Dave Spoon

Simon Neale, better known as Dave Spoon, is a radio DJ and dance music producer. He is part of the line-up on BBC Radio 1's 'In New DJs We Trust' feature, which runs Thursday night/Friday morning 2am to 4am.[1] The DJ has become notable for his hits, "Bad Girl (At Night)" with Lisa Maffia and "Baditude" with Sam Obernik

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Biography

Simon Neale (born 1977 in Portsmouth, UK) grew up listening to a mixture of synth-pop and early 90's house & rave, and attended a secondary school that had an undiscovered TB-303 and Juno 60 in the music room cupboard.

Nowadays using his Dave Spoon alias, he's established himself on the UK dance scene.

He signed "21st Century" to Toolroom Records in 2004. The piano-led "Sunrise EP" followed and was instantly signed to Seamus Haji's Big Love imprint.

In 2006, Spoon released "At Night". With an added vocal in 2007 from Lisa Maffia, the track crossed over as "Bad Girl (At Night)" on Universal, earning Spoon his first top 40 hit, with the second coming in 2008 in the form of "Baditude" with collaborators Sam Obernik & Paul Harris from Dirty Vegas.

He followed this with DJ compilations for Ministry Of Sound & Toolroom, remixes of songs by artists like Dizzee Rascal and The Pet Shop Boys, plus updates of classics such as Gat Décor's "Passion", having landed a residency on Radio 1's 'In New DJs We Trust' in 2008 and a residency for Cream in Ibiza.

His 2008 single "Baditude" entered the UK Singles Chart at #34 on downloads alone on 10 August. The following week, the song climbed to #29.

He has launched his own label "Televizion", where he released the Pete Tong collaboration "Gas Face", which was used as title music for the Hammer Horror film Beyond The Rave.

Singles

Remixes

References

  1. ^ BBC Press Office "Radio 1 announces new signings for In New DJs We Trust show"