BIOGRAPHY - DJ DISCIPLE

DJ Disciple first tapped into the raw nerve center that is underground dance music in the late ‘80’s and has been intrinsically bound to it ever since, ensuring both credibility and longevity as a DJ and record producer alike.

By skillfully molding the heartbeat of underground dance music to suit his own sensibilities he has garnered an eclectic reputation, difficult to pigeonhole, that sees him traversing the globe, playing sets that range from sultry deep to funky, latin, and harder tribal sounds. In the process he has successfully launched two record labels, Catch 22 and Nympho Soundz, remixed songs for the likes of Brandy, Samantha Mumba, Robert Owens and more, had a song featured in Robert DeNiro’s “The Score” and HBO’s “America Undercover”.

DJ Disciple has music in his genes, literally. His father played piano with none other than Miles Davis and his bass player brother has been the mainstay in George Benson’s band for many years.

His first gig in a New York club was at the famed Studio 54. Soon he was DJing at hot spots such as the Choice and Wild Pitch whilst hosting the first New York broadcast house music show on WNYE, 91.5FM.
Soon after Disciple made the natural progression to making his own music, the first being “We Need You” which was licensed to D Vision in Italy. Another release, “On The Dance floor” was licensed to London Records. With his star firmly in the ascendant in Europe Disciple soon became a permanent fixture at the huge internationally renowned venues in the UK: Cream, Miss Moneypennies, and the Ministry Of Sound. The more his fame grew, the more he worked, and now as a result he does a minimum of 40 dates a year in the UK, while regularly working the circuit of European gigs such as Italy, Sweden, Brussels and Switzerland.

Indeed, the last five years have seen his itinerary resemble that of an international airline’s flight schedule: Moscow’s infamous Zima, Tel Aviv's celebrated club TLV, Singapore's Zouk, Ageha in Japan, and of course Ibiza’s massive Pacha and El Divino have all been memorable ports of call. All of which you can see on his website www.djdisciple.com.
In 2004 DJ Disciple does a monthly residency at Montreal’s Red Lite, and a weekly 800 capacity residency at Quo in New York every Friday that he is available. In the states, Ruby Skye in San Francisco, Paramount in New Mexico, 1150 in Atlanta, Minc in Dallas, and Supper Club in Seattle among others have consistently used Disciple for their club nights. To call the man driven is an understatement.

The globetrotting has all worked in sync with his numerous record releases over the last few years on both Catch 22 and Nympho Soundz licensed throughout the world. Some of Catch 22’s highlights include “Put Your Hands Up" by the Black & White Brothers (licensed in over 8 territories),”Midnite Expresso” by the Boriqua Bandits (4 territories and an abundance of compilations), “Fort Greene Jazzmatazz” by The Brooklyn Soul Boys, and "Caught Up", a Billboard Dance chart no.1 (as well as a appearing in the series “Queer As Folk”) nominated for a Grammy in 2002. The song was also featured on his highly acclaimed debut artist album, “My True Colors”. Other hits from that album included “It’s Easy” (licensed to Azuli) and “Yes”, a record with international airplay licensed to labels Happy Music (France), Loud Bit (Italy), Tempo Music (Spain) and In Da House (Portugal).

Nympho Soundz, the instrumental, raw element to Disciple’s persona now also has a slew of releases under its belt. Successes include "Ill Concepts” a first release success appearing on compilations from DJ Dan, and Bad Boy Bill. "Free Florida" under Disciples Banji Boyz alias entered the Belgium charts at no.15 after it was licensed to DigiDance. His collaboration in Robbie Rivera’s “Super Drum” was licensed to Azuli Records in the UK, and “Fantasy Reality” by Cyn was licensed to Peter Rauhofers label *69.

With the world literally his oyster Disciple is reassuringly grounded as to his future and his role in general in dance music: “For me it’s important to remember that DJing made me what I am and that’s always the first for me. Ultimately it’s all music and if you love and understand music, you’ll know that it’s fluid, forever flowing, forever changing.
It’s wonderful to embrace that and go with the flow but yet always be original, always be yourself.”