British DJ and record label executive. A DJ since 1982, Dunmore promoted events in west London and wrote for Blues & Soul magazine before he landed a job, in 1988, at The Record & Disco Centre in Rayners Lane, Pinner. In December 1989 he was offered the role of club promotions manager at -owned label where he promoted releases by American house artists such as , and and commissioned club-friendly remixes for other acts on the label. The Touchdown mixes that featured on a number of Cooltempo releases in this time were by Dunmore himself and engineer aka , credited on some releases as . In his A&R role Dunmore pushed Cooltempo in a more house-orientated direction with acts such as and the and, notably, a partnership with New York-based label from which he licensed records by , , and . In 1994 he was offered the chance by to develop their dance imprint, , which was relaunched as with Dunmore in the A&R role and Janet Bell as club promotions manager. In 1998, with rumours that Universal Music Group planned to buy Polygram and close A&M Records, he took the opportunity, with Bell, to launch his own label, , with funding from the Ministry Of Sound. Dunmore was Director of from 1999 until July 2022 when he sold the company to former MD . He continues to work for the label as A&R Consultant. Father of Louie and Lucas Dunmore aka .

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