Noizdisco was born from London-based SWK Productions, run by Dale Hanson and Mike Harris, writers of hard-hitting white label dance tracks who then later manifested themselves as All Night Parties. In this guise they re-mixed tracks for many artists in their own unique ‘Radio Dance’ style, including Top 40 hit re-mixes of ‘Numb’ and ‘Choices’ for Honey Rider. They also produced two albums for world music act Modeste and re-mixed tracks for Caspar Pound, Cranium HF, The Storys, Paul Van Dyk and DJ Sammy.
They’ve recently been joined by New Yorker Phil Pagano – a veteran sound engineer of the prestigious Bass Hits Studios in NYC and Masters at Work (MAW) team. Phil has mixed and re-mixed tracks for legends such as Janet Jackson, Fat Joe, Björk, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Pet Shop Boys and Louis Vega. As well as MAW, he has worked with various re-mixers and production teams including Basement Boys, Deep Dish, Junior Vasquez, Danny Teniglia and Mood to Swing, while his sought-after live sound skills have contributed to international tours spanning a wide range of artists from The Bucketheads and Rob Halford of Judas Priest to Nuyorican Soul, Tower of Power, Elements of Life, Allan Toussaint and Average White Band (to name but a few). Phil has also worked on many Grammy-award winning albums and hit singles including Ultra Naté’s ‘Free’ and The Bucketheads’ ‘The Bomb’.
The group’s final member is Jo Griggs, a London-born singer who in 2013 toured the US in support of 60s’ ‘British Invasion’ band The Zombies. While singing harmonies and playing percussion, Jo caught the attention of Dale and Phil, who asked her to join Noizdisco as the featured singer. Her contributions to the tracks are more than just powerful vocals and melodic harmonies as she has also proved herself to be a talented vocal/musical arranger, and is currently in demand as a session vocalist for both live and studio projects by artists on both sides of the Atlantic.
• Gigs played: Fire (Vauxhall), Thirst (Soho), Freedom (Soho)
• Upcoming gigs include: Lightbox London
• Debut single: If You Need Somebody (released on Drug Recordings, 28 Feb 2015)
• Upcoming single: Our World (for release on Noizdisco Recordings - 21 Jun 2015)
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