Darien J, based in Brighton UK, is a producer, curator, and mixer of deep dance music. He has a firm belief that his music is for dancing not chin scratching, foot gazing, ego stroking or selfie taking. Like a musical sponge Darien constantly absorbs wide-ranging influences and is wrung out on radio stations and dancefloors around the world.

Totally ignoring genre limitations, he manages to combine elements from the deepest side of house, electronica and techno in both his DJ sets and productions. This kind of petulant behaviour might be expected from a young upstart new on the scene but believe it or not this is a veteran of over 20 years who has dance moves to match.

Since his debut release of The Dubstar EP on Cubism Records in 2008 his skills in the studio have improved in equal but opposite measure to the decrease in tempo of the music he is willing to dance to. His latest releases have been described as sounding like ‘the abandoned love child of a twisted love triangle of Olivier Giacomotto, Stephan Bodzin and Solomon’.

Over the years Darien’s music has found homes on trendy labels like Motek, Submarine Vibes, Inside Out, Chapter 24 and melodic house and techno imprint Polyptych records based in St Petersburg.

In keeping with his DIY approach Darien completed a challenge to self-release one track every week in 2021 which can be found at darienjdj.bandcamp.com/

Residencies in 2022 for weekly Friday event The Social Shift and the monthly MIN:Animal parties alongside guest appearances for fellow Brighton promotions, Berlin-Brighton, Size and G3t Loo5e.

Forthcoming releases in 2023 include EPs on Sound Vessel Recordings and Saturo Sounds with plenty more to come.

There’s also rumours he’s been working like a mad scientist in a dark room on a brand new live performance setup so watch this space…