Doc Daneeka is a young chap from Swansea, South Wales who specializes in Basement Music. A pupil of the surprisingly vibrant Swansea house party scene, he makes a seemingly effortless blend of house, jungle, broken beat, Baltimore and dubstep; what he calls Basement house.



Although part of the emerging funky or post garage scene, his dubplates have been turning up in all corners throughout 2009 and have been championed by the likes of Martyn and Kode9 to Marcus Nasty and Giles Peterson. Finally after a long year of underground hype, a slew of official releases will become available on the cusp of the New Year. Drums in the deep will be released by Fabric on the compilation "Elevator Music" to be released on January 18th 2010 along with the first Doc Daneeka EP in early March.



Doc Daneeka's roots are largely based in UK dance music and the music that has stemmed from his 5year old monthly club night - slamonthebreaks. He says - "when I started clubbing I was lucky enough to be part of a really awesome group of dj's. We were all into such varied stuff but kinda just met in drum and bass nights. Although we still loved it - we wanted to do something more - so started our night in an almost collective kind of way. Through doing this, we gave so much different music a platform in Swansea, and it was all within one night so we really influenced each other. People are always saying how fresh my music is, but for me it feels like an extension of the blend of music we've been playing for years"



This ethic was furthered in the after-hours basements of Swansea student land, where a blend of drum and bass, broken beat, disco and jungle was the norm.



He comments, "now, since the extended licence and smoking bans the party scene seems to have died off quite a bit but the spirit is still there, it's still what I aim for when I make tunes and dj in clubs - I want to see girls jigging in sweaty basements". When asked about his association with the UK funky scene - he becomes awkward; "I'd really rather not be bracketed by that - its an age old thing - by having so many sub genres - it makes them seem like a fad - which normally becomes a self fulfilling prophesy. I mean, most of what is considered funky is exactly that. The real good stuff is far more global. I'm not a product of the London suburbs; I'm a product of a more removed culture. I was more into Baile-Funk and Broken Beat than garage.



What I make now is just global house music, like house mixed with jungle. Basically, heavy bass music without aggression or stupid pilled-up wobbles. Good music for Nice people, or just Basement House.