D-Mob
D-Mob is essentially the creative vehicle of ‘Dancin'’ Danny D (b. Daniel Kojo Poku), an ex-McDonald's employee. He found solace by DJing for three or four years in the evenings, at one point working with journalist James Hamilton at Gullivers in Park Lane, London. He subsequently started club promotions for Loose Ends (for whom he contributed his first remix), Total Contrast and Full Force, before taking up an A&&R post at Chrysalis. This brought a number of further remixing opportunities, including Nitro Deluxe, Kid N Play, Adeva and Eric B && Rakim's I Know You Got Soul in tandem with Norman Cook. By the time he had started usiung the name D-Mob he had already released two records, as the Taurus Boys, which were minor hits in the US. Then came Warrior Groove, about the tribe his Ghanese parents came from, the Ashantis. The first D-Mob release was 1989's crossover hit We Call It Acieed which featured Gary Haisman on vocals. It was a stirring acid house tune, bringing the underground scene a good deal of notoriety when politicians and papers determined its subject matter was drugs-related. The BBC, in its wisdom, banned it from Top Of The Pops. However, as Poku confirmed to the press: ‘I don't take any form of drugs. I don't even go the doctor to get something for my cold.’ Follow-up hits included It Is Time To Get Funky (with London Rhyme Syndicate), C'mon And Get My Love and That's The Way Of The World (with Cathy Dennis) and Put Your Hands Together (with Nuff Juice). He also produced/remixed records for Adeva, Juliet Roberts (Another Place, Another Day, Another Time), Monie Love, Diana Ross (Working Overtime), Chaka Khan (I'm Every Woman) and the Cookie Crew (Love Will Bring Us Together), plus dozens more. In 1993 he brought back Dennis (who had enjoyed huge subsequent solo success) for vocals on Why, his ‘comeback’ single as D-Mob. As an in-demand producer and remixer he had never been away.