David Dorrell started his career writing Punk poems for Punk fanzines at school and soon graduated to writing for the New Musical Express and The Face in the early eighties. As a DJ he played at the legendary Dirt Box warehouse parties and the notorious Batcave (and is cited as coining the term ‘Goth’). By the mid-eighties he was DJ at RAW, then the hottest club in London and by 1987 he was Number 1 around the world as a member of MARRS with the seminal dance record, ‘Pump Up The Volume’.

As a Remixer and Producer he has worked with such acts as U2, PIL, De La Soul, Tina Turner and Janet Jackson. As a manager he has overseen the careers of Pet Shop Boys, Bush, Dirty Vegas, Sasha and UNKLE. Against his better judgement - and that of others’ - he continues to write poetry and now makes art. David Dorrell according was born on the 30th of November, 1962. You do the math.

Written by Dave Dorrell