Kurtis Campbell, better known as DJ Kambel, is a British

United Kingdom

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 electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 DJ. While DJing in the UK happy hardcore

Happy hardcore

Happy hardcore, also known as happycore, is a genre of music typified by a very fast tempo , often coupled with solo vocals and sentimental lyrics. Its characteristically 4/4 beat "happy" sound distinguishes it from most other forms of hardcore techno, which tend to be "darker". It is typically in...

 scene, he composed many works for the mega-hit compilation Dancemania

Dancemania

Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...

's Speed

Dancemania Speed

Dancemania Speed is a sub-series of Toshiba EMI's Dancemania compilation series. This series features faster, further remixed versions of recordings from previously released Dancemania albums or faster remixed covers of various famous songs...

series, which made him one of the most frequently appearing artists on the series along with the likes of CJ Crew

CJ Crew

CJ Crew are a dance music DJ duo, consisting of Chris Bucknall and John Briely. Other aliases include Big Vin & Hugh Jardon, Chi K Monkey, Chi K Munki, Connie and the Plainsman, Demanche Noir, Muff and the Munchers, Nancy and the Boys, The Orff Ki Ensemble, Pyan Issim, Pynck Hobo, Terry and the...

, Captain Jack

Captain Jack (band)

Captain Jack is a musical duo, specializing in Eurodance music, originating from Germany.- History :Its members were Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez , and Sunny...

, Bus Stop

Bus Stop (band)

Bus Stop were a British dance act best known for their single "Kung Fu Fighting", which reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1998. The song sampled the original vocals by Carl Douglas, the original being a UK #1 hit in 1974, with added rap verses. The group then released three further...

, E-Rotic

E-Rotic

E-Rotic is a German Eurodance project. They are mostly known for their use of sexual topics and innuendo in their music. Some of the female vocalists who fronted E-Rotic over the years also fronted Missing Heart vocals.-History:...

 and Smile.dk

Smile.dk

Smile.dk is a Swedish bubblegum dance group with Veronica Almqvist and Cecilia Reiskog as the current members. The band is well-known around the world partly due to their many songs in Dance Dance Revolution, including "Butterfly", "Golden Sky", "Boys", "Mr...

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Career

Born and raised in Nottingham

Nottingham

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, England

England

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, he got involved with DJing and creating music at the age of 11. His musical career officially began in the early 2000s when he signed with major record label Toshiba EMI and began appearing on the label's Dancemania

Dancemania

Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...

compilation

Compilation album

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 series. His first appearance on the series was on the 2000 album Speed 5. He appeared on the album with his two remixes, one being "Classic Cutz", and the other being "Chariots of Hardcore", along with crews indluding CJ Crew

CJ Crew

CJ Crew are a dance music DJ duo, consisting of Chris Bucknall and John Briely. Other aliases include Big Vin & Hugh Jardon, Chi K Monkey, Chi K Munki, Connie and the Plainsman, Demanche Noir, Muff and the Munchers, Nancy and the Boys, The Orff Ki Ensemble, Pyan Issim, Pynck Hobo, Terry and the...

, Jenny Rom

Jenny Rom

Jenny Rom is an Italian dance singer known for her high-pitched, fast-paced dance music. Jenny Rom is produced under SAIFAM Publishing Group Italy also known just as SAIFAM. Her songs have been featured in Japan's Dancemania music compilation series, especially its Speed sub-series, as well as on...

, E-Rotic

E-Rotic

E-Rotic is a German Eurodance project. They are mostly known for their use of sexual topics and innuendo in their music. Some of the female vocalists who fronted E-Rotic over the years also fronted Missing Heart vocals.-History:...

, Natalie Browne

Natalie Browne

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, 2 Unlimited

2 Unlimited

2 Unlimited is a Dutch Eurodance/Hi-NRG act formed in 1991. The project was the brainchild of Belgian producers Jean-Paul DeCoster and Phil Wilde, and was fronted by a Dutch duo, rapper Ray Slijngaard and singer Anita Doth. During five years of enormous worldwide popularity, the act scored 16 chart...

 and Smile.dk

Smile.dk

Smile.dk is a Swedish bubblegum dance group with Veronica Almqvist and Cecilia Reiskog as the current members. The band is well-known around the world partly due to their many songs in Dance Dance Revolution, including "Butterfly", "Golden Sky", "Boys", "Mr...

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He made a number of appearances on the Speed series in the early 2000s, with his remixes including "Classic Cutz", "Chariots of Hardcore", "Dream State (Spaceman)

Spaceman (song)

"Spaceman" is a song by British singer-songwriter Jas Mann, of Babylon Zoo. Known for its heavily distorted guitars and metallic, robotic-sounding vocals, it went straight to Number 1 on the UK singles chart on 21 January 1996, selling 418,000 copies in the first week of release...

", "Last Nite Kambel Saved My Life" and "Where's The Noize

Popcorn (instrumental)

"Popcorn" is an early electronic pop instrumental, originally composed by Gershon Kingsley in 1969 on his album Music to Moog By. The same year this tune was released and recorded at Audio Fidelity Records label in New York City....

". Many of his tracks on the series were co-recorded with fellow British experienced MC Magika

MC Magika

MC Magika, sometimes credited as M•A•G•I•K•A, is a British MC, music producer and rave promoter. He has been regularly featured on the UK breakbeat compilation Dreamscape series, and on the mega-hit dance music compilation Dancemanias Speed sub-series...

.

He also made his Bonkers

Bonkers (compilation)

The Bonkers series was one of the leading happy hardcore compilation series in the UK. The first release was in 1996 on record label React , it was available on 2xCD, 2xTC and 4xLP formats...

debut in 2003 on Bonkers XI: Forevolution

Bonkers XI: Forevolution

Bonkers XI: Forevolution is the eleventh set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time.- Track listing :Disc 1: Hixxy...

with his track "No More Jokin'". He also made his non-Speed Dancemania debut with his remix of "Right Here Waiting For You

Right Here Waiting

"Right Here Waiting" is a ballad recorded by Richard Marx on his second album, Repeat Offender. "Right Here Waiting" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the 700th song to do so. It also peaked at #2 in the United Kingdom.-Background and writing:...

" on the 2005 compilation Covers 01

Dancemania Covers

Dancemania Covers is a sub-series of the Dancemania compilation series, with various famous songs remixed and covered by various dance music acts.-Dancemania Covers:Dancemania Covers was released on July 16, 1997.-Dancemania Covers 2:...

, where the crews included Atomic Kitten

Atomic Kitten

Atomic Kitten were an English girl group from Liverpool, first established in 1997. Created by Andy McCluskey, the final line-up, and most commercially successful, consisted of Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon, and Jenny Frost...

, Creamy

Creamy

Creamy was a Danish teen-pop duo, composed of Rebekka Mathew and Rannva Joensen.Their 1999 debut album, Creamy, made when the pair were just thirteen years of age, was composed of euro-pop versions of children’s songs. In 2001, they released a seasonal album, Christmas Snow...

, DJ Miko

DJ Miko

DJ Miko is an Italian DJ. He had a hit with a cover of Four Non Blondes's "What's Up" in 1994, one year after the original...

 and CJ Crew

CJ Crew

CJ Crew are a dance music DJ duo, consisting of Chris Bucknall and John Briely. Other aliases include Big Vin & Hugh Jardon, Chi K Monkey, Chi K Munki, Connie and the Plainsman, Demanche Noir, Muff and the Munchers, Nancy and the Boys, The Orff Ki Ensemble, Pyan Issim, Pynck Hobo, Terry and the...

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Appearances

Dancemania

• Speed
  Dancemania Speed
  Dancemania Speed is a sub-series of Toshiba EMI's Dancemania compilation series. This series features faster, further remixed versions of recordings from previously released Dancemania albums or faster remixed covers of various famous songs...
  
  : 5 (2000), 6 (2001), 7 (2001), 8 (2002), 9 (2002), 10 (2002)

Speed G : 1 (2003), 2 (2003)

Classical Speed

Classical Speed

Classical Speed is a sub-series of the Dancemania Speed compilation series, with uptempo dance remixes of famous classical music compositions.-History:...

: 1 (2002)

• Covers
  Dancemania Covers
  Dancemania Covers is a sub-series of the Dancemania compilation series, with various famous songs remixed and covered by various dance music acts.-Dancemania Covers:Dancemania Covers was released on July 16, 1997.-Dancemania Covers 2:...
  
  : 01 (2005)

Others

• Vibealite - A History Of Hardcore (2003)
• Hardcore Heaven 2 - Reloaded (2003)
• Bonkers XI - Forevolution
  Bonkers XI: Forevolution
  Bonkers XI: Forevolution is the eleventh set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time.- Track listing :Disc 1: Hixxy...
  
  (2003)
• Original Hardcore: The Nu Breed (2004)
• The Greatest Hardcore: The Hits The Video (2008)
• 100 Anthems: Hardcore Anthems (2009)