Sonny Wharton
British DJ
Sonny Wharton is a British house and techno DJ and record producer. In addition to his artist career, Wharton now manages a range of electronic DJs and producers alongside running his newly founded record label, Strength In Numbers.
Biography
Early life
Sonny Wharton was born in mid-Wales, where he was encouraged to explore music by his father Alex Wharton. Alex Wharton produced the Moody Blues' first record "Go Now", scoring a No. 1 UK single and a No. 10 US hit in early 1965.
Wharton's early dance music influences have been cited as Carl Cox, Fatboy Slim and X-Press 2 alongside live acts such as the Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers.
Music career
Wharton's debut release as a producer came in 2004 with the release of Hotsteppa which saw him collaborate with fellow producer MangoTrasher. Following support from the likes of Fatboy Slim, Pete Tong and Carl Cox, Wharton has worked on remixes for other artists of varying genres, including Ed Sheeran, Fatboy Slim, Morcheeba, The Temper Trap, Aloe Blacc, Christine & The Queens, Utah Saints and X-Press 2.
Wharton has released singles most prominently on Brighton based Skint Records.
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