DJ Day

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DJ Day
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Day (Dj Day), producer and DJ from Palm Springs
Background information
Birth nameDamien Beebe
Origin Palm Springs, California, United States
Genres Hip hop, jazz
Occupation(s) DJ, producer, multi-instrumentalist
Instrument(s) Turntable, sampler, keyboard, drums, vocals
Years active1995–present
Labels Piecelock 70, Melting Pot Music (MPM)
Website PL70.net - DJ Day MPMsite.com - DJ Day

Damien Beebe, known professionally as DJ Day is a DJ, producer and musician from Palm Springs, California. He formed the Innernational Crew with DJ Rip One in 1995, and had subsequent appearances with Innernational on Return of the DJ III & Laid in Full. He has worked with Stones Throw recording artists Aloe Blacc and Clutchy Hopkins, as well as remixes for Quantic, Alice Russell, People Under The Stairs and more.

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He has shared the stage with artists from Amy Winehouse to Eminem in a career spanning the last decade and a half, as well as frequently touring the continents of Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Australia as both a solo artist and representative of Red Bull Music Academy and a regular guest of the world-famous Do Over. He has released various singles as a solo artist, most notably "Four Hills" which was nominated for "Track of the Year" by Gilles Peterson'sWorldwide Show on BBC Radio 1 and used by DC Shoes for their PJ Ladd ad campaign. [1] He currently[ when? ] hosts a weekly Thursday night party at The Ace Hotel Palm Springs. [2]

Albums

The Day Before

Licensed to MPM [3] for release in 2007. [4]

Land Of 1000 Chances

Land Of 1000 Chances was Released on February 12, 2013 as a limited edition LP, CD and Digitally on Piecelock 70, an artist collective based in Los Angeles of which Day is a founding member and co-creative director with Thes One. [5] It debuted on iTunes in the top 20 Chart both US and worldwide in the Electronic/Downtempo genre. Prior to its release, It had been added to several shows: Jon Oliver's Main Ingredient Show, [6] Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio broadcasts, and was on KCRW’s top-50 playlist for 5 weeks. [7] Gilles Peterson invited Day to do an interview and exclusive mix, which was posted online on Feb. 5th, 2013. [8]

Though it had not been officially released yet, KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole listed Land Of 1000 Chances the #8 album of the year in 2012. [9] Both the track and the album were promoted by magazines & blogs, including: Impose Magazine, [10] URB, [11] RIK, [12] Music Is My Sanctuary, [13] Okayplayer, [14] Ego Trip Land, [15] [16] HypeTrak, [17] This Is Book's Music, [18] Giant Step, [19] Textura (album of the month), [20] BBC Music Review, [21] and PopMatters. [22]

On Feb. 11, 2013, Vevo and Piecelock 70 released the "Land Of 1000 Chances" video on Youtube.

Discography

[30]

Records

Remixes

Videos

Awards and press

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References

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  16. ↑ "DJ Day's 10 Favorite Sample Flips". Egotripland.com. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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