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David Morales (USA)

Wednesday, 05 April 2006

A true vanguard in the world of dance music, the efforts of Brooklyn’s own David Morales remain unparalleled. As a producer, he’s enjoyed multiple Grammy nominations (including a win in 1998 for Remixer of the Year) and hit records (from his own to Mariah Carey’s 1996 album Fantasy). He will soon see if his remix production of Carey’s “It’s Like That” and his album 2 Worlds Collide” gets a Grammy nod year 2005. Morales has worked diligently for over 20 years and racked up millions of air miles to earn the distinction of being one of the most in-demand DJs on the planet. He’s just finished playing his annual DJ residency in Europe Saturday nights at the sixth annual Def Mix / Pacha, Ibiza parties with Satoshi Tomiie, Hector Romero and Frankie Knuckles. Morales ended his year long 2 World Collide tour October 2005 in Tokyo after circling the globe several times. 2 Worlds Collide was the first studio album in a decade from the multi-talented David Morales. It’s an epic romance with the passionate nuances of house music. And, like all good love stories, it takes proper time to build songs straight from the heart…and not the marketing department. The lead single “How Would U Feel” reached #1 in 3 weeks Music Week club chart and #1 in the USA Billboard Club chart. The single crossed to pop from dance radio, and in 5 countries. He’s appeared on numerous international television networks such as BBC, MTV Europe, MuchMusic, BET and many others, and co-hosted “The Grind,” MTV’s high profile dance show from the ‘90s. He broadcasts great music through his Friday night radio show on influential New York station WKTU, broadcast to millions of listeners around the globe via the Internet, as well as a weekly show DEF MIX ZONE with Frankie Knuckles on XM Satellite Radio’s The Move Channel 80.

Morales has countered the generally faceless world of dance music as a visible icon, he is currently lending his celebrity and face to the next Youth Aids Campaign launching March ’06. David Morales has also appeared in a worldwide campaign with Iceberg Jeans which had the tanned and toned artist showing up on buses and billboards from Japan to Europe to New York and nearly everywhere in between. He’s built up a celebrity status that has led to him being featured in magazines such as L’Uomo, GQ and three different editions of Vogue (U.S., British and Italian) as well as others. That’s where the story of a successful DJ/producer in the world of dance music typically ends, the best case scenario. But for David Morales it’s just been a springboard into a wealth of ideas and ventures, a giant family tree all rooted in the soul of dance music. His long running production company Def Mix, which he runs with partner Judy Weinstein, is one of dance music’s most lauded, while their management arm is the watchful eye for the careers of Frankie Knuckles, Satoshi Tomiie and Hector Romero. Morales, is a co-owner of the Montreal nightclub Stereo, where he also holds down a monthly residency. Currently he is enjoying his new residency at Crobar NYC, with “Peep Show!” which is the first Saturday of each month. He calls it a voyeuristic view and many themes and is his first theme party outside of Summer Saturdays at Pacha Ibiza. “I am really looking forward to creating a place for people to forget their troubles for a while.” It is important with the state of the world we are living in currently.” He is starting to work on a new project yet un-named, and spending most the end of ’05 regrouping and setting up for his next 1 year world tour which includes about 250 dates.

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