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Daniel 2Dark Richards was just 18 when he was discovered in an unusual way, whilst attending the Urban Music Seminar in Birmingham he walked up to the founder Kwame Kwaten and saw that he was already carrying a stack of demos, 2Dark said I have a CD for you. To which Kwame replied I have a stack of CDs, what makes your so special? and he said Mines sh*t hot.

"What is clear about Daniel 2Dark is that he has a remarkable way of fusing raw street beats with a commercial hit sound that makes it underground and extremely ingenious." Kwame Kwaten

The producer scored initial success immediately after signing, while still working out of his cramped bedroom studio set-up in Birmingham. His music was chosen for a nationwide TV and cinema campaign for a leading drinks company Vodka Reef.

Since then he has won further commissions such as the music for Londons bid for the Olympics 2012 through one of the worlds largest advertising firms M & C Saatchi, as well as making the music for the Urban Music Seminars nationwide advertising campaign.

The prolific and rising beat master has written, produced and remixed with and for the following;

Sony, East West, Virgin, MTV (Hip Hop Candy Theme), Caron Wheeler (Soul II Soul), Vee, Javine, Lemar, Rhian Benson, Dwele, Slum Village, Erick Sermon, Redman, Fatman Scoop, Shelia Ferguson, Omarion, R.Kelly ft Game, J-Kwon, Amerie, Doctor, Rukus, Taz, Shola Ama  among others.

Daniel 2Dark has just completed his double AA side single, 'Give me your love' and 'New Life' which will shortly be followed by the album "Two Sides of the City" featuring an array of singers and songwriters new and known, whilst producing and remixing tracks for other artists.

Daniel 2Darks star is on the rise, fast