Dresden and Johnston are an American DJ and production duo composed of Dave Dresden

Dave Dresden

Dave Dresden is an electronic dance music DJ and producer, co-founder of the collaborative acts Gabriel & Dresden with Josh Gabriel, and Dresden and Johnston with Mikael Johnston of Mephisto Odyssey fame.-1990-2000: Early years:...

 of Gabriel & Dresden

Gabriel & Dresden

Gabriel & Dresden is the project name of the DJs and producers Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden from San Francisco. Their popularity and activities were centered in the United States. They won the WMC award as Best American DJ twice in 2007 and 2008, the same day the group split-up...

 and Mikael Johnston of Mephisto Odyssey

Mephisto Odyssey

Mephisto Odyssey is an American House music group from San Francisco California who have been credited with helping to pioneer the San Francisco house music sound. The group went on to release a number of self released singles until doing tenures at City of Angels and Warner Bros. Records from the...

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History

Dave Dresden

Dave Dresden

Dave Dresden is an electronic dance music DJ and producer, co-founder of the collaborative acts Gabriel & Dresden with Josh Gabriel, and Dresden and Johnston with Mikael Johnston of Mephisto Odyssey fame.-1990-2000: Early years:...

 is the co-founder of the dance music acts Gabriel & Dresden

Gabriel & Dresden

Gabriel & Dresden is the project name of the DJs and producers Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden from San Francisco. Their popularity and activities were centered in the United States. They won the WMC award as Best American DJ twice in 2007 and 2008, the same day the group split-up...

 and Motorcycle, remixer for acts like Jewel

Jewel (singer)

Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress and poet...

 and The Killers, and the co-author of the dance floor hits As the Rush Comes

As the Rush Comes

As the Rush Comes is a 2004 song by the American progressive group Motorcycle with vocalist Jes Brieden. The rock-inspired song was a number one single on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart in 2004, where it would also become the first year-end number one Dance Airplay track that same year, and...

, and Tracking Treasure Down

Tracking Treasure Down

"Tracking Treasure Down" is a song recorded by dance music DJs and producers Gabriel & Dresden. Molly Bancroft collaborated with Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden on "Tracking Treasure Down", which was a U.S. Hot Dance Club Play number-one single...

. Mikael Johnston is the founding member of the Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 act Mephisto Odyssey

Mephisto Odyssey

Mephisto Odyssey is an American House music group from San Francisco California who have been credited with helping to pioneer the San Francisco house music sound. The group went on to release a number of self released singles until doing tenures at City of Angels and Warner Bros. Records from the...

 who were pivotal in defining the nascent San Francisco house sound. Johnston has also collaborated remixed and engineered for artists such as Jane’s Addiction, Static-X

Static-X

Static-X is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California. They were formed in 1994. They are signed to Warner Bros. Records and have released six albums, their most recent being Cult of Static, which was released on March 17, 2009....

, Los Amigos Invisibles

Los Amigos Invisibles

Los Amigos Invisibles is a multiple-Grammy nominated and Latin Grammy winning Venezuelan band that plays a blend of disco, acid jazz and funk mixed with Latin rhythms...

, Soul Coughing

Soul Coughing

Soul Coughing was a popular New York-based alternative rock band. The band found modest mainstream success during the mid-to-late 1990s. Soul Coughing developed a devout fanbase and have garnered largely positive response from critics. Steve Huey describes the band as "one of the most unusual cult...

, I Am the World Trade Center

I Am the World Trade Center

I Am the World Trade Center is a synth-pop duo consisting of musician Daniel Geller and vocalist Amy Dykes. Geller creates almost all of the music using his laptop, occasionally using drum machines, keyboards, or other instruments.-History:Daniel Geller co-founded Kindercore Records with Ryan...

, Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth is an American rock band from San Jose, California. The band was formed in 1994, and was originally composed of Steve Harwell, Greg Camp, Paul De Lisle and Kevin Coleman as lead vocals, guitar, bass and drums respectively...

, The Matches

The Matches

The Matches are a United States-based band formed in 1997 in Oakland, California. It currently is composed of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Shawn Harris, lead guitarist and backup vocalist Jonathan Devoto, bassist and backup vocalist Dylan Rowe, and drummer Matt Whalen...

, The Sounds

The Sounds

The Sounds are a Swedish Indie Rock band. Formed in Helsingborg in 1999, the group's musical style has been compared to New Wave acts such as Blondie, The Cars, the Epoxies and Missing Persons....

 and Goapele

Goapele

-Early life:Goapele's South African father Douglas Mohlabane was an exiled political activist who struggled against the Apartheid System. Goapele's New York-born Israeli Jewish mother Noa had been attending protests since the age of 12. Noa attended Friends World College and was studying in...

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Johnston and Dresden had known each other for over a decade and started collaborating once Gabriel & Dresden had disbanded. The partnership was announced in February 2009 on Beatport

Beatport

Beatport is an online music store specializing in electronic dance music and culture. Beatport is a privately held company owned and operated by Beatport LLC and based in Denver, Colorado.-History:...

. Their first work together were remixes of Lily Allen

Lily Allen

Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper , better known as Lily Allen, is an English recording artist and fashion designer. She is the daughter of actor and musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. In her teenage years, her musical tastes evolved from glam rock to alternative...

's song "The Fear

The Fear (song)

"The Fear" is a song by British recording artist Lily Allen from her second studio album, It's Not Me, It's You. Written by Allen and Greg Kurstin, the song was released as the lead single of the album...

" followed by Nadia Ali

Nadia Ali

Nadia Ali is a Pakistani-American singer-songwriter, born in Libya and raised in Queens, New York. She gained attention as the frontwoman and songwriter of the band iiO, after their 2001 hit "Rapture" reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also charted across several countries in Europe...

's "Love Story

Love Story (Nadia Ali song)

"Love Story" is a song by Nadia Ali. It was released on March 10, 2009 as the second single from Ali's debut solo album Embers by Smile in Bed Records.-Love Story: Remixes:-Love Story: Les Remixes Noirs:-Awards and nominations:...

", both topped Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

's Hot Dance Club Play Chart. This was followed by remixes for BT

BT (musician)

Brian Wayne Transeau is a classically trained and Grammy-nominated American music producer, composer, audio technician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter better known by his stage name, BT. He is an artist in the electronic genre...

, JD Webb, The Crystal Method

The Crystal Method

The Crystal Method is an American electronic music duo that was created in Los Angeles, California by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland in the early 1990s. The Crystal Method's music has appeared in numerous TV shows, films, video games, and advertisements. The most prominent is the US television...

, Owl City

Owl City

Owl City is an American electronica musical project by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young formed in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota. Young created the project while experimenting with music in his parents' basement...

, Morgan Page

Morgan Page

Morgan Page is an American progressive house and electro house DJ from Los Angeles. His most widely recognized track is "The Longest Road," featuring Lissie, which was included on his debut album Elevate, released in March 2008. The Deadmau5 remix was nominated for a Grammy...

, Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...

 and Dev

Dev (singer)

Devin Star Tailes , better known by her stage name Dev, is an American singer. She was discovered by The Cataracs via MySpace after her friend Shane Crislip, posted her singing to some beats...

. Their remix of Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)

Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)

"Tonight ," also known as "Tonight " when played on radio during daytime, is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias. It features American rapper Ludacris and producer DJ Frank E. The song was released to the US radio on November 1, 2010, and it was released digitally on November 22, 2010...

" reached number one on Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart.

Their first original production was "Keep Faith" featuring vocals by Mezo Riccio. Released in March 2010, the song charted at number 10 on Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart. Around the same time, remixes of their collaboration "That Day" with singer-songwriter Nadia Ali were released on compilation albums. In August 2010, the duo released their EP titled "The Cove/Redhead" and in November 2010 their second single "Metaphonix". Their first studio album tentatively titled High and Low is rumored for a 2011 release. The album contains collaborations with Morgan Page

Morgan Page

Morgan Page is an American progressive house and electro house DJ from Los Angeles. His most widely recognized track is "The Longest Road," featuring Lissie, which was included on his debut album Elevate, released in March 2008. The Deadmau5 remix was nominated for a Grammy...

, Jan Burton

Jan Burton

Jan Burton is a Welsh music producer best known for his work with ex-Fluke member Mike Tournier in their joint project, Syntax. He is currently engaged in musical activities in a group called Fatal and working on Syntax's second Album....

, Skylar Grey, Nadia Ali

Nadia Ali

Nadia Ali is a Pakistani-American singer-songwriter, born in Libya and raised in Queens, New York. She gained attention as the frontwoman and songwriter of the band iiO, after their 2001 hit "Rapture" reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also charted across several countries in Europe...

, Mezo Riccio and David Penner

David Penner

David Penner began his musical career at a young age and was a member of several bands throughout high school and college. He plays several instruments including guitar, bass, piano, saxophone, sitar and some percussion. He studied sitar with George Rukert and jazz saxophone with Andy Netter. David...

 of Andain

Andain

Andain is a San Francisco-based electronic music duo. Their style incorporates a blend of acoustic instrumentation, blissful vocals, and introspective lyrics, companioned by dark electronic elements and sound design. Band members initially included producer Josh Gabriel, singer and songwriter Mavie...

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Discography

Singles/EPs

• 2010 "Keep Faith" (featuring Mezo Riccio)
• 2010 "The Cove/Redhead"
• 2010 "Metaphonix"

Compilations

• 2010 Armin van Buuren - ASOT Radio Top 15 - "That Day" (Tritonal Remix) [feat. Nadia Ali and Mikael Johnston]
• 2010 Myon & Shane 54
  Myon & Shane 54
  Mÿon & Shane 54 is a trance music duo of producers and DJs from Hungary named Márió Égető and Előd Császár . They recorded music as individual musicians until they teamed up in 2008....
  
   - International Departures Soundtracks - "That Day" (Myon & Shane 54 Remix) [feat. Nadia Ali and Mikael Johnston]
• 2010 Menno De Jong
  Menno de Jong
  Menno de Jong is a DJ and producer from the Netherlands. His production & remix career has seen him record for some of Europe’s biggest trance labels and he’s the owner of lauded Dutch independent Intuition Recordings. A Podcast pioneer, he’s produced and presented the much respected and...
  
   - Intuition Sessions: Rio de Janeiro - "That Day" (Lenny Ruckus & Ana Vida Remix) [feat. Nadia Ali and Mikael Johnston]
• 2010 Nadia Ali
  Nadia Ali
  Nadia Ali is a Pakistani-American singer-songwriter, born in Libya and raised in Queens, New York. She gained attention as the frontwoman and songwriter of the band iiO, after their 2001 hit "Rapture" reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also charted across several countries in Europe...
  
   - Queen of Clubs Trilogy: Onyx Edition
  Queen of Clubs Trilogy: Onyx Edition
  Queens of Clubs Trilogy: Onyx Edition is the second installment in the Queen of Clubs Trilogy: The Best of Nadia Ali Remixed, a compilation of remixes of tracks by singer-songwriter Nadia Ali...
  
  - "That Day" (Tritonal Remix) [feat. Nadia Ali and Mikael Johnston]
• 2011 Sydney Blu - Nervous Nightlife: Live at Mansion - "That Day" (Sydney Blu Remix) [feat. Nadia Ali and Mikael Johnston]

Remixes

• 2009 Lily Allen - "The Fear"
• 2009 Nadia Ali - "Love Story"
• 2009 JD Web - "Better Man"
• 2009 BT - "Unbreakable"
• 2010 The Crystal Method - "Black Rainbows"
• 2010 Filo & Peri - "Soul and the Sun"
• 2010 Morgan Page - "I've Had Friends"
• 2011 Enrique Iglesias - "Tonight (I'm Loving You)"
• 2011 Dev feat. Cataracs - "Bass Down Low"