Daz Sampson 档案
Daz Sampson started his music career as a mobile DJ but
first found fame as the MC, songwriter and ideas man in Bus
Stop.
Bus Stop's debut single Kung Fu Fighting featuring Carl
Douglas sold 250,000 copies in the UK and was a major
international hit. After four hit singles, Chris Moyles
responded to a letter from Daz by championing his records on
Radio 1 week after week and inviting him on to the show for
regular career updates that became unmissable comedy moments.
During this period, Daz formed the duo Rikki & Daz with John Matthews (AKA Ricardo Autobahn AKA Rikki) of the Cuban
Boys. Their single Rhinestone Cowboy (Giddy Up Giddy Up) featured a new vocal from country music legend Glen Campbell,
and reached #12 in the UK. Daz and John later had a top 40
UK hit with their creation the Barndance Boys, best
remembered for their papier mache heads.The pair also topped dance charts around Europe with 2005's 'The Woah Song' by DJ Daz.
In 2004 Daz returned to his other great love – dance
music – and immersed himself in the vibrant house scene
centred around Liverpool. Daz was playing the video game
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City when he heard the next Call On
Me on the soundtrack – Out Of Touch by Hall & Oates. Within hours, producer Paul Keenan had knocked up a demo sampling
Out Of Touch, and the two of them formed Uniting Nations.
The single sold well over 100,000 singles in the UK,and was a pan-European hit. There followed further Uniting Nations
hit singles and an album, and their reputation as the UK's
leading commercial dance act was sealed when Smash Hits
readers and T4 viewers voted them Best Dance Act at the last ever Pollwinners Party in 2005.
