Gary McCann, known professionally as Caspa (born 30 May 1982), is a

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from

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Biography

McCann's creative involvement in music began after a promising

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career was cut short by a shoulder injury. Growing up, McCann cites Jungle and Hip Hop as his main influences. He received his first public attention when, his first track, ''Bassbins'' recorded under the pseudonym ''Quiet Storm'', was picked up by

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's DJ Da Flex. McCann has started his own label, which focuses on

and

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artists. ''Storming Productions'' was founded in 2004 and then he joined ''Stingray Records'' in 2006. Around this time, he also began his own radio show on

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."Caspa"
''Relentlessbeats.com'', Phoenix, 1 December 2013. Retrieved on 5 November 2014. McCann also created an additional label ''Dub Police'' to focus specifically on Dubstep. ''Dub Police'' is composed of Rusko, L-Wiz, N-Type, The Others and more. He has performed at a number of high-profile UK music festivals, including

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and

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and his release ''Back for the First Time'' has received widespread public attention, being playlisted on

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. He has also performed at many other notable festivals around the world such as Exit Festival in Serbia,

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in Australia and

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in the U.S. Despite his widespread success, McCann still finds time to perform every two months at the renowned Fabric in his hometown of London. His debut album ''

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producers would be featured on the

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remix album. "War" featuring

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was used in the trailer for '' Kick-Ass 2''. In 2014, McCann moved to

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, US. He cites Denver's music culture and friendly people as influential factors, although he is unsure whether the move will be permanent."Why Denver is a better place for an EDM star to live than L.A."
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'', Denver, 20 March 2014. Retrieved on 5 November 2014.

Discography

Releases

*"For The Kids" / "Jeffery & Bungle" / "Cockney Flute" – Dub Police – 2006 *"Rubber Chicken" – Tempa – 2006 *"Cockney Violin" / "Dub Warz" – Dub Police – 2006 *"Acton Dread" / "Cockney Flute (

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Remix)" – Rusko / Caspa – Dub Police – 2007 *"Ave It: Volume 1" – Sub Soldiers – 2007 *"Louder" / "Noise Disorganiser" – Pitch Black – 2007 *"Bread Get Bun" / "King George" – Aquatic Lab – 2007 *"Ohh R Ya – License to Thrill Part 1" – Dub Police – 2007 *"Ave It: Volume 2" – Sub Soldiers 2008 *"Floor Dem" / "My Pet Monster" – Digital Sound Boy – 2008 *"Soulful Geeza – License To Thrill Part 4" – Dub Police – 2008 *"Louder VIP" / "Power Shower" – Sub Soldiers – 2009 *"The Takeover (featuring

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)" / "Marmite" – Sub Soldiers / Fabric 2009 *''

'' – Sub Soldiers / Fabric – 2009 *"Are You Ready" – Dub Police / Scion AV – 2010 *"I Beat My Robot" / "Marmite (Original Sin Remix)" – Sub Soldiers / Fabric – 2010 *"Terminator (Trolley Snatcha Remix)" / "Marmite (

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Remix)" – Sub Soldiers – 2010 *"

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" – Sub Soldiers – 2010 (with

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) *"Neck Snappah" – Sub Soldiers – 2011 *"Fulham To Waterloo" / "Bang Bang" – Sub Soldiers – 2011 *"Not for the Playlist EP" – Sub Soldiers – 2011 *"Sell Out EP" – Sub Soldiers – 2012 *"War" (featuring

) – EMI UK – 2012 *"Check Your Self!" – Released via SoundCloud – 2012 *"On It" (featuring Mighty High Coup) – Dub Police – 2012 *''Alpha Omega'' – Dub Police – 2013 *"Mad Man" (featuring Riko) – Dub Police – 2014 *"Neurological" – Submerged Music – 2018

Remixes

*DJ Kudos – "Bring The Lights Down (Caspa Mix)" – Sound Proof Records – 2006 *

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– "Moments in Love (Caspa Remix)" – Not on Label – 2007 *N-Type / The Others – "Way of the Dub (Caspa Remix) / Bushido (Caspa Remix)" – Dub Police – 2007 *Matty G – "West Coast Rocks (Caspa Remix)" – Argon – 2007 *Wonder – "What (Caspa Remix)" – Wonderland – 2008 *

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(Caspa & Rusko Remix)" – Y4K – 2008 * TC – "Wheres My Money (Caspa Remix)" – D-Style Recordings – 2008 *

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(Caspa Remix)"- EMI – 2009 *

Deadmau5 Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as deadmau5 (pronounced "dead-mouse"), is a Canadian electronic music producer and disc jockey, DJ. His musical style mostly includes progressive house and electro house music, ...

Kaskade Ryan Gary Raddon (born February 25, 1971), better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ, music producer and remixer. ''DJ Times'' voted Kaskade as "America's Best DJ" in 2011 and 2013. ''DJ Magazine, DJ Mag'' named Kaskade fifty-fi ...

– " I Remember (Caspa Remix)" – Mau5trap – 2009 *

– "Cockney Thug (Caspa Remix)" – Sub Soldiers – 2009 *Grand Puba – "Get it (Caspa's 80Eightie's Remix)" – Scion/AV – 2009 *

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– " Right Hand Hi (Caspa Remix)" – Asylum Records – 2009 *

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– "Black & Blue (Caspa Remix)" – Columbia – 2009 * Breakage Feat. Newham Generals & David Rodigan – "Hard (Caspa & The Others – The Dub Police Takeover Remix)" – Digital Soundboy – 2009 *

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& Horx feat. Redman – "Shut The Lights Off (Caspa & Trolley Snatcha – The Dub Police Takeover Remix)" – Breakbeat Kaos – 2009 *

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Feat.

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(Caspa Remix)" – Capitol – 2010 *

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– " How Low (Caspa Remix)" – Def Jam – 2010 *

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" (Your Name) (Caspa Remix) – Polydore – 2012 *

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(Caspa Remix)" – Rinse – 2011 *

Buraka Som Sistema Buraka Som Sistema was an electronic dance music project from Portugal, specializing in a fusion of techno beats with the African zouk and kuduro genre. It is generally credited with creating the "zouk bass" and "progressive kuduro" variant and h ...

– "Hangover (BaBaBa) (Caspa Remix)" – Enchufada – 2011 * Plan B – "

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(Caspa Remix)" – Atlantic – 2012 *

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– "Ascendancy ( Halo 4 OST) (Caspa Remix)" – 7 Hz Productions – 2012 *

– "FML (Caspa Re-Fix)" – Released via SoundCloud – 2012 *

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The Day Is My Enemy ''The Day Is My Enemy'' is the sixth studio album by English electronic music group the Prodigy. It was released on 30 March 2015 by the record labels Take Me to the Hospital/Cooking Vinyl in the UK and Three Six Zero Music/Warner Bros. Records in ...

" (Caspa Remix) - Take Me to the Hospital/Cooking Vinyl, Three Six Zero/Warner Bros - 2015

DJ mixes

*Caspa &

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– 2007 *"My Style" – Dub Police – 2010 *Caspa – ''Mix 1.0'' – 2017

References

External links

Official website
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Caspa's SoundCloud
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