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Dave Audé
Birth nameDave Aude
Also known asClaude Le Gache
D'Still'D
Extension 119
Needle Damage
Rich Kidz[1]
GenresHouse
Dance
Progressive house
Trance[2]
Occupation(s)DJ, producer
Years active1991–present
LabelsAudacious
Ultra
Moonshine
Websitewww.daveaude.com

Dave Audé is a Grammy-winning producer, house DJ, and remixer. He operates both his own Audacious Records, and is known for co-founding Moonshine Music in the 1990s. He has done production for artists such as U2, will.i.am, t.A.T.u., Katy Perry, Barenaked Ladies, Faith No More, Rihanna, Yoko Ono, Madonna, CeCe Peniston, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, Selena Gomez and Beyoncé. Audé has scored 14 hit singles thus far on the Billboard charts, along with 13 number one singles on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.[3] In 2010 he was nominated for a Grammy for his remix of Dean Coleman "I Want You".[4] In 2016, Audé won a Grammy Award in the Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical category for his remix of Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. Dave Audé's songs are represented by Downtown Music Publishing.

Biography

Audé is the older brother of former Major League Baseball player Rich Audé. Audé began his career teaching at the Los Angeles Recording Workshop as a MIDI instructor at the age of 22. In the 90's, he began making house music at Truth, a Los Angeles dance club, and formed Lunatic Fringe with the club's owner, Steve Levy. They founded Moonshine Music, a record label, together, and built a studio in West Hollywood. Audé began making compilation and remix albums, and has scored 12 hit singles thus far, 1999's "Floor Filler Tune" (US Dance #20), 2006's "Common Ground" (US Dance #4), 2007's "Make It Last" (US Dance #1),[3] 2009's "Grass Is Greener" (with Sisely Treasure) (US Dance #1), 2010's "Figure It Out" (US Dance #1) with Isha Coco, a.k.a. Luciana Caporaso, 2011's "I'm Still Hot" with Luciana Caporaso (US Dance #1), 2012's "Never Forget" feat. Lena Katina (US Dance #1), 2012's "Something For The Weekend" with Luciana Caporaso (US Dance #1), Hold Me with Yoko Ono (US Dance #1), 2013's "Electricity & Drums (Bad Boy) with Akon & Luciana Caporaso (US Dance #1), 2014's "Take Me Away" with Rokelle (US Dance #1), and "Aftermath (Here We Go)" with Andy Bell (US Dance #1), "Hustlin'" with Vassy, Crazibiza (US Dance #1). Additionally, he has 112 #1 US Dance tracks to date. In 2006, Audé founded his own label, Audacious Records.

In 2009, he appeared on the TV show Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious as part of Robin Antin's expert team to help the girls rehearse. Audé was also Music Director for the Pussycat Dolls' 2009 World Tour.

In 2010, Audé was nominated for a Grammy for his remix of Dean Coleman's "I Want You".[4] As of 2015, he has produced for artists such as U2, KoЯn, Coldplay, Chris Brown, will.i.am, One Direction, t.A.T.u., Katy Perry, Barenaked Ladies, Faith No More, Sting, Juanes, Rihanna, Yoko Ono, Amy Grant, The Pussycat Dolls, Lady Gaga, Lunascape, Madonna, Wanessa, Britney Spears, CeCe Peniston, Selena Gomez & the Scene, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, Ivy Levan, and Beyoncé.

During the 58th Annual Grammy Awards in 2016, Audé received a Grammy for his remix of Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' hit single "Uptown Funk".

Discography

Albums

  • Audacious Summer Vol. 1 (2014)
  • Audacious 4 (2013)
  • Audacious Summer 2011 Sampler (2011)
  • Audacious 3 (2011)
  • 2 Audacious (2009)
  • Audacious (2006)

Singles

Remixes

The following is an incomplete list of songs with official remixes released by Dave Aude, in alphabetical order by song name:

References

  1. ^ "Discography". Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ "Beatport". Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  3. ^ a b Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com
  4. ^ a b http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2009&genre=30
  5. ^ "AVAILABLE NOW: Rokelle ft. Dave Audé "Take Me Away (The Remixes)"". Audacious Records. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
  6. ^ "Year End Charts". Billboard. 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
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