| CamelPhat | |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Alias: | Whelan & Di Scala, Wheels & Disco, Shake n' Jack, Mancini, Pawn Shop, Da Mode, High Society, the Bassline Hustlers |
| Origin: | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Years Active: | 2006–present |
| Current Members: | Dave Whelan Mike Di Scala |
| Associated Acts: | Ultrabeat, Rezonance Q |
CamelPhat are an English DJ and production duo, consisting of Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala, formed in Liverpool in 2006.
Initially they released music under various names but found success with their 2017 single "Cola", which peaked at No. 3 on the UK Dance Chart, and at No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart.
They have released two studio albums and many singles and EPs.
Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala met each other in a Liverpool record shop 3 Beat Records[1] and both were disc jockeys in the city. Di Scala had previously released music as a member of Rezonance Q[2] (with Lee Butler and Les Calvert), Ultrabeat[3] (with Ian Redman and Chris Henry) and as a solo artist using the name Re-Con. Dave Whelan hosted his own Jubilee club night since 2004[4] and the two were resident DJs at Society nightclub.
They began producing music together as members of The Chosen Few, along with Les Calvert.[5] The trio also managed the Adhesive record label as a subsidiary of All Around the World. The Chosen Few released a cover of Tears for Fears’ "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Adhesive, 2004) and also remixed the original song for the 2005 reissue of Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92).
As a duo, Whelan and Di Scala released several remixes and bootlegs as under various names such as The Bassline Hustlers, Men from Mars and Da Mode. Using the name Pawn Shop, they released the single "Shot Away" (All Around the World, 2006), based on a sample of "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones,[6] which peaked at No. 100 on the UK Singles Chart. Following this, they released several more singles as Whelan & Di Scala on various labels, including their own Bachelor Pad Recordings, and also using other aliases such as Wheels & Disco, Mancini and Shake n' Jack.[7] From 2008 to 2014, Dave Whelan was a radio presenter on Juice FM.[8] [7]
In 2010, they released their first recordings as CamelPhat on their own Vice Records label.[9] As CamelPhat, the duo initially wore wrestling masks to conceal their identity because they "just wanted the people to judge the music and not us".[10] In 2011, Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala became owners of a Liverpool nightclub Mansion.[11] The duo released numerous singles and EPs on various record labels and some CamelPhat songs appeared on the Ultratop charts in Belgium, such as "The Act" (Spinnin' Deep, 2014), "Paradigm" featuring A*M*E (Axtone, 2015), "Constellations" (Spinnin' Deep, 2015), "Make 'Em Dance" from Light Night EP (Suara, 2016) and "Hangin' Out with Charlie" from Hangin' with Charlie EP (Suara, 2017).
Their collaboration with Elderbrook on "Cola" (Defected, 2017) was an international hit single which peaked at No. 17 on the U.K. Singles Chart and No. 1 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart[12] [13] and was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.[14] [15] Further UK top forty hit singles followed with "Panic Room" (Loudmouth Music, 2018), a collaboration with Au/Ra and "Breathe" (Pryda Presents, 2018), a collaboration with Cristoph featuring Jem Cooke. In December 2018, CamelPhat signed to RCA Records[16] and released several singles on the label such as "Be Someone" (2019) with Jake Bugg, “Rabbit Hole” (2019) featuring Jem Cooke, “For a Feeling” (2020) with Artbat featuring Rhodes and “Hypercolour” (2020) with Yannis Philippakis of Foals. In October 2020 they released their debut studio album Dark Matter which reached No. 23 in the UK Albums Chart.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [17] | IRE [18] | ||||
| Dark Matter |
| 23 | 39 |
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| Spiritual Milk |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [20] | UK Dance [21] | AUS [22] | BEL [23] | FRA [24] | GER [25] | IRE [26] | SCO [27] | US Dance [28] | |||||||||
| "Shot Away" | 2006 | 100 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | rowspan="44" | ||||||
| "Love Comes Quickly"[29] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Teardrops" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Sunset to Sunrise" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Never Let Go" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Berlin" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Outta Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Discoshit" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Sleepwalk" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Waterfall" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Close My Eyes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Always on My Mind" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Nu Skool" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Good Times" | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Curves n' Corners" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Virgil" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Persil" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Sun Shine Down" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Cuba" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Breath Away" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Lexar" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Achilles" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Lose Control" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Can You Dig It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Nimbus" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Girl on Girl" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "The Fox" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Rubin" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Here I Come" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Open Up Your Heart" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Live for the Music" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Thanks for the Memories" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Funky Express" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Rest of Your Life" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "The Act" | — | — | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Sun Comes Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Paradigm"[30] | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Siren Song"[31] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Constellations"[32] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Paths"[33] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Trip"[34] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "It Is What It Is"[35] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "The Quad"[36] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "NYP2"[37] | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Cola" | 18 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 40 | 76 | 12 | 15 | 21 | Dark Matter | |||||||
| "Bugged Out" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Panic Room" | 30 | 5 | — | 37 | — | — | 40 | 19 | 27 |
| Dark Matter | ||||||
| "Dopamine Machine"[41] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="4" | |||||||
| "The Solution"[42] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Drop It"[43] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Accelerator"[44] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Breathe" | 36 | 10 | — | 47 | — | — | 68 | 18 | 40 |
| Dark Matter | ||||||
| "Kona" / "Liberation" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Be Someone" | 58 | 11 | — | 60 | — | — | 71 | 26 | 25 |
| Dark Matter | ||||||
| "Rabbit Hole"[45] | 81 | 13 | — | 58 | — | — | 80 [46] | 30 | 23 |
| |||||||
| "Freak"[47] | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "For a Feeling"[48] | — | — | — | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | Dark Matter | |||||||
| "Hypercolour"[49] | 77 | — | — | 65 | — | — | — | 39 | — | ||||||||
| "Witching Hour"[50] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Critical"[51] | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | ||||||
| "The Future"[52] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Silenced"[53] | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dark Matter | ||||||
| "Believe" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "The Sign" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Spiritual Milk | |||||||
| "Your Mind" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Secrets" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Evolve | |||||||
| "Hope" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Spiritual Milk | |||||||
| "Higher" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Love Commandments" | 2004 | Gisele Jackson | |
| "Lola's Theme" | Shapeshifters | ||
| "Venus" | Shocking Blue | ||
| "Enjoy the Silence" | Depeche Mode | ||
| "Take Me Out" | Franz Ferdinand | ||
| "Rocker" | Alter Ego | ||
| "Waiting for You" | 2006 | Narcotic Thrust | |
| "Exceeder" | Mason | ||
| "Running Up That Hill" | Kate Bush | ||
| "Spaced" | Lock & Burns | ||
| "I Feel Love" | 2007 | Public Domain featuring Lucia Holm | |
| "Sugar (Sweet Thing)" | DYAD10 | ||
| "Hit Girl" [54] | Sébastien Léger | ||
| "I Wish U Would" | Martijn ten Velden | ||
| "Café del Mar" | Energy 52 | ||
| "Da Funk" | 2008 | Daft Punk | |
| "Vamp" | Outlander | ||
| "The Real Thing" | Tony Di Bart | ||
| "Need in Me" | Danny Dove and Steve Smart featuring Amanda Wilson | ||
| "Work It Out" | DJ Disciple featuring Dawn Tallman | ||
| "Your Ways" | E-Play | ||
| "Uninvited" | Freemasons featuring Bailey Tzuke | ||
| "Disco's Revenge 2008" | Gusto | ||
| "Cruising" | Nalin & Kane and Denis the Menace | ||
| "I Know You're Gone" | Max Graham featuring Jessica Jacobs | ||
| "No Stopping Us" | Kic Pimpz | ||
| "Rolex Sweep" | Skepta | ||
| "White Horse" | Sarah McLeod | ||
| "Never Enough" | Crystal Waters | ||
| "My Girl" | Jason Herd and Flashlight featuring Jason Heerah | ||
| "Times Like These" | 2009 | Albin Myers | |
| "All for a Dance" | Moonbeam | ||
| "Ride on Time" | Black Box | ||
| "Every Other Way" | BT | ||
| "Keep on Jumpin'" | 2010 | Stefy De Cicco featuring Tom Stone | |
| "In and Out of Love" | Armin van Buuren featuring Sharon den Adel | ||
| "Old Skool Generation" | Tommy Vee and Mauro Ferrucci | ||
| "We No Speak Americano" | Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP | ||
| "Faceless" | Kevin Andrews and Felix Baumgartner | ||
| "Louder (Put Your Hands Up)" [55] | Chris Willis | ||
| "Special One" [56] | Ginger Woz Red and Sasha Solette | ||
| "Kuraitani" | Dean Newton | ||
| "Porto Alegre" | Lishious and Antonio Carnicero | ||
| "I'm Alive" | Don Fardon | ||
| "My Feelings for You" | Avicii and Sebastien Drums | ||
| "Street Dancer" | 2011 | Avicii | |
| "Shine" | Alisa | ||
| "In the Cloud" | CeCe Rogers featuring Serena | ||
| "Sharing" | Tommy Vee and Mauro Ferrucci presents Luca Guerrieri | ||
| "Give It to Me" | Those Usual Suspects featuring Jay Sebag | ||
| "Fly Again" | 2012 | Sebastien Drums featuring Mitch Crown | |
| "Cosmopolitan" | Marc Poppcke | ||
| "We Could Be One" | Dirty Laundry | ||
| "Amnesia" | Ian Carey & Rosette featuring Timbaland & Brasco | ||
| "Make You Feel" | Dada & Mat Frost | ||
| "My Religion" | Sonikross featuring Sara K | ||
| "Fox & Koi" | Global Experience | ||
| "Abash" | Rob Adans | ||
| "Let's Go All In" | Bobby Vena & Andy Murphy featuring Livingstone | ||
| "Restless" | 2013 | D. Ramirez and Cevin Fisher | |
| "Strutt" [57] | 2014 | Kydus | |
| "In Stereo" | Flip Flop featuring Faith Trent | ||
| "Parachute" [58] | Otto Knows | ||
| "Special" | Billon featuring Maxine Ashley | ||
| "Dancing in the Dark" | 2015 | 4Tune500 | |
| "Wurd" [59] | Robosonic featuring Stag | ||
| "Younger" [60] | Seinabo Sey | ||
| "Stronger" | Clean Bandit | ||
| "Better Love" [61] | Foxes | ||
| "Creeper" [62] | 2016 | Alex Metric | |
| "Dancing Makes Us Brave" [63] | Nimmo | ||
| "Moments" | Kidnap featuring Leo Stannard | ||
| "Give Up the Ghost" | Ariana and the Rose | ||
| "Wolliner" | Erik Hagleton | ||
| "Strings" | Illyus & Barrientos | ||
| "Warehouse" | Fat Sushi | ||
| "My Love 4 U" [64] | MK featuring A*M*E | ||
| "Hell in Paradise 2016" | ONO | ||
| "Reach for Me" | 2017 | Mark Jenkyns featuring Mizbee | |
| "Hulk" | DJ Wady and Patrick M | ||
| "Please Don't Play" | James Curd and Diz | ||
| "Say Nothing" [65] | MUTO featuring Emerson Leif | ||
| "Right Here, Right Now" [66] | 2018 | Fatboy Slim | |
| "These Days" | Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen | ||
| "Boys in da Hood" | Wade | ||
| "Hang Up Your Hang Ups (The Only One)" [67] | Paul Woolford featuring Kim English | ||
| "Crawl" | Lee Foss featuring SPNCR and Mal Rainey | ||
| "Piece of Me" [68] | MK and Becky Hill | ||
| "Coup de Grace" | 2019 | Miles Kane | |
| "I'm Not Alone 2019" [69] | Calvin Harris | ||
| "Days Go By" [70] | Dirty Vegas | ||
| "Lose Your Head" [71] | 2021 | London Grammar | |
| "Best of Me" [72] | Artbat and Sailor & I | ||
| "Warning Signs" [73] | Alan Fitzpatrick and Lawrence Hart | ||
| "Float Away" [74] | Yousef and The Angel | ||
| "Distorted Light Beam" [75] | Bastille | ||
| "Tighter" [76] | Hosh featuring Jalja | ||
| "Magic Me" | 2022 | Eldon | |
| "Night After Night" | 2023 | Fideles |
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Credit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| "My Love 4 U" | 2016 | MK featuring A*M*E | Keyboards, production, programming, songwriting |
| "17" | 2017 | MK | Keyboards, production, programming, songwriting |
| "The Power"[77] | 2019 | Duke Dumont featuring Zak Abel | Production, songwriting |
| "Space" | 2020 | Becky Hill | Production, songwriting |
| "5 Seconds Before Sunrise" | VER:WEST | Production, songwriting | |
| "Body" | 2021 | Elderbrook | Production, programming, songwriting |
| "Love Devine" | Riva Starr featuring Phebe Edwards | Production, songwriting | |
| "Chemical" | MK | Bass, production, songwriting, synthesizer | |
| "Elements of a New Life" | VER:WEST | Production, songwriting | |
| "Take My Chance" | 2023 | MK | Bass, drums, engineer, guitar, keyboards, production, songwriting, synthesizer |
| "Heat Rising" | Pete Tong x Jem Cooke x Jules Buckley | Instruments, production, songwriting |
| Title | Year | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Shot Away" | 2006 | Mike Cockayne[78] | |
| "Breath Away"[79] | 2009 | ||
| "The Act" | 2014 | Nima Nabili Rad, Luke Eblen[80] | |
| "Paradigm" | 2015 | Tom Griffin[81] | |
| "Constellations”[82] | |||
| "Paths"[83] | 2016 | ||
| "Cola" | 2017 | Millicent Hailes[84] | |
| "Panic Room" | 2018 | Granz Herman[85] | |
| "Breathe" | 2019 | GMUNK[86] | |
| "Be Someone" | The Sacred Egg[87] | ||
| "Rabbit Hole" | 2020 | Taz Tron Delix [88] |
|-| 2018| CamelPhat| Most Played New Independent Act[89] |
|-| 2016| CamelPhat| Breakthrough[90] | |-| 2017| "Cola" (with Elderbrook)| Track of the Season[91] | |-| 2018| CamelPhat| House Artist[92] | |-| 2019| CamelPhat| Tech House[93] |
|-| 2018| CamelPhat| Best Group[94] |
|-| 2018| "Cola" (with Elderbrook)| Best Dance Recording[95] |
|-| 2018| "Cola" (with Elderbrook)| Best Song[96] | |-| 2019| "Panic Room" (with Au/Ra)| Best Electronic Song[97] |
|-| 2018| "Cola" (with Elderbrook)| Best Contemporary Song[98] |
|-| 2019| "Be Someone" (with Jake Bugg)| Best Dance Video – UK[99] | |-| 2019| "Be Someone" (with Jake Bugg)| Best Editing in a Video[99] |
|-| 2018| "Cola" (with Elderbrook)| Best Dancefloor Track[100] |