ROB DA BANK

About

The sound

Rob da Bank is the DJ and broadcaster Robert John Gorham. While studying French and art history at Goldsmiths, he began playing hip-hop and funk in London clubs, before starting Sunday Best at the Tea Room des Artistes in Clapham in 1994. He and Josie da Bank launched Bestival in 2004, extending their work from club nights into festival programming. Goldsmiths recognised their work with an honorary fellowship in 2016. His broadcasting career included a Friday-night BBC Radio 1 programme devoted to left-field electronic music, which ran until 2014. He subsequently worked with BBC 6 Music and Spotify. He also established Earworm, a music-supervision company creating original music for television, film and games.