Robert Conley | |
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Conley in 2013
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Background information | |
Born |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States |
March 13, 1973
Genres | Pop, pop rock, electronica |
Occupation(s) | Musician, Record producer, Songwriter |
Instruments | Synthesizer |
Years active | 1999 - Present |
Labels | Specific Music |
Robert Conley (dp13) is an American songwriter, record producer, programmer, engineer, mixer and music publisher. Throughout his varied career over the last decade, he has worked across all genres of music and has collaborated with and / or programmed / mixed / produced / written with, and for, many artists, including KISS, Destiny's Child, Carlos Santana, Justin Timberlake, Josh Groban, Darren Hayes, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin, Darren Hayes.,Jessica Mauboy, Okenyo, Tina Arena, The Delta Riggs, The Walking Who,Ilan Kidron, Grinspoon, Georgi Kay, Thelma Plum, Lisa Mitchell, Bluejuice and many more.
Robert Conley was born March 13, 1973 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. He grew up in Harrison, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, the eldest of three boys. When he was in the tenth grade, his father bought him an Ensoniq VFX sd II, and he began to create his own sequences and songs. Conley graduated from William Henry Harrison High School in 1991, and briefly went to the University of Dayton, before dropping out to make music.Conley moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1992 and started an 'industrial' band called 'Darius Pogue' (the inspiration behind the 'dp' and 'dp13' aliases). The band played shows in and around Chicago. He then moved to Phoenix in 1997, where he started electronica band 'Specificus' with Matt Kelly (aka K. Roxwell, aka MK Ultra), making music influenced by The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, Aphex Twin and Squarepusher.