DJ Die

DJ Die, real name Daniel Cawsman, was born and spent his formative years in Devon, UK, before moving to Bristol as a teenager. An early interest in house and hardcore lead to a musical partnership with friend Jody (who later formed Way Out

DJ Die, real name Daniel Cawsman, was born and spent his formative years in Devon, UK, before moving to Bristol as a teenager. An early interest in house and hardcore lead to a musical partnership with friend Jody (who later formed Way Out West with Nick Warren). Recording together under the aliases of Tru Funk and Sub Love on Three Stripe Records, they created hardcore staples like 4am and made numerous DJing appearances at early Universe raves.

The partnership was a brief one however, and Die began to diversify his output, drawing on his enduring hip hop influences. He had already encountered Krust and Suv, who were regular visitors to Universe, but it was a chance meeting with Roni Size at Bristol?s Replay Records store in 1992 which would lead to their first collaboration in the form of Agility for V Recordings and Die?s ongoing contributions to the Full Cycle catalogue.