DJ Fresh

Daniel Edward Stein (born 11 April 1977), known professionally as DJ Fresh, is an English DJ and record producer from Worthing, England. Within drum and bass and jungle he is best known for producing high-energy DnB that crosses into mainstream electronic pop and related electronic genres.

Stein first came to wider attention as a principal member of the drum and bass group Bad Company. He later co‑founded the drum and bass label Breakbeat Kaos. Those two facts mark the two main threads of his career: producing and performing in a tight, club‑focused drum and bass context with Bad Company, and running a label that released and promoted contemporary DnB acts.

As a producer, DJ Fresh’s work emphasizes punchy, break-driven drums and weighty low end paired with clear, hook-forward arrangements. On his more commercial records he layers pop vocal lines and synth hooks over driving bass and tight edits; on his club material the arrangements leave space for sub-bass and break edits to push the rhythm. Across releases associated with his name you can hear compressed, forward drums, basslines designed for club systems, and production choices that prioritise immediate impact in both DJ sets and radio play.

His third studio album, Nextlevelism (2012), collected the UK number-one singles “Louder” and “Hot Right Now.” Those chart-topping singles are concrete examples of his crossover approach: drum and bass tempos and bass focus combined with brightly produced vocal hooks and major‑label single structure. Beyond the album, his role as a principal member of Bad Company and as a co‑founder of Breakbeat Kaos are specific contributions that shaped releases and promoted other artists within the scene.

Public biographical detail about early influences and inner-circle collaborators is limited in widely available sources. What is documented: Daniel Stein (DJ Fresh) was born 11 April 1977, is from Worthing, England, has worked as a DJ and record producer, was a principal member of Bad Company, co-founded Breakbeat Kaos, and released Nextlevelism in 2012 featuring the UK number-one singles “Louder” and “Hot Right Now.”