D&B = London Eleky, High contrast, Cyantific, Roni Size, too many to mention.
Outside = Todd edwards, Dr Dre, MJ Cole, Raphael Saddiq, too many to mention!
Hailing from Bath in the South West of England, Danny Byrd has been involved in the Drum & Bass music scene since the late 90's. Seen as a pioneer of soulful and vocal liquid funk, Danny had his first release on DJ Ron's Piccasso imprint back in 1998 with "Manhattan", quickly moving onto join up with the Hospital Records camp in the year 2000. It was with Hospital that he really made his mark with the singles "Do it Again" and "Changes", this was the start of a fresh new sound mixing D&B with soulful house, garage and R&B influences.
Later in the year he also skillfully remixed London Elektricty's "Wishing Well" for the Plastic Surgery 2 compilation. The remix again took d&b to new heights with Todd Edwards style vocal chopping and was a firm favorite with liquid funk don Fabio. Other notable remixes were for High Contrast's "Music is Everything" also on Hospital and Tungsten and Morph's "Expand your Mind" on the Sound in motion label.
During 2002 Mr Byrd concentrated his efforts on working outside of D&B on Garage/Breaks and producing R&B beats, but returned on Hospital in 2003 and 2004 on the Weapons of Mass Creation Compilations with "Planet Music" feat MC Foxy and "The Winchester Club". 2005 brought a album deal to the table from Hospital, and saw the release of "Soul Function" and "Doghill" as singles to great reviews and support from Annie Mac, Bailey, Bryan G, High Contrast, and many more.
Part of the new record deal allowed Danny to work with a select few top labels outside of Hospital, and in 2006 he worked with V Recordings with "French Quarter", Total Science's Advanced imprint for "Round & Round" and the Spearhead record label with "Rise Again
Last year saw the byrd gain a reputation for a DJ to watch playing places as far as Los Angeles, Paris, Munich, Vienna and closer to home in London/UK at the Hospitality nights at Herbal & Heaven.
Danny Byrd's debut LP is scheduled to drop early 2008, but before then you can look forward to "Under the Sea" on Weapons of Mass Creation 3 compilation which he has also used his DJ skills mixing the 2nd CD on the Album. Outside of producing and DJ'ing Danny also runs Music Production Seminars and online tuition in the UK helping budding music producers.
Hi Danny Byrd Hope you're good Just giving you heads up on our new track out EXCLUSIVE on beatport Monday 7th DnB & Breaks mix's preview on our page keep the beats blazing respect
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ez Danny. u neva cease to amaze. i heard good things. about yr production classes. do you ever do em over the internet? oh and thanx for the add. -gospel SFX
Super Sized- A full spectrum view of DnB! It,s like a trip through the past, present, future, & beyond. Essential for any respectable head. -RESPECT!!!!
Supersized = seminal d&b album. For me the first listen was much like when I heard 'Timeless' or 'Inside The Machine' for the first time. Joy and Pain - wow. Amazing production levels. You can tell that Supersized was crafted with a lot of effort over a long time rather than being thrown together like some albums out there. I've watched the evolution of this wonderful genre since '91 and I just want to say thanks mate for pushing D&B one step further and keeping it fresh.
Hi Danny- Just thought I'd like to let you know that "Supersized" is the album of the SUMMER. Because, it will not leave the CD tray in my car, as I can't stop driving to it.
Seriously, Keep on pushing it to that massive scale that you deliver upon -- RICHTER.
Wheres the filler? I'm so used to artists with five or six shitty tracks between every good track they put out. Your changing the game and the competition isn't going to like it. Although i sure as hell do! You're also right about the compression level standing out more on the older stuff too versus the newer shit. The older stuff makes my sub shake alot more and the kick is more intense too. Either way anything you've put you're hands on is str8 dancefloor GOLD, and don't let anyone convince you to change a thing if you don't agree.
