Dave conitued to put out music on Z Records as well as other choice indies JBO, Azuli and NRK. Throughout the 90’s and milenia, a continual stream of remixes and releases followed with artists such as Diana Ross, Kelly Rowland and Empire of the Sun getting the JN touch. Another Top 40 track followed with “Love Fantasy” and an album “Universe of Love” soon after that. ‘Do What You Feel’ eventually crossed from a club hit to a top 40 pop hit. The track was a breakthrough success and was followed by ‘Do What You Feel’, which was released on his second label and successor to Republic, Z Records. Joey Negro, as an entity, was born in 1990 with the release of “Do It Believe It’ on US cult house label Nu Groove. Republic also put out Dave’s most widely received work during this time was ‘Forever Together’, released under his Raven Maize alter ego.
Republic was one of the UK’s first soulful house labels releasing classics such as Phase II “Reachin” and Turntable Orchestra “You’re Gonna Miss Me”. Intrinsically linked with the birth of disco house in the UK, Dave Lee set up the dance music division of Rough Trade, Demix and through this experience and with other leading house labels led to establishing his own imprint Republic Records in 1988. Little has changed since then and Dave is still widely regarded as one of the most credible and in-demand artists on the global scene. Indeed, he was in the studio making credible and outstanding British House music when many luminaries around him were still busy getting to grips with their decks. Under a plethora of other monikers including Akabu, Doug Willis,The Sunburst Band, Sessomatto, and Z Factor, Dave was one of the first artists to incorporate disco samples in house music when he began his production career in 1988. Joey Negro is the most well-known pseudonym of master British DJ/producer/remixer Dave Lee.
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