“Never before have I played so many tracks by the same artist in one night!” – Danny Tenaglia

Brought up on a diet of hip hop, electro and 80’s synth pop, Clive Henry and Justin Drake have helped shape the house music movement without all the hype and fuss that surrounds some of their peers and contemporaries.  Clive was one of the original faces on the early UK balaeric and acid house scene as one of the countermen in London’s infamous Flying Records shop.  As well as promoting some of the best club nights in the UK, Flying also organised club trips to Ibiza in 1989 and 1990 and moving on to Rimini, Italy, in 1991. Clive cut his teeth DJ’ing alongside the cream of the UK’s cutting edge such as Andrew Weatherall, Danny Rampling, Terry Farley, Bob Jones, Darren Emerson, and Rocky & Diesel to name a few.

Justin is the more subdued of the pair.  While a fantastically underrated DJ, he prefers the studio to the decks and can be found behind the desk engineering for the likes of Dylan Rhymes, Dark Boogie (Product Deluxe), Organic Audio (Tummy Touch/Nettwerk), and has a side project with Circulation’s Paul Davis called ATT (Anti-Trance Terrorists).

Clive and Justin’s debut foray into the studio resulted in a release on the UK Slip ‘n’ Slide label, and the pair have not looked back since. Building a rapport with influential labels such as Junior (check their Dark Daze project on Junior offshoot label, Fuju), Hooj and Eukatech, their impressive production output resulted in their widely respected debut album, Junkyard Funk.  Praised by the crème de la crème of DJ talent such as Danny Tenaglia, John Digweed & Carl Cox, the album went on to achieve widespread acclaim and notch up phenomenal sales.  Peace Division’s trademark tribal drums, dark edges and dubbed out grooves have also lent the Midas Touch to a multitude of artists & labels, including Rui Da Silva’s massive “Touch Me”, Moby’s “Natural Blues” and X-Press 2’s summer smash with David Byrne, “Lazy”.

On the DJ circuit, veteran Clive and Justin can be found spinning at some of the world’s finest nightclubs (including Fabric, Elements, Space, DC10, Twilo and many more).  This DJ mix here took a while to compile; each track had to really represent the Peace Division vibe, but after months of road-testing acetates and CDRs, the guys have put together a stimulating mix that starts with the stripped down minimalism of Earth Dueley, slides into the robotic vocal house of Shauna Solomon, into the dark grooves of Katakarna’s mix of “Cocaine” and ends with the spine tingling ‘I Have Put Out The Light’ by James Holden.

Selected Discography
Peace Division – Stateside EP (Camouflage Recordings)
Peace Division – “Be U 4 T” (Low Pressings)
Peace Division – Junkyard Funk LP (Low Pressings)
Peace Division presents Dark Daze – “Feel My Drums” / “Lottie’s Vogue” (Fuju)
Peace Division – “Droppin’ Deep” (Low Pressings)

Selected Remixography
Trancesetters – “Roaches” (Peace Division Remix) (Hooj UK)
Armand Van Helden – Egyptian Magician (Peace Division Mix) (Eukahouse)
Moby – Natural Blues (Peace Division Dub) (Mute UK/V2 US)
Rui Da Silva – “Touch Me” (Peace Division Higher Mix) (Kismet UK / Kinetic US)
Boom! – “Boy Vs Girl” (Peace Division Dub) (London)
Lula – “The DJ The Music & Me” (Peace Division’s Freaky Vocal Mix) (Hooj UK/Star 69 US)
X-Press 2 – “Lazy” ‘Peace Division Dub’ (Skint UK)

Release date: July 9, 2002