[Dynagroove] SPUNDAE: Sat., Feb. 14th - Nick Warren

[Brandon Brawner]

Hey Friends~ Last Saturday was Amazing.. or atleast I heard.  This guy
was a bit drunk... I had a blast though.  This Saturday promises to be
nothing short of amazing.  I hope to see you all there.  Please e-mail me
the names of you and your friends who want to come so I can get you on
the list.  Please e-mail me before 5pm on Friday.  I hope this day finds
you all with a smile on your face, and I look forward to hearing from you
soon. ;) Brandon310-497-6522  This Saturday, February 14th
Nick Warren
Rick Clark aka Fat Coda
Tim Lawson check out his April 2003 set at Spundae:
http://www.thumpradio.com/?showid=275 (thank you Yoli for the link.) Nick
Warren BioYou can tell when Nick Warren's on the decks. The music
emanating from the man is that perfect club mix of driving percussion and
soaring musicality, bursting out of the speakers, soaking everyone in
melody, drenching them in sound. On the floor, where it really matters,
his crowd experience all the peaks and troughs that make his music so
unique. Locking on early, you'll hear his deeper take on house which
morphs, as the club mood changes, into harder territory, music for
sweating and losing yourself to. And at that point when the light are
low, when smoke fills the room and people are dancing on instinct, that's
when the melodies start to rise over the top, washing the worries and
exertions of life away, completing the club experience.

That's why Nick Warren is so respected, because he knows how to truly
work a club, to take a crowd high, then higher again. That's what comes
with vision and, just as importantly, experience. Nick, a musi c
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.

As their official DJ, he began working on music of his own, even joining
the Massive remixing team at one stage. At the same time, people were
beginning to notice this quietly-spoken DJ from Bristol, the way that he
really understood what made pe ople dance, yet never compromised his
vision of what good music should be. He started, unsurprisingly to get
written about in the dance music magazines. Here was someone, they said,
who could rock it with the best of them, yet who also stood out as a
person with their own unique style, mixing straight up house with
trancier material, throwing in breakbeats to keep the flow going, playing
the most up to the minute music that somehow also reflected a rich
musical heritage. Joining 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, its mix of ambient soundscapes and breaks won
it universal plaudits, sending Nick and Jody onto Top Of The Pops and
catapulting Nick into the league of the superstar DJ. Their album, 'Blue'
took every single one of the pair's influences and shaped them into a
groundbreaking collection of tracks that stayed in the CD players of the
UK and beyond for a long, long time. Nick was now travelling the world as
a DJ, playing in Singapore, Australia and eastern Europe, taking his
sound to places that he could have once only dreamed about going to.
Liverpool superclub, Cream offered him a residency in recognition of his
talent and in 1999 he recorded a mix for the highly respected Global
Underground mix CD series. At present he has just finished recording a
new Way Out West album with Jody for Deconstruction and there'll be
another Global Undergound mix coming out soon as well. Nick Warren isn't
for standing still, he loves what he's doing too much for that, but you
know that already. Coming in Februarysaturday, February 21st
DJ Dan
Dieselboy
Cody Lee  saturday, February 28th
George Acosta
Kazell
Brett King Confirmed acts in coming months:Mar 06 - Richard Humpty Vision/Charles
Feelgood
Mar 13 - Jeff Mills/DJ VibeMar 20 - Christopher LawrenceMarch 27 - Tall
Paul Apr 03 - Armin van Buuren/Markus Schulz
Apr 17 - Harry Romero
May 29 - Marco V     Other great events to attend:Feb 09 - Monday Social
- Kazell/Freddy Be + Mick Cole - Las Palmas
Feb 10 - Good Life - James Kay & The Funkinvaders/David Hopper (overeasy
records) - Tangier
Feb 12 - The Final Cobalt - DJ Tatiana Alvarez/Sugar Ant
Invasion/Trifactor - Mor
Feb 13 - Red - John Bishop/Mea - Park Plaza Feb 13 - Prana - Simply
Jeff/Joplin - Restaurant Halie (Pasadena)
Feb 13 - Swank - Christopher Lawrence - Liquid Lounge (Huntington Beach)
Feb 15 - Deep 5 yr. Anniversary - Mark Farina/King Britt/Miguel
Migs/Marques Wyatt - Hollywood Athletic Club
Feb 17 - Good Life - Vinyl Tribe DJs vs. Nice People DJs - Tangier
Feb 20 - Red - Bad Boy Bill - Park Plaza
Feb 20 - Deep - Oliver Twist/Jim Carson - Deep
Feb 23 - Monday Social - Q-Burns Abstract Message - Las Palmas Feb 27 -
LAVA - Kris B/Eve Falcon/Infinity/Jethro - Point Moorea
Feb 27 - Red - Tom Slik & Dyloot - Park Plaza
Mar 05 - Level - Vinyl Tribe DJs - Big Andys (Tustin)Apr 02 - Boy George
LIVE - TBA May 1,2 - Coachella Music Festival buy your tix on Sat Feb
14th check www.coachella.com for more details.

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