Daniel Light (born 1974 or 1975), known professionally as Billy 'Daniel' Bunter, is a British disc jockey and record producer. A veteran of the

hard dance Hardcore (also known as hardcore techno) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany in the early 1990s. It is distinguished by faster tempos (160 to 200 BPM or more) and a distorted sawtooth ...

rave scene, Bunter combines the "old skool" and the "new skool".

Biography

Bunter, who was 25 years old in the year 2000, started his DJ career at age 15, playing Belgian hardcore and

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at clubs such as '' The Labrynth'' in

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. Called a "pioneer of the rave scene" by

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, he has been active within the genre since it's beginning, and has performed at many UK events such as Helter Skelter, Dreamscape, Slammin Vinyl, and Hardcore Heaven. Bunter also produces and remixes tracks, having sold records, and has an "ability to blend old and new skool" which has "kept the magic alive and his light burning bright throughout the years". Bunter released his first mix album, ''The Future of Hard Dance, Vol. 1'', in 1997. The 2000

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compilation album, ''Raising Hell: Hard House Mix'', was mixed by both Bunter and

Lisa Pin-Up Lisa Pin-Up (born Lisa Chilcott) is a British electronic dance music producer and DJ, whose career started in the 1990s. She is a hard house producer and part of the Nukleuz label. She is also a part-time model and ranked number 54 in '' Loade ...

. Featuring artists such as

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and

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, a review in the

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stated it "strikes at the heart of today's hard house music" and has "uncompromising, hardcore dance". Bunter released his autobiography, ''The Love Dove Generation'', in 2015. Penned with Andrew Wood, the book is "evocative of the early days of house music". In 2017, Bunter, along with Sanxion, released the album ''88 to 94'' on the Music Mondays label. Each track on the album is devoted to both a year, in the period 1998 to 1994, and the then contemporary the style of music, such as "Euro Rave" or "Uplifting Hardcore". A review in

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stated it offers "stylistically spot-on kicks from a bygone time".

Personal life

Bunter is married, to Sonya, and is also good friends with fellow DJ

Slipmatt Matthew Nelson (born 22 April 1967 in Loughton, Essex, England), better known as DJ Slipmatt, is a British electronic music producer and DJ. He was one half of breakbeat hardcore group SL2, who had a 1992 UK hit with " On a Ragga Tip". Biogr ...

Discography

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