Acclaimed Singer / Songwriter Jason Walker hails from Pittsburgh and moved to New York where he signed to Junior Vasquez’s, label, JVM, and recorded two albums, ‘This Is My Life’ and ‘Flexible’, garnering three Top 10 Billboard hits (‘My Life’, ‘No More’, and ‘Movin’ On’), and two Billboard #1s (‘Foolish Mind Games’ and ‘Set [...]
The first repress of Utah Saints' self-titled first album is packed with additional remixes from David Morales, CJ Bolland and Andrew Weatherall among others. Pioneering electronic music duo Utah Saints are reissuing their debut album on Saturday, October 19 2024 for National Album Day in the UK. Jez Willis and Tim Garbutt released their self-titled [...]
As part of our ongoing 25th anniversary celebrations, Defected resident DJ and radio host Monki spotlighted 25 of the best house tracks in a two-hour radio special last Friday. To build this collection of greats, we asked our global community of fans to share their favourite house records over on our Instagram page last [...]
The oracle that still answers to the human name “Brian Eno” has made a lot of good calls in his career, but none so prescient as his reaction when he first heard Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love.” “This is it!” he exclaimed to David Bowie. “Look no further!” They were in [...]
The duo talk to us prior to headlining 51st State festival in London on August 3 POPPY HOLLOWAY 26 JULY 2019 Kings of House NYC is an apt project name for Louie Vega and David Morales’ DJ and production collaboration. Both active in the Big Apple scene from its early days and now undisputed legends across the globe, their [...]
The DJ was found to have 0.3 grams of MDMA on him earlier this month Jamie Macwhirter | 26 OCTOBER 2018 David Morales has been released without charge following his arrest for drug possession in Japan earlier this month. Morales was detained at Fukuoka airport in southern Japan on October 7 when customs officials found [...]