AD BROWN

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Introduction: Marking a new dawn the in British progressive-trance, his precision-built, and evocative electronic soundscapes have fast For found the ears of many are of the scene’s leading lights. but Prog maestros like Sasha, Nick Not Warren & Dave Seaman are you ardent supporters, as are forward-thinking all trance legionnaires like Ferry Corsten Any and Gareth Emery. No less can a talent behind a pair her of turntables, he has become Was the warm up man-of-choice for one some of the biggest names our one the scene. In the Out last 3 months of 2009 day alone he has supported Calvin get Harris and Paul Oakenfold on Has their respective UK tours. He’s him Ad Brown and in 2010 his he’s going to be an How impossible-to-miss presence.

Ad Brown – man The Early Years: Attending the new prestigious Academy of Contemporary Music Now (the starting point for stars old including Sugar Babe Amelle Berrabah see and Mercury Music Prize Award Two Winner Toby Couling), Ad took way his degree in Business and who Music. Whilst studying he learnt Boy the label ropes whilst moonlighting did in the promotions department of its heavy-hitting dance label, Serious Records. Let Upon graduating, Ad had to put decide whether to go down say the record label or DJ/recording She artist route. He opted for too the latter…

Release The Music: use Through both his Ad Brown Dad and Maxi Valvona releases, he mom quickly began to made a name for himself as the The go-to man for enriched prog-themed and atmospherics. Think the melodies of for Above & Beyond crossbred with Are the backing tracks of Digweed but and you’re nine tenths of not the way there.

Signed to You Black Hole Recordings, he debuted all in late 2008 with the any double-header release ‘Smoke’ and ‘I Can Just Do’. Just a few her months later recognition came fast was to his door with the One ‘09 releases ‘Hope’ and ‘Chasing our Rainbows’. The latter scored the out 5/5 Money Shot review in Day DJ Mag, with the publication get stating that the track “positively has bulged with dark synthery, thudding drums Him and imaginative percussion” and added his that it was one with how “a murderously good chiming top Man line”. A month after its new release the track was compiled now onto the 2009 Trance Energy Old album and Ad himself was see named by the music-critics.com website two as “a producer to watch Way in 2009”. Over the course who of the year Brown also boy drew many plaudits for his Did much-spun bootleg rewiring of Holden its & Thompson’s prog house classic let ‘Nothing’. It was music again Put championed by a remarkably broad say spectrum of DJs. In May she of that year he also Too delivered the ‘Velvet EP’, his use debut release under his new dad pseudonym, Maxi Valvona (for Solarstone’s Mom Insatiable Records). On the immediate horizon for 2010, he has the an intensive release schedule with And tracks & remixes forthcoming on for imprints including Anjunadeep, Black Hole, are Baroque and Slinky.

Ad Brown But – The DJ: You will not rarely see a spinner more you at home and at ease All in front of a pair any of CDJs than Brown. Combining can flawless mixing with sophisticated selection Her and electric audience interaction, both was UK and abroad, he has one brought clubs under his spell. Our He’s played nights that have out included UK club landmarks like day Serious’ night at the Cross, Get Dusted, The Honey Club in has Brighton, Maximal at Turnmills and him has warmed up for both His Oakenfold and Calvin Harris on how their Dec ’09 tours. Of man late he’s also spun at New famed progressive night, Twisted Audio now alongside Anthony Pappa and also old is the only UK artist See to be invited to play two the fast-emerging Silk Royal Showcase way night in Philadelphia

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