Daddy's Groove

History

Initially forming as 'Black Raw' and 'Spit', in 2008 they changed their name to 'Daddy's Groove' to better fit each other's influences. They first gained exposure when Swedish House Mafia's Axwell asked them to remix his track "Nothing but Love," followed by an offer to be Swedish House Mafia's opening act for Masquerade Motel in Ibiza. David Guetta asked them to provide additional production on his album Nothing but the Beat and remixes for some of his tracks.

In 2013, they released several tracks on Spinnin' Records, including "Stellar," "Vertigo" (featuring Cryogenix), "Tilt" (also featuring Cryogenix), and "Walking on Air" (featuring Dino), which topped various Beatport charts. They also released "Hurricane" and "Unbelievable" (featuring Rob Adans) on Doorn Records. That year, they toured extensively across the US, Europe, Australia, China, India, and Japan, playing clubs including Ministry of Sound, Marquee Las Vegas, Pacha Sydney, Story Miami, Vision Tokyo, and Zouk Singapore.

David Guetta booked them for his Ibiza summer residency, Fuck Me I'm Famous, three years in a row at Pacha Ibiza and Ushuaia. Catching the attention of Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, they worked on the production of Britney Spears' album Britney Jean and did the mixing of Lady Gaga's track "Fashion!" on her Artpop album. By the end of 2013, after signing to Ultra Records, they released "Surrender" together with Mindshake. Their popularity increased when David Guetta offered them to join him, Nicky Romero, and Afrojack on the mainstage of Tomorrowland.

In 2014, they released "Miners," followed by "Synthemilk" with Mindshake, which reached #3 on Beatport's top 10. They performed at major festivals including Global Gathering and Tomorrowland. Their track "Pulse," featuring vocals from Teammate, saw them return to Beatport and iTunes charts. Daddy's Groove were also credited for additional production and drums programming on 7 tracks featured on David Guetta's album Listen.

In 2015, they released "Pros & iCons" on Steve Aoki's label Dim Mak, followed by "Black Sun." They secured a weekly residency in the Italian Riviera area and introduced their own party called 'Tribe' at Peter Pun club. In 2016, they returned to Spinnin' Records, releasing "WOW!" with Mindshake featuring Kris Kiss on sub-label Doorn Records, then "Back to 94" featuring Cimo Fränkel on Spinnin', which reached over 300,000 views on Spinnin' Records' YouTube channel in just 2 days.

They later released "Tribe" featuring Steve Biko, "Scratchin" with Promise Land, "Burning" with Bob Sinclar on Spinnin', and "Street Life" with Kryder on Cartel Recordings. In 2017, they partnered with Tom Staar for "Railgun," released on 6 February on DOORN Records, and produced "Basement" on DOORN Records in July. In October, they were chosen as official ambassadors for DJMAG ASEAN. In 2018, they started with "Latido" on Spinnin' Records in collaboration with Ferdy, followed by "BVULGARI."

They made a return on the DJ Mag Poll for 2018. Bob Sinclar's Africanism label made its comeback with Erik Hagleton's "City of Gold," of which Daddy's Groove produced a remix. In 2019, they returned with two tracks on Oliver Heldens' label Heldeep: "Been a Long Time" and "Addicted to Drums" with Ferdy. They also produced "Pensare male" for the Kolors and Elodie, which became a gold record in Italy.

They made the DJ Mag Top 100 in 2019. In recent years, after a break due to Covid, they have concentrated on productions for other artists as co-producers and sound engineers (mix and master) for artists like Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Bono, David Guetta, Bob Sinclar, and Italian artists Geolier and The Kolors.