Dave Skywalker

Dave Skywalker

Dave Skywalker runs Endor Recordings and works as an electronic music DJ, producer and label operator. He first gets into US house music in 1986, buying Steve Silk Hurley’s “Jack Your Body” as his first record, and later moves into hardcore as the style develops around 1990. At secondary school he is known by the nickname “Hardcore”.

During college in 1994, he begins making hardcore mix tapes for friends. By 1996 he starts producing his own music with free software under the name DJ Skywalker and distributes the tracks through the Mad-P email list that he runs. Between 1996 and 2000 he plays venues around Bournemouth, including the university student union circuit, the lapdancing club LoveSexy and The Gardening Club.

In 1999, with help from Lee Richardson, also known as DJ Delirious, he releases his first dubplate, “Time and Time”, and appears in guest slots on London station interFACE radio. After graduating in 2001 he releases his first vinyl single on Nu Underground Recordings, a label he runs with DJ Hattrixx and DJ Dizzy.

That release is “Killerwhale”, a track that becomes heavily remixed and is described as an early breakbeat hardcore record in a new old-skool style. It premieres on London’s Hyper FM and is remixed by a number of artists, including Luna-C of Kniteforce and Smart E’s.

Skywalker releases material on vinyl, CD and digital formats on labels including Hardcore Lives, Paranoid Recordings, Kniteforce, Nu Underground and Breakbeat Hardcore (BBHC) Recordings. He works with a range of other artists, including Luna-C, and focuses mainly on hardcore breaks. He also appears on RemixEverything.

In 2009 he starts Endor Recordings as a neo-rave label, with artists including Wizbit, Bustin, Skampy and Deluxe, and also works with trackitdown.net to build oldskoolmp3.com, described as a legal old-skool digital download store. He performs at rave events across the UK and abroad, with sets that include hardcore with a breakbeat slant, old skool and harder neo-rave.

His radio work includes a mid-week show on breakpirates.com and guest appearances on other DJs’ shows. He receives several award nominations: runner-up for best up and coming DJ at the Old Skool Awards in 2006, runner-up for best up-and-coming producer at the Musik4You Awards in the same year, and runner-up in both categories at the Nu Rave Awards in 2010. He also wins Best Radio Show at Breakpirates in 2010.

He plays events such as Bang Face, Raindance, Moondance, Hysteria, Epidemik, Vibealite, History of Hardcore, High Voltage and Cruze In, and also performs at the Ministry of Sound. His travel for bookings includes Hungary, Belgium, Sweden and Canada.