Temper D

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Gradually gaining respect as one of very few drum and bass DJs mixing on 3 and 4 decks, the past few years has seen a meteroic rise for Temper D aka Dave Bowles. Now firmly settled in the Offkey Recordings camp, Dave was brought in by like minded artist and long time hero Raiden, and is now lucky enough to be representing the label and sound behind the decks at raves all over the world on a regular basis. 2006 saw Temper D perform in over 15 countries, including Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Poland, France, Norway, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Denmark and many more. With solo release material forthcoming on Offkey and a punishing DJ schedule, 2007 promises to be an even more hectic year than the past few. Concentrating on the live aspect of crowd control DJing forced upon him by the true masters of electronic music such as Hawtin, Carl Cox and Jeff Mills, Temper's approach to performing is set firmly against the "batter all your biggest dubs" drum and bass way. Frustated with DJ's purely pushing their affiliated label or just playing the most exclusive tunes they can get their hands on, Dave makes a point of playing across the genre and adapting to the crowd in front of him. Coupled with a purist fascination with minimal techno, his sets use dance music to its full potential as opposed to a throwaway fix. Production wise this has been reflected in several minimalistic records scheduled on Offkey and the commissioning of the debut Offkey Mix albu

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