Career
David has been involved in the rave scene since 1998 and his love of the music lead him to begin his DJ career in In 2001, Dowster was signed to Raver Baby Records by its owner DJ Hixxy (born Ian Hicks) to become part of the original Raver Baby Collective. This collective, known at the time as the Royal Bank of Canada, included some of the United Kingdom Hardcore scene"s leading DJs and MCs - Hixxy, Breeze, Darren Styles, unidentified flying object, Military Cross Storm and Military Cross Whizzkid. In addition to his DJ bookings and single releases within this period, Dowster"s solo and collaborative studio projects can be found on certain volumes of the highly successful Bonkers series as well as other leading names in United Kingdom hardcore compilation albums.
Three of his most popular tracks were "Starlight", "Steps Ahead" and "Here We Go".
Dowster"s recent solo projects and collaborations with Vagabond have been receiving support from Kutski on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1, with tracks such as "Bionix" and "Jungle Juice" getting airplay on Kutski"s weekly show. Dowster is a featured artist on the Radio 1 website.
In 2008, Dowster founded the United Kingdom Hardcore label with Alex Bassjunkie, through which a series of collaborations between these two artists were released. In 2011, full ownership of the label was signed over to Dowster as he began to take the label in a new direction.
The relaunch of was in June 2011.
Dowster signed Vagabond (born Sam Thomsitt, previously known as "VAGABOND", "Euphoria" and "Dreadhed" from his previous work with Next Generation Records and Blatant Beats) to in March 2011. Music style Dowster relaunched to showcase instrumental and vocal United Kingdom Hardcore with all its subgenres including happy hardcore, Dutch Hardcore (also erroneously referred to in the United Kingdom as gabba) as well as his own melodic take on the electro and dubstep influenced sound which is being pushed by Darren Styles, Breeze and the latest volume in the highly successful Clubland X-Treme Hardcore series.
