“Good things come to those who
wait an apt saying for Danny Howells, a turntable maestro
with ten years experience under his belt. The last two years
have seen this Hastings, UK bred talent rise through the ranks.
These years of dedication and an unrivalled attention to detail
have earned Danny a place among the big boys of the club World.
Born in 1970, Danny Howells was surrounded by good music
from day one. His family would play everything from classical
to funk to soul and by the age of 19 he started throwing parties
called “Totally Funked. After getting decks he started
composing mixed tapes, which resulted in a weekly residency
at a local Hastings club called “The Crypt. In 1992,
one of these tapes was given to John Digweed and it landed
him a slot at the now famous club “Bedrock on Hastings
Pier alongside John and Pete Tong. This became a successful
residency and it led to further residencies such as “Blowup
at Maximus in London.
Danny Howells is one of the few DJs on the scene today that
truly has a style of his own. He smoothly glides from dark
funky house to techno to progressive while maintaining a fun
sensibility. It is a sound developed through playing warm
up sets, main sets, alternative sets, playing countless venues,
in countless countries the World over. Now, Danny’s
own brand of “deesexyfuturistictechfunkhouse has caught
the imagination of the planets dance floors. It is for this
reason that Howells is currently a resident at Renaissance
(Nottingham, UK) and Twilo (New York) as well a sought after
guest for everyone else under the sun.
Danny’s well thought out and meticulously mixed sets
have been faithfully captured on his Nocturnal Frequencies
series, which debuted in 1999. The third and latest installment
of the series will be released in July on Logic 3000/BMG following
the success of his Global Underground Nu Breed CD that was
released last year. Nocturnal Frequencies 3 will be the first
of the series that will be available in the US domestically
through Logic US.
Apart from his impeccable mixing, Danny Howells has been
very successful in bringing his dance floor aesthetics into
the studio. Danny started his producing career with Tim Cross
in 1995 and later that year they released their first track,
under the moniker Squelch, entitled “Darkhappy on Confusion
Records. Further tracks followed, as well as remix projects
for artists such as Robbie Williams, Chakra and Ashtrax. In
1997 Squelch teamed up with jackpot records to release “Crash
and soon after he released the Nightlife Report CD in Holland
on I, D & T records.
At this point Danny was playing regularly abroad, picking
up attitudes that he translated into tracks with his current
studio partner Dick Treavor as Science Dept. Together they
have released “Repercussion/Persuasion on the Bedrock
in 2000 and just recently signed an album deal with Renaissance.
Their next single “Breathe which features the soulful
vocals of Eririe is already becoming a Radio 1 favorite. The
two have another guise, Kinkyfunk, of which the first track
has been licensed to Yoshitoshi and is featured on Nocturnal
Frequencies 3. Danny has also just completed a track with
Dutch wizard Stef (Paco, Stef and Frederick) and there are
more killer collaborations on the way with the likes of Funk
D’Void, Hipp-E and Halo and John Creamer.
