Artist Feature: JOEY NEGRO (Z Records)

apt is excited to welcome Joey Negro to the touring roster for North America!
On Tour - Fall 2013 (October)
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Joey Negro is the most well-known pseudonym of master British DJ/producer/remixer Dave Lee. Under a plethora of other monikers including Jakatta, Akabu, Doug Willis, Raven Maize, The Sunburst Band, Sessomatto, and Z Factor, Dave was one of the first artists to incorporate disco samples in house music when he began his production career in 1988. Indeed, he was in the studio making credible and outstanding British House music when many luminaries around him were still busy getting to grips with their decks. Little has changed since then and Dave is still widely regarded as one of the most commercially successful and in-demand artists on the global scene.

Joey Negro, as an entity, was born in 1990 with the release of “Do It Believe It’ on US cult house label Nu Groove. The track was a breakthrough success and was followed by ‘Do What You Feel’, which was released on his second label and successor to Republic, Z Records. ‘Do What You Feel’ eventually crossed from a club hit to a top 40 pop hit. Another Top 40 track followed with “Love Fantasy” and an album “Universe of Love” soon after that. Throughout the 90’s and milenia, a continual stream of releases followed on Z Records as well as other choice indies JBO, Azuli and NRK. Dave Lee continues to release a single per month and draft in the highest quality remixers such as Dennis Ferrer, Henrik Schwarz, Ame and Jimpster.

In 2011 things continued apace with “No Sugar”, his collaboration with Gramophondzie and Shea Soul being one of the few tunes to reach the top 5 on both Beatport and Traxsource. The latest Soul of Disco compilation was widely regarded as the best so far. The revamp of Musique “Keep On Jumpin” held the number one spot on Beatport for most of August. While at the beginning on September there were four Joey Negro Remixes in the Traxsource top 5 - surely a record.

In 2012 Joey kept the pressure on with his DC Funk compilation “GoGo Get Down” as well as releasing a fourth studio album with his boogie funk act the The Sunburst Band, to great critical acclaim and strong sales. He also collaborated with American gospel star Kendra Cash producing a new version of her soul hit ‘Smile’ which hit the Top spot on Traxsource.com and has stayed in the top 10 downloads for over a month. This was actually the fourth number 1 on Traxsource for Joey Negro in 2012. Look out for his forthcoming album this Fall!

Check out Joey Negro on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/joeynegro

Contact an apt agent to book a show!
Dates available October 4 - 14.