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As the co-founder and A&R director of Defected, arguably the United Kingdom's leading dance music imprint, Simon Dumore is a highly influential industry figure who remains a DJ at heart and whose professional experience predates the founding of his label by well over a decade. A longtime record collector, Dunmore first began spinning records in 1982 as a soul music DJ with a particular ...more


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