Dave Audé

Grammy-winning producer, remixer, and DJ Dave Audé’s contributions span the boundaries of music. He has produced for a diverse range of artists including U2, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Korn, Coldplay, Chris Brown, and Selena Gomez, among others. Audé began experimenting with synths, sequencers, and drum machines as a teenager and kicked off his professional career as a MIDI instructor at the Los Angeles Recording Workshop. In the early ’90s, Audé befriended club owner Steve Levy. The pair later formed the group Lunatic Fringe, which led to the founding of the Moonshine Music label. After constructing a Hollywood studio, Audé developed artists signed with Moonshine. His productions and remixes would consistently appear on the Billboard dance charts in the years that followed. In 2006, Audé started his own label, Audacious Records, which he not only used to foster young artists like Luciana, Sisely Treasure, and VASSY, but also to release his Audacious mix series. Over the decade, in addition to five Audacious mixes, Aude amassed over 100 Billboard dance chart entries. In 2016, Audé scored a Top 50 hit with Selena Gomez on her single “Kill Em with Kindness.” That same year, he won a Grammy for his remix of Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk.” ~ Diana Potts & Neil Z. Yeung