Creative and philosophical -
808 State, Paul Trouble Anderson, Burt Bacharach & Hal David, David Bowie, The Clash, Crass, D.O.P., Bill Hicks, Killing Joke, David Morales, Christine Morgan, Mike Monday, Iggy Pop, Prince, Psychedelic Furs, Public Enemy, Danny Rampling, Sex Pistols, S-Express, Martin Sharp, Steve Travell, Swansea City F.C., Leon Trotsky, Victor Serge, Andrew Weatherall, Emile Zola.
Sounds Like
Labels I have recorded for include -
Distinctive, Whoop!, React, FFRR, Phonetic, Stress, DMC, Jeepers!, Om Records, Off The Hook, Multiply, Loaded, Freemaison, Limbo, Baroque, Dumbest, What Happens, Segment, Wallop, Oven Ready, Inevitable, In Music, Fresh, Whirld Inc, AATW, Hands On, Urban Collective, Strongroom, Total Music, Btech, and ZYX.
Act/Artist names I record as or have recorded under include -
Nick Hook, First Life, Casey Jones Effect, Hook, Hook & Black, Hook & Skynet, Hook vs Philter, Hook vs Shango, Hook & Lekker, Pleasure Box, Soundsource, Spectrum Mods, Subterfuge, First Joy, Deliverance, Ruthless Cut, Demon Seed, Protean, Motos, Root'n Tooters, Control E, Nightraiders, Ancient, Taifun.
Nick Hook started DJing in the early days of the house music revolution. He recorded his first house track in 1990, and started promoting his first club night, Loosen Up, in 1991.
Loosen Up became one of London's most influential house clubs during the early 1990's, and Nick's DJ career took off accordingly.
He soon found himself playing regular guest spots at London's top clubs, including the Ministry of Sound, Club UK, and the Drum Club, as well as guesting at top clubs around the UK (such as Slam in Glasgow, Space in Belfast) and in Europe.
In 1995 Loosen Up joined forces with Whoop! and Nick became one of the resident DJs and co-promoters at the resulting club night, Whoop It Up. The club ran every Friday night for five and a half years, and became London's most significant progressive house night, with guests such as Sasha, John Digweed, Seb Fontaine, Dave Seamen, Nick Warren and Timo Maas all playing alongside the residents.
After the demise of Whoop It Up Nick relaunched his club night, Loosen Up, which continues to host venues around London. Check out the Loosen Up website - www.loosenup.me.uk - for more details.
In 2006 Nick also launched a new club night in Brighton, where he now lives, called Loose. Check out - www.loose-brighton.co.uk for more details.
Nick's DJ style is to play the best uplifting, upfront house music, spanning funky, chunky, sexy, dirty, electro and progressive house styles.
As well as DJing at his residencies in London and Brighton, Nick continues to play guest spots around the UK and also DJs regularly abroad, in such countries as Russia, Ukraine, Poland, France, Germany, Ireland and Ibiza.
Nick's recording career took off when he collaborated with Morgan King on many projects in the early 90s, the most successful of which was Soundsource whose track 'Take Me Up' was signed to FFRR and became one of the biggest club tracks of 1992. Together they went on to launch Om Records, which became one of the most influential early progressive house labels.
In the intervening years Nick has produced over 80 tracks (including remixes) for various labels such as Whoop!, Distinctive, React, Multiply, Off The Hook, Limbo, Phonetic, Jeepers!, In Music, Wallop, Stress and DMC, under artist names such as First Life, Pleasure Box, Subterfuge, Casey Jones Effect, and Hook as well as, of course, Nick Hook. His many remix credits include artists such as The Grid, Gusto, Alex Neri, Adamski, Full Blown and Saint Etienne.
In recent years Nick has been more busy than ever in the recording studio.
2007 saw a flurry of new releases such as First Life (Nick Hook & Martin Sharp) - 'Survival' on Inevitable Records, The Casey Jones Effect (Nick and Robin Green) - 'Electrify Me' on Baroque, and Hook & Black (Nick and Matt Black) - 'Lucky Punk' on Segment.
First Life also remixed Luis Paris vs Adamski's 'One Of The People' for Phonetic Recordings, and Janet Gabriel's 'The Power' on Inevitable.
Also in 2007 Nick launched a brand new house music label, called Jeepers!, along with fellow Brighton DJ Lee Morrison. The first release on Jeepers! was a Nick Hook solo single entitled 'The Funky Muzik', which gained DJ support from such luminaries as Laurent Garnier, Tim Andresen and the Flash Brothers, and topped the MOS electro chart and reached number 2 in the DJ Download chart.
Since then Jeepers! has gone from strength to strength with great releases from top artists, and Nick Hook's remixes have featured on releases from Anton Neumark ('Get No Sleep), Full Blown ('Madness') and Martin Sharp ('I Got The Feeling'), all gaining outstanding DJ support.
In 2008 there was new a First Life single, featuring Deeyana, entitled 'That's Life' on Jeepers!, plus a new Nick Hook solo single entitled 'Brothers & Sisters'. First Life also remixed 'Trick Me' by Plastic Frequency featuring Katy Allen for Jeepers! All tracks gained exceptional DJ support from the likes of Tall Paul, Roger Sanchez, Miss Nine, Hybrid, Slok and many more.
Look out for two more First Life releases, 'The Preacher Man' and 'The Devil Knows', on Jeepers! in 2009.
Also in 2008 Nick's remix the Tim Andresen single, 'Gimmay', for Tim's What Happens label, was played on the Pete Tong Essential selection on Radio One and entered the DMC Buzz Chart and Cool Cuts chart.
Nick Hook - 'Enhanced' (featuring vocals from the late great Bill Hicks) is being re-released on Distinctive, in April 2009, with brilliant new mixes from James Harcourt, Tim Andresen and Danny Chase & Steve Willis plus a top new mix from Nick himself. It was originally released on Distinctive back in 2002 with mixes by Mike Monday and Soul Mechanik, and became one of the Ibiza anthems of that year. With these new mixes it looks like being even bigger this time around.
Nick is also remixing Funk Fanatics - 'Love Is The Answer' for the Freemasons Free Maison label.
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