CamelPhat
CamelPhat are an English DJ and production duo, consisting of Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala, formed in Liverpool in 2006.
Initially they released music under various names but found success with their 2017 single "Cola", which peaked at No. 3 on the UK Dance Chart, and at No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart.
They have released two studio albums and many singles and EPs.
Biography
Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala met each other in a Liverpool record shop 3 Beat Records and both were disc jockeys in the city. Di Scala had previously released music as a member of Rezonance Q, Ultrabeat and as a solo happy hardcore artist using the name Re-Con. Dave Whelan hosted his own Jubilee club night since 2004 and the two were resident DJs at Society nightclub.They began producing music together as members of The Chosen Few, along with Les Calvert. The trio also managed the Adhesive record label as a subsidiary of All Around the World. The Chosen Few released a cover of Tears for Fears’ "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and also remixed the original song for the 2005 reissue of Tears Roll Down .
As a duo, Whelan and Di Scala released several remixes and bootlegs as under various names such as The Bassline Hustlers, Men from Mars and Da Mode. Using the name Pawn Shop, they released the single "Shot Away", based on a sample of "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones, which peaked at No. 100 on the UK Singles Chart. Following this, they released several more singles as Whelan & Di Scala on various labels, including their own Bachelor Pad Recordings, and also using other aliases such as Wheels & Disco, Mancini and Shake n' Jack. From 2008 to 2014, Dave Whelan was a radio presenter on Juice FM.
In 2010, they released their first recordings as CamelPhat on their own Vice Records label. As CamelPhat, the duo initially wore wrestling masks to conceal their identity because they "just wanted the people to judge the music and not us". In 2011, Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala became owners of a Liverpool nightclub Mansion. The duo released numerous singles and EPs on various record labels and some CamelPhat songs appeared on the Ultratop charts in Belgium, such as "The Act", "Paradigm" featuring A*M*E, "Constellations", "Make 'Em Dance" from Light Night EP and "Hangin' Out with Charlie" from Hangin' with Charlie EP.
Their collaboration with Elderbrook on "Cola" was an international hit single which peaked at No. 17 on the U.K. Singles Chart and No. 1 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart and was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. Further UK top forty hit singles followed with "Panic Room", a collaboration with Au/Ra and "Breathe", a collaboration with Cristoph featuring Jem Cooke. In December 2018, CamelPhat signed to RCA Records and released several singles on the label such as "Be Someone" with Jake Bugg, “Rabbit Hole” featuring Jem Cooke, “For a Feeling” with Artbat featuring Rhodes and “Hypercolour” with Yannis Philippakis of Foals. In October 2020 they released their debut studio album Dark Matter which reached No. 23 in the UK Albums Chart.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
- Global
- Made in Italy
- Kill the VIP
- Vice Summer 2011
- Outta Body
- Watergate
- One Hump or Two
- Art of Work
- Get Sick
- Light Night
- Higher
- Deets
- Hangin' with Charlie
- Gypsy King
- Monsters
- House Dawgs
- Bang 2 Drum
- Revisited
- ''Crystal Clear''
Singles