Dirty South - Toolroom Knights

Tags: dirty south, Dragan Roganovic, toolroom, toolroom knights, toolroom records

Continuing their policy of investing in white-hot, breakthrough talent, Toolroom Records enlist Australian DJ/producer Dirty South to provide a mix for the prolific Toolroom Knights series. After efforts from label boss Mark Knight and Radio 1 DJ Dave Spoon, the series is quickly garnering a reputation for cutting-edge mixes that push the boundaries of House music.

It would be difficult to name a new artist who has had more impact on the scene over the last couple of years than Dirty South aka Dragan Roganovic. It was 2006 and Dirty South’s killer remix of Evermore’s ‘It’s Too Late’ that his career really began to skyrocket. The remix was easily among the year’s biggest tracks in clubland and in addition to being licensed to over 30 compilations worldwide, the track was…

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

Dave Spoon Interview

Tags: bbc, dave spoon, radio1, toolroom, toolroom knights

We managed to catch up with Dave Spoon, of BBC Radio 1 and Toolroom Records fame - read what he had to say below…

So firstly, how did you initially hook up with the guys at Toolroom?
It was totally by chance! I was buying a record collection off someone called Own and then realized that he worked at Toolroom Records, so I spoke to him and sent a basic demo that same day of “21st Century”. The next morning Mark Knight called me and the rest is history as they say! It was meant to happen :)

How did you feel when they asked you to provide a mix for the Toolroom Knights series?
Well I did a couple of compilations last year, but to do one for Toolroom is an…

Sunday, July 6th, 2008 at 7:51 pm

Toolroom Knights Mixed By Dave Spoon

Tags: dave spoon, house, radio 1, toolroom knights

Grabbing the baton from label boss Mark Knight, the newly crowned Radio 1 DJ Dave Spoon continues his love affair with Toolroom records on this the labels 5th instalment of the Toolroom Knights mix series. With this mix Dave further stakes his claim as one of the UK’s premier dance artists of the last few years.

Back in 2004 Toolroom snapped up ’21st Century’ Dave’s breakthrough single which proved to be a defining moment in his career. He has since gone on to release tracks and remixes on high calibre labels such as Big Love, Superstar, Joia and CR2 and, of course, scored a Top 40 hit with the massive ‘Bad Girl (At Night)’ featuring Lisa Mafia.

Toolroom head honcho Mark Knight sums up the reasons behind enlisting Dave…

Saturday, June 14th, 2008 at 3:05 pm