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Rob da Bank | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert John Gorham |
| Also known as | Rob da Bank |
| Born | (1973-06-24)24 June 1973 (age 51) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Occupation | DJ |
| Labels | Sunday Best Recordings |
| Website | sundaybest earwormmusic |
Robert John Gorham (born 24 June 1973 inPortsmouth, Hampshire), known by the pseudonymRob da Bank, is an English DJ and co-founder of music festivalsBestival, originally on the Isle of Wight and now moved toLulworth, Dorset andCamp Bestival, also in Lulworth. He presented a show onBBC Radio 1 which focused on promoting new left-field music. Examples of artists featured on his show includeTipper,Moloko and a host of unsigned acts.
Until September 2006, he and Chris Coco were the presenters of the Blue Room on Radio 1. He hosted the Radio One Music Show on Thursday nights, the content of which was more similar to the music played on his current show. Rob da Bank filled in forJohn Peel's show for several weeks following his death in 2004.
In 2007, he produced theTogether in Electric Dreams EP.
In 2009, he gaveBBC Blast an exclusive look behind the scenes of his show. Until 2014, he hosted a Friday-night/Saturday-morning BBC Radio 1 show focused on left-field electronica.[citation needed]
He is also the owner of a number of business ventures under the nameSunday Best, which originated as a Sunday night event in aBattersea tea-room.[1]
The music played by Rob da Bank on Sunday Best helped launch the "bar culture" (as opposed to "club culture"), which features more relaxed activities than dancing.[citation needed]
Sunday Best has grown to incorporate a record label and two offshoot music festivals,Bestival on the Isle of Wight and in 2008,Camp Bestival, which is more family orientated and held in the grounds ofLulworth Castle in Dorset. In 2018 Bestival went into administration, leaving many workers unpaid. However, a festival of the same name, curated by Gorham and his wife Josie, was announced for 2019, at the same site and on the equivalent weekend. Gorham has also compiled a mix LP for theFabric night club's series of mix compilations, entitledFabric 24 (2006).[2]
In June 2014, it was announced that in September 2014, da Bank would leave BBC Radio 1 and that he would join the 6 Music family.[3] His last show was on Saturday 30 August 2014.[4] Da Bank hosts a weekly radio show on the American radio networkEvolution.[5]
In 2014, alongside Graphite Media he set up the company 'Earworm', a Music Supervision, Original Composition and Talent Procurement service for Film, TV, Video Games and Advertising. Recent work includes the music supervision for BBC Drama – From There To Here, original compositions for the new HBO show 'The Left Overs', the title music for Annie Mac's 'Superstar DJs' on Channel 4 and music supervision for forthcoming Xbox One game – Forza Horizon 2.[6]
Da Bank was awarded The Outstanding Contribution Award at the 2014 AIF Festival Congress Awards.[7]
Rob da Bank divides his time between London and theIsle of Wight with his illustrator wife Josie and their four sons.[citation needed]
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