Davide Carbone
Encyclopedia
Davide Carbone is an ARIA Award
-winning Australian music producer
, composer
, sound design
er who began his career as a DJ in the underground dance-music scene of the late 1980s.
Carbone has enjoyed a diverse career within the music industry. He has released several records, composed music for TV, film, theatre and video games and created sound design for TV, film, video games and synthesizers.
and started as a DJ in the Melbourne nightclub scene. In 1990 he started an electronic music show called Rhythmatic on Australian radio station 3RRR
. Carbone formed the techno
group, Future Sound Of Melbourne (FSOM) with Josh Abrahams and acid house DJ Steve Robbins. They released 12" singles on the Shock Records
imprint, Candyline Records. Future Sound Of Melbourne also released tracks on Belgium's underground dance-music label, Two Thumbs Records, with the Thomas Heckmann remix of their track "Welcome" featured on the inaugural IF? Records
compilation Zeitgeist. Future Sound Of Melbourne won the ARIA Award
for "Best Dance Release" for their Chapter One album in 1996
.
In 1998, Carbone relocated to Bristol, England where he started drum and bass
record label BS1 Records. The label was responsible for launching the career of artists such as
TC. Carbone performed at the 1999 Roskilde Festival
in Denmark. Carbone also released several drum and bass singles through BS1 Records, 31 Records and React
. His single El Dorado debuted at #5 in the UK dance singles chart in 2002. In 2004, Carbone moved to London where he produced the sample pack Davide Carbone's Drum & Bass Masterclass for Loopmasters
which garnered critical acclaim from the music press including an MTM (Music Tech Magazine) recommended award. During his period in London, Carbone composed several pieces for TV, film and Video Games. His music appeared on Discovery Channel
and the Japanese video games Get Amped 2, Get Amped Tournament Edition and Cosmic 21. Get Amped 2, an Massively multiplayer online game
(MMO) has over twenty million registered players. Carbone also joined UK music production house Delicious Digital where he composed over one hundred pieces of music, some of which featured on BBC Radio 5 Live
, BBC Two
and the promo video for House of Saddam
which was awarded a 2009 gold Promax Award
.
In 2009, Carbone returned to Melbourne, Australia where he formed s:amplify
with Josh Abrahams. Under this new moniker Carbone and Abrahams teamed with Carl Cox
to co-write and co-produce Cox's forthcoming artist album All Roads Lead to the Dancefloor, due for release in 2011. This trio also provided remixes for Moby
, Miguel Bosé
and Gilles Peterson
, among others. Recently, as part of s:amplify, Carbone and Abrahams provided complete sonic branding packages for Melbourne TV network Channel 31 (Australia), and the Melbourne public transport company Metro Trains Melbourne
, as well as composing music for Tourism Australia
, Alienware
, and the International Cricket Council
. s:amplify have also produced several tracks for various artists including the recent cover version of Wuthering Heights
by Robyn Loau
.
In 2011, s:amplify were featured on the front cover of the April issue of Music Tech magazine and released two sound design packs through Loopmasters
which have received several positive reviews. Currently, s:amplify is providing the sound design for the forthcoming Japanese synthesizer KDJ One and have recently been appointed musical directors for the 2012 City of Sydney
New Year's Eve fireworks show.
Carbone has tutored at various universities and colleges including the City Literary Institute and RMIT University
.
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...
-winning Australian music producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, sound design
Sound design
Sound design is the process of specifying, acquiring, manipulating or generating audio elements. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including filmmaking, television production, theatre, sound recording and reproduction, live performance, sound art, post-production and video game software...
er who began his career as a DJ in the underground dance-music scene of the late 1980s.
Carbone has enjoyed a diverse career within the music industry. He has released several records, composed music for TV, film, theatre and video games and created sound design for TV, film, video games and synthesizers.
Biography
Carbone was born in 1971 in MelbourneMelbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
and started as a DJ in the Melbourne nightclub scene. In 1990 he started an electronic music show called Rhythmatic on Australian radio station 3RRR
3RRR
3RRR is a popular Australian community radio station, based in Melbourne. It is the largest per capita subscribed radio station in the world....
. Carbone formed the techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
group, Future Sound Of Melbourne (FSOM) with Josh Abrahams and acid house DJ Steve Robbins. They released 12" singles on the Shock Records
Shock Records
Shock Records is Australia's largest independent record label. It helps distribute records from overseas records labels such as Epitaph Records, and also for small record labels designed specifically for that band such as Cement Records...
imprint, Candyline Records. Future Sound Of Melbourne also released tracks on Belgium's underground dance-music label, Two Thumbs Records, with the Thomas Heckmann remix of their track "Welcome" featured on the inaugural IF? Records
IF? Records
IF? Records, established in Melbourne, Australia in 1995 and based in Tokyo, Japan after relocating there in 2001, was a live gig and rave party organiser in Melbourne in the 1990s and one of Melbourne's first independent local electronic music labels....
compilation Zeitgeist. Future Sound Of Melbourne won the ARIA Award
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...
for "Best Dance Release" for their Chapter One album in 1996
ARIA Music Awards of 1996
The 10th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 30 September 1996 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre...
.
In 1998, Carbone relocated to Bristol, England where he started drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
record label BS1 Records. The label was responsible for launching the career of artists such as
TC. Carbone performed at the 1999 Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival is a festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer...
in Denmark. Carbone also released several drum and bass singles through BS1 Records, 31 Records and React
React Music Limited
React Music Limited was a London based independent record label that was formed in 1990 by James Horrocks and Thomas Foley. James Horrocks was initially involved with successful dance music independent Rhythm King, and React pursued a similar approach - specifically electronic dance music, house...
. His single El Dorado debuted at #5 in the UK dance singles chart in 2002. In 2004, Carbone moved to London where he produced the sample pack Davide Carbone's Drum & Bass Masterclass for Loopmasters
Loopmasters
Loopmasters isa sound design label based in Brighton, UK. Loopmasters release and publish sample packs on the pro-audio market and cooperate with major software and hardware vendors including Ableton Live and Focusrite. Since 2008 Loopmasters also functions as an online store for music composers,...
which garnered critical acclaim from the music press including an MTM (Music Tech Magazine) recommended award. During his period in London, Carbone composed several pieces for TV, film and Video Games. His music appeared on Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
and the Japanese video games Get Amped 2, Get Amped Tournament Edition and Cosmic 21. Get Amped 2, an Massively multiplayer online game
Massively multiplayer online game
A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...
(MMO) has over twenty million registered players. Carbone also joined UK music production house Delicious Digital where he composed over one hundred pieces of music, some of which featured on BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
, BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
and the promo video for House of Saddam
House of Saddam
House of Saddam is a 2008 drama that charts the rise and fall of Saddam Hussein. A co-production between BBC Television and HBO Films, the series was first broadcast on BBC Two in four parts between 30 July and 20 August 2008. The mini-series has been very well received across the Arab...
which was awarded a 2009 gold Promax Award
Promax Awards
PromaxBDA Awards honor design and marketing work in the advertising and promotions business from a company or individual that is broadcast, published or released in their respective markets....
.
In 2009, Carbone returned to Melbourne, Australia where he formed s:amplify
Samplify
s:amplify is a multiple award winning music production house formed by Davide Carbone and Josh Abrahams who have collectively been producing and composing music since the late 1980s. Together they have won three ARIA Awards and produced several worldwide chart topping hits...
with Josh Abrahams. Under this new moniker Carbone and Abrahams teamed with Carl Cox
Carl Cox
Carl Cox is a British techno and house music DJ.-Biography:Cox grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, before attending Glastonbury High Boys secondary modern school on Glastonbury Road in Morden. Cox began his career as a hardcore and rave DJ in the mid 1980s...
to co-write and co-produce Cox's forthcoming artist album All Roads Lead to the Dancefloor, due for release in 2011. This trio also provided remixes for Moby
Moby
Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...
, Miguel Bosé
Miguel Bosé
Miguel Dominguín Bosé is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish/Italian musician and actor.-Early life:Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosé and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. He is also a cousin of Carmen...
and Gilles Peterson
Gilles Peterson
Gilles Peterson , is a DJ, record collector and record label owner from London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz, Talkin' Loud, and latterly Brownswood Recordings, he has been associated with the careers of well-known artists of the 1990s such as Erykah Badu, Roni Size and Jamiroquai...
, among others. Recently, as part of s:amplify, Carbone and Abrahams provided complete sonic branding packages for Melbourne TV network Channel 31 (Australia), and the Melbourne public transport company Metro Trains Melbourne
Metro Trains Melbourne
Metro Trains Melbourne is the current franchise operator of the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. Metro Trains Melbourne is a joint venture led by Hong Kong based MTR Corporation together with John Holland Group and United Group Rail .Metro Trains Melbourne operates a fleet of 381...
, as well as composing music for Tourism Australia
Tourism Australia
Tourism Australia is a statutory authority of the Government of Australia, with responsibility for tourism marketing within Australia and internationally, as well as research and forecasting of domestic and global tourism trends...
, Alienware
Alienware
Alienware is an American computer hardware subsidary of Dell, Inc. It mainly assembles third party components into desktops and laptops with custom enclosures for high-performance gaming. These products also support graphically intense applications such as video editing, simulation, and audio editing...
, and the International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
. s:amplify have also produced several tracks for various artists including the recent cover version of Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (song)
"Wuthering Heights" is a song by Kate Bush released as her debut single in January 1978. It became a No.1 hit in the UK singles chart and remains her biggest-selling single. The song appears on her 1978 debut album, The Kick Inside. The B-side of the single was another song by Bush named "Kite" -...
by Robyn Loau
Robyn Loau
Robyn Loau is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. During 1991–1994 she was lead singer of pop group, Girlfriend.- Girlfriend :...
.
In 2011, s:amplify were featured on the front cover of the April issue of Music Tech magazine and released two sound design packs through Loopmasters
Loopmasters
Loopmasters isa sound design label based in Brighton, UK. Loopmasters release and publish sample packs on the pro-audio market and cooperate with major software and hardware vendors including Ableton Live and Focusrite. Since 2008 Loopmasters also functions as an online store for music composers,...
which have received several positive reviews. Currently, s:amplify is providing the sound design for the forthcoming Japanese synthesizer KDJ One and have recently been appointed musical directors for the 2012 City of Sydney
City of Sydney
The City of Sydney is the Local Government Area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia...
New Year's Eve fireworks show.
Carbone has tutored at various universities and colleges including the City Literary Institute and RMIT University
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
.
Discography
- "Melodia" / "Alien 8" (1992) Candyline Records
- "Beyond E.P." (1992) Candyline Records
- "Shiva Ratri" (1993) Two Thumbs
- "The Avatar E.P." (1994) Candyline Records
- "System X" (1995) Volition
- "Chapter One" (1995) Volition
- "Dicted" (2000) BS1 Records
- "Do You Copy?" (2000) BS1 Records
- "Direct" (2001) Industry Recordings/React Music
- "El Dorado" (2002) Industry Recordings/React Music
- "Friday" (2002) Industry Recordings/React Music
- "In Your Mind" (2002) BS1 Records
- "Innocence" (2002) Industry Recordings/React Music
- "Check It Out" (2003) BS1 Records
- "Chinatown" (2003) BS1 Records
- "Dum Dum" (2003) Industry Recordings/React Music
- "Escape" (2003) BS1 Records
- "Get Down" (2003) Industry Recordings/React Music
- "Heavies" (2003) BS1 Records
- "Secret Levels" (2003) Industry Recordings/React Music
- "Frisco Disco" (2004) Industry Recordings/React Music
- "Hold My Breath" (2004) BS1 Records
- "Let It Roll" (2004) Defunked
- "Lift You Up" (2004) BS1 Records
- "Lovin' Me" (2004) Rubik Records
- "Low Til I Smoke" (2004) Industry Recordings/React Music
- "My Thing" (2004) Industry Recordings/React Music
- "Soul Salaam" (2004) Industry Recordings/React Music
- "Thousand Miles" (2004) Industry Recordings/React Music
- "Totally Distracted" (2004) Defunked
- "After Dark" (2005) BS1 Records
- "Enamorada" (2005) 31 Records
- "Keep On Pushing" (2005) Renegade Records
- "Pull Your Body" (2005) 31 Records
- "Ready With This / Six Hills" (2005) Intrinsic Recordings
- "Strictly Rollin" (2005) BS1 Records
- "Liquidiser" (2006) BS1 Records
- "Misty VIP" (2007) BS1 Records
- "Unusual Sound" (2008) Levitated
- "Cienfuegos" (2009) BS1 Records
- "Radionuclide" (2009) BS1 Records
External links
- Davide Carbone discography at discogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- FSOM discography at discogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...