Static revenger
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Dennis White, better known as his stage name Static Revenger, is an American
record producer
, video
director
, and DJ
based in Los Angeles
. He is best known for the worldwide club
hits
"I Like That", "Happy People", and "Everything is Beautiful". He has seven #1 Billboard
club chart tracks including Swedish House Mafia
, Madonna
, Shakira
, and Lady Antebellum
for "Need You Now", which won the 2011 Grammy for 'Song Of The Year'. "Happy People" peaked at #23 in the UK Singles Chart
in July 2001.
From an early start in dance music
as the music director for the Detroit techno
group, Inner City, he went on to form the marginally successful Detroit alternative dance rock band, Charm Farm, best known for the song "Superstar". As part of their range of idents from 1998 to 2002, the song "Happy People" was used on various idents for Sky One
.
In 2007, he released together with Taj Bell, the song "Everything is Beautiful". This song was released on the Ministry of Sound
compilation album
, Clubbers Guide 2008.
In 2009, he co-wrote and produced the song "I Like That
", which was released in Australia and the US
in 2010, reaching #3 in the ARIA
Singles Chart in Australia, and achieved ARIA certified double platinum
status. In December 2010, "I Like That" reached #1 in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
chart.
He has directed and produced music video
s for Paul Van Dyk
, Meck
, Mark Knight
, Vandalism
, Ultra Records
, Toolroom Records, as well as the video for "I Like That". He directed, produced and hosts an online travel series called "Travel Riot!" A 2011 Audit of YOUTUBE showed that Static Revenger music has received an aggregate of 65 million views on the popular online video site.
In May 2010, Static Revenger released "Skin I'm In", which featured Luciana on the vocals, and in late 2010 he remixed "Who Owns My Heart
" performed by "Miley Cyrus
" and produced by Rock Mafia
There was also a video produced to this version, featuring footage of both artists performing, and imagery of the city of Los Angeles.
In 2011, Static Revenger released "Long Time", a collaboration with Angger Dimas, which is a remix
adaptation of Boston
's track, "Foreplay/Long Time
", and "VEGAS", a collaboration with Vandalism
, "RENEGADE" with Wynter Gordon
, and "LIGHT IT UP", with Australian Idol winner Stan Walker
on Sony Music Australia
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
record 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...
, video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, and DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
based in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. He is best known for the worldwide club
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
hits
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
"I Like That", "Happy People", and "Everything is Beautiful". He has seven #1 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...
club chart tracks including Swedish House Mafia
Swedish House Mafia
Swedish House Mafia is a Swedish House Music group consisting of the three disc jockeys and producers; Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso. The group officially formed in late 2008....
, Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
, Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
, and Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum is an American country pop music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2006. The trio is composed of Charles Kelley , Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott .The group made its debut in 2007 as guest vocalists on Jim Brickman's single "Never Alone", before signing to Capitol...
for "Need You Now", which won the 2011 Grammy for 'Song Of The Year'. "Happy People" peaked at #23 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in July 2001.
From an early start in dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
as the music director for the Detroit 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, Inner City, he went on to form the marginally successful Detroit alternative dance rock band, Charm Farm, best known for the song "Superstar". As part of their range of idents from 1998 to 2002, the song "Happy People" was used on various idents for Sky One
Sky One
Sky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...
.
In 2007, he released together with Taj Bell, the song "Everything is Beautiful". This song was released on the Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...
compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
, Clubbers Guide 2008.
In 2009, he co-wrote and produced the song "I Like That
I Like That (Richard Vission song)
"I Like That" is a single by Toronto producer Richard Vission. It features Los Angeles producer Static Revenger, and stars English singer Luciana.The two producers and the singer co-wrote the song with N. Clow....
", which was released in Australia and the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 2010, reaching #3 in the ARIA
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
Singles Chart in Australia, and achieved ARIA certified double platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
status. In December 2010, "I Like That" reached #1 in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
chart.
He has directed and produced music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
s for Paul Van Dyk
Paul van Dyk
Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...
, Meck
Meck
Meck Island is part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Ralik Chain in the Republic of the Marshall Islands , 2,100 nautical miles southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii....
, Mark Knight
Mark Knight
Mark Knight, also known as madfiddler, "TDK" is a well-known Amiga demoscene musician, video game composer/sound designer and electric violinist....
, Vandalism
Vandalism (band)
Vandalism is an Australian electro house music group. It comprises DJ Andy Van Dorsselaer and vocalist/songwriter Cassie Van Dorsselaer...
, Ultra Records
Ultra Records
Ultra Records is an American independent electronic dance music record label. Ultra was formed in New York City in 1995 by former Polygram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey, who is still currently the owner...
, Toolroom Records, as well as the video for "I Like That". He directed, produced and hosts an online travel series called "Travel Riot!" A 2011 Audit of YOUTUBE showed that Static Revenger music has received an aggregate of 65 million views on the popular online video site.
In May 2010, Static Revenger released "Skin I'm In", which featured Luciana on the vocals, and in late 2010 he remixed "Who Owns My Heart
Who Owns My Heart
"Who Owns My Heart" is a song by American recording artist Miley Cyrus. The song was written by Cyrus, Antonina Armato, Tim James and Devrim Karaoglu, and produced by Armato and James. "Who Owns My Heart" was released on October 22, 2010 by Hollywood Records as the second single from Cyrus' third...
" performed by "Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana....
" and produced by Rock Mafia
Rock Mafia
Rock Mafia is a record production/songwriting team, consisting of Tim James and Antonina Armato, who are credited for writing and producing a great number of top pop and rock artists beginning in the early 2000s such as Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Selena Gomez, Demi...
There was also a video produced to this version, featuring footage of both artists performing, and imagery of the city of Los Angeles.
In 2011, Static Revenger released "Long Time", a collaboration with Angger Dimas, which is a remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
adaptation of Boston
Boston (band)
Boston is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts that achieved its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s. Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer Tom Scholz, the band is a staple of classic rock radio playlists...
's track, "Foreplay/Long Time
Foreplay/Long Time
"Foreplay/Long Time" is a song by the rock band Boston, released on the band's eponymous debut album, and as their second single, on Epic Records in 1976. It combines an instrumental introduction, "Foreplay", to the main song "Long Time", generally played as one on the radio and listed as one track...
", and "VEGAS", a collaboration with Vandalism
Vandalism (band)
Vandalism is an Australian electro house music group. It comprises DJ Andy Van Dorsselaer and vocalist/songwriter Cassie Van Dorsselaer...
, "RENEGADE" with Wynter Gordon
Wynter Gordon
Diana "Wynter" Gordon is an American pop/dance singer-songwriter. She began as a writer for other artists, later signing with Atlantic Records where she began working on an album while continuing to write songs for other acts and providing vocals on songs...
, and "LIGHT IT UP", with Australian Idol winner Stan Walker
Stan Walker
Stan Walker , is an Australian recording artist and actor. In 2009, Walker was the winner on the seventh season of Australian Idol. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia....
on Sony Music Australia
Singles and EPs
- 1999: "Supernatural"
- 2001: "Happy People"
- 2004: "Everyone"
- 2004: "So High"
- 2006: "Round and Round"
- 2007: "Ooh La La!"
- 2008: "Everything Is Beautiful"
- 2009: "How Does It Feel", "Into the Deep"
- 2010: "I Like ThatI Like That (Richard Vission song)"I Like That" is a single by Toronto producer Richard Vission. It features Los Angeles producer Static Revenger, and stars English singer Luciana.The two producers and the singer co-wrote the song with N. Clow....
", "Skin I'm In", "Long Time", Vegas [featuring Vandalism] - 2011: "Long Time", Vegas [featuring Vandalism], "Light It UpLight It Up (Stan Walker song)"Light It Up" is a song by Australian recording artist Stan Walker, which features American DJ, Static Revenger. It was released for digital download on 16 September 2011, as the second single from Walker's third studio album, Let the Music Play...
" (with Stan WalkerStan WalkerStan Walker , is an Australian recording artist and actor. In 2009, Walker was the winner on the seventh season of Australian Idol. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia....
)
External links
- Official website
- Static Revenger 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...
- Travel Riot website