Dave Shades started DJing at the tender age of 16 spinning hip-hop and now and again dabbling in hardcore.
After hearing the odd tune here and there that grabbed his attention he was properly introduced to techno in 2001 and instantly fell in love.
Since moving to Glasgow later that year, he has warmed up for the likes of Robert Hood, Space DJz, Slam and has closed for A Guy Called Gerald, Manu Kenton and Mark Broom.
He has held residencies at Concept Theory, Obese and Animal Farm and played several of the Footwork nights and played some of the Subcity nights at the Arches.
Currently a resident and co-promoter of Mount Heart Attack under the name Greggery Peccary (one of many terrible alter egos used by Dave Shades that include Inspector Radge-It among others).
Mount Heart Attack is the last Friday of every month downstairs at the Black Sparrow.
Dave mainly plays wonky and jacking techno, with splatterings of booty, electro and acid, however he has been known to dabble in pretty much anything including disco, hip-hop and even breakcore.
In 2007 he was crowned the winner of the Dickride.com DJ Battle World Cup which was an online booty battle.
After a tied semi-final against Willie Heenan in which the deciding votes went 2-1 in Shades's favour, he took the final with the biggest win margin the competition has seen, beating DJ KNC from Belgium.
Yeah, yeah, yeah...We know who Dave is these days!
Syntheme - EQXQ
Tobias Schmidt - Haunted House
Espion - Petrol Bomb The Fuckers (Point B Mix)
Lief Ryan & Mascon - Weekly Clean Up
Sueme & Total Useful - Shot In The Knee
Bass Junkie - Jammin' The Box
Dynamix II - Feel The Bass
Steve Glencross - High Fidelity Break
Frankie - Craps
Lief Ryan - Da Shit
Ben Pest - Tiny Beginnings
Luke's Anger - Grizzly Funk
DJ Bezz - I Dunno What 2 Tell Ya
Jerome Hill - (Don't)cometodaddy
Daniel Benavente - Buscamos Cordunos
Marcin Czubala - Autopsy Room
Bracket - Basskick
Whodini - 5 Minutes Of Funk
Can't Say
Steve Poindexter - Return To The Ghetto
Mark Broom - Blue
Scorp - Energetix
M25 - Refreaked
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