Record label Sunday Best Years active 2004–present Role Disc jockey | Occupation(s) Producer, DJ Name Max Sedgley Origin London, United Kingdom Website Official site Genres Electronica, Funk | |
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Albums From the Roots to the Shoots, Suddenly Everything, Lovelight Similar People Rob da Bank, Robin S, ATFC Profiles | ||
Birth name Maxwell Cadien Sedgley | ||
Max Sedgley - Devil Inside
Plump DJs vs. Max Sedgley - Happy [on Spitroast Records]
Maxwell Cadien Sedgley, known as Max Sedgley, is a British producer, drummer and disc jockey, currently signed to the independent record label, Sunday Best (founded by Rob da Bank), and Jalapeno Records. In 2004, Sedgley released his first single, "Happy", a remix of which was later used by ITV as the theme music to their coverage of the Euro 2004 football tournament, as well as in a promotional advert for Super Mario Galaxy . It has also been used on adverts for Ambrosia Rice and Bacardi Rum. It reached #30 in the UK Singles Chart in July 2004.
Contents
- Max Sedgley Devil Inside
- Plump DJs vs Max Sedgley Happy on Spitroast Records
- Education
- Life and career
- References
Education
Sedgley was educated at Dulwich College, a boarding independent school for boys in Dulwich, in South London, followed by the University of Edinburgh, where he studied classical music.
Life and career
On 17 July 2006, Sedgley released his 10-track debut album, From the Roots to the Shoots, on the Sunday Best label, which contained the singles "Slowly", "The Devil Inside", (which both featured guest Z-Star on lead vocals) and "Happy".
On 6 September 2010, Sedgley released his second album, Suddenly Everything, on Jalapeno Records, which contained the singles "Soundboy" featuring Tor, "Something Special" and "Superstrong" featuring Tasita D'mour.
Sedgley gained a degree in classical music from Edinburgh university as a student of composition, orchestration, percussion and piano. He has played drums for many dance acts, most notably Roni Size.
Sedgley tours as both a DJ and in a five-piece musical ensemble, Max Sedgley and the Shoots. The band consists of Max Sedgley (drums, percussion, keyboards), Tasita D'mour (lead vocals), Mike Buchanan (guitar, lead and backing vocals), Andy ("V") Valentine (guitar, lead and backing vocals) and Marcus Dods (bass guitar).