Finally we welcome Spiritland family Darren Price to King's Cross for a night of blistering and relentless techno... not really, he's playing from the back of the box with journeys into dub, house and off kilter electronica.
Allied with respected British techno producer/DJs like Luke Slater and Dave Angel, Darren Price recorded for Junior Boy’s Own and toured the world as Underworld’s official DJ. Later making waves of his own with some of the most pure, undistilled techno being made in Britain.
Born in Woking, Price was turned on to Electro and Hip-Hop during the early ’80s and began practicing the fine art of mixing with an ancient turntable set-up. The acid-house explosion of the late ’80s captivated Price in a similar fashion, and after hanging out at the seminal club-night ‘Shoom', he hooked up with resident DJ Andrew Weatherall when he began working at Weatherall’s Boy’s Own Records.
He began his International DJ career in early 1991, before securing residencies including the famous rave club ‘Havanna' in Middlesborough, Londons 'Full Circle' and joining Andrew Weatherall at Nottingham’s ‘Venus' plus further afield at Ibiza's famous ‘Space' club in '95
Price soon made the leap to production as well, recording for JBO as Centuras and PLC. He continued recording under his own name also and was signed by NovaMute in 1995 along side Richie Hawtin, Luke Slater and Speedy J, while also releasing for Darren Emerson's Underwater label under the names Eddie Wolf and Cliffhanger
Fellow Junior Boy’s Own act Underworld recruited Price as their resident DJ on their world tour during 1995. One year later, Price released his debut album Under the Flightpath (the title referencing the location of his studio, near Heathrow airport).
After that Darren became part of Underworld, mixing one of the most important tracks in electronic music history 'Born Slippy’; used by Danny Boyle for his seminal movie ‘Trainspotting’.
His remixing duties for Underworld also included 'Push Upstairs', 'Mmm Skyscraper I Love You’, 'Lenne Penne', 'Twenty Three Blue', 'Dark and Long' and ‘Confusion The Waitress'. He joined Underworld on stage in 2001 and was part of Underworld live until 2016.
His extensive remix roster includes the likes of New Order, Depeche Mode, Andrew Weatherall and David Holmes' 'Killing Eve' to name but a few. Also various soundtracks such as 'Kill Bill’, along with Danny Boyle's ‘Trainspotting’ and ‘Sunshine’.
His collaborative work with Danny Boyle continued with both the live soundtrack and athletes parade during Boyle’s 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony spectacular.
He has DJ’d at some of the biggest clubs and festivals in the world including main stage at Love Parade - Berlin, Fuji Rock - Japan, Coachella - USA and of course, Glastonbury.
Price still records to this day, releasing for Parallel from Madrid; regularly uploading his tracks to his Soundcloud profile.
Darren Price
02/03/2024
- Dub
- Electronica
