Artist: Rob Dougan
Genre(s):
Rock
Rock
Discography:
Furious Angels
Year: 1998
Tracks: 15
Australia-born and U.K.-based producer/remixer Rob Dougan attracted international attention when his tune "Clubbed to Death" was featured in the 1999 plastic film The Matrix. Reissued in June 2002, the tune reached the 24 slot on the British charts.
Dougan was working as a mixologist when he met his future partner, Rollo, producer of Faithless and Dido. Polling their resources, they formed a production team, known alternately as Dignity and Our Tribe. Signing with a humble main label, Roo Art, they recorded the first-class honours degree of a drawn-out series of remixes. When Rollo distinct to return to his family in London shortly before their number one release, Dougan followed. Signing with Cheeky Records, they reworked their recording "Understand This Groove" and released it as their beginning 12" disc in 1991.
Although he initially supported his music career as a salesman in a London jeans store, Dougan presently turned to music full-time. By 1992, he had worked with Judge Jules and his music had become much more dance-oriented. Dougan and Rollo continued to get together, cathartic many remixes on Rollo's labels RDR and OTM between 1992 and 1996. Their recordings continued to be released by Champion, which had interpreted over the management of Cheeky Records. When BMG acquired Cheeky in 1998, it besides secured the rights to Dougan's tracks until 2005.
Collaborating with late Miss America rival turned singer Kristine W., Dougan released a unmarried, "Finger What You Want," in 1994. They continued to make for together on Kristine W.'s debut record album, Estate of the Living, in 1997. Embarking on a solo career in 1998, Dougan released "Clubbed to Death" on the Mo' Wax label. He followed up on its success with "Clubbed to Death II" and the haunting single "Angered Angels." His self-titled debut record album was released in the United States in May 2003.
