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D.Ramirez comes to Bristol on the 22nd of September at the warehouse for the launch of bristol’s newest monthly night. Dirty Disco takes up it’s residency at the warehouse where it will then reside at the last Friday of every month from October. The launch night will see a line up of artists that boast’s D.Ramirez, Matt Langson and Audiosoul in the main room and the second room being hosted by le peg with Chris Bellamy, Greg Shaw and Jambo and JL taking the helm.

In the last fifteen years, if you haven`t heard of at least one of Dean Marriott`s (aka mr D. fuckin Ramirez himself) production aliases, then you haven`t really been listening to house music.

A bold statement, but one qualified by the fact that during his career Dean has had his records firmly placed in the boxes of the good and the great, whatever the genre and whatever the trend at the time.
Initially producing in his employers basement in Sheffield, Dean was quickly recognised a burgeoning talent by Sheffield`s greatest sons, Warp Records. This, along with a healthy appetite for nightclubs, and Dean`s interest in house music was cemented.

Dean`s first production, Cordial`s "Candlelight" began life as most early UK house tracks, a handful of white labels and a lot of hope. Not misplaced hope however, as instantly the track triggered a bidding war between FFRR (Tong was a huge supporter), Deconstruction and Liverpool`s 3 Beat Records. A gentleman`s agreement meant 3Beat was the choice, and Dean continued this relationship with seven releases under his "Masters of the Monotonal Groove" moniker.

A major milestone in Dean`s career came when his now legendary Lisa Marie Experience Project struck gold with the underground/overground hit, "Keep on Jumpin". Following this UK Chart number 5 track and a Top Of The Pops appearance, Dean went on to become the UK`s most bankable remixer and one of the disco/funky house scene`s biggest crowd pulling DJs throughout the 1990`s (playing the world over).

The biggest development in Dean`s career came when he felt he had done all he could with funky/disco house (i.e. pioneering it!), and became enthused with the New York tribal sound that was re-emerging in the late nineties. The D.Ramirez moniker was born, and his initial outings for Alistair Whitehead`s Sporting label were huge for the likes of Xpress 2, Tom Stephan and Pete Tong, His friendship with the Choo Choo stable also led to some of the biggest underground hits to date. His collaboration with label boss Barry Gilbey under the Fingerfest Inc moniker forged the production of a track entitled "Auto Porno", no doubt one of the biggest underground tracks of that time which was quickly snapped up by Yoshitoshi, striaght off the back of the first ever CD being given to Ali from Deep Dish at his gig in Renaissance. Burning Up and Bounce Your DJ were other early D.Ramirez Productions on the Choo Choo label back in 2001 which proved integral to the rapid rise of the D.Ramirez sound.

Never one to rest on his laurels, Dean has built the D.Ramirez name to the point where it is synonymous with funked-up, twisted tribal and electro house. His remixes of Max Linen "The Soulshaker" have earned him "Essential New Tune" and countless buzz/hype/coolcuts number ones while also being an underground anthem. His own track Venus and Mars was a massive Seb Fontaine favourite and became his VIP tune of the week as well as his remix of Spoiled's "All I Know" for Intra records.

This is a pattern that has continued, and flourished, with labels such as Yoshitoshi, Choo Choo, Phonetic, Thrust, Junior, Whoop!, Lot 49, Four:Twenty and Toolroom clambering for D.Ramirez material and producers such as Tom Stephan (Superchumbo), Deepgroove, Mark Knight, Max Linen and Meat Katie all lining up to work with him while clubs also attempt to book him for his D.Ramirez DJ sets.
Dean has owned and successfully run two labels, the first being the prolific underground label Vudu which ran for seven releases between 2002 and 2003. It was collaborations with artists such as Tom Stephan (Superchumbo), Deepgroove and Mike Monday (as well as his own productions) which placed many Vudu records firmly in the boxes of DJ's such as Deep Dish, Eddie Amador, Pete Tong, Seb Fontaine and Erick Morrillo. Early in 2004 due to a split with his then partner in Vudu, Dean started his very own project Slave Recordings carrying on where Vudu left off. It was the first release; D.Ramirez feat. Pete Simpson- "Freaque On" which launched Slave into the stratosphere, quickly followed by Bobby Lorenz "1995" which gained no fewer than five consecutive Pete Tong plays on his Essential selection. Now up to the ninth release and with countless radio plays and DJ support, Slave has established itself as one of the most respected, Underground labels around. With tracks due from Tom Stephan and D.Ramirez ("Shake It Baby") another, big room floor shaker from Deepgroove and another electro tinged Freeze Frame production, this pattern is set to continue for many years to come.

Remixes for Roog and Greg ("Uber"-Toolroom), Bodyrox ("Yeah Yeah"- Eye Industries), Bobby Lorenz ("Think"-Slave), Katcha ("Touched By God"-Release) and Future Funk Squad ("Audio Damage"- Champion) are currently making waves for Dean, but no doubt his association with his own impeccable Slave Recordings as well as his deft touch with the breakbeat scene will eclipse his current status by next month. A pattern that sums up his production and djing career perfectly since the very beginning, each endeavour just gets better and better.......

DJ wise, Dean plays the world over for many of the biggest clubs including; Arthrob @Pin Up, Ibiza, TLV Israel, The Import nights in Poland, The Ministry of Sound London and Singapore, Renaissance, Scandinavia, various clubs in Moscow, Russia, Siberia and The Ukraine, Festivals in South America and various night across the whole of Asia. Clubs such as Urban Gorilla in Sheffield, Kingpin and Play in Bristol, Technique in Leeds, Turnmills and The Ministry of Sound in London are all favourites of Deans with regular guest appearances. Dean recently started a monthly residency at Sheffield's newest superclub; The Plug, playing so far alongside Pete Tong, Steve Angello, Paul Jackson and Erick Prydz. You can catch him there every second Saturday of the month all through 2006.Recently, he has notched up a whole 12 years of experience making him truly a veteran amongst DJ's.

Enough of the bollox - this man rocks and you would be a fool to miss him.

See D.Ramirez on the 22nd of September at the warehouse, prince street Bristol, along side Bristol very own matt langson and support from audiosoul, jambo and jl, greg shaw and chris bellamy of play fame, with supporting percussion from Bongo San. Expect the usual debauched mayhem to persue as this man has lead the party scene for years. The question is can you keep up?

Lookout for the next DirtyDisco on October the 27th again at the warehouse with future legends ‘The Ninja Cowboys, Brock Delaine, Indy 500 & Audiosoul in the main room and RPM parties of London hosting the Mezzanine with bristol’s very own Blend Dj's and Simon Francis alongside Chris Bellamy of le Peg Fantastique and play Fame. This will be an exclusive, for the blend Dj’s haven’t played Bristol for many months and we are pleased to announce and exclusivity to DirtyDisco. See you there!

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