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Simon Neale, better known as Dave Spoon, is a radio DJ and dance music producer. He is part of the line up on BBC Radio 1's 'In New DJs We Trust' feature which runs Thursday night/Friday morning 2am to 4am.[1] The DJ has become notable for his hits, "Bad Girl (At Night)" with Lisa Maffia and "Baditude" with Sam Obernik
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Biography
Simon Neale (born 1977 in Portsmouth UK) grew up listening to a mixture of synth-pop, early 90's House & Rave, and attended a secondary school that had an undiscovered TB-303 and Juno 60 in the music room cupboard.
Nowadays using his Dave Spoon alias he's established himself on the UK dance scene.
He signed '21st Century' to Toolroom Records in 2004. The piano led 'Sunrise EP' followed and was instantly signed to Seamus Haji's Big Love imprint.
In 2006, Spoon released "At Night". With an added vocal in 2007 from Lisa Maffia the track crossed over as "Bad Girl (At Night)" on Universal, earning Spoon his first top 40 hit, with the second coming in 2008 in the form of "Baditude" with collaborators Sam Obernik & Paul Harris from Dirty Vegas.
He followed this with DJ compilations for Ministry Of Sound & Toolroom, remixes of artists like Dizzee Rascal, The Pet Shop Boys plus updates of classics such as Gat Décor's 'Passion'. Having landed a residency on Radio 1's 'In New DJs We Trust' in 2008 and a residency for Cream in Ibiza.
His 2008 single Baditude entered the UK Singles Chart at #34 on downloads alone on 10 August. The following week, the song climbed to #29.
He has launched his own label "Televizion" where he released the Pete Tong collaboration "Gas Face" which was used as title music for the Hammer Horror film "Beyond The Rave".Singles
- 2005 "21st Century "
- 2005 "Front Lounge"
- 2005 "Who You Are"
- 2005 "Sunrise"
- 2005 "Corrupt"
- 2005 "Regeneration"
- 2006 "Afterhours" (feat. Mark Knight)
- 2006 "Outside"
- 2006 "Acid Box"
- 2006 "At Night"
- 2007 "Sylo" (feat. Mark Knight)
- 2007 "Background Noise"
- 2007 "Drum Box"
- 2007 "This Machine" (feat. Penny Foster)
- 2007 "Won't Do It Again (Sunrise)" (feat. Laura Vane)
- 2007 "Bad Girl (At Night)" (feat. Lisa Maffia)
- 2008 "88"
- 2008 "Liability"
- 2008 "Baditude" (feat. Paul Harris of Dirty Vegas & Sam Obernik)
- 2009 "Gas Face" (feat. PeteTong)
- 2009 "Ghost Train"
- 2009 "Lummox"
- 2009 "The Key"
- 2009 "The Secret"
- 2010 "Impure Imagination" (feat. Nick Corelli) Unreleased
Remixes
- 2005 DJ Philippe B - "Step 2gether" (Dave Spoon remix) [Plasmapool]
- 2005 Southside Hustlers ft. Abigail Bailey - "Right Before My Eyes" [Toolroom]
- 2005 Sueno Soul - "A Better Love" (Dave Spoon remix) [Stealth]
- 2005 Juke Joint - "Melody Of The Mouth" (Dave Spoon remix) [Big Love]
- 2005 Haji & Emmanuel - "Take Me Away" (Dave Spoon remix) [Big Love]
- 2006 Robbie Rivera - "Bizarre Love Triangle" (Dave Spoon remix) [Juicy Music]
- 2006 S & V - "King Coaster" (Dave Spoon remix) [Mono-Type]
- 2006 The Timewriter "Reachin' Out" (Dave Spoon remix) [Plastic City]
- 2006 Arno Cost - "Magenta" (Dave Spoon remix) [CR2]
- 2006 Beta Blokka - "Beta Blokka" (Dave Spoon remix) [Punchfunk]
- 2006 Dagaard & Morane - "Keep On Doing It" (Dave Spoon remix) [Born To Dance]
- 2006 Danny Freakaziod - "You Are The Leading Man" (Dave Spoon remix) [CR2]
- 2006 Antoine Clamaran - "Take Off" (Dave Spoon remix) [Plasmapool]
- 2006 Tyken ft. Awa - "Every Word" (Dave Spoon remix) [Hed Kandi]
- 2006 The Officials - "Music" (Dave Spoon remix) [Sequential]
- 2007 Vorsprung - "Worth The Wait" (Dave Spoon remix) [Brickhouse]
- 2007 Paul van Dyk ft. Jessica Sutta - "White Lies" (Dave Spoon remix) [Positiva]
- 2007 Bump - "I'm Rushin" (Dave Spoon remix) [Art & Craft]
- 2007 Gat Decor - "Passion" (Dave Spoon remix) [Addictive]
- 2007 Gold, Diaz & Young Rebels - "Don't You Want Me" (Dave Spoon Remix) [Joia]
- 2007 Ethan - "In My Heart" (Dave Spoon remix) [Art & Craft]
- 2007 Robyn with Kleerup- "With Every Heartbeat" (Tong & Spoon Wonderland mix) [Konichiwa]
- 2007 D.O.N.S. - "Big Fun" (Dave Spoon remix) [Hed Kandi]
- 2007 Funkagenda - "San Francisco" (Dave Spoon remix) [Toolroom]
- 2007 Kharma 45 - "Political Soul" (Dave Spoon remix) [EMI]
- 2007 Liquid - "Sweet Harmony" (Dave Spoon remix) [GI]
- 2007 Richard Grey - "Warped Bass" (Dave Spoon remix) [Apollo]
- 2007 Andrea Doria & LXR - "Freak Me" (Dave Spoon remix) [Hed Kandi]
- 2007 Cedric Gervais - "Spirit In My Life" (Dave Spoon remix) [Data]
- 2007 Dave Lee - "Latronica" (Dave Spoon remix) [Z records]
- 2007 Dizzee Rascal - Flex (Dave Spoon Reflex) [XL Recordings]
- 2008 Pet Shop Boys - Integral (Dave Spoon Remix) [EMI]
- 2008 James Blunt - 1973 (Tong & Spoon Wonderland mix) [Warner]
- 2008 Kaz James - "All Fall Down" (Dave Spoon remix) [Sony]
- 2008 Alphabeat - "Boyfriend" (Dave Spoon remix) [Chrysalis]
- 2008 The Presets - Talk Like That (Dave Spoon Televized Remix) [Modular]
- 2008 Madonna - Give It 2 Me (Tong & Spoon Wonderland mix) [Warner. Bros]
- 2009 Cagedbaby - "Forced" (Dave Spoon remix) [Southern Fried]
- 2009 Sour Grapes - "Kharma" (Dave Spoon remix) [Televizion]
- 2009 Killa Kella - "Built Like An Amplifier" (Dave Spoon remix) [100%]
- 2009 Chase & Status feat. Kano - Against All Odds (Dave Spoon Remix) [RAM]
- 2009 The Ting Tings - "Fruit Machine" (Dave Spoon remix) [Columbia]
- 2009 Calvin Harris - "Ready For The Weekend" (Dave Spoon remix) [Sony]
- 2009 VV Brown - "Game Over" (Dave Spoon remix) [Island]
- 2009 Mr Hudson - "White Lies" (Dave Spoon remix) [Mercury]
- 2009 Beyonce - "Sweet Dreams" (Dave Spoon remix) [Columbia]
- 2010 Wolfgang Gartner vs La Roux - "Yin For The Kill" (Dave Spoon Mashup)
References
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