| Davide Carbone | |
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Davide Carbone, 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | David Carbone, DC |
| Born | 1971 |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupations | Producer, Composer, DJ |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Associated acts | Carl Cox, s:amplify, Future Sound of Melbourne, Josh Abrahams |
| Website | http://www.samplify.com.au, http://www.bs1records.com |
Davide Carbone (born 1971, Melbourne, Australia) is an ARIA Award-winning Australian music producer, composer, sound designer who began his career as a DJ in the underground dance-music scene of the late 1980s.
Carbone has enjoyed a diverse career within the music industry. He has released several records, composed music for TV, film, theatre and video games and created sound design for TV, film, video games and synthesizers.
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Carbone was born in 1971 in Melbourne and started as a DJ in the Melbourne nightclub scene. In 1990 he started an electronic music show called Rhythmatic on Australian radio station 3RRR. Carbone formed the techno group, Future Sound Of Melbourne (FSOM) with Josh Abrahams and acid house DJ Steve Robbins. They released 12" singles on the Shock Records imprint, Candyline Records. Future Sound Of Melbourne also released tracks on Belgium's underground dance-music label, Two Thumbs Records, with the Thomas Heckmann remix of their track "Welcome" featured on the inaugural IF? Records compilation Zeitgeist. Future Sound Of Melbourne won the ARIA Award for "Best Dance Release" for their Chapter One album in 1996.[1]
In 1998, Carbone relocated to Bristol, England where he started drum and bass record label BS1 Records. The label was responsible for launching the career of artists such as TC. Carbone performed at the 1999 Roskilde Festival in Denmark.[2] Carbone also released several drum and bass singles through BS1 Records, 31 Records and React. His single El Dorado debuted at #5 in the UK dance singles chart in 2002. In 2004, Carbone moved to London where he produced the sample pack Davide Carbone's Drum & Bass Masterclass for Loopmasters which garnered critical acclaim from the music press including an MTM (Music Tech Magazine) recommended award.[3] During his period in London, Carbone composed several pieces for TV, film and Video Games. His music appeared on Discovery Channel and the Japanese video games Get Amped 2, Get Amped Tournament Edition and Cosmic 21. Get Amped 2, an Massively multiplayer online game (MMO) has over twenty million registered players. Carbone also joined UK music production house Delicious Digital where he composed over one hundred pieces of music, some of which featured on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Two and the promo video for House of Saddam which was awarded a 2009 gold Promax Award.[4]
In 2009, Carbone returned to Melbourne, Australia where he formed s:amplify with Josh Abrahams. Under this new moniker Carbone and Abrahams teamed with Carl Cox to co-write and co-produce Cox's forthcoming artist album All Roads Lead to the Dancefloor,[5] due for release in 2011. This trio also provided remixes for Moby, Miguel Bosé[6] and Gilles Peterson, among others. Recently, as part of s:amplify, Carbone and Abrahams provided complete sonic branding packages for Melbourne TV network Channel 31 (Australia), and the Melbourne public transport company Metro Trains Melbourne, as well as composing music for Tourism Australia,[7] Alienware,[8] and the International Cricket Council.[9] s:amplify have also produced several tracks for various artists including the recent cover version of Wuthering Heights by Robyn Loau.[10]
In 2011, s:amplify were featured on the front cover of the April issue of Music Tech magazine[11] and released two sound design packs through Loopmasters which have received several positive reviews.[12] Currently, s:amplify is providing the sound design for the forthcoming Japanese synthesizer KDJ One [13] and have recently been appointed musical directors for the 2012 City of Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks show.[14]
Carbone has tutored at various universities and colleges including the City Literary Institute and RMIT University.
David along with Josh Abrahams will be the music director for the 2011/2012 NYE Fireworks on Sydney Harbour where their 12 minute show will showcase 24 Australian songs