CamelPhat are an English DJ and production duo, consisting of Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala, formed in

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in 2006. Initially they released music under various names but found success with their 2017 single "

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", which peaked at No. 3 on the

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, and at No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart. They have released two studio albums and many singles and EPs.

Biography

Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala met each other in a Liverpool record shop

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and both were disc jockeys in the city. Di Scala had previously released music as a member of

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(with Lee Butler and Les Calvert),

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(with Ian Redman and Chris Henry) and as a solo

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artist using the name Re-Con. Dave Whelan hosted his own Jubilee club night since 2004 and the two were resident DJs at Society nightclub. They began producing music together as members of The Chosen Few, along with Les Calvert. The trio also managed the Adhesive record label as a subsidiary of All Around the World. The Chosen Few released a cover of

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’ "

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" (Adhesive, 2004) and also remixed the original song for the 2005 reissue of ''

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''. As a duo, Whelan and Di Scala released several remixes and bootlegs as under various names such as The Bassline Hustlers, Men from Mars and Da Mode. Using the name Pawn Shop, they released the single "Shot Away" (All Around the World, 2006), based on a sample of "

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" by

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, which peaked at No. 100 on the UK Singles Chart. Following this, they released several more singles as Whelan & Di Scala on various labels, including their own Bachelor Pad Recordings, and also using other aliases such as Wheels & Disco, Mancini and Shake n' Jack. From 2008 to 2014, Dave Whelan was a radio presenter on

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. In 2010, they released their first recordings as CamelPhat on their own Vice Records label. As CamelPhat, the duo initially wore

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s to conceal their identity because they "just wanted the people to judge the music and not us". In 2011, Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala became owners of a Liverpool nightclub Mansion. The duo released numerous singles and EPs on various record labels and some CamelPhat songs appeared on the

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charts in Belgium, such as "The Act" (

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, 2014), "Paradigm" featuring

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(Axtone, 2015), "Constellations" (Spinnin' Deep, 2015), "Make 'Em Dance" from ''Light Night EP'' (Suara, 2016) and "Hangin' Out with Charlie" from ''Hangin' with Charlie EP'' (Suara, 2017). Their collaboration with

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on "

" (

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, 2017) was an international hit single which peaked at No. 17 on the U.K. Singles Chart and No. 1 on the US ''

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chart and was nominated for

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at the

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. Further UK top forty hit singles followed with "

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" (Loudmouth Music, 2018), a collaboration with

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and " Breathe" (Pryda Presents, 2018), a collaboration with Cristoph featuring Jem Cooke. In December 2018, CamelPhat signed to

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and released several singles on the label such as " Be Someone" (2019) with

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, “Rabbit Hole” (2019) featuring Jem Cooke, “For a Feeling” (2020) with Artbat featuring

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and “Hypercolour” (2020) with

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. In October 2020 they released their debut studio album ''

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'' which reached No. 23 in the UK Albums Chart.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

*''Global'' (2010) *''Made in Italy'' (2010) *''Kill the VIP'' (2010) *''Vice Summer 2011'' (2011) *''Outta Body'' (2012) *''Watergate'' (2012) *''One Hump or Two'' (2012) *''Art of Work'' (2015) *''Get Sick'' (2015) *''Light Night'' (2016) *''Higher'' (2016) *''Deets'' (2017) *''Hangin' with Charlie'' (2017) *''Gypsy King'' (2017) *''Monsters'' (2017) *''House Dawgs'' (2017) *''Bang 2 Drum'' (2017) *''Revisited'' (2017) *''Crystal Clear'' (2019)

Singles

Remixes

Production and songwriting credits

Music videos

Awards and nominations

AIM Awards

, - , 2018 , CamelPhat , Most Played New Independent Act ,

DJ Awards

, - , 2016 , CamelPhat , Breakthrough , , - , 2017 , "Cola" (with Elderbrook) , Track of the Season , , - , 2018 , CamelPhat , House Artist , , - , 2019 , CamelPhat , Tech House ,

DJ Mag Best of British Awards

, - , 2018 , CamelPhat , Best Group ,

Grammy Awards

, - ,

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, "Cola" (with Elderbrook) , Best Dance Recording ,

International Dance Music Awards

, - , 2018 , "Cola" (with Elderbrook) , Best Song , , - , 2019 , "Panic Room" (with Au/Ra) , Best Electronic Song ,

Ivor Novello Awards

, - , 2018 , "Cola" (with Elderbrook) , Best Contemporary Song ,

UK Music Video Awards

, - , 2019 , "Be Someone" (with Jake Bugg) , Best Dance Video – UK , , - , 2019 , "Be Someone" (with Jake Bugg) , Best Editing in a Video ,

WDM Radio Awards

, - , 2018 , "Cola" (with Elderbrook) , Best Dancefloor Track ,

Notes

References

External links

* {{Authority control DJs from Liverpool English house DJs English DJ duos English electronic dance music DJs English house music duos English electronic dance music duos British male musical duos British record production teams Record production duos Spinnin' Records artists Musical groups established in 2004 Musical groups from Liverpool