Daddy's Groove

Daddy's Groove
Daddy's Groove
Background information
Origin	Naples, Italy
Genres	House, dance, electronica
Occupation(s)	DJ's, Producer, musician
Years active	2006–present
Website	http://daddysgroove.com/
Members	Carlo Grieco Peppe Folliero

Daddy’s Groove are an Italian house music group formed of Carlo Grieco and Peppe Folliero. Based in Naples, Italy, they have remixed for artists including Axwell, B.o.B, Enrique Iglesias, James Blunt, Kylie Minogue, Laidback Luke, Louie Vega, Nabiha, Quentin Harris, Sandy Rivera, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, The Shapeshifters, The Wanted and Whitney Houston.

History

2006-2012: Formation and exposure

Initially forming as "Black Raw" and "Spit" in 2006; the trio changed their name to "Daddy's Groove" which better fit each other's influences. They first gained exposure when Swedish House Mafia's Axwell asked them to remix his track "Nothing But Love". This was followed by an offer to be Swedish House Mafia's opening act for Masquerade Motel in Ibiza. Daddy's Groove was also asked by David Guetta to provide additional production on his album "Nothing But The Beat" and remixes for some of his tracks.^[1][2]

2013: Surrender and Tomorrowland

Daddy's Groove released several tracks on Spinnin' Records, including Stellar, Vertigo (featuring Cryogenix) and Walking On Air (featuring Dino), which topped various Beatport charts. They also released Hurricane and Unbelievable (featuring Rob Adans) on Doorn Records.

Daddy's Groove and David Guetta, July 2013

During 2013 Daddy's Groove toured extensively around the world; performing throughout the US, Europe, Australia, China, India and Japan. Most of their bookings were at clubs including Ministry of Sound, Marquee Las Vegas, Pacha Sydney, Story Miami, Vision Tokyo and Zouk Singapore. David Guetta booked Daddy's Groove for his Ibiza summer residency, "Fuck Me I'm Famous", three years in a row at Pacha Ibiza and Ushuaia.^[3]

Catching the attention of Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am; Daddy's Groove were asked to work on the production of Britney Spears' latest album "Britney Jean". They also did the mixing of Lady Gaga's track "Fashion!" on her "Artpop" album.

By the end of 2013, after signing to Ultra Records, they released "Surrender" together with Mindshake. Their popularity increased further when David Guetta offered them to join him, Nicky Romero and Afrojack on the mainstage of Belgium's biggest festival Tomorrowland.

2014: Collaboration with Congorock

Daddy's Groove continued their success in 2014 with their track "Miners". This was followed by "Synthemilk", a collaborative track with Mindshake, which reached #3 on Beatport's Top 10. They performed at major festivals throughout the summer including Global Gathering and Tomorrowland before Romano stepped back to spend more time in the studio. Their track "Pulse", featuring vocals from Teammate, saw them return to Beatport and iTunes chart.

Daddy's Groove on stage

Daddy's Groove was also creditted for Additional Production and Drums Programming on 7 tracks featured on David Guetta's album "Listen".

2015: Weekly residency and Tribe

Daddy’s Groove released for the first time on Steve Aoki’s label Dim Mak with “Pros & iCons” in 2015. A follow-up to their single “Synthemilk”, entitled “Black Sun“, was released next. According to their social media accounts, they have been in the studio with several artists including vocalist Luciana. Daddy’s Groove secured a weekly residency in the well-known Italian Riviera area and introduced their own party called “Tribe”. Another one of their tracks, “Where I Belong”, was premiered at ADE 2015 before hitting radio stations and charts around the world. “I Stay True”, ft. Jaxx Da Fishworks & $andhiv, was their last track of the year and released through Kryder’s Sosumi Records.

2016: Return to Spinnin' Records

In 2016, ten years after their formation, Daddy’s Groove returned to Spinnin' Records. Their first release of the year was “WOW!”, a collaboration with Mindshake, featuring vocals from Kris Kiss, on sub-label Doorn Records. Shortly after, they revealed “Back To 94” featuring Cimo Fränkel on Spinnin’ Records. A pop influenced track designed to bring back the nostalgia of the 90’s; it reached over 300,000 views on Spinnin’ Records’ YouTube channel in just 2 days. Daddy’s Groove then released two further tracks on Doorn Records. “Tribe” featuring Steve Biko was followed by a collaboration with Promise Land in the form of “Scratchin”. In October, together with Bob Sinclar, Daddy’s Groove released “Burning” on Spinnin' Records. Their final track of 2016, “Street Life”, was created with Kryder and released on his label Cartel Recordings.

2017: Railgun with Tom Staar

Daddy's Groove has partnered with Tom Staar for their first track of 2017, Railgun, which released on 6 February on DOORN Records. Mixed David Guetta "2U" and Bruno Mars vs. Guetta "Versace on The Floor".

Discography

Singles

References

External links

• Daddy's Groove on Twitter
  
• Daddy's Groove on Facebook
• Daddy's Groove Soundcloud
• Daddysgroove.com
• Testpressing.it
• Daddy's Groove on Beatport.com