Submitted By: LUQUE

Genre: House

Date of Set: 2004

Filesize: 165.00 MB

Total Downloads: 41

Nick, a music obsessive who grew up on punk, reggae and pop was, like so many DJs turned onto the power of house music in the late 80s. Living in Bristol, he'd been playing tunes for a few years before, running his own club night, Wiggle, in the city with a friend and he took immediately to this new sound coming from America. In 1990, a new house club, Vision took the city by storm and in a perfect bit of timing, he was offered the chance to play in the upstairs room, spinning weird downbeat Balearic records and mixing house with music by The Clash and Frank Sinatra. Catching the attention of a group of guys who had their own band, he was roped in to tour with them as their DJ when they went to play America. The group was Massive Attack.

After touring with Massive he joined up with another Bristol producer, Jody Wisternoff in 1994 to form Way Out West, they recorded the seminal 'Ajare' single together, a huge progressive house club hit. Three years later, and with the duo now signed to Deconstruction, it was re-released, this time breaking into the charts and finally, the nation's consciousness. Then came 'The Gift'. With a memorable hook line culled from an old hardcore track, blended with a mix of ambient soundscapes and breaks won it universal plaudits. The success of 'The Gift' propelled WOW onto Top Of The Pops and catapulted Nick into the league of the superstar DJ and producer.

Their next two albums, 'Blue' and 'Intensify' took every single one of the pair's influences and shaped them into a groundbreaking collection of tracks that will always remain in the hearts of fans all over the world. The release of Nick's fifth GU outing, this time from the beautiful Icelandic city of Reykjavik comprises of double cd spanning lush ambience through to Warrens harder edged prog funk sound that is representative to what he plays all over the world.

Now the duo of WOW are signed to Distinctive and have an eagerly awaited third album due at the start of next year. The first single, tastefully entitled 'Muthaf****a, is out imminently. Nick Warren isn't for standing still, he loves what he's doing too much for that, but you know that already.

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