ArtistInfo

Shane D

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Producer of Dance

Shane D is a Durban, South African based House Music DJ, Producer & Remixer, and has been elevating clubber’s night time journeys since 1993. Keeping a solid faith and constant belief that “House Music is the be all and end all of dance music” has made him a hot favorite with South African house heads. His sound is a fresh mix of Funk, followed by a dash of Soul, with a hint of sex appeal, added together with grooves that will literally blow your knickers off. The music bug bit at age 9, when Shane’s younger brother received a Casio mini synthesizer from his mum as a birthday gift. Shane soon started tinkering with it and found that it was something he wanted to pursue further. Being completely self taught, he sites his main influence as his dad, who has been playing the Electric Bass in his own band since the early 70’s. During his early teens, Shane and his younger brother would save up their school allowance to go off and buy vinyl, while at the same time learning to beatmix between an old hi-fi turntable and a cassette deck ! These early experimentations would soon pay off at age 16, when Shane started DJ’ing professionally, making him, at the time, the youngest resident nightclub DJ in the country. Shane has since moved into the production realm of Dance Music, and in 2008, signed a single that was tagged by many industry pro’s as one of House music’s best tunes of that year, entitled “La Musica”. The track quickly caught the attention of Swiss label 2Delicious Recordings, and was signed almost immediately upon hearing it. “La Musica” also received massive props and support from Grant Nelson of the world famous Swing City Records in London. Shane has also been on remix duties for world class labels like Soulfuric, Soulheat Records, Boogs Music, 2Delicious Recordings and many more, as well as for artists featuring the likes of John “Julius” Knight, Roland Clark, Luis Radio, Lucius Lowe, The Rawsoul Ochestra, Olga Wozniak, The Doobie Brothers, JedSet and numerous others including a chance to remix Ian Carey and Michelle Sheller’s classic house anthem “Keep On Rising”, as well as South African based band “Rise”, headed up by Mr. 330 himself, Martin McHale, for the track “Summer’s Gone”. He has established himself firmly in the remix and production world, and the proof is in the amount of remix work offered to him on a weekly basis. He has also earned a place on Boogs Music UK’s official remix team, which is quite an achievement for a South African producer working from this end of the pond. DJ wise, Shane has, on two occasions, played alongside renowned UK House Music Producer/DJ Grant Nelson and has shared the booth on numerous occasions at most of the renowned venues around South Africa with top jocks, Roger Goode, Mimi Kesaris, Brett Jackson, Martin McHale, and most other S.A DJ heavyweights.

Instruments

• Keyboards
• Bass

Genres

• Dance
• Electronic
• R&B/Soul