JD Davis
| JD Davis | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Henrard |
| Born |
13 April 1973 Spa, Belgium |
| Genres | House, EDM |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, record producer, vocal producer, disc jockey |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Associated acts | David Guetta |
David Henrard (born 13 April 1973), also known by his stage name JD Davis and Dave Davis, is a Belgian musician and started his career in music at the age of 17 when he moved to Antwerp to work at Bonzai Records.[1] His early releases " Transfiguration " around 1996 were under the name Dave Davis and were signed to Bonzai Records. Other early alias's include: Les Sabotages, Phrenetic System and Davis & Santini. He has since performed at clubs and festivals worldwide such as Mayday, Love Parade, Street Parade & Energy (Zurich), Gay Pride (Paris), Francofolies De Spa (Belgium) including a residency at Cherry Moon (Belgium).[2]
Around 2004 saw the release of David Guetta's album entitled Guetta Blaster on which JD Davis co-wrote, co-composed and also sang on singles "The world is mine" and "In love with myself". In 2004 his collaboration with Chab entitled "Closer to me" was released. In 2006 his 2nd album collaboration with David Guetta entitled "Pop Life" was released on which he co-wrote and sang on 3 tracks - "Winner of the game", "Always" and "This is not a love song". The same year (2006) JD Davis received "International artist of the year" award at the Dance music awards in Kiev (Ukraine) for another of his collaborations with David Guetta - "The world is mine" which featured his vocals. Other collaborating artists have included - Antoine Clamaran, Joachim Garraud, Kiko, Sinema, Playgroup (Trevor Jackson) Tocadisco and Junior Jack.[3]
2011 Onwards JD has been working in the studio with Joachim Garraud.
2013 already seems to signal a period of new growth and regeneration for Davis with a major new releases for UK label Skint Records (Fatboy Slim, Freq Nasty and more): Dave Davis Takes place as a DJ/producer and returns to his roots . New Skin and Changed featuring Skye (Morcheeba`s) on vocals , and Davis has returned the favour, contributing a remix of Skye’s own single Nowhere for PIAS Records UK.
Discography
- 1996 Dave Davis - Transfiguration ( Bonzai Records)
- 2000 Dave Davis - Mutation (Bonzai Records)
- 2001 Dave Davis - Resource (Bonzai Records)
- 2002 Sinema - In My Eyes (Sound Of Barclay)
- 2003 Sinema - Confusion / The Riddle rmx (Universal)
- 2004 Chab & JD Davis - Closer To Me (Saw Records)
- 2005 David Guetta & JD Davis - The World Is Mine (Virgin / EMI)
- 2005 David Guetta & JD Davis - In Love With Myself
- 2006 JD Davis - Bocca (GT2)
- 2007 Chab & JD Davis - Girlz (Mconvene)
- 2007 JD Davis & Yves Larock - Losing Track Of Time (Mconvene)
- 2007 JD Davis - Good Thing (Mconvene)
- 2008 Chab & JD Davis - Get High (Clarisse Records)
- 2008 Chab & JD Davis - Lonely (Clarisse Records)
- 2008 JD Davis - Thrill Factor (Mconvene)
- 2008 JD Davis - Life In The Extreme (Mconvene)
- 2010 JD Davis & Telex - Moscow Discow (Pschent)
- 2010 DJ Ralph & JD Davis - Good Thing (Juicy Music)
- 2010 JD Davis - Promised Land (Selecta Beats)
- 2012 Skye - Nowhere - Dave Davis remix [PIAS]
- 2013 Dave Davis feat Skye - Changed ( Skint Records )
- 2013 Dave Davis - New Skin ( Skint Records )
- 2014 Dave Davis - UP ( Skint Records )
- 2014 Kolombo & Dave Davis Looking for Something ( Suara)
- 2014 Kolombo & Dave Davis Looking for Dub ( Suara )
- 2014 Kolombo & Dave Davis Go for It ( Suara )
- 2014 Dave Davis & Kolombo - Girlz in Wonderland ( Skint Records )
Collaboration Albums
- 2002 Sinema - Love Emulator (Sound Of Barclay)
- 2004 David Guetta - Guetta Blaster (Gum Records / Virgin EMI)
- 2005 Chab - Dubs, Edits Whisky-Coke (Saw Records )
- 2005 David Guetta - Pop Life (Gum Records / Virgin EMI)
- 2005 Tocadisco - Toca 128.0 FM (Superstar Records)
- 2007 Chab - AEIOU (Imago Gramophone Records)
References
- ↑ "Book JD Davis | MN2S Booking Agent". Mn2s.com. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
- ↑ "JD Davis Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
- ↑ http://www.jddavismusic.com/jd-davis-biography.html