DJ Icey, (born Eddie Pappa) often referred to as the "King of Funky Breaks" (Mixmag April 1998) is the multi platinum Moonshine recording artist responsible for defining Funky Breaks and Florida Breaks.
Born and raised in Florida, DJ Icey first got interested in music in his teens. He was especially fond of early 1980s new wave synth pop, industrial, and hip-hop music. The boom in club music during the late 1980s hooked him and when he began DJing early in the 1990s, he usually played out acid house and funky breaks. He gained his first residency at The Edge a large club in Orlando, Florida, where he is also credited with getting The Chemical Brothers their first US show on July 4, 1993.
When British DJ and longtime A&R kingpin Pete Tong heard an early single produced for Icey's own Zone records in 1996, he signed the big-beat precursor Galaxy Breaks to his ffrr label. DJ Icey still runs Zone records and the Tree imprint, but often releases tracks and remixes on many labels under various pseudonyms including: DJ Icee, Flip, Fluppy, Future Lover, Groove Ascender, Jarko Boomer, Lickety-Split, Mia, Montana Rangers, Mr. Tasty, Reactor 7, Richard Fuck, Sanctuary Mission, Sign Of The Times, and Yo-Yo Rodeo.
Partial discography
Singles
- Bust Off The Bass (12") - Tree
- Control Trek (12") - Tree
- Frequent Yet Vague (12") - Tree
- Get Set (12") - Tree
- Love (Once Upon A Time) (12") - Zone Records
- Reach Out / Clicky (12") - Tree
- The Beat 121 / Camino Real (12") - Zone Records
- Thousand Miles / Bangin' On The Drum (12") - Tree
- Warehouse EP (12") - Zone Records
- Your Love (12") - L2 Records
- Encyclopedia Funktanica (12") - Zone Records
- Big Ditch / Galaxo (CD5") - FFRR
- Big Ditch / Smoke (12") - Zone Records
- By Satellite (12") - Zone Records
- Land Of Boom / As If (12") - Tree
- This Is How My Drummer Drums (12") - FFRR
- You Know How (12") - Zone Records
- City Of Groove (12") - FFRR
- Not A Test (12") - FFRR
- The Light / Like That (12") - Tree
- Vocoder Bass (12") - Zone Records
- Double F (12") - Zone Records
- Hot Stop / Space Ship (12") - Zone Records
- Trick's Theme / Listen To The Beat (12") - Zone Records
- Bass Electrix (12") - Zone Records
- Chain Reaction / Low Tide (12") - Zone Records
- January (12") - Tree
- Sexy Stuff / Here It Comes (12") - Zone Records
- Sweet Tea / Jam The System (12") - Zone Records
- The One / Message From Space (12") - Zone Records
- New Year's Day Mashup (12") - Tree
- Surreal (12") - Zone Records
- Taxi Driver (12") - Zone Records
- Touch (12") - Zone Records
- Freaks In Da House (12") - Zone Records
- King Of Pain (12") - Tree
- Roundabout (12") - Zone Records
- She Said (City-Wide All Stars Remix) / Transmitter: On (12") - Zone Records
- A Little Louder (12") - System Recordings
- Different Day (2x12") - System Recordings
- Dreams (12") - System Recordings
- Nextgen (12") - Zone Records
- Oblivious (12") - Tree
- Rain (12") - Zone Records
- Rockberry / JBH2 (12") - Tree
- Searching (12") - System Recordings
- This DJ (12") - Tree
- Thor / 5th Dimension (12") - Zone Records
- And Go! (12") - System Recordings
- The Abandoned (12") - Tree
- Underground Stylez / Beeline Bizness (12") - Zone Records
Remixes
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2 Bad Mice - Bombscare (DJ Icey Mix) (12") - BMG
- Nalin & Kane - Beachball (DJ Icey Mix) (12") - Ultra Records
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Paul Van Dyk - We Are Alive (DJ Icey's Artic Bass Mix) (12") - Deviant Records
- Paul Van Dyk - We Are Alive (DJ Icey's Artic Bass Mix) (12") - Mostiko
- Paul Van Dyk - We Are Alive (DJ Icey's Artic Bass Mix) (12") - Vandit Records
- Paul Van Dyk - We Are Alive (DJ Icey's Artic Bass Mix) (2x12") - Mute Corporation (US)
- Paul Van Dyk - We Are Alive (DJ Icey's Artic Bass Mix) (2x12") - Vandit Records
- Paul Van Dyk - We Are Alive (DJ Icey's Artic Bass Mix) (CD5") - Mute Corporation (US)
- Paul Van Dyk - We Are Alive (DJ Icey's Artic Bass Mix) (Promo) (12") - Deviant Records
- Paul Van Dyk - We Are Alive - CD 2 (DJ Icey's Artic Bass Mix) (CD5") - Vandit Records
DJ Mixes
- The Funky Breaks (CD) - FFRR
- Essential Mix: DJ Icey (CD) - London-Sire Records
- Mixed (CD) - Zone Records
- Essential Elements - The Breaks Element (CD) - London-Sire Records
References
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Last updated: 05-28-2005 03:11:27
