DJ Day
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DJ Day is a 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...

 and musician
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...

 born 1975 in Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego...

. He began DJing in 1989 and formed the Innernational Crew with DJ Rip One in 1995. He had subsequent appearances with Innernational on Return of the DJ III & Laid in Full and has also worked with Stones Throw recording artist Aloe Blacc
Aloe Blacc
Aloe Blacc is an American soul singer, rapper, and musician.-Early career and Shine Through :...

 and Emanon. He has released various singles as a solo artist, most notably "Four Hills" which was nominated for "Track of the Year" by Gilles Peterson
Gilles Peterson
Gilles Peterson , is a DJ, record collector and record label owner from London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz, Talkin' Loud, and latterly Brownswood Recordings, he has been associated with the careers of well-known artists of the 1990s such as Erykah Badu, Roni Size and Jamiroquai...

's Worldwide show on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

 and used 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...

 for their PJ Ladd
PJ Ladd
Patrick John Ladd, professionally referred to as PJ Ladd, born in Rockland, Massachusetts is a professional skateboarder. He recently left DC shoes and apparel. His stance on a skateboard is regular...

 ad campaign.
He currently hosts a weekly Thursday night party at The Ace Hotel Palm Springs.

Discography

  • Return of the DJ 3 (Bomb Hip Hop)
  • Laid In Full (Ill Boogie)
  • Emanon
    Emanon
    Emanon are an American hip hop duo consisting of Singer and Rapper Aloe Blacc and Producer Exile. They are based in Los Angeles, California.-Career:...

     “Anon & On” (production, scratches and vocals on "A Day in Exile") (Ill Boogie)
  • Blame One “A Complex Burden”
  • Credit is Due (7T5)
  • People Music (7T5)
  • 50 (7T5)
  • 52 (7T5)
  • Innernational Comp 1-3 (INL)
  • On the Air (7T5)
  • Summer of Serato (Subcontact Japan)
  • Brazilectro 8 (Audiopharm)
  • Boozoo Bajou
    Boozoo Bajou
    Boozoo Bajou is a musical duo from Germany. They are noted for their distinct blend of Cajun sounds with island rhythms. Their first album, Satta, was released in 2001. In 2005 they released Dust My Broom...

     - Juke Joint 2 (K7)
  • The Day Before (MPM 2007)

Records

  • “What Planet What Station” 12”(Milkcrate)
  • “Make You” 7”(Curio)
  • “Lucien” 7” (Subcontact)
  • "Gone Bad" 12" (MPM)
  • "DITS" 7" (Subcontact)
  • "Lovebug" Absence Of Color 5 & 6 12" (Sound in Color)
  • "Primera" 7" (Subcontact)
  • "Got to Get it Right" 12" EP (MPM)
  • Daily Bread 12" (feat. Aloe Blacc & Dr. Oop) (Subcontact)
  • Instant Saadiq 12" EP (feat. Miles Bonny) (MPM)
  • "Kossa" 7" (Anthem Records)

Remixes

  • Aloe Blacc
    Aloe Blacc
    Aloe Blacc is an American soul singer, rapper, and musician.-Early career and Shine Through :...

     - "Ordinary People Remix Suite" (DJ Day & Aloe Blacc remix)
  • Kutiman
    Kutiman
    Ophir Kutiel , professionally known as Kutiman, is a musician, composer, producer and animator from Israel. He is best known for creating the online music video project ThruYOU, as well as his self-titled album and collaboration with many artists including Maroon 5.-Background:Ophir Kutiel was...

     - "Music is Ruling My World" (MPM)
  • Mo' Horizons
    Mo' Horizons
    Mo' Horizons is a duo of DJs from Hannover, Germany. Their music can be described as a mixture of downtempo, acid-jazz, nu jazz, soul, funk, dub, trip hop, big beat, bossa nova, boogaloo and drum'n'bass. They first came to prominence on various compilation albums, including the Buddha Bar series...

     - "A Y N'ama" (Agogo)
  • Janko Nilovic
    Janko Nilović
    Janko Nilović is a Montenegrin pianist, poet and composer, who has lived in France since 1960.He is a musician who devotes himself to music fanatically, which resulted in a great number of published works, but most of them are on library labels not available for sale...

     -" Leslie's Back (Chorus For Leslie)" (Vadim)
  • People Under the Stairs
    People Under the Stairs
    People Under the Stairs is a hip hop group from Los Angeles, California formed in 1997 by Thes One and Double K. The group has released eight critically acclaimed full-length albums and performed on every continent except Antarctica. It is estimated that the group has performed well over 1,000 sold...

     - "Step Bacc" (Piecelock70)
  • People Under the Stairs - "Trippin at the Disco" (OM Records)
  • Incognito
    Incognito (band)
    Incognito is a British band, as well as one of the members of the United Kingdom's acid jazz movement. Their debut album, Jazz Funk, was released in 1981, with thirteen more albums following, the last of which, Transatlantic RPM, was released in 2010....

     - "I Come Alive" (Heads Up International)
  • Tittsworth - "Here He Comes (ft. Nina Sky
    Nina Sky
    Nina Sky is an American musical duo composed of identical twins Nicole and Natalie Albino .-Early life and career:Albino's parents moved to New York from Puerto Rico and were divorced when the girls were younger...

     & Pitbull
    Pitbull (rapper)
    Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

    )" (T&A/Plant Music)
  • Exile - "Love" (Plug Research)
  • Alice Russell
    Alice Russell
    Alice Russell may refer to:*Alice Russell , British soul singer*Alice B. Russell , American actress...

     - All Alone (DJ Day Meets Clutchy Hopkins
    Clutchy Hopkins
    Clutchy Hopkins is purportedly a multi-instrumentalist musician based out of California. His existence has not yet been fully verified, though he is widely believed to be a pseudonym for one of several popular DJs...

     remix) (Little Poppet)
  • Quantic
    Will Holland
    William Holland is a musician, DJ and record producer from Bewdley, Worcestershire. He is based in Colombia.He records under various guises, notably, Quantic, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, and The Limp Twins. His music draws upon elements of salsa, bossa nova, soul, funk and jazz. Holland plays...

     "Mas Pan" (Tru Thoughts
    Tru Thoughts
    Tru Thoughts is an independent record label. It was formed in Brighton, UK in 1999 by Robert Luis of Deeds Plus Thoughts and Paul Jonas.It became, in one decade, one of the most famous and well respected labels in independent music world.- History :...

    )

Awards and press

  • 1999 Moves & Grooves DJ Battle Champion
  • XLR8R
    XLR8R
    XLR8R is a magazine and website thatcovers music, culture, style, and technology. It was founded as anewsprint ‘zine in 1993 by publisher Andrew Smith in Seattle; themagazine currently has offices in San Francisco and New York...

  • Village Voice (Nominated for Pazz and Jop award 2004 for "What Planet What Station")
  • XXL
    XXL (magazine)
    XXL is a Hip-Hop magazine, published by Harris Publications.In 1997, XXL was founded by former Source staffers as well as other Harris Publication employees, who wanted to create their own magazine about the hip-hop music and culture using the model developed by the founders of The Source...

  • URB Magazine
  • The Fader
    The Fader
    The FADER, or FADER, is an United States-based music/culture/fashion magazine that covers hip-hop, reggae, independent rock, pop and dance music from around the world.-Overview:...

  • Your From Where? Magazine
  • Vinyl Exchange
  • Palm Springs Life
  • Stealth Magazine
    Stealth magazine
    Stealth Magazine is an independent hip-hop magazine from Australia. Founded by Mark Pollard, it debuted in June 1999 with The Arsonists on the cover. Its first three issues were zine-like in format...

  • The Desert Post Weekly
  • Hidden (Japan)

External links

  • http://www.myspace.com/djday
  • http://www.likeathrottle.blogspot.com
  • http://www.olski.net/index.php?area=artists&view=detail&id=219
  • http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2006/08/02/day-tripper
  • http://www.5thplatoon.com/articles/urbmag.htm
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