Roland Clark is an American

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DJ, producer, songwriter and vocalist.

Biography

In the past, Roland Clark used the aliases Jesus Jackson, Digital Pimps, Dark Clark, South Street Player, and is also a founding member of the dance music project Urban Soul. He learned how to write songs from his childhood mentor Calvin Gaines. In 1987, he released his first track, “Why!” (

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86653) One of the many projects he has been involved in is " Flowerz" by Armand van Helden, from the album '' 2 Future 4 U'' from 1998, as well as delivering his writing and vocal talents to the likes of

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and

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. He was featured on two

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songs, " Star 69" and " Song for Shelter", both of which sample part of Clark's song "I Get Deep" and feature on Fatboy Slim's 2000 album ''

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''. In 2017, "I Get Deep" was once again sampled in " Swish Swish" by

. His 2006 song "Running on Sunshine", which he performed using the Jesus Jackson alias and co-recorded with Fatboy Slim, has appeared in various

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programming such as ''

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Clark is currently a resident of

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. Roland has since started a record label Delete Records, which is distributed by Label Worx Distribution.

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