DAN DIGS

About

 

 

Hello. I’m Dan Digs.

 

 

 

 

 

I’m a music content director,

TV and radio host,

curator,

music supervisor,

podcaster,

DJ,

remixer,

writer,

and

musician.

 

 

I’m way into championing incredible music, seeking out inventive beats and bleeps, basslines and rhymes, and shining a spotlight on anything and anyone that pushes music and its surrounding culture forward. 

 

 

I host a weekly radio show

live every Sunday from 5pm-7pm CT

on

WNXP 91.1FM/NPR Music Nashville

that focuses on new music discovery.

 

 

It’s a curated blend of

electronic soul,

leftfield indie,

experimental beats,

uptempo house grooves,

and

global sounds.

 

 

Expect a special hand-picked mix of

brand new music,

classic deep cuts,

guest DJ sets live in studio,

and

in-depth interviews

with

the world’s most innovative musicians.

 

 

 

You can listen to previous episodes here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can watch the first episode of Backstage with Dan Digs,

featuring James Lavelle in conversation,

here

and

listen to all other episodes

featuring Jordan Rakei, Sampa the Great, and more

on

Apple Podcasts

here

and

Spotify

here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currently I am the Music Curator at W Nashville,

where I direct all music programming and music partnerships for the hotel.

 

 

 

Previously I have directed music content and playlist strategy

as

Head of Music

for

Forme, a luxury fitness mirror startup,

and

worked as Head of Music Curation

for

an AI-powered, voice-activated boutique music streaming service

for

will.i.am

and

produced and music supervised a global headphones campaign

for

Sony

partnering

with

Stevie Wonder.

 

 

 

I have also worked as

showrunner and executive producer

for three seasons of Crate Diggers,

a show that focuses on

celebrity DJs in Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia

and their love of wax,

for Fuse TV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

During this time I told the stories behind the record collections of

Quantic, Bilal, Mix Master Mike,

King Britt, Natasha Diggs,

Danny Krivit, Statik Selektah,

Peter Rosenberg,

Rudimental, Classixx, J Boogie,

Sake One, Mark Farina,

Nickodemus,

Jason Bentley (KCRW), DJ Day,

Nobody (Low End Theory),

Dublab, B+, Carlos Nino,

Free the Robots,

and

Monalisa.

You can watch full episodes of the series here

and

on your iPhone or iPad via the free Fuse TV app.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can watch and listen to my radio shows on WWLA, the Los Angeles branch of Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM, here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“It’s a stellar update on the best modern grooves available, so tune in–we don’t remember radio ever sounding quite so smooth.” – Okayplayer

 

“Dan Digs, he’s the man!” – Gilles Peterson

 

“My favorite curator of music” – Adrian Younge

 

“Dan Digs, I listen to him” – Phonte (on Questlove’s podcast)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previous guests on my radio shows have included Gilles Peterson,

Benji B, Hiatus Kaiyote, Sampha, Adrian Younge,

The Cinematic Orchestra, Jamie Lidell, Kamasi Washington, DJ Spinna,

Arlo Parks, Lefto, Marc Mac (4hero), Oddisee, Ta-ku, Roy Davis Jr, J Rocc, Swindle,

 Mura Masa, Seven Davis Jr, Tall Black Guy, Kastle,

Machinedrum, Tom Misch, RJD2, Henry Wu, Brijean, Pell, Robin Hannibal,

Jordan Rakei, Robot Koch, Niia, Natalie Slade, Saul Williams, Moonchild, Sam Gellaitry,

Sampa the Great, Telefon Tel Aviv, Van Hunt, Mocky, J Davey, Adam Freeland,

Salami Rose Joe Louis, Kiefer, Haelos, Jack Garratt, MAST, Jeff Parker (Tortoise),

Andreya Triana, Until the Ribbon Breaks, Fat Freddy’s Drop,

Brandt Brauer Frick, Tropics, Ry X, Jeff Weiss, Sweatson Klank, Pioneer 11,

Kassa Overall, Aquilo, Sampology, Made of Oak (Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso), 

Madison McFerrin, Swarvy, Cazal Organism, Bob Moses, Seb Wildblood,

Indigo De Souza, BRÅVES, Rosie Frater-Taylor, Szjerdene, Astronautica, Benjamin Yellowitz,

Stro Elliot, Honne, Linafornia, Thavius Beck, De Lux,

Blackbird Blackbird, Phantoms, The Seshen, Different Sleep,

Charlotte Dos Santos, Dexter Story, Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Elusive, COMBAT!,

Luka, New Los Angeles, Larry Mizell Jr, Harleighblu, Open Mike Eagle,

Homeboy Sandman, Daniel Johns (ex-Silverchair), Eric Dingus,

Ink Project, Adult Karate, Newbody, Erik Hassle, Body Language,

DJ Day, Golden Rules (Eric Biddines & Paul White),

Noon Pacific, Naytronix, Daniel T, Mark de Clive-Lowe,

Luxxury, Tim Parker (NTS Radio/You’ll Soon Know),

Jon E.K., Sofie, Midori, Dorian Concept, Great Dane,

Travis Holcombe (KCRW), Aaron Byrd (KCRW),

In Velvet, Trace, Lost Midas,

and

more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stream my radio show episodes

and

my other specialist DJ sets

on Mixcloud here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previously I partnered with the music playlist app Noon Pacific to become

the flagship host and music director

of

a month-long pop-up radio station

and

video livestream

of curated DJ sets and live artist performances direct from

the Noon Pacific Live space

at

Platform 

in

Culver City, Los Angeles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love creating forward-thinking, innovative, and entertaining music content,

shining a spotlight on artists who deserve it,

going on adventures,

and telling amazing stories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Born in New Zealand and raised in Hong Kong and the UK, I lived and worked

in London, Nagoya, and Seattle for two years each before moving to LA and Nashville.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filmmaker Joshua Woollen and I founded California Electric,

a custom video and music production agency based in Venice, California.

Find out more about our work here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previously I was a TV host on NUVOtv’s The Collective music show.

You can watch my segments here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have, at some stage or another, worked behind the scenes and in front of the mic

at

Apple Music in Nashville

and

Dublab and Dash Radio in Los Angeles

and

BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, and 6Music in London

and

George FM in Auckland

and

KEXP 90.3FM in Seattle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have also produced songs and remixes

that have received airplay on KCRW and other fine radio stations.

Listen to them here.

 

  

 

You can read my music writing on Robert Glasper, Portishead, Adele,

Skream, Friendly Fires, SBTRKT, and more here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s great to meet you.