Ian Bland is the man behind Dreamfrequency. He has been into the dance scene in one form or another since '87, when as a clubber he was jacking to the house sounds of Chicago (now that must have been a sight!) By 1990 he was making 'house music' and formed Dream Frequency releasing 'Live the Dream' (name taken from the infamous Blackburn rave at the time) on Citybeat/XL Records to underground acclaim.
His next anthems 'Feel so Real' and 'Take Me' both reached the top 30 of the national charts in 1992. The band performed at many of the first outdoor events including- Amnesia, Galactica and Rezerection in Scotland . With Debbie Sharp providing the vocals they toured in America , Australia and performed for 50,000 at the Tokyo Dome which was Japan 's first ever rave!!
He was also one half of Dancing Divaz who with his partner Nick Worthington (now head of A/R at XL records) notched up over 55 highly successful remixes including: The Original, Baby D, Prince, Louise, Queen and many more. They released "Kick up the Volume" on XL Records, which received massive club support.
Since then, Ian has worked under the guise of 'Quake' withDJ Rob Tissera, and where signed to FFRR. Their first single 'The Day Will Come' received huge club support and did well in the National charts. They also had 3 tracks in the successful film Human Traffic. Their second single 'Don't say Goodbye/Mantra' was a summer Anthem and 1999 they produced many top remixes for the likes of: One Phat Diva, Armin, ATB and made Yorks ' 'The Awakening' a National hit !!
He was also one half of Dejure with partner Paul Fitzpatrick - the original DJ Nipper (remember him from the old skool days) Together they ran LCD Records . Their last Dejure single 'Sanctuary' came out on their label, only to be snapped up by Seb Fontaines 'Spot On Label' and was a Summer smash, appearing on the Ministry Annual, and Dave Pearce's Anthems Cds.
Ian is currently working with musical partner Martin Neary under the guises 'Lifestylerz and Nu Renegades .They have a huge bangin new release scheduled titled 'the calling' set to be huge on Y2K recordings.
More importantly Ian has re-formed Dream Frequency and is currently working on new material With Martin Neary.
'The' Ultimate Dance PA to rock the House, Dream Frequency have a brand new live show , new lead vocalist, new dancers and are sonically and visually BETTER THAN EVER!!!
