I started producing music back in 1997 because my cousin and extremely talented vocalist, Diane Charlemagne suggested that I give it a go and hooked me up with some producers to teach me the basics. I started out with an Atari computer and a crack copy of Cubase Version 2.0 and later got an Akia 2000. I had so little knowledge at first that I made my remixes (pre-studio) by playing the arrangement via Cubase and manually mixing acapella's from B side's of 12" Vinyl's into the mix from a Technics deck! I moved out of Noah's Ark and progressed onto Cubase VST. 



Darren Daz Dalton aka one half of dj duo Get Down Edits & the man behind all the Get Down Edits production work has been a music lover since his early teens & began collecting Vinyl back in 95 at the tender age of 15 by the time he hit 17 he was out playing gigs in bars & clubs in his native Waterford City & has been djin ever since, 
Over the years he has supported or played beside international djs like Kenny Dope (MAW), 
Kerri Chandler, Chez Damier, Greg Wilson, DJ Deep, The Revenge, Atjazz & Charles Webster to name a few & as part of Get Down Edits alongside dj partner Martin Roche has 
been doing the festival and international circuit with great reception playing some incredible events including the famous Glastonbury in 2016, Electric Picnic, Body & Soul, Electric Elephant in Croatia, the House of Disco Warehouse Project Takeover in London, and so on. Summer 2017 saw Get Down Edits playing as part of the Glitterbox Ibiza family alongside huge names like Dimitri From Paris and Aeroplane at the incredible Hi Ibiza venue and Defected Croatia at The Garden in Tisno, they also went onto to play Suncebeat Croatia,
Production wise Darren grew a curiosity & interest in how the records he was playing were put together very early & started doing edits for use in his own dj sets back 2001,
It was years later before the whole edit scene emerged & he was drawn to it straight away & under the advise & encouragement of Greg Wilson set up Get Down Edits the record label in 2011, since then the labels put out 6 vinyl releases which included his own edit work along side guest producers like Late Nite Tuff Guy, Deep & Disco (JKriv), Fingermann, LTJ as well as releasing with other labels including Disco Deviance, Editorial, Samosa Records, Glenview Records, Daje Funk, Queen & Disco, Wall Of Fame, Masterworks Music, Nang, Paper Disco, Hot Digits, File Under Disco, Re-Loved, Golden Soul, Slighty Transformed, Hotbox Boogie, Reckless Records, Deep Sense, Alpaca Edits, Unkwn Records, Ism Records, Elevation Recordings & Midnight Riot.
Darren has also been busy with remix work & has remixed for artists like Funk My Jesus, Nine Lives, Heion, Slync, JMRS, Darran Nugent, Oh Yeah, JFunc, Stephen Richards, Smashed Atoms, JB Dizzy, Jay Ru, Fran Deeper & Rayko, Soopaman inc feat Andre Espeut, JKriv & The Disco Machine As well fellow Irish artists & acts like Le Galaxie, King Kong Company, Kormac, Danny G & The Major 7th`s & Peter Vogelaar as well as written some original pieces of his own including “Sweet Love” where he teamed up with two piece Irish electronic act Cut Once which got released with a serious of remixes from Mix & Fairbanks, Fingerman, Jay Ru, Micko Roche, 
Darren`s bandcamp page does well also (https://darren-daz-dalton.bandcamp.com/) & you’ll find more of his bootleg style stuff up there one of which was an incredible rework of 1988 house classic “Good Life” by Inner City with the amazing vocals of Paris Grey, Darren`s Get Down Edits - Life Is Good caught the ears of Defected Records boss man Simon Dunmore & featured heavily on his “Defected In The House” radio show.

London based DJ Asterix discovered the art of Djing in 1989, inspired by good friend Ewan McNeil (The Beginnerz/Nocturnal/Downtown records). London was a great place to be the the early 90`s and favourite hangouts included Phil Salons Mud club, Busbys, Rage,The Crazy club (Astoria) as well as Brixtons` legendary Loughborough Pk parties hosted by Micky Daley,TinTin, Bryan Gee
       In 1994 he moved to Canada representing MCA (Uk),as well as Pete Tongs` London records` offshoot - FFRR. His first Canadian gigs were at Toronto's first legal all night dance venue - The Tunnel Club supporting the likes of Mark Oliver, John E, and Kofi. He then set up Cultural vibes (Canada), an events company (named in honour of Cultural vibes uk) challenging the likes of Mike Steins` Pleasure Force, Syrous and Destiny. Using regular shows on Energy 108 fm (Drivetime with Scot Turner) and MTV (Electric Circus) and North America's YTV, to promote his events.
            A highlight, New Years Eve 1994 was supporting Deelite (Groove is in the heart) in blizzard battered downtown Toronto and shortly supporting Derricks` May and Carter at the enormous 5000 people "Better days" party on Toronto's east side.
            Returning to England in late 1994 he took up a residency at "Fusions" and together with Matt B took control of both Tuesday and Friday nights. So much fun! In 1995 Mixmag  voted Fusions` Tuesday night as one of their top ten favourite nights in the country. Other gigs included Naughty but nice in Hereford with Dave Dorrel and Alistair Whitehead, The sound factory - Plymouth with Paul Honey and Cultural vibes dj`s and the legendary beach parties on the south coast with Matt B, Dean Lambert, and Graham Gold.
            2005 saw Asterix take up a new residency at "Alphabet", in the heart of Soho, and in 2006 he joined www.innacityfm.com broadcasting his weekly Sunday show via the web. Recent Gigs have included  Dex/The Clubhouse in Brixton, Circle bar in Clapham, The White house - Clapham, Juno in Shoreditch, Overdose in Norwich, boat Parties on the good ship Wilfred down at Temple Pier, Cafe 1001 on Brick lane, Oval space Hackney, the Shoreditch, the Millenium Belgravia, Bloomsbury bowls club, The Regent Balham and the IOD on Pall Mall.
With regards the music...well....just listen....and hey...if you like it then that's great!

Eran's songs take you on a passionate journey into nostalgia, loneliness, true love and freedom. Album out now !! Please go to my website for details.

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(Artist Image: Background portrait by Barbara Muller, Background artwork design by Duncan Thornley and Eran Karniel)

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