David Tipper

David Tipper
Dave Tipper performing live in 2010
Background information
Birth name	David Tipper
Also known as	Tipper
Born	c. 1976 (age 40–41) Wimbledon, London
Genres	Electronica, breakbeat, glitch hop, trip hop, ambient
Occupation(s)	Producer, composer, DJ
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Tippermusic, Myutopia, Higher Ground, Fuel Records (UK)
Website	tippermusic.net

David Tipper, or Tipper for short (born c. 1976 in Wimbledon, London) is a British composer and producer specialising in electronic music that ranges from ambient, through trip hop, to uptempo nu skool breaks. His live performances consist largely of his own unreleased compositions, and he is noted for scratching his own sounds over his music, creating a live element of turntablism stemming from prowess early in his career as a vinyl DJ.

Tipper is widely respected as a surround sound composer, releasing one of the first albums composed, produced, and intended for the DualDisc format, in addition to providing content for multichannel music industry leaders DTS, Inc.. His talents at sound design (his work is included in several of the major music making software programs), and in digital audio mastering, are also in great demand. His catalogue has been consistently licensed for use as background in a variety of mainstream television programmes, and also featured in commercials and cable television projects.

Tipper was "discovered" as a teenager DJing in a London nightclub by soon-to-be manager Richie Warren. Their earliest conversations centred on bass frequencies and rhythms underlying beats, and they began researching the science involved in creating the most effective dance music. Richie founded Fuel Records (UK), and Tipper released the first of several vinyl EP's in 1997. Renault licensed one of these, Twister, for a European ad campaign. Soon thereafter, Sony UK signed Tipper to their fledgling dance music label, Higher Ground.