DJ Fresh

DJ Fresh

DJ Fresh (* 11. April 1977 , actually Daniel Stein ) is a British Dubstep - and drum-and-bass - musicians .

Career

As a teenager, Daniel Stein aka DJ Fresh discovered rave music for himself and acquired DJ equipment. As a student, he put on night programs on pirate stations in his area. In the late 1990s he became a member of the Bad Company UK drum and bass quartet . They founded the label BC Recordings and also started the well-known scene website Dogs on Acid . After the team split up in 2003, he had his first solo hit with Dalicks / Temple of Doom . He released other singles and worked as a remixer for artists such as the Pet Shop Boys and Apollo 440 . With Breakbeat Punk he also founded his own label. He later joined forces with Adam F to form the Breakbeat Kaos label . The common single When the Sun Goes Down also hit the charts in 2004.

DJ Fresh released his first own album in 2006 under the title Escape from Planet Monday . Kryptonite followed four years later, including his piece Gold Dust in a vocal version with the singer Ce'Cile . This was the first time he entered the top 40 of the UK charts . He was also awarded a gold record for this.

In 2011, together with singer Sian Evans, the single Louder was created , which was used in a commercial for the energy drink Lucozade Lite . Louder went straight to number 1 on the UK charts and became his first number one hit in the UK, even going platinum. A few months later he recorded the single Hot Right Now with Rita Ora . It became his second number one hit and was not only successful in England but also in Europe and Australia. She also started Rita Ora's successful solo career. In 2013 she was nominated for a Brit Award for British Single of the Year. With The Power together with Dizzee Rascal he had another top 10 hit. All three songs were also included in the album Nextlevelism , which was released in autumn 2012 and brought DJ Fresh to the album charts for the first time.

In the following years there were other top 5 hits in the UK such as Earthquake with Diplo , Dibby Dibby Sound with Jay Fay and Ms. Dynamite and Gravity with Ella Eyre . All three songs were also awarded silver and gold respectively. How Love Begins with High Contrast and Dizzee Rascal was his 20th single in the UK charts in early 2016.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2006	Escape from Planet Monday	-	-	-	-	First published: 2006
2010	Kryptonite	-	-	-	-	First published: 2010
2012	Nextlevelism	-	-	-	UK14th silver (7 weeks)UK	First published: October 1, 2012

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2003	Dalicks / Temple of Doom	-	-	-	UK60 (2 weeks) UK	First published: 2003
2004	Submarines Escape from Planet Monday	-	-	-	UK73 (2 weeks) UK	First published: July 19, 2004
	When the Sun Goes Down Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back!	-	-	-	UK68 (2 weeks) UK	First release: 2004 featuring Adam F
2005	All that jazz	-	-	-	UK87 (1 week) UK	First published: April 2005 featuring MC Darrison
	Tarantula / Fasten Your Seatbelt	-	-	-	UK60 (2 weeks) UK	First published: June 2005 Pendulum & Fresh featuring Spyda
2006	The Immortal / Living Daylights II	-	-	-	UK87 (1 week) UK	First published: February 2006
2010	Gold Dust Kryptonite	-	-	-	UK24 platinum (23 weeks)UK	First published: August 2nd, 2010 featuring Ce'Cile
	Lassitude Kryptonite	-	-	-	UK98 (1 week) UK	First published: November 28, 2010 Sigma & DJ Fresh
2011	Louder nextlevelism	-	-	-	UK1 platinum (21 weeks)UK	Initial release: July 3, 2011 featuring Sian Evans
2012	Hot Right Now Nextlevelism	DE28 (12 weeks) DE	AT24 (9 weeks) AT	CH39 (3 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (36 weeks)UK	Initial release: February 12, 2012 featuring Rita Ora
	The Power Nextlevelism	-	-	-	UK6 (8 weeks) UK	Initial release: June 3rd, 2012 featuring Dizzee Rascal
	The feeling of next levelism	-	-	-	UK13 (4 weeks) UK	First published: September 23, 2012 featuring RaVaughn
	Gold Dust Nextlevelism	-	-	-	UK22 (18 weeks) UK	Initial release: November 2, 2012 featuring Ms. Dynamite
2013	Earthquake	-	-	-	UK4th silver (11 weeks)UK	First published: August 18, 2013 vs. Diplo featuring Dominique Young Unique
2014	Dibby Dibby Sound	-	-	-	UK3 silver (12 weeks)UK	First published: February 3, 2014 vs. Jay Fay featuring Ms. Dynamite
	Make U Bounce	-	-	-	UK10 (4 weeks) UK	First published: June 30, 2014 vs. TC featuring Little Nikki
	Flashlight Halcyon Days	-	-	-	UK47 (2 weeks) UK	Initial release: September 29, 2014 featuring Ellie Goulding
2015	Gravity	-	-	-	UK4th gold (17 weeks)UK	Initial release: February 8th, 2015 featuring Ella Eyre
	Believer	-	-	-	UK58 (2 weeks) UK	First published: June 8th, 2015 DJ Fresh & Adam F
2016	How Love Begins	-	-	-	UK53 (2 weeks) UK	First release: February 5th, 2016 DJ Fresh & High Contrast featuring Dizzee Rascal

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2016	Say You Do Brighter Days	-	-	-	UK5 gold (18 weeks)UK	First published: March 18, 2016 Sigala feat. Imani & DJ Fresh

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} UK Music Sales Awards (BPI, Database Search)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK

Web links

• Official website (English)
• DJ Fresh at Allmusic (English)
• DJ Fresh at Discogs (English)