{{Short description|Irish radio producer (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Denzil Lacey | image = Denzillacey-2020-hq.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|10|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | education = [[Presentation College, Bray]] | employer = [[SiriusXM]] | occupation = Sound designer, composer, imaging producer, voiceover artist | years_active = 2006–present }}

'''Denzil Lacey''' is an [[Irish people|Irish]] radio producer, currently{{when?|date=May 2024}} employed by [[SiriusXM]]. Radio stations he has worked at since 2006 include [[98FM (Ireland)|98FM]], [[East Coast FM]], [[Sunshine 106.8|Dublin's Country Mix 106.8]], [[Dublin City FM]], [[RTÉ 2fm]] and [[FM104]].

==Early life== Lacey was born in [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and grew up in [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]], [[County Wicklow]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. He attended primary school in [[Glounthaune]], [[Cork (city)|Cork]] and secondary school in [[Presentation College, Bray]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

==Biography== Lacey began his radio career on [[Dublin]] Special Interest Radio Station, [[Dublin City FM]] at the age of 14 and then later moved on to [[East Coast FM]] in [[County Wicklow]].

His Late Night Sessions Show ran on [[RTÉ 2FM]] for three years<ref name="Denzil makes waves with RTE">{{cite web|title=Denzil makes waves with RTÉ|url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/denzil-makes-airwaves-on-rte-27636151.html|work=Bray People|date=14 July 2010 |publisher=Independent News & Media |access-date=25 September 2015|ref=4}}</ref><ref name="RTÉ MUSIC: Black Echoes with Denzil Dread">{{cite web|title=RTÉ MUSIC: Black Echoes with Denzil Dread|url=http://presspack.rte.ie/2010/08/14/2fm-the-late-night-sessions-4/|website=RTÉ 2FM|publisher=[[RTÉ 2FM]]|access-date=22 September 2015|ref=1}}</ref> where he presented the [[Music of Jamaica|Jamaican music]] show ''[[Black Echoes]]''.

Lacey worked across [[Classic Hits 4FM]] and [[Sunshine 106.8]] as an imaging producer for the stations owned by Bay Broadcasting Ltd. He left [[Classic Hits 4FM]] in 2015 for a new position with [[Spin South West]] in a similar role.<ref name=RadioToday>{{cite web|title=Denzil Leaves Dublin for SW|url=http://radiotoday.ie/2015/08/denzil-to-depart-dublin-for-production-job-in-spin-sw/|website=Radio Today|date=14 August 2015 |publisher=Radiotoday.ie|access-date=22 September 2015|ref=3}}</ref>

He has also worked for [[98FM (Ireland)|98FM]] and [[East Coast FM]] and was assistant station manager for Jam FM at [[Scouting Ireland]]'s [[Jamboree 2008 (Ireland)|2008 Jamboree]].<ref>{{cite web|title=18 Year Old Irish Student, Making It Big In The Radio Industry|url=https://www.prlog.org/10223956-18-year-old-irish-student-making-it-big-in-the-radio-industry.html|website=PRLog.org|access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref>

In October 2016, Lacey presented at The Imaging Days radio conference in [[Amsterdam]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Denzil Lacey lined up for the Imaging Days|url=http://radiotoday.ie/2016/05/denzil-lacey-lined-up-for-the-imaging-days/|website=RadioToday.ie|date=20 May 2016 |access-date=11 June 2016}}</ref>

Lacey joined [[RTÉ 2fm]] in July 2016. After a short seven-month stint, it was announced he would move to [[FM104]] as production director.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://radiotoday.ie/2016/12/denzil-lacey-swaps-2fm-production-for-fm104/|title=Denzil Lacey swaps 2fm production for FM104|newspaper=Radio Today|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://denzillacey.com/2016/12/denzil-lacey-swaps-2fm-production-for-fm104/|title=Denzil Lacey swaps 2fm production for FM104 – Denzil Lacey|website=denzillacey.com|access-date=2016-12-28}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

As of 2018, Lacey produced radio imaging elements for [[Diplo's Revolution]] on [[SiriusXM]], based out of [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tinpod 06 - Denzil Lacey, Sirius XM|url=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-tinpod-the-tinpot-podcast-43072717/episode/tinpod-06-denzil-lacey-sirius-44421155/|access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref>

His composition work has aired on various television series, including: Witches of Salem, [[Lindenstraße]] and [[Tatort]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Denzil Lacey IMDB|website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11446327/|access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=November 2020}}

He is also a voiceover for [[Spotify]] in Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|title=Denzil Lacey's Voice Demo|url=https://www.voices.com/actors/denzillacey|access-date=13 November 2020}}</ref>{{fv|reason=Where is Spotify mentioned in this source?|date=May 2024}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Denzil Lacey IMDB| website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11446327/otherworks?ref_=nm_ql_2/|access-date=13 November 2020}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=November 2020}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.denzillacey.com/ Denzil Lacey Website] * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11446327/ Denzil Lacey on imdb]

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