Darren Galea also known as DJ D-Zire is an English musician, DJ and member of the virtual band Spacemonkeyz. He played the turntables at the Gorillaz Live tour and Demon Days Live.
Role in Gorillaz[]
Darren Galea remixed the Gorillaz song Tomorrow Comes Today into a dub styled song with guest vocals by reggae artist Earl Sixteen, thus creating the track Tomorrow Dub, which was featured as a B-side track to the single releases of Tomorrow Comes Today. Damon Albarn liked Tomorrow Dub so much that he asked Galea to remix the whole self-titled album. After that Galea formed a virtual band Spacemonkeyz with Richie Stevens and Gavin Dodds. On the 1st of July, 2002, Spacemonkeyz released the remix album Laika Come Home. There, Tomorrow Dub was re-worked and re-named into the track Bañana Baby. The album's only single Lil' Dub Chefin' reached #73 on the UK Singles Chart.
Later, in 2005, Galea worked on Chopper Remix of the song Dirty Harry with Richie Stevens and Stuart Zender. It was released as a B-side track to track's single release.
Darren Galea joined the Gorillaz Live band in 2001 and played the turntables throughout bout the European and the North American legs of the Gorillaz Live tour. He then returned to the live band in 2005 and was also present in both the Manchester and Harlem concerts.
Musical Career[]
Darren Galea was a member of pop-funk/acid jazz band JamiroquaiW along with fellow Gorillaz Live bandmate Simon Katz and Spacemonkeyz members Richie Stevens, Gavin Dodds and Stuart Zender. Later he formed a musical duo with Jonathan Chandra Pandy called 'JC-001 & DJ D-Zire'. In 2001 he formed the virtual band Spacemonkeyz with Richie Stevens and Gavin Dodds. They released only one remix album, Laika Come Home.