Career
He first became involved with the dance music scene at the age of 15, while setting up sound systems for some of the first acid house parties, as part of work experience assignment to a music shop. His style is a mix of euphoric hardcore with uplifting vocals. He has worked alongside many other hardcore artists including deoxyribonucleic acid, Gammer and Hixxy, though in recent years, most of his work has been with Gammer.
Several years ago, he – along with Hixxy – created the successful label Essential Platinum, which has had many releases.
An extensive amount of his work has been featured in the Bonkers Civil Defense series, who he has consistently mixed foreign The Bonkers 3 compilation, CD3 of which Dougal mixed, went gold in the United Kingdom and a special edition of the compilation was released to commemorate lieutenant
Five of the Bonkers compilations that have his contribution have gone top 20 on the United Kingdom compilations chart. DJ Dougal performed on the Dance Nation United Kingdom Live Tour in April 2009 along with artists such as Basshunter, Sash! and September.
He has also appeared on the Dancemania series, including its Speed sub-series such as its first issue where he appeared with three tracks.
