Deviant Disco, Wonky House, Leftfield Funk and a few choice Edits.
Don Dayglow is a producer, DJ, writer, label owner, vinyl freak and music fanatic with fingers in the pies of Particle Zoo Recordings, Ewan Hoozami, Curious Music for Curious People, and Aeon Musk. By day, he’s also a content writer and DJing/production consultant for Mixed In Key.
Releases and remixes on esteemed labels such as Midnight Riot, ISM, Hot Digits, Hottwerk, Thunder Jam, and his own Particle Zoo imprint run alongside a free edit series with over 25000 downloads and counting.
A new residency representing Midnight Riot in Abu Dhabi is steadily developing his reputation as a consummate DJ in his adopted home – a fact undisputed in the UK, as over a decade holding down residencies in Bristol, London and Brighton readily attests.
Toolshed:
Roland JX8-P, Moog DFAM, AVP MAD-5, MAM MB33 Retro, MeeBlip Triode, Arturia Minibrute, Maschine 2, Beatstep Pro 2, Novation Ultranova, Logic X, Ableton, Roland Cloud, Arturia V, and a lovingly curated vinyl sample library.
Press:
After a little sonic soul-searching, Don Dayglow seems to have found his musical niche. As with his previous ISM release, "Gimme Dat" puts a super-soulful vocal (this time from new-boogie hero Andre Esput) and kaleidoscopic '80s electrofunk synths at the heart of the action. The Dubai-based Brit's original version (track five) is wrangled into multiple new sonic shapes by Andrew Emil, whose chunkier Vocal and Dub passes make great use of live-sounding drums, bass guitar and flashes of funk guitar. He also provides an instrumental version and a sparse but groovy "Beatapella" that layers Esput's brilliant vocal over crunchy drums. The low-slung, delay-laden nu-disco throb of Hober Mallow's early morning remix is also worth a listen. (Juno Download, August 2018)
"Dubai-based Don Dayglow delivers his first EP for ISM, with regular Mr Bird and DJ Vadim collaborator Greg Blackman providing the soulful vocal polish. There's a pleasingly breezy feel to the U.A.E-based Bristolian's original version, which wraps Blackman's fine vocal in glistening, freestyle-esque synth lines and squeezable boogie bottom-end. It could well be the producer's strongest offering to date. Remix-wise, Aussie adventurer Inkswel provides the standout rub, giving "Out of Love" a looser, MPC-driven feel while emphasizing the track's inherent soulfulness, while Andy Buchanan re-casts it as a sparkling slab of nu-disco with killer synthesizer riffs." (Juno Download, 2018)
"Don Dayglow is the new disco rework project from Abu Dhabi-based DJ/producer Adam Hignell, who originally rose to prominence under the Ewan Hoozami alias. As you'd expect, Power is full of party-friendly treats, from the filtered disco loops, percussive build-ups, heavily worked samples and Leroy Burgess style vocals of "Hustler", to the hard-wired P-funk cut-ups of "Slyde 2 Boogie" and high-octane disco-funk heaviness of "Party", which accompanies an all-new arrangement of a well-loved classic with tasty new percussion. Arguably best of all, though, is "Power", an irrepressible disco-boogie romp full of rubbery slap bass, punchy horns, celebratory vocals and addictive synthesizer flourishes." (Juno Download, Feb 2017)
‘Her Love’ is the first original from the producer and it’s a genuinely unique cut of deep house with a psychedelic bass twang as the producer layers 808s over twisted, glassy hooks and some pitch down vocal snatches." (Harder Blogger Faster, Sep 2017)
Licensing: ewan@particlezoorecordings.com
Bookings: agency@particlezoorecordings.com
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