Donald Glaude
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Donald Glaude is a house music
artist
, DJ and remix
er, and is consistently ranked as one of DJ Mag's top 100 DJs.
scene took hold up and down the west-coast Donald had an entire Friday at the Underground nightclub in Seattle. His clubnight showcased many now famous DJs from around the world. Donald, along with DJ Dan
in San Francisco and Ron D Core in Los Angeles helped define west-coast house music through the 1990s.
Donald Glaude is a pioneer of House Music and is doing what a lot of other world class DJs aren't. He has been currently playing the Central California region and has already made a name for himself there. Modesto is just minutes from the new UC Merced and an attractive place for House Music enthusiasts around the globe.
Donald Glaude has put out multiple records of his own songs and vanity labels Durty Records and Eden Records targeted to professional DJs while making digital releases on Beatport
. He is in demand worldwide as a DJ and as a producer and re-mixer.
Donald also caused some stir in 2005 and 2006 with his Friday night residency at ICE Nightclub in Las Vegas called 'Thank Glaude It's Friday'. Donald and his night were showcased regularly on the Spike TV reality show 'The Club
'.
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, DJ and remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
er, and is consistently ranked as one of DJ Mag's top 100 DJs.
Biography
As a child, Donald was classically trained in the upright bass and violin. After hearing early funk records, he began experimenting with tape decks and a primitive radio shack mixer at home in Tacoma, Washington. He began playing at nightclubs by the mid-1980s and began gaining name recognition in early turntablism. In the early 1990s when the raveRave
Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties people dance and socialize to dance music played by disc jockeys and occasionally live performers...
scene took hold up and down the west-coast Donald had an entire Friday at the Underground nightclub in Seattle. His clubnight showcased many now famous DJs from around the world. Donald, along with DJ Dan
DJ Dan
DJ Dan is an American electronic house music DJ and producer. Dan previously released works through the Moonshine label....
in San Francisco and Ron D Core in Los Angeles helped define west-coast house music through the 1990s.
Donald Glaude is a pioneer of House Music and is doing what a lot of other world class DJs aren't. He has been currently playing the Central California region and has already made a name for himself there. Modesto is just minutes from the new UC Merced and an attractive place for House Music enthusiasts around the globe.
Donald Glaude has put out multiple records of his own songs and vanity labels Durty Records and Eden Records targeted to professional DJs while making digital releases on Beatport
Beatport
Beatport is an online music store specializing in electronic dance music and culture. Beatport is a privately held company owned and operated by Beatport LLC and based in Denver, Colorado.-History:...
. He is in demand worldwide as a DJ and as a producer and re-mixer.
Donald also caused some stir in 2005 and 2006 with his Friday night residency at ICE Nightclub in Las Vegas called 'Thank Glaude It's Friday'. Donald and his night were showcased regularly on the Spike TV reality show 'The Club
The Club (reality show)
The Club was a reality show about the competitive and cutthroat world of ICE, the stand-alone nightclub in Las Vegas. The series aired on Spike TV from 2004 to 2005....
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Singles & EP's
- Sampling The Future (1997)
- Off the Hook (1999)
- Mixed Live (2001)
- Get Up (2003)
- Mixed Live 2nd Session (2003)
- This Is Me (2005)
- For The People (2006)
- Live at Ruby Skye (2007)
- BIG (2007)
- Stick Em (2008)
- Let The Bass Drop (2008)
- It Was a Party Line (2009)
- Drive Me Crazy (2009)
- Teed Off (2009)
- Break it Off (2010)
- Becky (2010)
- Kick Drum (2010)
- Climb (2010)
- Keyz of Destruction (2010)
Remixes
- Steal Your Bike (2005)
- Madd Disco (2007)
- Get Hott (2007)
- Give it to Me (2007)
- Darke (2007)
- Ride It (2007)
- New Nation (2008)
- A Dee Jay (2008)
- The 7/10 Split (2008)
- Roller Coaster (2008)
- Hear No Evil (2009)
- This Shit is Jackin (2009)
- Knocker'd Out (2009)
- Activate (2009)
- Feel The Jam (2009)
- Cruelty (2009)
- Break it Off (2010)
- 4am in Vegas (2010)
- Carpet Muncher (2010)
- Wonderland (2010)
Filmography
- LA DJ (2004)
- Peace Love and Beats (2004)
- Put The Needle On The Record (2006)