About
Douvelle19 has always operated between a myriad of sonic worlds. The Newport-based producer’s interest in genre fluidity and bridging disparate sounds stretches back to his childhood. Growing up in the mid-90s with separated parents, he would hear everything from 1930s jazz and blues, anthemic trance and trip hop to early electronic forerunners like New Order & Leftfield. Faithless and Madonna were in rotation at home, while his sister’s love for Arabic pop (Nancy Ajram, Sabah) inspired a passion for drum-driven beats.
Early obsessions veered between Missy Elliott & Timbaland to Limp Bizkit & Sum 41. The first albums his dad bought him—Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP and Marilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar—foreshadowed the genre-fusing artist he’d become.
At a Newport youth centre, he discovered DJing, met MCs and presenters, and saved lunch money to buy vinyl. Teaching himself to DJ on vinyl aged 14, he began making grime beats for friends, uploading them to Myspace and SoundCloud.
He formed Astroid Boys at 15, a group blending grime, metal, and hip-hop that signed to Sony Records and toured globally. At 17, he released his debut solo EP Dreamer under the alias Dellux via Chase & Status’ MTA Records. After Astroid Boys broke up in 2017, he launched Douvelle19, shifting toward electronic music people could dance to.
His 2018 debut EP D19 explored vocal-led house and garage, followed by the Edits series. His 2024 EP When I Dream was created across lockdown and travels to Madrid, Japan and London, weaving themes of isolation and love. It features Harve, Catching Cairo, Manga Saint Hilare, and Kaisha.
Now signed to RCA Records, his upcoming EP arrives in 2025, led by the single Alone (feat. just lil). His core message remains:
“There’s always a route in—no matter where you come from.”
