DJ Die

Daniel Robert Kausman, (born 13 October 1972), better known by his stage name DJ Die, is an English DJ and music producer. He was a founder of drum and bass label Full Cycle Recordings and a member of Roni Size & Reprazent (1997 Mercury Prize winners) and Breakbeat Era.
Kausman spent his formative years in Barnstaple before moving to Bristol in 1985 as a teenager. An early interest in house and hardcore led to a musical partnership with friend Jody Wisternoff (who later formed Way Out West with Nick Warren). Die DJ'd for a brief period with Circus Warp - a free party sound system. 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, however, was a brief one.
After a chance meeting with Roni Size at Bristol's Replay Records store in 1992, this led to their first collaboration in the form of Agility for V Recordings and Die's ongoing contributions to the Full Cycle Recordings catalogue.
Together with Size, he originated the seminal "Music Box" which was to become the title track of the debut Full Cycle compilation in 1996. Emerging firstly as a core member of Reprazent and later in 1998 as one third of Breakbeat Era (a project spawned by the "Music Box" track of the same name), he soon found himself remixing for DJs including DJ Shadow, Towa Tei and DJ Cam. His remix of the Reprazent single "Watching Windows" was released in its own right by Talkin' Loud. He has his own label called Clear Skyz.
DJ Die has also recorded under the aliases Break & Die (DJ Die and DJ Break), Die & Clipz (DJ Die and DJ Clipz), Swabe, 4 Tree, Breakbeat Era (with Leonie Laws and Roni Size), DNA (with Bill Riley), Scorpio (with Roni), Wings (with Roni and Krust), Kamanchi (with Krust) and DieMantle (with Dismantle).
==Links to Peel==
Peel played some tracks from the DJ in the 90's, when he was collaborating with other DJ's and also releasing material under various names. However, it seems Peel never played any further material from DJ Die on his radio programmes after the 90's.
==Shows Played==
;Sub Love (Daniel Kausman, Jody Wisternoff)
*01 November 1992 (Ö3): 'Dark Side (12"-Underground EP)' (Earth Recordings)
*12 December 1992: 'Dark Side (12"-Underground EP)' (Earth)
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*08 March 1996: 'Hydroponics (12")' (Full Cycle) 
*13 April 1996 (& Roni Size & DJ Krust): I Remember (v/a album - Music Box: A New Era In Drum & Bass) Full Cycle 
*27 April 1996 (& Roni Size & DJ Krust): I Remember (v/a album - Music Box: A New Era In Drum & Bass) Full Cycle 
*01 September 1996: Reincarnations (12" - Reincarnations / Stoned Groove) Full Cycle 
*24 July 1997 (BBC World Service): Reincarnated (The Remix) (12") Full Cycle
;Scorpio (Roni Size & DJ Die)
*13 April 1996: Welcome The Drummer (Year 2000 mix) (v/a album - Music Box: A New Era In Drum & Bass) Full Cycle
;Swabe
*23 November 1996: Uno Dos Tres (12" - Will O` The Wisp) Dope Dragon 
*29 July 1997 (& Mask): 'Cash Till (split 12" with 3 Way)' (Dope Dragon) 
*31 July 1997 (BFBS) (& Mask): 'Cash Till (split 12" with 3 Way)' (Dope Dragon)
;3 Way (Daniel Kausman, Kirk Thompson, Ryan Williams)
*11 June 1997: Subzero (split single with Mask & Swabe - Sub Zero / Cash Till) Dope Dragon
*25 June 1998: Sgt General (v/a LP - Wayz Of The Dragon) Dope Dragon
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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