DJ Donovan started dj'ing seriously in 1994 and gained exposure in 1995 in Atlanta rave scene, where he began putting a small production studio together. After writing a few tracks with nothing more then an Akai sampler, a Novation bass station, and an Ensoniq sq-1, he was noticed by the boys at Black Magic Records in New Orleans. After securing a record deal, Donovan decided to move down to New Orleans to produce and do remix work while working at the record store, Sound Factory. He did remixes on Adrenaline records for DJ Hardware as well as a breaks remix for Omar Santana on Tricked Out Recordings. During this time he put out his first mix tape for Simply Jeff and Ron D. Core, the former team of Dr. Freeclouds, called "Tribute to Euphoria", which is still sought after. Donovan has played all over raves and clubs in the Southeast at venues like The Edge in Ft. Lauderdale, Freebass Society parties at the State Palace Theater for Disco Donnie, and in L.A., Donovan was also asked to play at the grand opening of Simply Jeff's club in Southern Califormia. His harder trance style was popular with people all over the area, as well as in the Southeast. After Black Magic stopped releasing records, Donovan moved back to Arizona and finally formed Intellihance Records. He released his first record on Intellihance known as the "Blue E. P.", featuring the Tracks "Freon", "Accupuncture". He developed relationships with people such as Uberzone, Simply Jeff, Swell, and many others as he played parties in the southwest area. After going to school at the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences, Donovan had the track "Freon" from the "Blue E.P." picked up for a compilation on the astralwerks label. The C.D. called "unknownwerks" was a huge success and did well with Rolling Stone Magazine, in which Donovan was mentioned, as well as great reviews in DMC and XLR8R. The E.P. "Schizophrenia" came out on Swell Records and continued to show Donovan's ability to produce harder darker tracks regardless of the genre. Donovan's always stuck to harder styles when producing especially when DJing. Being a pioneer in the U.S. Hard Trance scene, he has always dropped banging tracks and strong sets. Currently Donovan's style has evolved into harder tribal techno mixed with elements of techno trance, and tek house. Donovan has played in Los Angeles, Phoenix, New Orleans, Colorado, Atlanta, Florida, Mississippi, as well as in Mexico and Anguilla. He hopes to play soon in Japan, Thailand, London, Brazil, and Peru. Donovan completed his next record on Intellihance featuring the tracks "Women Respond to Bass" and "The Scythe" which were cut by Lawrie Immersion of Pounding grooves and pressed in London. Donovan is planning on doing a number of remixes as well as projects under various names "Illuminati" etc.. Donovan's influences range from techno, house, tribal beats, banging percussive styles, drum and bass, tek step, French and Disco house, Deep house, ambient, latin beats, and many more. His music can be found mostly on 12" vinyl as well as mixes on CD and compilations.
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DJ Donovan started dj'ing seriously in 1994 and gained exposure in 1995 in Atlanta rave scene, where he began putting a small production studio together. After writing a few tracks with nothing more then an Akai sampler, a Novation bass station, and an Ensoniq sq-1, he was noticed by the boys at Black Magic Records in New Orleans. After securing a record deal, Donovan decided to move down to New Orleans to produce and do remix work while working at the record store, Sound Factory. He did remixes on Adrenaline records for DJ Hardware as well as a breaks remix for Omar Santana on Tricked Out Recordings. During this time he put out his first mix tape for Simply Jeff and Ron D. Core, the former team of Dr. Freeclouds, called "Tribute to Euphoria", which is still sought after. Donovan has played all over raves and clubs in the Southeast at venues like The Edge in Ft. Lauderdale, Freebass Society parties at the State Palace Theater for Disco Donnie, and in L.A., Donovan was also asked to play at the grand opening of Simply Jeff's club in Southern California. His harder trance style was popular with people all over the area, as well as in the Southeast. After Black Magic stopped releasing records, Donovan moved back to Arizona and finally formed Intellihance Records. He released his first record on Intellihance known as the "Blue E. P.", featuring the Tracks "Freon", "Accupuncture". He developed relationships with people such as Uberzone, Simply Jeff, Swell, and many others as he played parties in the southwest area. After going to school at the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences, Donovan had the track "Freon" from the "Blue E.P." picked up for a compilation on the astralwerks label. The C.D. called "unknownwerks" was a huge success and did well with Rolling Stone Magazine, in which Donovan was mentioned, as well as great reviews in DMC and XLR8R. The E.P. "Schizophrenia" came out on Swell Records and continued to show Donovan's ability to produce harder darker tracks regardless of the genre. Donovan's always stuck to harder styles when producing especially when DJing. Being a pioneer in the U.S. Hard Trance scene, he has always dropped banging tracks and strong sets. Currently Donovan's style has evolved into harder tribal techno mixed with elements of techno trance, and tek house. Donovan has played in Los Angeles, Phoenix, New Orleans, Colorado, Atlanta, Florida, Mississippi, as well as in Mexico and Anguilla. He hopes to play soon in Japan, Thailand, London, Brazil, and Peru. Donovan completed his next record on Intellihance featuring the tracks "Women Respond to Bass" and "The Scythe" which were cut by Lawrie Immersion of Pounding grooves and pressed in London. Donovan is planning on doing a number of remixes as well as projects under various names "Illuminati" etc.. Donovan's influences range from techno, house, tribal beats, banging percussive styles, drum and bass, tek step, French and Disco house, Deep house, ambient, latin beats, and many more. His music can be found mostly on 12" vinyl as well as mixes on CD and compilations. Click above to enter the world of DJ Donovan (Donovan Adams).

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