbeats, Adam Freeland's "We Want Your Soul" by Raiden, Computer Club's "Load Rocket" by Gridlok, Technical Itch + Kemal's "The Calling" by Evol Intent + Ewun, Dieselboy's "N/V/D (Zentraedi remix)" by Counterstrike, Demo's Trauma and "Cell" by SPKTRM, and Current Value's "Fear" and "Machine" by Demo, as well as Technical Itch's "Pressure Drop" and Counterstrike's "Timewarp." The vocal intro and outtro were done by Tom Kane, an Oscars announcer and voice of Yoda in Star Wars videogames. CD2 included unmixed tracks Dieselboy + Evol Intent + Ewun's "Midnight Express," Demo's "O.D.," and SPKTRM's "Machine March." In conjunction with this release, Dieselboy initiated the "Monsters of Jungle" tour with rotating Human Imprint
Human Imprint
Human Imprint Recordings is an American drum and bass record label founded by Damian Higgins in New York City in 2002...
label artists including Evol Intent, Ewun, Demo, Mayhem, SPKTRM, Infiltrata and MC Messinian. The psychedelic album art was designed by Akira Takahashi.
In July 2009, Human Imprint
Human Imprint
Human Imprint Recordings is an American drum and bass record label founded by Damian Higgins in New York City in 2002...
parted amicably from System Recordings. In summer 2010, Human relaunched with Steve Gordon of Steez Promo and Circle Management as new co-owner with Dieselboy, and they created the SubHuman Imprint for dubstep and electro releases.
Dieselboy tracks have been heard on MTV and ESPN, and in videogames including Gran Turismo 4, Amplitude, Saints Row, and Need For Speed.
Higgins has designed the graphics for T-shirts, logos, fliers and record sleeves for 611 Records, Breakbeat Science, Human Imprint
Human Imprint
Human Imprint Recordings is an American drum and bass record label founded by Damian Higgins in New York City in 2002...
, SubHUMAN Imprint, the Planet of the Drums, and the Monsters of Jungle, as well as for his former Philadelphia club night "Platinum."
At a New Year's Eve 2009 event by 3D Productions at Club 24 in Washington, D.C., Dieselboy played a 3-hour multi-genre set including dubstep and electro. The enthusiastic crowd response encouraged him to continue experimenting with this new format into 2010.
On January 31, 2011, Dieselboy released his first new mix in two and a half years, "Dieselboy - Unleashed" (56 tracks, 73 minutes), as a free download on Soundcloud. In the first 24 hours it registered 14,098 plays and 6,122 downloads. As of November 14th, 2011, Unleashed has 110,642 plays and 36,571 downloads from Soundcloud.
Touring, Festivals, Residencies
Dieselboy has played on six continents, countries including: England, Scotland, Finland, France, Austria, Serbia, Holland, Macedonia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, Lithuania, Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Venezuela, Costa Rica, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Puerto Rico, and all major cities in the United States and Canada.Past residencies besides his club night Platinum in Philadelphia include Metropol in Pittsburgh and Buzz in Washington, DC.
He has played numerous major music festivals including the Bonnaroo (Manchester, Tennessee, 2010), Camp Bisco 9 (Mariaville, New York, July 2010), Jisan Valley Rock Festival
Jisan Valley Rock Festival
Jisan Valley Rock Festival is an annual 3 day music festival that is held at Jisan Valley Ski Resort, in Icheon, South Korea on the last weekend of July. It is organized by Yellow9 Entertainment in close coordination with Fuji Rock Festival, sharing many artists...
(Seoul, Korea, July 2009, also featuring Oasis
Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
, Weezer
Weezer
Weezer is an American alternative rock band. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Brian Bell , and Scott Shriner . The band has changed lineups three times since its formation in 1992...
, Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
, Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s...
), PHAT 09 (near Westport, New Zealand, New Year's Eve 2008), Pirate Station (St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Russia), Summerfest "The World's Largest Music Festival" (Milwaukee, 2008), Sanctuary Drum & Bass Festival (Dieselboy vs. Noisia
Noisia
Noisia, stylized as NOISIΛ , is a Dutch Electronic music trio consisting of members Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger from Groningen, The Netherlands. They now produce a wide variety of music including drum and bass, dubstep, breakbeat and house music...
)(UK, 2008), US Virgin Mobile Festival (Baltimore, 2007), South by Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
(Austin, TX; 2010, 2009, 2007), Coachella
Coachella
Coachella may refer to;*Coachella, California*Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival...
, Electric Daisy Carnival
Electric Daisy Carnival
Electric Daisy Carnival is an annual electronic dance music festival held in the South West United States on the last weekend of June. The event was held in Southern California from 1997 to 2010, and was moved to Las Vegas in 2011....
(Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Puerto Rico), Ultra Music Festival
Ultra Music Festival
Ultra Music Festival is an annual outdoor electronic music festival that occurs in March in the city of Miami usually during the annual Winter Music Conference. It is held in Downtown Miami in Bicentennial Park. It was a 1-day festival from 1999-2006, a 2-day festival from 2007-2010, and was a...
(Winter Music Conference
Winter Music Conference
The Winter Music Conference is a weeklong electronic music conference, held every March since the mid-1980s in Miami, Florida, United States. Venues are hosted primarily in Downtown Miami and Miami's South Beach...
, Miami, 2010, 2009), Love Parade
Love Parade
The Love Parade was a popular electronic dance music festival and parade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was held in Germany annually between 1989 and 2003 in Berlin, and then from 2006 to 2010 in the Ruhr region...
, Bassrush, Creamfields, Shambhala
Shambhala
In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Shambhala or Shangri-la is a mythical kingdom hidden somewhere in Inner Asia...
(Canada, 2010, 2007), DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival), Starscape (Baltimore, MD; 2010, 2009, 2008), Global Gathering
Global Gathering
GlobalGathering is an annual dance music festival by Angel Music Group. Festivals are held in countries such as the UK, Poland, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and feature leading electronica artists from across the globe...
(UK, 2004), HFStival
HFStival
The HFStival is an annual Washington, D.C. / Baltimore, Maryland rock festival. Held every summer from 1990 through 2006 by radio station WHFS, and annually since 2010 in commemoration of the now-defunct station's legacy, the HFStival was at its peak the largest yearly music festival on the East...
(Washington, DC; 1999, 2000).
Tours include Moby
Moby
Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...
's 2002 Area2 (Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes...
, David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
, Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group is an organization founded by Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton. The organization produces theatrical shows and concerts featuring popular music, comedy and multimedia; recorded music and scores for film and television; television appearances for shows such as The Tonight...
), the Salem "Stir the Senses" tour (with Kaos; other 2003 "Stir the Senses" tours featured The Roots
The Roots
The Roots is an American hip hop/neo soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals...
, Outkast
OutKast
Outkast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as Two Shades Deep but later changed the group's name to OutKast...
), and the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
(with Bad Boy Bill
Bad Boy Bill
Bad Boy Bill is a DJ from Chicago, Illinois, U.S.. He plays an assortment of house music.Bad Boy Bill began his DJ career in 1985 during the Chicago House music movement of the mid and late 80's working with Mike "Hitman" Wilson and Julian "Jumpin" Perez of the then WBMX dj mixing team known as...
).
Dieselboy has played metal concerts with Orgy
Orgy
In modern usage, an orgy is a sex party where guests engage in promiscuous or multifarious sexual activity or group sex. An orgy is similar to debauchery, which refers to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures....
and Disturbed, and was the only D&B artist invited by Moby
Moby
Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...
to be part of his Area2 national tour that included David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
, Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes...
, Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group is an organization founded by Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton. The organization produces theatrical shows and concerts featuring popular music, comedy and multimedia; recorded music and scores for film and television; television appearances for shows such as The Tonight...
, Tiësto
Tiësto
Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...
, and Digweed. Dieselboy (with MC Messinian) tag-teamed with Andy C
Andy C
Andy C , born Andrew John Clarke, is an English DJ and producer and co-founder of the RAM Recording Studio. He is the son of Mick Clarke, bass player and founder member of the Rubettes, who had hits in the seventies like Sugar Baby Love, Tonight and I Can Do It.He is considered a pioneering force...
(with MC GQ) at the second annual US Virgin Mobile Festival, held at Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...
in Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
, 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...
in August 2007, which also included artists Smashing Pumpkins, The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
, Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
and Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
The Wu-Tang Clan is a hip-hop group from Staten Island that consists of RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. They are frequently joined by fellow childhood friend Cappadonna, a quasi member of the group...
. In 2008, Dieselboy played Milwaukee's Summerfest
Summerfest
Summerfest is a yearly music festival held at the Henry Maier Festival Park along the lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The festival lasts for 11 days, is made up of 11 stages with performances from over 700 bands, and since the mid-1970s has run from late June through early July, usually...
"The World's Largest Music Festival," sharing the bill with John Mayer
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...
, Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...
, Paramore
Paramore
Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York...
, Gnarls Barkley
Gnarls Barkley
Gnarls Barkley is an American soul duo comprising Danger Mouse and Cee Lo Green. Their first studio album St. Elsewhere was released in 2006; along with its first single "Crazy". Both single and album were a major commercial success and have been noted for their large sales by download...
and Rush (band)
Rush (band)
Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
.
Early 1999 saw Higgins complete a North American tour with drum and bass producers Technical Itch & Decoder
Decoder (artist)
Decoder is the stage name of drum and bass and jungle producer Darren Beale.-Biography:Beale started his career in 1991 using various aliases creating a some oldschool hardcore tracks such as "4 AM" which was one of the anthems of 1992...
in support of his track Atlantic State, co-produced with Technical Itch. He has also toured with other drum and bass DJ's including DJ Rap (Dirty Beats Tour, 2002), DJ Fresh (Bass Invaderz Tour, 2005), Bad Company UK (Bad Human Tour, 2006), and Hive (Human Violence Tour, 2006). In 2008 he launched the Monsters of Jungle Tour including Human artists Evol Intent, Ewun, Demo, Mayhem, SPKTRM, Infiltrata and MC Messinian.
Dieselboy has also played at the Homegrown drum and bass event
Homegrown (drum and bass event)
Homegrown is a monthly drum and bass event held at Mercury Live, Cape Town. It has featured several international and local acts, including Dieselboy, Pendulum, Counterstrike, Donny, Raiden, Eye-D, Matt Impact, Robyn Chaos, Temper D, Nymfo, SFR and Hyphen....
in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
.
Planet of the Drums
In 2000 Dieselboy united with two other North American drum 'n' bass DJ's, AK1200AK1200
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, FL) and Irish ex-pat DJ Dara
DJ Dara
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...
(Darragh Guilfoyle, New York, NY), to create an annual tour, 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...
. Since 2001 Messinian
Messinian
The Messinian is in the geologic timescale the last age or uppermost stage of the Miocene. It spans the time between 7.246 ± 0.005 Ma and 5.332 ± 0.005 Ma...
(James Fiorella, Philadelphia, PA) has been the POTD's MC. At ten consecutive years (2009), it is the longest-running annual tour in electronic dance music history. In 2010 The Planet of the Drums switched to performing one-offs, the first played at U Street Music Hall in Washington, DC in December 2010.
Monsters of Jungle
The Monsters of Jungle is a Human ImprintHuman Imprint
Human Imprint Recordings is an American drum and bass record label founded by Damian Higgins in New York City in 2002...
tour concept originated by Dieselboy. "Monsters of Jungle" was the name originally proposed in 1999 by Dieselboy for The Planet of the Drums.
The aesthetic of the tour is '80s metal meets drum and bass. It launched at the 11th Annual Starscape Festival in June 2009 as a multi-media stage production including custom visuals, and new music—including remixes—and spoken word audio prepared especially for the show.
The tour includes Human Imprint
Human Imprint
Human Imprint Recordings is an American drum and bass record label founded by Damian Higgins in New York City in 2002...
artists: Dieselboy, the Upbeats (New Zealand), Evol Intent
Evol Intent
Evol Intent is a hardstep drum and bass group formed in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. in 2000. The group is composed of The Enemy , Knick , and Gigantor ....
, Ewun, Demo, Infiltrata, Mayhem, SPKTRM, MC Messinian, and MC Dino. It is represented by Steez Promo, the William Morris Agency and Circle Management. A North American cross-country bus tour is planned for 2010.
The tour launched in June 2009: June 6: 11th Annual Starscape Festival, Baltimore, Maryland; June 13: Electric Daisy Carnival, Denver, Colorado; June 26: Electric Daisy Carnival, Los Angeles, California; June 27: Future Fest, Austin, Texas.
Awards and recognition
In 1998, Dieselboy was the first American drum & bass DJ to be nominated for Best Drum & Bass DJ at the Global DJ Mix Awards, tying with LTJ BukemLTJ Bukem
LTJ Bukem is the stage name used by the drum and bass musician, producer and DJ Danny Williamson . He and his record labels Good Looking and Looking Good Records are most associated with the jazzy, atmospheric side of drum and bass music....
.
Dieselboy's 2000 2XCD album “The 6ixth Session” was at one time the best-selling D&B mix-CD in the world.
Dieselboy was the highest ranked drum & bass DJ (#45) in the 2008 DJ Times America's Best DJ Poll.
Dieselboy is sponsored as a DJ by DC Shoes
DC Shoes
DC Shoes is an American company that specializes in footwear for extreme sports, skateboarding, snowboarding as well as snowboards, shirts, jeans, hats, and jackets.The company was founded in 1993 by Ken Block and Damon Way, and is based in Vista, California...
. He served as design consultant in the creation of a DC Shoes record bag.
Dieselboy is also sponsored by Pioneer Pro DJ.
Media coverage (articles and reviews) includes DJ Times, DJ Magazine, BPM magazine, URB magazine, Remix magazine, Mixer magazine, Big Shot magazine, Lotus magazine, XLR8TR magazine, The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
newspaper, Selekta.com, Spinner.com, Suicidegirls.com.
Coverage by drum and bass media includes articles and reviews in RINSE magazine, Knowledge magazine, ATM magazine, Drum & Bass Arena, and dogsonacid.com.
Magazine cover stories: URB magazine (April 2002), RINSE magazine (Nov./Dec. 2002), Big Shot (with DJ Rap).
Mix Compilations
Singles
- Patriot Games EP (2x12") – Tech Itch Recordings
- The Descent (12") – Palm Pictures (1999)
- The Trans-Atlantic Link Part 1 (12") – Tech Itch Recordings
- Invid (12") – Palm Pictures (2000)
- Render (12") – Palm Pictures (2000)
- Invid (Remixes) (2x12") – Palm Pictures (2002)
- Barrier Break/Submission (2X12") – (Dieselboy & Kaos) Human Imprint (2003)
- N/V/D (12") – Dieselboy (Counterstrike Zentraedi remix) Human Imprint (5/8/08)
- Midnight Express (12") – Dieselboy + Evol Intent + Ewun, Human Imprint (5/15/08)
- Get Back (CD) – Blokhe4d & Dieselboy, Unique Artists (2010)
Remixes
- Hard Times – Baby Namboos (Dieselboy + Decoder) Palm Pictures (2000)
- Opticon – Orgy (Dieselboy + Technical Itch Arena mix) Reprise (2001)
- Subculture – Styles of Beyond (Dieselboy + Kaos VIP) Human Imprint (2002)
- You Must Follow – Stratus (Dieselboy + Kaos) Human Imprint (2003)
- Grunge 3 – Bad Company UK (Dieselboy, Kaos + Karl K) Human Imprint (2003)
- Moulin Rouge – Dom + Roland (Dieselboy, Kaos + Karl K) Human Imprint (2005)
For a complete listing of Dieselboy releases see his entry on Rolldabeats
Videogames
- AmplitudeAmplitudeAmplitude is the magnitude of change in the oscillating variable with each oscillation within an oscillating system. For example, sound waves in air are oscillations in atmospheric pressure and their amplitudes are proportional to the change in pressure during one oscillation...
: Styles of Beyond - Subculture (Dieselboy & Kaos Rock Remix) - CrackdownCrackdownCrackdown is an open world, third-person shooter video game for the Xbox 360. It was released in North America on February 20, 2007, and worldwide by February 23, 2007. Crackdown was developed by Realtime Worlds, and distributed by Microsoft Game Studios. It was conceived by Realtime Worlds...
: Dieselboy & Kaos - Barrier Break - Gran Turismo 4Gran Turismo 4is a racing simulator for the Sony PlayStation 2 which was developed by Polyphony Digital. It was released on December 28, 2004 in Japan and Hong Kong , February 22, 2005 in North America , and March 9, 2005 in Europe , and has since been re-issued under Sony's 'Greatest Hits' line...
: Dieselboy & Kaos & Karl K (feat. Messinian) - Nitro - Need For Speed Most Wanted : Dieselboy & Kaos - Barrier Break
- Saints RowSaints RowSaints Row is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. It is the first title in the Saints Row series and is succeeded by Saints Row 2. A PlayStation 3 port was cancelled after protracted development time...
: Styles of Beyond - Subculture (Dieselboy & Kaos Remix) - Test Drive Off Road 3 : ?
Mixtapes
Dieselboy Tracks on Other Compilations
- Opticon – Orgy (Dieselboy + Technical Itch Arena Mix) (2001) on OrgyOrgyIn modern usage, an orgy is a sex party where guests engage in promiscuous or multifarious sexual activity or group sex. An orgy is similar to debauchery, which refers to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures....
: Opticon Remixes (12") – Reprise Records - Opticon – Orgy (Dieselboy + Technical Itch Arena Dub Mix) (2001) on OrgyOrgyIn modern usage, an orgy is a sex party where guests engage in promiscuous or multifarious sexual activity or group sex. An orgy is similar to debauchery, which refers to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures....
: Opticon Remixes (12") – Reprise Records - Grunge 3 – Bad Company UK (Dieselboy, Kaos + Karl K) HUMAN (2003) on Andy CAndy CAndy C , born Andrew John Clarke, is an English DJ and producer and co-founder of the RAM Recording Studio. He is the son of Mick Clarke, bass player and founder member of the Rubettes, who had hits in the seventies like Sugar Baby Love, Tonight and I Can Do It.He is considered a pioneering force...
: NightlifeNightlifeNightlife is the collective term for any entertainment that is available and more popular from the late evening into the early hours of the morning...
(CD) – Ram Records (2003) - Get Back – Blokhe4d + Dieselboy on Unique Artists: Volume 1 – Unique Artists (UA001CD, 8/23/2010)
External links
- Dieselboy Official Website
- Dieselboy Human SubHuman on Soundcloud
- Human Imprint Official Website
- Human Imprint/SubHuman on YouTube
- Systemrecordings.com
- Planetofthedrums.com
- Dieselboy bio at TheDJList.com
- Dieselboy bio at ResidentAdvisor.net
- Dieselboy at rolldabeats