David Penn

In a memorable year, where Defected Records continued to throw down the gauntlet to the rest of the global house scene, Spanish housemaster David Penn was an omnipresent force in 2019. Ranked #1 house music artist of all-time and #5 all genres artist of the last 12 months by an unassailable points margin on industry recognised website Beatstats to go alongside his already long standing #1 position on Traxsource, he topped and tailed a summer long assault on the top of the house charts once again, with two heavyweight releases on the iconic label.

First came his ubiquitous roof-raising remix of Pete Heller’s all-time house classic ‘Big Love’ which dominated DJ charts and dancefloors the world over, followed by ‘Stand Up’, a supercharged gospel house masterpiece which captures David at his hand-clapping, piano-riffing best, with rousing breaks to ‘take the dancefloor to church’ every time.

These tracks epitomise the unique style and contagious energy encapsulated within a David Penn DJ set. Captivating audiences with his live keyboard-playing, boundless enthusiasm and infectious trademark grin, the resulting perpetual hands-in-the-air moments provide a joyful reminder of the remarkable power of DJ’ing as a performance art.

Alongside previous huge club hits such as ‘Hipcats’ , ‘Nobody’ and his remix of the Todd Terry classic ‘Babarabatiri’ , these stand out anthems have cemented David’s position as the most exciting and successful house music artist in the world right now.