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Real Name:
Dom Sweeten
Profile:
Dom is undoubtedly one of the most popular & respected producers in the Hard House /NRG arena. Over the years, he has been involved with a great number of classic tracks & remixes produced under various pseudonyms, most notably his Defective Audio alias & the longstanding partnership with Superfast Oz as OD404.

Dom and Oz met whilst DJ'ing at gigs in Brighton during the mid 90's. They had similiar tastes and both were interested in dabbling with music production, so they aquired some studio equiment and started crafting their art. Very few labels were initially interested and the duo later launched Kaktai Records in '97 as a platform for their music.

Dom developed a preference for the studio and has since featured original productions & remixes in a variety of styles on every prominent label within the scene. Apart from his partnership in Kaktai Records, Dom also runs the Hard House / NRG label, Spinball Records & Battle Jaxx which was an outlet for his Funky Hard House.

Since mid 2004, Dom has managed to escape Studio 404 long enough for a few very select DJ appearences as well as OD404 Live shows with Oz.
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Discography

Releases:
Turn The Heat Up / Arcadia (12")   Wasa-B 2000
Check This Out (2 versions)   Wasa-B 2001
Circular Saw / The Sound Of Now (12")   Frantic 2001
The Dom-N8R Ep (EP) (3 versions)   Wasa-B 2001
Keep On (2 versions)   Recharge 2002
Last Orders / Skyline (12")   Tidy Trax 2002
Re-Flux / Deviant Behaviour (12")   Vicious Circle Recordings 2002
Sling Shot / Styli Burn (12")   Hotwax Traxx 2002
Bomb Style (2 versions)   Recharge 2003
Codex / Scooby & Booster (2 versions)   Lotek Records 2003
Decimal Dust (2 versions)   Energy UK Records ... 2003
Floorburn (2 versions)   Vicious Circle Recordings 2003
Intoxicating (2 versions)   Vicious Circle Recordings 2003
Kaktai Allstars EP (12")   Kaktai Records 2003
Pure Energy (12")   Spinball Records 2003
Shark Bait (12")   Spinball Records 2003
Burning Up (12")   Knuckleheadz Records 2004
DJ's Are Heroes (12")   Spinball Records 2004
Hard Beat EP 25 Part 1 (EP) (2 versions)   Nukleuz 2004
Hard Beat EP 25 Part 2 (EP) (2 versions)   Nukleuz 2004
Now Is The Time (12")   Spinball Records 2004
Speed Cookie / Electricity (12")   Spinball Records 2004
Behaviour Control / Eject (12")   Spinball Records 2005
Coalition EP (12", EP)   Spinball Records 2005
Defective Audio EP (12", EP)   Deprivation Recordings 2005
ASBO / Mutator (12")   Vicious Circle Recordings 2006
Automation / Champion Style (12")   Spinball Records 2006
Dub War (12")   Kaktai Records 2006
Seizure / Let's Hit Em (12")   Infectious Recordings 2006
Turntable Express / Beat Drop (12")   Spinball Records 2006
At The Count Of Three / Chill Rampage (12", Ltd, Bla)   Mad Cow Records UK 2007
Brain Drain / Execute (12")   Spinball Records 2007
Casino Road / Vortex 88 (12")   Nose Bleed Records 2007
Freakin It / Control & FX (12")   Vicious Circle Recordings 2007
Get Up / Kushu Radio (12", W/Lbl)   Killer Hurts Recordings 2007
Hold It Now (12")   Recharge 2007
Listen Up / Rewind (12", W/Lbl)   Pure NRG 2007
Sawtooth Sandwich / Born Capable (12")   Spinball Records 2007
Spine Shuffle / Symbiotic (12")   Kaktai Records 2007
V:Four (12", 4/5)   Toolbox Recordings 2007
Bad Guy Smoked / Hyperscum (12")   Spinball Records 2008
Big Rich The Needle Pusher / Chaos Theory (12")   Kung Fu Wax 2008
Blunt Force / Bang Dead (12")   Flashpoint Records 2008
Deprivation Digital EP2 (File, MP3, EP)   Deprivation Digital 2008
Elbow Greeze (12", S/Sided, W/Lbl)   Pure NRG 2008
Hey Japanese Step Back / Stop This (12")   Deprivation Recordings 2008
Justin Bourne EP (12", W/Lbl, TP)   Vicious Circle Recordings 2008
Kushu Radio (File, MP3)   Killer Hurts Digital 2008
Macadamia (File, MP3)   Turtle Dog Digital 2008
Nails (File, MP3)   Spinball Digital 2008
Radio Telescope / Signal Jam (12")   Fireball Recordings 2008
Ravers Disco EP (12", W/Lbl, EP)   Pure NRG 2008
Spaceship / Bleedin' Mental (12")   Pure NRG 2008
Sweat Box / Etherwave (12")   Flashpoint Records 2008
The Producer Album // Sampler EP (12", Smplr, EP)   Tidy Trax 2008
The Producer Series//04 (2xCD, Mixed)   Tidy Trax 2008
We're All One / Drunk & High (12")   Toolbox Recordings 2008
Chasing Cows (File, MP3)   Killer Hurts Digital 2009
Chasing Cows (James Nardi Remix) (File, MP3)   Killer Hurts Digital 2009
Future Fighter (File, MP3)   Flashpoint Records 2009
Loganberry / Nicemoveson (12")   Spinball Records 2009
Psychomp / Psycho Rap (12")   Deprivation Masterclass 2009
Rock Da Floor / Afterparty (12", W/Lbl)   Pure NRG 2009
Supernatural / Chasing Cows (12", W/Lbl)   Killer Hurts Recordings 2009
The Electric Bee / IYID (12")   Deprivation Recordings 2009
Remixes:
The Hustler (2 versions) The Hustler (Defective... Deprivation Recordings 2003
DJ Nation X-Rated Sessions Part 1 (12") Please Fuck Me (Defect... Nukleuz 2004
Damn Thing (12") Damn Thing (Defective ... Brain Damage Recordings (UK) 2004
Do This (2 versions) Do This (Defective Aud... Elasticman Records 2004
Fire In The Sky (12") Fire In The Sky (Defec... Vicious Circle Recordings 2004
Get Lashed In Australia (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Go Bezerk (Defective A... EQ Recordings 2004
Go Bezerk (12") Go Bezerk (Defective A... Short Circuit Recordings 2004
Hard Beat: The Second Coming (2xCD, Mixed) Please Fuck Me (Defect... Nukleuz 2004
HardHouse Anthems 5 (2xCD, Mixed) Please F**ck Me (Defec... Nukleuz 2004
Summer Bangers (CD, Mixed, Comp) Please Fuck Me (Defect... Mixmag 2004
The Negotiation (12") The Negotiation (Defec... Flashpoint Records 2004
Tranquility Bass (12") Tranquility Bass (Defe... Recover 2004
Zero Tolerance (12") Zero Tolerance (Defect... Knuckleheadz Records 2004
Afraid Of The Dark (12", S/Sided) Afraid Of The Dark (De... Passion Test Press 2005
Hard Dance Republic - Vol. 2 (3xCD, Mixed, Box) Tortured (Defective Au... Hit Mania (UK) 2005
HardHouse Update (CD, Comp, Mixed) Tortured (Defective Au... DMC Publishing 2005
Logical Trance (12") Logical Trance (Defect... Nitrox Records 2005
The Darkness (12") The Darkness (Defectiv... Jed-Eye NRG 2005
Timeline (12") Timeline (Defective Au... Recharge 2005
Tortured (12") Tortured (Defective Au... Vicious Circle Recordings 2005
Industrial Strength - Volume 1 (2xCD, Mixed) Negotiation (Defective... Flashpoint Records 2006
Pulsating Sound (12") Pulsating Sound (Defec... Club Concrete 2006
Ready To Go (12") Ready To Go (Defective... Hardsounds 2006
Tranquility Bass (CDr) Tranquility Bass (Defe... Recover 2006
Fortress (12") Fortress (Defective Au... Spinball Records 2007
Firebox Volume One (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Hot Tamale (Defective ... Fireball Recordings 2008
Give It To Me (12") Give It To Me (Defecti... Carbon Recordings (2) 2008
Euphoria: Hard Dance Awards 2009 (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) Cuz The House Gets War... Ministry Of Sound 2009
DJ Mixes:
Velvet Hammer (CD, Comp, Mixed + CD, Comp)   Spinball Records, Carbon Recordings (2) 2009
Appears On:
Remix Issue 1 (12") Lay Around Ho! (Defect... Hotwax Traxx 2003
Tracks Appear On:
Frantic - The Future Sound Of Hard Dance (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Circular Saw Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2001
Storm (CD, Mixed, Comp) Check This Out M8 Magazine 2001
Trade - Hard House (2xCD) Arcadia Beechwood Music 2001
Insomnia Vol. 2 (2xCD, Mixed) Pump Up The Volume (Ba... Tidy Trax 2002
No Chill Out (CD, Mixed) Keep On Recharge 2002
One From The Hardbox (2xCD, Mixed) Re-Flux, Intoxicating Vicious Circle Recordings 2002
Extreme Euphoria (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) Decimal Dust, Bomb Style Telstar TV 2003
Insomnia Vol. 4 (2xCD, Mixed) Floorburn (Paul Glazby... Tidy Trax 2003
Music For A Harder Generation (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Floorburn (Paul Glazby... Tidy Trax 2003
Recharge, Retek, Recover (CD, Comp, Mixed) Keep On (Paul Glazby R... M8 Magazine 2003
Sundissential 3 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Promo) Intoxicating (Paul Mad... Nukleuz 2003
Vicious (2xCD) Intoxicating (Paul Mad... Vicious Circle Recordings 2003
Frantic Euphoria (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) Execution Ministry Of Sound 2004
HQ On Tour Mixed By DJ Fausto The 1st Edition (CD, Mixed, Com) Bomb Style UDC 2004
Hard Beat: The Second Coming (2xCD, Mixed) Execution, Circular Sa... Nukleuz 2004
Hard Dance Anthems Past Present Future (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Burnin' Up Nukleuz 2004
Hard Kandy - International Series Vol. 1 - Brisk (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Burning Up Bang On! 2004
HardHouse Anthems 5 (2xCD, Mixed) Decimal Dust, Pure Ene... Nukleuz 2004
Live In Australia (CD) Sharkbait Vicious Circle Recordings 2004
Music For A Harder Generation Volume 3 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Decimal Dust (Colin Ba... Tidy Trax 2004
I Love VC (2xCD) Hit The Deck, Eject, B... Vicious Circle Recordings 2005
A Retrospective Of Vicious (CD) Reflux, Floorburn (Pau... Vicious Circle Recordings 2006
Connection 1 (File, MP3) Now Is The Time, Speed... Spinball Records 2006
Lashed Euphoria (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Automation Ministry Of Sound 2006
Pirates Of Prestatyn Weekender Live - Volume 9 Disc 3 (CD, Mixed, Dis) ASBO Tidy Trax 2006
Tidy Weekender 10 (CD, Comp) Freakin' It Tidy Trax 2006
Tidy Weekender 10 (CD, Comp) Beat Freak, Control & FX Tidy Trax 2006
Hard Dance Awards The Album - 2007 (2xCD, Album, Comp, Mixed) Asbo Tidy Trax 2007
Hard House Designer Labels (3xCD, Mixed) Freakin It, Re-Flux Tidy Trax 2007
Hard House Sessions (2xCD, Comp) Reflux Sessions 2007
Industrial Strength - Volume 2 (2xCD, Mixed) Bang Dead, Blunt Force... Flashpoint Records 2007
Metamorphosis (12") Metamorphosis Oktane Records 2007
TDOGCD001 - Shake & Bake Vol.1 (File, MP3) Macadamia Turtle Dog Digital 2007
The World's Greatest Hard Dance (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Super Powerz, Hold It Now Resist Music 2007
Toolbox V (2xCD, Mixed) Bamzooki, Blunt Force,... Toolbox Recordings 2007
Twin Externalias (CDr, Mixed, Promo) Asbo luvtrax, Linear (2) 2007
Big Dog / Acid Pork Scratchings (12") Acid Pork Scratchings Pure NRG 2008
Frantic11 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Unknown Code Nukleuz 2008
Music For A Harder Generation - The New Generation (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Bad Guy Smoked, Someth... Tidy Trax 2008
Powertools EP 4 (12", EP) Caged Toolbox Recordings 2008
Something Ugly / Coronary / Unidentified Craft Remix (12") Something Ugly Flashpoint Records 2008
Tidy Weekender 14 v2.0 Live (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) Big Gun Smoker, Sweat Box Tidy Trax 2008
Hard House Music Volume 1 (CD, Comp + CD, Mixed) Vavavoom, Hit The Deck... Deprivation Recordings 2009
Love Tidy (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) The Track With No Name Tidy Trax 2009
Velvet Hammer (CD, Comp, Mixed + CD, Comp) Mutha Boosh, Slow Vibr... Spinball Records, Carbon Recordings (2) 2009
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