Digital Beatz

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Digital Beatz is a UK based recording studio and music production partnership comprising of Daniel Taylor and Richard Andrews. The partnership originally started in 1998 with the duo's legendary Digital Beats trancecore / freefom record label which released many of the biggest tracks of that era. The label was relaunched in 2002 as Digital Beatz along with Mark Lowes and continued where the original label left off, releasing many of the biggest freeform tracks during that time. Many of these releases were also licensed to a number of major compilation albums. The label closed 2 years later and Mark left amicably to pursue other genres of dance music.

Since 2004, the primary focus of Digital Beatz is acid techno, breaks, electro house, freeform, hard house, hard trance, house and techno music production. To date productions have appeared on the following labels: Blizzard Tracks, Camel, Cardiac Arrest, Club Concrete, Digital Beats, Digital Beatz, Electrolysis, Electronic, Electroplates, Eternal Vibes, Nu Energy, Superbleep and Uprising. Further information on these releases, as well as the Digital Beats and Digital Beatz record labels, is available from: www.electronicaexposed.co.uk.

the partners

Daniel Taylor

Daniel Taylor - studio engineer and recording artist:

Daniel has produced dance music since 1998 as Tazz and Traced, and in collaboration with other artists as Menace 2 Society, Klusterboyz, Master Pain and Tracid. His productions have spanned many genres including hardcore, freeform, acid techno, hard trance, hard house and breakbeat hardcore with original productions and remixes released on labels Addicitve Vinyl, Alpha Projects, Blizzard Tracks, Camel, Cardiac Arrest, Club Concrete, Digital Beats, Digital Beatz, Electronic, Electronic Phusion, Electronica Exposed, Eternal Vibes, FBI, Hecttech, Inner Vision, Master Pain, Nu Energy, Seductive, Superbleep and Uprising.

Richard Andrews

Richard Andrews - business manager and recording artist:

Richard has produced dance music since 1997 as Shanty and The Mexican, and in collaboration with other artists as Menace 2 Society, Adelphoi, Penguin Conspiracy, Exploit EQ and Master Pain. His productions have spanned many genres including hardcore, freeform, trance, acid techno, hard trance, hard house and breakbeat hardcore with original productions and remixes released on labels Alpha Projects, Ascendant Heights, Blizzard Tracks, Bonkerz, British Underground Dance, Camel, Cardiac Arrest, Club Concrete, Digital Beats, Digital Beatz, Electrolysis, Electronic, Electronica Exposed, Eternal Vibes, Fidget Hard, Interflow Sounds, KFA, Master Pain, Omerta Tracks, Nu Energy, Nukleuz Purple, Proactive, Superbleep and Uprising. Richard is a veteran of record label management with experience of over 12 different label projects.

recording studio

The studio is situated in the south-east of the UK in Guildford in Surrey and is available to hire on a daily basis. Rates are variable dependent on client needs, please contact Daniel Taylor for further information. At present, the studio consists of:

AMD X2 Dual Core Athlon 64 4200 PC
Dual Flat Screen Monitors
Emu 1820m Soundcard
TC Powercore Element
2 x Event Tuned Reference 8 Monitor Speakers
2 x Alesis M1 Active Monitor Speakers
Samson Servo Amplifier
Novation K Station Synthesizer
Mackie Universal Controller
CO1 Samson Condenser Microphone
Sequencer Programs: Cubase SX 3, Logic 5.5.1
VST Instruments include: Z3ta, Novation V Station, Rob Papen Blue, Korg Legacy, Vanguard, Surge, etc.
VST include: Waves, Vovengo, Camel Audio, Tritone, etc.

remix production services

Digital Beatz is also available to offer our remix production services. Clients would need to supply us with any samples, midi and arrangement files of a production and based on the specifications, Digital Beatz would produce a remix in whatever style is requested. Rates are variable dependent on client needs, please contact Richard Andrews for further information. At present, remixes are available under the following artist names:

Traced & The Mexican - electro house, hard house, hard trance, house
Daniel Traced - electro house, house
Master Pain - acid techno
Tazz & Shanty - freeform

example music productions

Listed below are examples of Digital Beatz productions recorded within the last 3 months. Please click on the MP3 link next to each compostion to listen to a 3 minute mono 48k mp3 sample:

Calvertron v Traced & The Mexican 'House Party' [Superbleep] [MP3]
Calvertron v Traced & The Mexican 'Main Stage' [Eternal Vibes ETERNAL002A] [MP3]
Tazz & Shanty Featuring MC Drew 'The Final Fuck You' [Electronic ETRIC025A1] [MP3]
Traced 'Nine And Dine And Feeling Fine' [TBC] [MP3]
Traced & The Mexican 'Fuck The Disco' [Electrolysis ESIS014B] [MP3]
Traced & The Mexican 'Future Tense' [Club Concrete CCON015B] [MP3]

contact

Daniel Taylor: +44 (0) 7970 024988 | tazzdigital@hotmail.com
Richard Andrews: +44 (0) 7711 022232 | info@electronicaexposed.co.uk
Digital Beatz, c/o Electronica Exposed, PO Box 603, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 2XA, England
www.digitalbeatz.co.uk