{{Short description|British dance music disc jockey}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = | caption = | name = Billy 'Daniel' Bunter | birth_name = Daniel Light | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1975}}<ref name="BP2000"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bunter |first1=Billy Daniel |title=Hardcore Will Never Die - Dougal - 35 Years in Rave |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZy7aL8q-W8 |website=Youtube |access-date=11 September 2025}}</ref> | image_size = | background = | origin = | instrument = | genre = Happy hardcore, breakbeat hardcore, hard house | occupation = disc jockey, record producer | years_active = | label = Music Mondays | associated_acts = | website = {{Official URL}} }}

'''Daniel Light''' (born 1975), known professionally as '''Billy 'Daniel' Bunter''', is a British disc jockey and record producer. A veteran of the hard dance rave scene, Bunter combines the "old skool" and the "new skool".

==Biography== Bunter started his DJ career at age 15, playing Belgian hardcore and UK breakbeat hardcore at clubs such as ''Club Labrynth'' in Dalston. Called a "pioneer of the rave scene" by DJ Mag, he has been active within the genre since its beginning, and has performed at many UK events such as Helter Skelter, Dreamscape, Slammin Vinyl, and Hardcore Heaven. Bunter also produces and remixes tracks, having sold iro. 1 million records, and has an "ability to blend old and new skool" which has "kept the magic alive and his light burning bright throughout the years".<ref name="BP2000"/><ref name="sanx"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Antoon |first1=Becca |title=How to Survive as A DJ with Rave Legend DJ Billy ‘Daniel’ Bunter |url=https://djmag.com/pointblank/how-survive-dj-rave-legend-dj-billy-%E2%80%98daniel%E2%80%99-bunter |website=DJ Mag |access-date=24 May 2025 |date=5 April 2019 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006045947/https://djmag.com/pointblank/how-survive-dj-rave-legend-dj-billy-%E2%80%98daniel%E2%80%99-bunter |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="TRN">{{cite web |title=Gone To A Rave #46: Billy ‘Daniel’ Bunter (And A Wee Bit Of Slipmatt) |url=https://www.theransomnote.com/music/playlists/gone-to-a-rave-46-billy-daniel-bunter-and-a-wee-bit-of-slipmatt/ |website=Ransom Note |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref>

Bunter released his first mix album, ''The Future of Hard Dance, Vol. 1'', in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bush |first1=John |title=The Future of Hard Dance, Vol. 1 Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-future-of-hard-dance-vol-1-mw0000253066#review |website=Allmusic |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref> The 2000 hard house compilation album, ''Raising Hell: Hard House Mix'', was mixed by both Bunter and Lisa Pin-Up. Featuring artists such as Darude and Tall Paul, a review in the Birmingham Post stated it "strikes at the heart of today's hard house music" and has "uncompromising, hardcore dance".<ref name="BP2000">{{cite news |last1=Howarth |first1=Jayne |title=TSM: COMPILATIONS |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/tsm-compilations/docview/326597525/se-2 |access-date=24 May 2025 |work=Birmingham Post |date=29 July 2000}}</ref>

Bunter released his autobiography, ''The Love Dove Generation'', in 2015. Penned with Andrew Wood, the book is "evocative of the early days of house music".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brewster |first1=Bill |title=Know Your Dj History |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=116922602&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=24 May 2025 |work=Mixmag |date=March 2016}}</ref> In 2017, Bunter, along with Sanxion, released the album ''88 to 94'' on the Music Mondays label. Each track on the album is devoted to both a year, in the period 1988 to 1994, and the then contemporary the style of music, such as "Euro Rave" or "Uplifting Hardcore". A review in Mixmag stated it offers "stylistically spot-on kicks from a bygone time".<ref name="sanx">{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Thomas |title=Billy Daniel Bunter & Sanxion 88 to 94 MUSIC MONDAYS |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=125586511&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=24 May 2025 |work=Mixmag |date=1 January 2017}}</ref>

===Personal life=== Bunter is married, to Sonya, and is also good friends with fellow DJ Slipmatt.<ref name="TRN"/>

==Discography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Billy 'Daniel' Bunter singles |- ! Title !! Artist!! Year !! Peak<br>UK singles!! Peak<br>UK dance

|- | "Drop That Beat"<ref>{{cite web |title=BILLY DANIEL BUNTER/FARLEY songs and albums |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9722/billy-daniel-bunter-farley/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=23 May 2025 |archive-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409143820/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9722/billy-daniel-bunter-farley/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || Billy Daniel Bunter / Andy Farley ||2000|| ||style="text-align:center;"|25 |- | "Clap Your Hands"<ref name="JD">{{cite web |title=BILLY BUNTER &AMP; JON DOE songs and albums |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10048/billy-bunter-and-jon-doe/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=24 May 2025 |archive-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127182550/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10048/billy-bunter-and-jon-doe/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || Billy Bunter / Jon Doe ||2001||style="text-align:center;"|93 ||style="text-align:center;"|18 |- | "Feel So Good / Mind Games"<ref name="JD"/> || Billy Bunter / Jon Doe ||2001|| ||style="text-align:center;"|31 |- | "Want My Loving / Give Yourself to Me"<ref>{{cite web |title=BILLY DANIEL BUNTER &AMP; ROOSTA songs and albums |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14591/billy-daniel-bunter-and-roosta/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=24 May 2025 |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109230545/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14591/billy-daniel-bunter-and-roosta/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || Billy Daniel Bunter / Roosta ||2004|| style="text-align:center;"|99 ||style="text-align:center;"|27 |}

==Bibliography== * {{cite book |last1=Light |first1=Daniel |last2=Woods |first2=Andrew |title=The Love Dove Generation |date=2015 |publisher=Music Mondays & Straight Six Publishing |isbn=9780993473203}}

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==External links== * {{Discogs artist}} * {{AllMusic}}

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