Dirty South (musician)

Dirty South

Dirty South at the Winter Music Conference 2009
Background information
Birth name Dragan Roganović
Also known as Dirty South
Born (1978-11-15) 15 November 1978
Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Origin Melbourne, Australia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • record producer
  • remixer
Instruments Logic Pro
Years active 2004–present
Labels Phazing, Axtone, Vicious Vinyl
Website www.dirtysouth.com

Dragan Roganović (Serbian pronunciation: [drǎgan rogǎːnoʋit͡ɕ]; born 15 November 1978), better known by his stage name Dirty South is a Serbian-Australian DJ, record producer and remixer based in Melbourne.

Biography

Born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia,[1] now Serbia, Dirty South's producing career developed in tandem with his DJ'ing career. He got his start at the age of 13 after he relocated to Melbourne, Australia, where he currently resides. Influenced by everything around him, the artist started improvising with his old NEC Hi-Fi and mixing with the tape decks, and then started making bootlegs and mashups, which eventually led to getting a computer, software, and keyboard that resulted in his first official production in 2004 as Dirty South.[2] He used his family computer to create remixes and mashups of other artists' tracks and distributed them worldwide, which caught the attention of Australian Vicious Vinyl records, who signed him in 2005.[3]

Since then, the Australian-based DJ has received numerous honours for his work, including: two ARIA nominations (Australian Music Industry's top accolade) for "Best Dance Release" in 2005 and 2006,[4] he was voted "Most Popular Producer Nationally" in the 2007 InTheMix 50 DJ Poll,[5] he achieved the number one position in the Australian Club Charts with his remix of "It's Too Late" by Evermore in late 2006, and he was the first Australian artist since 1999 to win one of Pete Tong's Essential New Tune awards. He also ranked second in the annual InTheMix 50 DJ Poll in 2007[6] and he has been ranked in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJ poll every year since 2007.[1][7][8]

Dirty South teamed up with British DJ Paul Harris in 2007 and produced "Better Day," which earned Dirty South another essential radio play by Pete Tong. He also remixed a number of songs, including "Reach For Me", "Feels Like Home", and "Higher State of Consciousness" with fellow Melbournians TV Rock. In late July 2007, he joined together with MYNC Project to release "Everybody Freakin". Another one of his honours came when his single, "Let It Go", was released on Axwell's record label Axtone in 2007.

Additionally, he has also been nominated for two Grammy Awards – he provided a remix for Kaskade's song "Sorry", which was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, and he was then nominated in 2011 in the same category for a remix he and Axwell did for The Temper Trap's "Sweet Disposition".[9]

Dirty South's track "Phazing", which featured vocals by Rudy, was one of the top sellers on Beatport when it was released in 2010. In 2011, he produced the track "Anything" for UK singer/rapper Example's No. 1 album Playing in the Shadows and in 2012, he produced the song "Say Nothing", the lead single from Example's fourth studio album, The Evolution of Man. Dirty South has produced, collaborated, or remixed for artists such as Snoop Dogg, The Pussycat Dolls, Kaskade, U2, Diddy – Dirty Money, The Temper Trap, David Guetta, Sebastian Ingrosso and more than 50 artists in total.[10]

In August 2012, Dirty South released the single "City of Dreams" with Alesso featuring vocals from Ruben Haze. It was initially released exclusively on Beatport and it reached the No. 1 position on the Beatport Top 100 its first week of release.[11] In support of "City of Dreams", Dirty South announced his largest North American tour to date, the City of Dreams Tour. The 30+ stop tour takes him across North America from September through to December 2012 and includes stops at venues such as New York City's Roseland Ballroom and Los Angeles' Palladium.

He is the older brother of professional footballer and former Melbourne Heart goalkeeper Nikola Roganovic. Nikola currently plays in the National Premier League for South Melbourne.

Discography

Albums

Singles / EPs

charting
Year Title Peak Chart Position Album
BEL (VL) SWE NLD FRA ESP
2006 It's Too Late (Ride On)
(Dirty South vs. Evermore)
 55 – 75 69 – Non-Album Single
2007 Let It Go – – 34 – 10
2008 Open Your Heart
(with Axwell & Rudy)		 – – 21 – –
The End – – 83 – –
2009 How Soon Is Now
(with David Guetta, Sebastian Ingrosso & Julie McKnight)
 – 52 – – –
2011 Alive
(with Thomas Gold & Kate Elsworth)
 114 – – – –
2013 City of Dreams
(with Alesso & Ruben Haze)
 86 – – – –
2014 Unbreakable
(with Sam Martin)
 101 – – – – With You

Production discography

Year Song Artist Album
2011
"Anything"
Example Playing in the Shadows
2012 The Evolution of Man
"All My Lows"
"One Way Mirror"

Mix Compilations

Remixes

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2015

References

  1. 1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110222020704/http://www.djmag.com/top100/detail/2659. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Dirty South Bio, Music, News & Shows". DJZ.com. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "ARIA Awards". Ariaawards.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  5. ↑ "inthemix50 : 2007 :". Inthemix.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  6. ↑ "inthemix50 : 2007 :". Inthemix.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120817024433/http://www.djmag.com/top100/detail/2764/10. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101025225432/http://www.djmag.com/top100/detail/1243. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ Los Angeles Times. "Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards". latimes.com.
  10. ↑ http://www.don411.com/news/view/5619-grammy-nominated-dj-producer-dirty-south-announces-dates-for-his-biggest-north-american-tour-city-of-dreams. Retrieved 6 September 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ "Dirty South and Alesso take over the top spot with "City of Dreams"". Beatportal - Electronic music, charts, stories and people. Beatport.com. Retrieved 2015-06-05.

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