MadDNB

The man behind the Deep Soul Show – Donovan Badboy Smith kicks off summer for us with this banger of a mix.
Check him out Fridays 11am-1pm CDT 5pm-7pm GMT. Follow Donovan on Twitter @deepsoulfuldnb

Donovan started DJ’ing when he was 16 playing soul alldayers, hip hop, and rare groove, under the names of ‘The Baron’, ‘Don the Glove’, ‘Quick Eddie’ and ‘Donovan Bassline Smith’.
But it wasn’t until he was tagged by the Top Buzz MC, Mad P, that he became Donovan ‘Bad Boy’ Smith.
Donovans drum and bass career exploded in the summer of 94 playing massive gigs to ravers up and down the country in such venues as the Brunel Rooms, Fantazia, Obssession, Roller express, Elevation, Life, Utopia and the Astoria. At this time he was also managing the jungle section of the Record Basement in Reading. It was then that he teamed up with Vinyl Distibution and was given control of the Street Beats label. This gave him a platform to start his own recording project with Reading engineer/producer Knowle Newton, which was to become Astral Vibes. They went on to debut on Rough Beats and then followed on with Street Beats 11.