Rob da Bank
English DJ (born 1973)
Robert John Gorham (born 24 June 1973 in Portsmouth, Hampshire), known by the pseudonym Rob da Bank, is an English DJ and co-founder of music festivals Bestival, originally on the Isle of Wight and now moved to Lulworth, Dorset and Camp Bestival, also in Lulworth. He presented a show on BBC Radio 1 which focused on promoting new left-field music.2
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Born Jun 24, 1973.1
About
Examples of artists featured on his show include Tipper, 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 for John Peel's show for several weeks following his death in 2004.
In 2007, he produced the Together in Electric Dreams EP.
In 2009, he gave BBC 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.
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Early life and education
- Date not recordedGoldsmiths, University of London3
Career
Occupation: journalist, disc jockey.5
- Date not recordedFounded Sunday Best Recordings4
Personal life
Rob da Bank grew up in the village of Warsash in Hampshire.
Rob da Bank divides his time between London and the Isle of Wight with his illustrator wife Josie and their four sons.
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- 12Wikimedia CommonsRob da Bank photo by unknown, CC BY 2.0