DJ Fresh

This article is about the English DJ and record producer. For other uses, see DJ Fresh (American DJ) and DJ Fresh (South African DJ).

DJ Fresh
DJ Fresh in 2011
DJ Fresh in 2011
Background information
Birth nameDaniel Edward Stein
Also known as
  • DJ Fresh
  • Fresh
  • Absolute Zero
Born (1977-04-11) 11 April 1977 (age 47)
OriginWorthing, England
Genres
Occupations
  • DJ
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Synthesizer
  • keyboards
Years active1996–present
Labels
Websitethedjfresh.com

Daniel Edward Stein (born 11 April 1977), known professionally as DJ Fresh, is an English DJ and record producer. He is one of the principal members of the drum and bass group Bad Company,[1][failed verification] alongside Darren White (dBridge), Jason Maldini and Michael Wojcicki (Vegas). He also owns and runs the drum and bass label Breakbeat Kaos with Adam F.[2]

DJ Fresh released his third studio album, Nextlevelism, in October 2012 on Ministry of Sound Recordings,[3] which includes the two number one hit singles "Louder" and "Hot Right Now" – the UK's first dubstep and drum and bass number ones respectively[4] – "The Power", "The Feeling", "Gravity" and "Gold Dust".

DJ Fresh scored his fourth top five single with "Earthquake", a collaboration with Mad Decent label boss Diplo, featuring Dominique Young Unique, "Dibby Dibby Sound", a collaboration with St. Louis producer Jay Fay also featuring the garage vocalist Ms. Dynamite, "Gravity", featuring Ella Eyre[5] and featuring on "Say You Do" by Sigala also featuring Imani.

DJ Fresh has 2.8 million record sales, two number one singles and a further eight top 10 singles to his name.[6] He also has over 157 million plays on his YouTube channel.[7]

  1. ^ IMO Records. "DJ Fresh Biography", IMO Records, Retrieved on 15 December 2011. Archived 9 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "Radio 1 Stories - Breakbeat Kaos: The Story of DJ Fresh & Adam F". bbc.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ "DJ Fresh - Nextlevelism - Ministry of Sound". Ministry of Sound. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014.
  4. ^ "DJ Fresh and Rita Ora become UK's first drum and bass Official Singles Chart Number 1". Official Charts Company.
  5. ^ "DJ Fresh's singles - Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ "DJ Fresh - Universal Music Publishing UK". Archived from the original on 13 January 2014.
  7. ^ "DJ Fresh - YouTube". Retrieved 17 July 2023 – via YouTube.