Dave Pearce is one the UK’s most in demand DJs – known for his euphoric style of uplifting trance and hard dance – with the odd trademark anthem thrown in.

He currently hosts Dance Anthems on digital music station BBC 6 Music on Sunday nights after transferring the show from BBC Radio 1 in October 2008.

Dave releases high-selling compilation albums such as Classic Dance Anthems and Trance Anthems 2008.  Reflecting his passion for pure and underground trance, he has also produced and mixed 2 Delirium albums with Ministry of Sound.

Recently, he also launched the very first Trancecast – a podcast devoted to trance.

Dave is currently working extensively across the UK and internationally at top dance events and festivals.  He regularly appears at the major UK dance venues and plays the main stages at events such as Radio 1 Big Weekend, Coloursfest in Glasgow, Escape Into The Park in Swansea, and Planet Love in Belfast.

During the summer of 2008, Dave played at the top European clubbing destinations including Tramps in Tenerife, BCM in Mallorca, and Trinity & Futures at Kavos in Corfu, as well as hosting a weekly Advanced + Tidy residency at Eden in Ibiza alongside special guests including The Tidy Boys, Anne Savage, and Agnelli & Nelson.

Dave has had a prolific career in the media and music industry.  He has been a pioneer and innovator in both music and broadcasting, presented radio shows on both sides of the Atlantic, hosted TV shows, written for national newspapers, compiled an award winning movie soundtrack, achieved sales of over 1m compilation albums in the UK, created one of the UK’s most successful dance labels (NuLife), and hosted one of Ibiza’s most popular club nights.

So, how did he start out?

Dave started DJing on a popular south London pirate radio station while still at school.  By 16 he was running his own station.  By 17 he was DJing in Bombay, India, to an international jetset Bollywood crowd.

Dave joined BBC Radio London and created and presented the BBC’s first hip hop show and a weekly dance show.  His pioneering work in hip hop led him to, amongst other things, be featured on Public Enemy’s critically acclaimed album ‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’.

He then hosted a nightly dance show on GLR, hooked up with pirate radio station KISS FM, and joined the campaign for a dance station in London.  KISS FM then became the first legal dance station in the UK and Dave hosted a daily drivetime show.  He went on to host the Breakfast Show (The Dangerous Breakfast) and gained the attention of BBC Radio 1.

He then joined BBC Radio 1, initially hosting the Early Breakfast Show, and landing all Chris Evan’s Breakfast Show stand-ins.  He went on to host a series of different shows on BBC Radio 1 including the Recovery Session (The Breakfast Show for Ravers), The Weekend Breakfast Show, Drivetime, Late Drive, and Dance Anthems, which ran for 11 years.

In between all of this:

* Dave worked on BBC TV’s first ever dance show Behind the Beat on BBC Two’s Def2 strand, interviewing artists in America.
* He hosted the music section on Mariella Frostrup’s Video View on ITV1.
* He presented the Dance Years, a 13 week series on ITV1.
* He compiled the award winning soundtrack for the movie SW9.
* He was a dance music columnist for the Sun and the Daily Star newspapers.
* He has sold over 1m mix compilation albums.
* He was A&R Director for Polydor’s Urban Records.
* He created the independent dance label Reachin’ Records.
* He was the founder and director of NuLife Records – previously part of BMG.