[Dynagroove] WHO IS GRANT DELL??

[sergio vazquez]

...err, do I have to ask?  OK, Grant Dell is one of my favorite producers
and appears on some of my favorite labels.  All the way from the UK, we
are excited about bringing him down to LA for a good ol fashioned loft
party (AUG 19th, 2006).  I know alot of you djs out there have some of
his cuts and it could be safe to say that just about everyone I know has
a Dell in their record case right now.  Here's a quick bio in case you
don't know.

::Grant Dell::

Championing his unique blend of deep, intelligent, funky house, Grant
Dell is a DJ who deserves to be heard. As an experienced artist, Grant's
taste in music steers him away from the obvious track's -- he has the
ability to pick up the gem's that other DJ's would miss and create
productions that take us to the next level of house. Spanning a hectic 10
years, Grant's DJing career has taken him across the globe as far as
Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Kuala Lumpar, as well as closer to
home in France, Italy, United States and Croatia.

In 2001, Grant burst into the production world, building his own studio
and enjoying success as part of the production duo "Tribalation" with
three Eps on Loaded. EP 1 exploded in the USA and was licensed to
Strictly Rhythm. The Tribulation sound, which emcompasses long heavy
basslines, mesmerizing vocals and heavy hypnotic percussive workouts, has
been coined by top DJs across the board as "the sound of 2002". Since
then Grant's career has motored into high gear, with Ep 3 just released
on Loaded, and forthcoming Tribalation releases on Big Chief and Tango.
Grant also produces with Bob DeRosa as Uhuru Beats and has forthcoming
solo productions on labels such as Big Chief, Plastic City, Swag,
Visitor, and Detour.

The son of a jazz musician has become the son of a gun of British
tech-house. Grant's passion for music was really set on fire when the
punk and new wave scene rocked the UK in the 70s. In the early eighties,
as the punk era was drawing to a close, the laid back beats of reggae and
dub lured him into the world of dance musicGrant started Djing
professionally back in 1990 at a house and garage night in Reading called
Scruples. From his stomping ground in South London, Grant developed his
style of deep house mixed with tech-house and tribal sounds. He worked
his magic throughout London's network of underground parties such as
Whoop Whoop, Liberation and his own parties, Wildlife, which soon gained
a huge dedicated following of underground dance music lovers, and earned
him respect from his peers. This led to a guest spots at Heart & Soul &
Wiggle, which are the only true underground events that continue today,
spinning along side jock's such as Evil Eddie Richards and Terry Francis.
Grant soon got the taste for radio with his own show on ENERGY 87.9 FM (
the longest running pirate radio show to date) on Thursday evening's,
sponsored by Swag Records. He has also played on Radio 1, Gaia Live,
Groovetech and Kiss FM Melbourne. In 1996 an invitation to take up
residency at one of Sydney, Australia's top clubs, Delicious, set Grant
on a global tech-house tour, and he was one of the first DJs to introduce
the sound of underground London to New Zealand and Australia. During his
two-year stay in Sydney, Grant pioneered the infusion of London's unique
tech-house sound down under with the introduction of some of the UK's top
names including Mr. C, Terry Francis and Colin Dale.

2001 brought Grant back to London with regular spots at some of London's
best underground events from Whoop Whoop, Kerfuffle and Lunar to the Save
The Rhino events in the UK and overseas. Keeping on the pulse of
underground dance music, Grant can also be found at South London's
infamous specialist dance music shop, SWAG.

Grant Dell Discography

Releases
c.p.l - rule ok - tag records.
Tribalation - why did you do that / jabba - loaded records
Tribalation - need to move / sky walking - loaded records
Tribalation - tribal shakedown / cant understand -loaded records
Tribalation - don't make me wait / I don't care - big chief records
Tribalation - communication / got it going on -funky piranha recs
Tribalation - falling down / ghetto people - nightshift records
Tribalation - break 4 some / warmness - fiji records
Tribalation -why did you do that / jabba -strictly rhythm records
Tribalation -do it to the music / behind your eyes - big chief recs
Grant dell&R.phoneman-driven by the beat/what I need-detour rec
Grant dell&R.phoneman-sub-strata/realize nothing-macumba recs
Grant dell - come on in / we go deep - visitor records
Grant dell - spread love / scream out - visitor records
Uhuru beats- rise up / in yer dreams - uhuru beats
Uhuru beats- smoking with the motherfuka/work-uhuru beats
Grant dell&bob derosa-letting go/hand of thee-totem records
Grant dell&bob derosa-drop it/sons of bass-stacked records
Grant dell&adam Collins-out there/hotness a gwan-warbled music
Grant dell&danny poli-cold rain/devastating-household records
Grant dell - moneyman skank/sometime nice dub-Stupendous
White riot- who are u/ disco hit-groove pleasure records
Chicago transit authority-still disillusioned-london rescue records

Remixes & Licensed tracks
Len lewis - illicus(grant dell"s up yer strassa dub)-poodle records
Danny Sullivan-snake charmer(uhuru beats remix)-hoojchoons
Morpheus-assassin(tribalation remix)-loaded records
S.kol-weehawken-(grant dell&paul stubbs dub)-blue daze records
Emerybay dj- 2nd wave(uhuru beats remix)-uhuru beats
Tribalation-why did you do that-(lee burridge- nubreed cd)
Tribalation-why did you do that(chris duckenfield-turbo sessions cd)
Tribalation-behind your eyes(tyler stadius- Fabric mix cd)
Grant dell&bob derosa-letting go(tyler stadius-Fabric mix cd)