Fast forward a decade of DJing and promoting and I got into production.
Like most first-time producers I started making bootlegs and edits, while cutting my teeth on the production tools I was using. Cakewalk led to Cubase and Reason, which eventually led me to Ableton Live, and this is the DAW I still use today.
I was playing these edits and bootlegs out in my sets, and with an open-minded and genre-spanning approach to my DJing. I started making a name for myself in the student and Alt scenes of Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham and the Southwest, as I mixed together Indie Alternative with Dance music of various genres.

In the mid 00’s, my bootlegs gained me some notoriety around the world, and I was invited to New York in 2008 to play at the world infamous ‘Bootie NYC’ party, where a few of my bootlegs had become anthemic on their nights. Other tracks garnered millions of views on Youtube and were being played at big events around the world and even on the Radio 1.

During the 00's I had the honour of playing alongside some amazing DJs, such as Pendulum, Fingerthang, Scratch Perverts, Freestylers, Zane Lowe, Mark Ronson and many more. I was also lucky enough to play some great events including 'Reading Festival', 'Ibiza Rocks' and 'Ashton Court Festival', alongside numerous club residencies at Gatecrasher Birmingham, Bristol Academy, Birmingham Academy and Student Balls around the country.

It wasn’t until the 2010s that I started releasing music, under my former ‘Dave Remix’ / ‘Dave RMX’ / 'Box Rocket' aliases, on small indie labels, including: Particle Zoo Recordings, Bulabeats, Radical Mixtape and Relative Dimensions. These early releases further developed my production ability and knowledge of how to effectively structure dance tracks.
This was also around the time that Aldo Vanucci and I created the Hardly Subtle alias. We released our debut EP on 12” vinyl and followed up with a number of 7”s over the years. I went on to produce Aldo's remix of Ruckus Roboticus "T.G.I.F." in 2012 on Dance or Die! Records. I also co-wrote and produced a track for Aldo Vanucci on each of his "Love Is Loops" vol. 1, "Alone" and vol.2, "So Good", released on Good Living Records/Jalapeno Records, 2012 and 2013 respectively.

In the mid-2010’s ‘Crash Party’ was created.
Originally, Crash Party was a more ‘Party Breaks’ orientated production, playing Ableton Live and DJ sets at Festivals and clubs around the UK. Crash Party included elements of Breakbeat, Funk, Bass music and Sample-led sounds at its core, but happily strayed into differing genres, such as Drum n Bass, Glitch Hop and House...wherever the vibe led us. To start with Crash Party was a duo, where I was working with a good friend, but due to his own personal challenges, he retired rom Crash Party and I went solo in 2019.

Our first EP was released on the Ghetto Funk label in 2016 and was one of their only 100% Original releases, not relying on a famous vocal or music riff, to be featured as a debut release by an artist on the label. The release was a mid-tempo 4 tracker including a guest feature for 3 x World DMC champion JFB. We also did remix work for the label, including a remix of Second Hand Audio "Want That feat. Too Many T's.
From here we had further releases on Scour Records, again concentrating on original music in a scene that thrived on remixes and bootlegs. "Nitty Gritty" was a lower tempo, bass led track featuring vocals from the Ragga Twins. This release came backed with a number of remixes. Our 2nd full EP, "Residential Area", came next with 4 more Mid-Tempo/Bass Music tracks. We also produced remixes that were included on various compilations for the label.
The remixes continued on the labels Breakbeat Paradise Recordings and Cuttin’ It Fine, with the later label also releasing 2 EPs; "Funk 2 Ur Roots" and "It's On Like That".

Our remixes started getting more and more success, and in 2018 we remixed Dutty Moonshine Big Band's cover of Nancy Sinatra's "Bang, Bang", from their debut album "Most Wanted".
This track featured on the remix album, and has become a mainstay in their live shows, still being played to this day in their set finale. The track was also included on the Bombstrikes album "Bass Funk Vol. 4" mixed by Featurecast.
This then opened the opportunity for us to collaborate with Dutty Moonshine Big Band on their 2nd album "City of Sin", which was released on Universal in May 2020, peaking at no. 40 in the national album charts and hitting the no.1 spot on the national album dance charts.
Our collaboration was on the track "Fever", which is a poignant message of resilience and unity for women everywhere, speaking up on the sexual harassment that women receive on a night out.
Released on International Women’s Day, support for this track has been far and wide, with great reception wherever it has been heard, including thousands of plays on Youtube and Spotify.

Since going solo I have done original tracks and remixes for labels Roaring City, Cuttin It Fine, Breakbeat Paradise Recordings, Dead 2 Me and Swing & Bass alongside releasing some of my own originals and remixes out on Bandcamp.

In 2020, due to lockdown and the lack of in-person gigs, I started to do weekly live streamed DJ sets on Twitch. This developed into a weekly Thursday night slot and various one-off specials.
During these streams I started moving my style back towards my Big Beat and Breakbeat DJing roots. This expanded in 2021 with the start of my "Big Beat Sundays" streams where I played music from the era, on vinyl, from the collection I have put together over the years. I also started a Soundcloud Mix Series, under the same name, to share the music with those that were unable to make broadcasts of the live streams. These streams and mixes are a lot of fun to play/compile as I am reminded of the great music from the era, and I started to explore what the modern equivalent was. This led me to getting involved in the Bass Funk scene, where beats and breaks meet sample culture and funk-based grooves, the nearest modern 'genre' that relates to the vibe of Big Beat.

This move to live streaming on Twitch led a small group of like minded DJs to come together and form the 'Global Funk Fam', a DJ collective that was open to all, around the World. Our ethos is to help up and coming DJ talent from aroound the world, impart the experience and knowledge we have to each other and form a community of music lovers across the globe. The community is primarily based on the Discord and Twitch platforms, with extensions across social media outlets: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Currently the Global Funk Fam community is 1.4k+ members strong and growing.

In 2021 I had my first solo 7”, "Toxic Funk Vol. 5", released on Breakbeat Paradise Recordings, which got airtime on Craig Charles’ Funk and Soul Show and Juno Chart no.1 positioning for the first few weeks of release.
I also made tracks for compilation albums on Cuttin It Fine and Breakbeat Paradise Recordings.
During 2021, I was also doing more production collaborations with Aldo Vanucci, working on tracks for his Club night brand 'Wonkylegs', as well as working towards tracks for commercial release, due in 2023. The first is Aldo Vanucci's "Impossible feat Mila Falls" on Helix Records.
In late 2021 American DJ/Producer/Label Owner, Fort Knox Five, invited me to put together a guest mix for his "Funk The World" series. I was asked to curate the 70th mix for the series and able to showcase a mix of Big Beat, Bass Funk and associated styles in the mix, and it has received great feedback.

In January 2022 my wife and I had our first child, and this made things more sporadic on the music creation front, but I utilised what time I had, late at night or early in the morning, to start work on the album I have wanted to write for the past 20-odd years
Over the years I have collected samples and beats that I wanted to develop into tracks of their own, but due to the musical pigeonholes, created by different scenes and aliases, I just wasn’t able to focus on developing these ideas fully. I decided that now was the time to put pigeonholes aside and just do this for me and anyone else that liked it.
The late nights and early mornings gave me that opportunity and out of it came 10+ tracks that were whittled down to form the album "Everything Happens For A Reason", a musical-commentary on the times and events that got me to where I am today. The album is due for release in 2023, with a number of singles planned to accompany it.

Throughout the remainder of 2022 I self released multiple tracks and compilations through my Bandcamp page. This was a chance to get a number of my older and unreleased tracks out into the world for everyone to enjoy.

My second 7” release came about in early 2023, this time a collaboration with DJ / Producer Paul Sitter. Our two track 7" Toxic Funk Vol. 9, released on Breakbeat Paradise Recordings.
As a follow up to this 7" release I did a Chemical Brothers / Leftfield inspired remix of Nasa Funk, for their single "Try and Buy", also releasesd on Breakbeat Paradise Recordings.

In April 2023 I made the first steps towards the release of my album by joining forces with old friend DJ Clairvo and starting 'Big Beat Sundays' as label that celebrated the sounds of the 90s Big Beat era. The name is taken from the Live Streams I do that celebrating the dancefloor sounds of the 90s, where I play the music that would be commonly heard at Big Beat Nights around the world.
"Sounds Like This EP" is the first release on my new Big Beat Sundays label as and introduction to the music we aim to release. This is the first of 2 EPs planned before my album is released in the autum.

Everything Happens For A Reason!