Like so many Superstar DJs, Nick Warren's love
affair with all things dance started in the late '80s. By the early
'90s he was spinning regularly at Bristol club Vision. It was here
that fellow Bristolians Massive Attack spotted Nick's potential.
Daddy G, Mushroom and 3D promptly persuaded Nick to become their
support DJ and they whisked him off for a tour in America. As the
official Massive Attack DJ, Nick was soon making inroads into the
studio, even joining the Massive remixing team at one stage. In
1994, Nick joined up with another Bristolian producer, Jody Wisternoff
to form Way Out West. Their first single, the progressive house
smash, Ajare made an impact on the dancefloors, but not on the charts.
This was to change, three years later, when it was re-released on
Deconstruction. Way Out West finally broke into the charts, as well
as the nation's consciousness. After their second single, The Gift,
which led to performances on Top of The Pops, WOW released their
seminal debut album, Blue, which was highly acclaimed for it's diverse
use of influences. Nick's deejaying had by now well and truly taken
off, a residency at Scouse House club Cream was procured and bookings
in Singapore, Australia and Eastern Europe flooded in. Nick's international
gigs have been well documented, with four of them being committed
to CD by those cheeky Geordies at Global Underground. The most recent
of which has had Nick Warren wearing clogs, hanging out at windmills
and rolling fat ones, recorded, as it was, in Amsterdam. Way Out
West project are also nearing completion with the new single The
Fall due out on Deconstruction at the end of November and an album
is scheduled for early next year.
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