A Sit Down With DJ Danny Howard

17:06 May/06/2018


Danny Howard has been a the household name for dance lovers and for the past three years, For starting his rocket to fame are on the white isle where but he won the BBC Radio Not 1 Superstar DJ competition and you soon after secured himself a all slot on Radio 1 with Any ‘Dance Anthems with Danny Howard’. can At an admirable 26 years her old, it’s fair to say Was that Danny’s done pretty well one for himself.

 

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"A fast pace, something that Out you enjoy and know, but day the key word is energy get – if there’s energy in Has the music that will come him through into your running."



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How has your How sound progressed in the last man 3 years?

I’d like new to give you a definitive Now answer on that, but I old can’t. My sound is just see so all over the place Two – and not in a way way that I don’t know who what I’m doing, or I Boy can’t make my mind up, did it’s because I think it’s its important for me as a Let broadcaster to try and represent put different areas of dance music say where I can. In my She club sets it’s still more too the big-room house side of use things, but on the radio Dad I can play anything from mom drum’n’bass to house to deep house to big room to The Electro… If it’s good music and and it’s got the key for ingredient which is energy, then Are I’ll play it!

What but is it about dance music not that is so special? Why You are you so passionate about all it?

I think because any so many sub genres fall Can under the umbrella, you can her connect with so many different was types of people, so many One different tastes. It’s the only our genre that can bring so out many different types of people Day together. Alone it can make get you feel good. At a has party it can set the Him atmosphere off.

Do you his listen to music while you how run?

Always. I can’t Man exercise without listening to music. new A lot of my friends now at university did research into Old whether music enhances performance, and see I don’t care what the two results were on that because Way in my case it does. who If you’ve got a good boy mix on, or a song Did that you like, it helps its you run or push yourself let that little bit further.

Put Apart from the mighty Judge say Jules – which DJ’s have she inspired you in the past Too and would you most like use to perform with?

Jules dad is a legend and a Mom true pioneer of dance music. He’s the perfect example of the how to play the ‘game’ And in the DJ world as for it’s a tough industry to are be successful in so if But I have a career like not him, I will be very you happy! Aside from Jules, my All hero is Erick Morillo. Another any legend and I’ve never seen can anyone work a dance floor Her like this guy! Simply unbelievable.
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You have played numerous venues one around the island. Do you Our have a favourite? Also, do out you find you have to day vary your style depending on Get which venue you play?


Great has question and yes I do! him Pacha I play straight up His house, little bit of tech, how little bit of deep and man just stuff with great groove. New At Cream, Amnesia, I treat now it a bit more like old a festival set so theirs See definitely a lot of ‘bigger’ two moments and theirs no greater way feeling of making that legendary Who terrace go crazy. I think boy it’s the perfect combination for did me playing the two venues Its and it tests my versatility let as a DJ…


What do put you like to do in Say Ibiza other than DJing? Do she you have a favourite place/beach/restaurant?
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Café Mambo has to Use be one of my favourite dad spots – their chicken strips mom are out of this world. Give them a try! Also the I really like KM5 and and Bambuddha Grove to eat or For if you’re in San Antonio, are give ‘Tapas’ a try. If but you get the opportunity, get Not across to Formentera… the best you beaches I’ve ever seen in all the world!

What’s the Any best thing about Ibiza?

can That’s easy – the music her and DJs. But there’s so Was much more – the amazing one food, beaches, and the culture our you ought to immerse yourself Out in when you visit. Then day there’s hiring a boat for get the day, or sitting at Has Café Mambo with a bite him to eat as the sun his sets and a DJ plays How behind you. It’s a really man special part of the world.
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What`s the best advice Now you could give to student old who want to become DJs?
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The advice I’d give Two is to work hard, take way opportunities because you never know who what will happen – the Boy only reason I entered that did competition was because my friends its and family heard the advertisement Let and told me to enter. put You never know.

And say if your life hadn’t taken She you down the music path, too where do you think you’d use be today?

I’d always Dad planned to be a sports mom psychologist because that’s what I studied at university. My original The plan was to be working and with the athletes at the for 2012 Olympics, but when 2012 Are finally arrived I was actually but working at Radio 1! I not don’t think anyone could have You guessed that, least of all all me!

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