JDS (duo)

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JDS
Genres breakbeat
Years activec. 1997 to c. 2008
Labels FFRR, TCR
Members Darren Pearce, Julian Napolitano

JDS is a British electronic dance music duo. Mainly active between 1997 and 2008, they are known for their breakbeat productions including club anthem "Nine Ways" and several UK chart hits.

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History

Julian Napolitano and Darren Pearce formed the breakbeat duo JDS circa the mid-1990s. Their track "Nine Ways" was a club and Ibiza anthem in 1997, and peaked at number 4 on the UK Dance Chart that same year, with Pearce also contributing the breakbeat remix. [1] [2] [3] In May 1998, the JDS single "London Town" peaked at number 49 on the UK Singles Chart. [1] [4] In the year 2000 Muzik magazine stated their release "Destiny Calls" was one of the "most memorable dancefloor moments of the millennium", [5] and in 2001, a JDS remix of earlier hit "Nine Ways" was released, peaking at number 47 on the UK Singles Chart. [6]

In 2005 the duo released the album The Adventures of the Purple Funky Monkey, a breakbeat record which had elements of several other genres including "hip-hop, funk, electro, house, punk and rock" or, as put by The Independent more circumspectly, the "epitome of the magpie tendency". It received a positive 4* review in DMC World magazine, and other DJs such as Fatboy Slim and Laurent Garnier incorporated tracks in their live sets. They also released the single "Purple Funky Monkey", partly through the goal of bringing humour into the typically "austere" electronic music scene. [7] [8] [9] [10] By 2007, the duo were becoming known as one of the "hottest breakbeat production teams in the world". [3]

Members

Discography

Singles
TitleYearPeak
UK singles [1] 		Peak
UK dance [1] 		Peak
Finland [11]
"Nine Ways"1997614
"London Town"19984910
"Oriental"1999
"Destiny Calls" [5] 2000
"Nine Ways"200147214
"Punk of Funk"200337
"Don't Be Alone"/"Blackout"200413
"Disco Rockers"200433
"Purple Funky Monkey" [8] 2005
"Jump Around"/"Detonate"200526
"You Got Me"200830
Albums
TitleYear
The Adventures of the Purple Funky Monkey [8] 2005

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "JDS songs and albums - full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company . Archived from the original on 23 April 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Reviews - Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 6 September 1997. p. 49. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Fortunate Friday for funk fans". The Mercury. 8 March 2008.
  4. ↑ "new entry singles continued" (PDF). Hit Music. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2025-02-22. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  5. 1 2 Fowler, Dave (March 2000). "Vital Release". Muzik . p. 103.
  6. ↑ "new entry singles continued" (PDF). Hit Music. 3 March 2001. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Wright, Adam (5 May 2005). "Darren Pearce". South China Morning Post . Gale   A685555366.
  8. 1 2 3 Tihema, Khan (30 July 2005). "This week's essential new releases". The Courier - Mail.
  9. ↑ Cridge, Dave. "JDS ADVENTURES OF THE PURPLE FUNKY MONKEY TCR". DMC World . Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Nash, Rob (5 June 2005). "CD REVIEWS: BREAKS JDS The Adventures of the Purple Funky Monkey TCR". The Independent. Gale   A132991263.
  11. ↑ "finnishcharts.com - Discography JDS". FinnishCharts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
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