10 iconic Eats Everything moments

He’s a club scene champion, a Bristol prince born to man the decks, a lad always looking for a great time. He’s made of hugs, hilarious insults and strictly class records. His name is Dan Pearce, but he goes by Eats Everything and he's known as an international party starter, in the purest sense what a great DJ should be. His rocket-fast rise to legend status can be accredited to his mystifying mixing skills, larger-than-life personality and penchant for big sound.

With Eats Everything, it’s always a belter and that's why we love him.

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After DJing clubs for many years as Dan Pearce and working to break into the scene, he finally scored gold with a massive debut in 2011. The track was fittingly titled ‘Entrance Song’, a fusion of echoing vocals and bouncing, reflective percussion picked up by Catz 'N Dogz house imprint Pets Recordings. After its release, it found its way into the sets of huge names like Seth Troxler, Carl Cox and Jamie Jones. Claude VonStroke later admitted he also received the promo and was kicking himself in the ass for not snagging it first. ‘Entrance Song’ had the club scene buzzing, leaving the world hungry for more from this newcomer named Eats Everything.

Catching the attention of Claude VonStroke with his debut release, the Dirtybird headmaster wasted no time grabbing hold of Eats’ following productions. ‘The Size’ and ‘Tric Trac’ proved to be winding bass bangers that shook dancefloors to the core. Pearce was properly inducted into the Dirtybird family, becoming one of the label’s key players, even appearing beside VonStroke and Justin Martin on their April 2013 Mixmag cover.

Continuing his bro-ship with VonStroke, Eats traveled with the king curator to Ibiza to partake in a small mid-day spin session for a group of 40 fans at Sands. What started as a supposedly low-key gathering evolved into an epic nine-hour back-to-back, the crowd growing crazier with each track and closing as one of the DJ’s most memorable performances. Things had gotten so explicitly raucous that at the end, the club owner proclaimed that throughout a decade on the White Isle, he had never seen such an organically magnificent party.

The year was 2014. The club was London’s legendary XOYO. A new series by the venue called for three-month residencies from the world’s best DJs and Eats Everything was their big inauguration. Pearce manned the dancefloor every Saturday for 12 weeks straight, chosen as the club owner’s first pick for his eclectic style, reputation as an ingenious mixer and ability to keep energy non-stop.

Four years ago Eats Everything was in Ibiza with his manager and caught word that a new party series called elrow wanted him to play. What followed was the start of one of the world’s most famed events, a complete mad house of colorful characters, celebration of expression and the best international artists. Elrow was quickly slated as the wildest, loudest, most off-the-rail gathering with Eats Everything championing its flag. He is now dubbed one of the most prolific faces of the brand, headlining countless global showcases, readily stocked with confetti cannons, thousands of inflatables and full neon decor.

In a world where artists are ripped to shreds constantly for sharing their opinions, Eats Everything has never been afraid to say what’s on his mind. He’s put in more than two cents on what artists to watch for, club culture and drug policy issues and who’s currently being a so-called “prick” for the day. It’s hats off to the man who’s said things like: “Clubbing is nowhere near as inclusive as it used to be”, “The idiots applauding every new iPhone feature…” and “I’m the CEO of my cock, balls & asshole”. Say it like you mean it, Eats!

2014 was the year dance music was blessed with super-lad super-group J.E.S.u.S. It brought together the troublemaker crew of Jackmaster, Eats Everything, Skream and Seth Troxler, a dream back-to-back squad guaranteed to bring top-drawer records, heavy DJ artistry and, of course, a fair serving of mischief.

Pearce is a Bristol boy at heart and he never misses a moment to wear his badge proud. In 2015, the city icon honored the most proper homecoming with a monster two-hour Boiler Room set at his local Fish ‘N’ Chip shop alongside the release of the two-disc compilation, ‘Fries With That’, on Hypercolour. It was a full-blown celebration in Weston-super-Mare with decks fitted behind Regent’s heated food display case, fans jam-packed in the quaint community restaurant. It was in and out, banger after banger, top flow energy from a guy who just fucking loves his city.

In 2015, Eats finally launched his own label with Nick Harris called Edible Records. It was a long time coming for the expert selector, whose tastes in funky, energetic house and bass brought him a debut release from Cornwall producer Lord Leopard. The Bristol-based imprint, still in its early stages, already has a strict mix series called ‘Podible’, live set episodes under ‘edible bEats’ and a catalog featuring Jasper James, De La Swing and Lauren Lane.

One of Eats Everything’s biggest moments came just under a year ago, when he was enlisted by legend Green Velvet to remix his iconic banger ‘Flash’ for its 21st anniversary. The edit was a blaring-loud rendition of the club anthem, twisting its famed vocals of “bad little kids doing bad little things” with such an immense apex it became a staple in the sets of Chris Liebing, Carl Cox and the Cajual king himself.