Danny Howells

Danny Howells (born 24 November 1970) is an English producer and DJ. His music is often described as progressive house, though he prefers to associate more with tech house and is sometimes described simply as "deepsexyfuturistictechfunkouse". At performances, he is well known to interact personally with the audience. Howells has mixed several albums for Global Underground in addition to his Nocturnal Frequencies series. Howells is also a member of the duo Science Department with Dick Trevor, which has produced the singles "Breathe" and "Persuasion"/"Repercussion" as well as remixes for artists such as BT. From 2008 he has run his own record label, Dig Deeper - named after his long running club night.

Biography Danny Howells was born in the South East England town of Hastings in 1970. Howells's first event DJing came in the late 1980s and he began to perform at local clubs.

In 1995, Howells began producing experimental techno tracks with fellow Hastings native, Tim Cross, under the moniker Squelch. Following his international tour, Howells signed with Dutch record label ID&T to create his debut mix album, Nightlife Report 1: Mick Boskamp Presents Danny Howells. Howells was voted number ten of the world's top DJs in DJ Magazine's 2001 Top 100 DJs poll.

Howells continued his relationship with Global Underground, releasing the first album in their 24:7 series in July 2003. The first disc features a primarily downtempo or chill out music, similarly to Nick Warren's Global Underground 024: Reykjavik, while the second is more of a club mix. In 2005, Global Underground brought in Howells for the 27th entry in their series. Howells entry, Global Underground 027: Miami, is based on his 31 October 2004 performance at Club Space in Miami, Florida. The first disc is based on his morning set and the second disc on his late night set. However, with the commercialisation of trance, Howells and others began to be classified as progressive house, tribal house, or tech house.

Selected discography Albums 1998: Nightlife Report 1: Mick Boskamp Presents Danny Howells (ID&T) 1999: Nocturnal Frequencies (Obsessive) 1999: Danny Howells Presents Jackpot Records (Jackpot) 2000: Nocturnal Frequencies 2 (Obsessive) 2000: Nubreed 002 (Boxed) 2001: Renaissance: Revelation (Renaissance) 2001: Nocturnal Frequencies 3 (Obsessive) 2003: 24:7 (Boxed) (Billboard Top Electronic Albums #10) 2005: Global Underground 027: Miami (Global Underground Ltd.) (Billboard Top Electronic Albums #14) 2006: Choice - A Collection of Classics (Azuli Records) 2008: Renaissance: The Mix Collection (Renaissance) 2009: Dig Deeper: The New Label 2013: Balance 024(EQ Recordings)

Remixes Felix da Housecat - ("We All Wanna Be Prince") (2009)