Record Producer, Filmmaker, DJ. โจ๏ธ From Big Narstie & Julian Marley to Sir David Attenborough. Aka @thedandadda . Life's a collaboration ๐ฅโ๐ผ๐ฅ
A selection of interview snippets I did for an Amazon Prime TV series called 'Creative Conversations' with Maya Lakhenpaul and a podcast series called "Behind the Business" with Danny Champion. Hopefully these talks will resonate on some level and help those wanting to work in a creative and competitive industry. Full videos and links to everything via danvinci.com - Massive love to everyone involved, so many exciting things in the pipeline ๐ฅ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐๐พ๐ฅ
MAJOR LIFE MOMENT. Dinner with Sir David Attenborough at The Natural History Museum. What an INCREDIBLE 2 days and honour producing music for this very special event raising a wopping ยฃ1,000,000 for conservation. Huuuuge congrats for @fashionforconservation And @whitleyawards on an amazing job - Such AMAZING people doing great things for our planet and communities. The dinner included an amazing speech from Julia Roberts and The Leonardo DiCaprio foundation, as well as the legend Sir David himself.....definitely the coolest 92 year human on the planet. He should all be our leader ๐ฅ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฅ
Special shots captured a while back in my hometown. Shout out to my Dandadda fam - some very special people here, all with incredible life stories and musical legacies. I can't wait till we're all out of lockdown and reunited - had to move silent for a while to not let the sound of the bag, but stay tuned at @thedandadda ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Introducing my new studio, The Jungle Room. For the past year I've been in this exciting new place in the heart of London, right next to the River Thames and The Royal Academy of Dance. I've enjoyed designing this space and have been doing some of my best productions, mixes and work yet. I'm so lucky to work with the most amazing artists, people and labels. Can't wait to share all with you soon ๐ฅ๐๐ฝ๐ด๐ฅ
Wow. What an end of an era. Thanks to everyone who came to my old studio, The Lions Den. My phone's about to run out of storage and only found a random selection of pics, but have hundreds and hundreds from over the years. So many amazing artists, memories, music videos, filming, rehearsals and super fun times. A proper raw south London music & filming studio vibe where I spent an awesome few years being Daniel in the Lions Den "with that massive sound system" ๐๐๐ผ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ซ
The landlord tripled the rent, a major sign of the times with huge price rises everywhere. It was a cool creative space but I have an incredible new studio now - will be posting pics soon, but for the moment thanks again to everyone who came down. Life is a collaboration ๐ฅ๐๐ฝ๐ฅ
The magical part of Ibiza. The next year ahead will be exciting, more DJ sets, productions and epic albums. Been in deep hibernation getting lots done. So many incredible places still to visit - always great to get away from all the political madness going on in the world at the moment. Hope everyone is well. Sending love ๐ฅ๐๐ฝ๐ฅ
Happy Birthday to one of my besties, musical fam and the vocal powerhouse that is @IzzyBizu !!!! Every single track we've worked on were created entirely from just conversations. We've been putting real life experiences into musical form and it's been one of the most fun journeys ever. Can't wait for you all to hear the new album, it's a truly special one. In the meantime check out Izzy's latest fun feature track with David Guetta & Kungs "All Night Long"! ๐ฅ๐๐ฝ๐ฅ @izzybizu@davidguetta@kungs ๐ฅ๐ฅณ๐๐ผ๐ซ
Been absolutely swamped this last year. Various soundtracks, multi-genred albums, thought provoking films and exciting DJ sets on the horizon. Can't wait to show you all what I've been working on featuring some truly incredible people. Life is a collaboration and every day is a potential adventure. Have a great weekend everyone ๐ฅโ๐ผ๐ฅ
Italy. 11th Century Castle, Michelin star food, breathtaking views. Celebrating the most beautiful wedding ever. This week has been a movie โจ๏ธ๐ฎ๐นโจ๏ธ
My wall of Funktion One speakers. These babies were the absolute bomb. There's a reason why they're used at some of the biggest and best festivals & clubs in the world. Sold to a venue in San Francisco, it took almost 2 weeks to pack and ship over half a tonne of equipment. Will miss these incredible wall shattering speakers (my studio neighbours won't ๐).
Highly recommended if you want some seriously powerful bass, precision and clarity. British engineering at its finest ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ #funktionone #fullfataudio
The last year has been insane. Some very exciting things happening. Produced almost 10 entire albums and EP's back to back and happy to officially announce that I'm playing a special 1hr30 DJ set at the mighty Secret Garden Party this year. Some of the best people on the planet dancing in one place. 20th - 23rd July. Tickets via @thesecretgardenparty Hope to see you there. Massive love ๐ฅ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐๐พ๐ฅ
Private charity event, Balham. Brilliant choir and incredible musicians from the mountains of Zakopane, Poland. 3 mixers, 2 power amps, 2 sub woofers, 4 monitor speakers, 1 bass amp, 16 mics, 1 laptop, a projector and a gazillion cable ties. 17hrs straight of pure graft. Nothing is impossible, in a Tuxedo. ๐๐๐ผ