"That's a power drill", Nick responds, when questioned about a particular sound in one of his tracks. "It took me ages to tune it. I had to charge the thing and then drill thin air until the batteries ran out just the right amount."
Never one to follow trends, Nick grew up on a steady diet of Queen and Peter Gabriel whilst still joining others moshing to Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Macking to Mark Morrison, whilst playing guitar in funk, punk or cock rock bands. At some stage Nick found himself DJing at a party, and realising this as a way of showing people that a Van Halen track could sound great next to Jump Around, started getting serious about it. A shareware version of Acid Pro soon followed, and the production started rolling.
With 30 odd releases, 2 Mix CDs, a Breakspoll Award, his music used on Toyota car ads and the 'CSI' TV show, and a back catalogue being played by everyone from breakbeat dons the Plump DJs, freakout funksters The Cuban Brothers, and baltimore godfather Scottie B, Nick Thayer is no stranger to variety. With a full length artist album due this year one can only make vague gestures as to style or content, but one thing is for sure: 'pretty much what I expected' will not be a term that is bandied about.
Nick Thayer has performed everwhere from worldwide superclubs such as Fabric, Home, and Ministry of Sound through to dingy bars in far flung corners of Eastern Europe or North America. But ask him his favourite club to play and without hesitation he says 'The Late Show' at Revolver in Melbourne. A resident there for six years now, Nick has used the club as a testing ground for anything that comes out of his studio, not to mention live shows and side projects. When asked why it is his favourite, Nick simply shrugs and says "there is no other club like it in the world."
So what can you expect from Nick Thayer? 'The unexpected' is an answer often given in these situations, but not here. It would be too ironic. Rather, expect a musical version of top shelf liquor. Three times better than the house standard and it'll leave you feeling like you're the one worth six figures.
Discography:
Originals
Nick Thayer – Theme One - Breaking Point
Bass Kleph & Nick Thayer – Fuckin the Groove / Ante Up - Breaking Point
Bass Kleph & Nick Thayer – Fuckin the Synth - Breaking Point
Nick Thayer - Groove With It / Size Matters - Breaking Point
Nick Thayer & Micah - Scrambler - Passenger
Nick Thayer & Jono Fernandez - Stay On The Line - Lot49
A Skillz & Nick Thayer - 1999 / Rock The Spot - Insane Bangers Vol 5
Nick Thayer - Can't Stop Don't Stop / Shoot The Gap - Bombstrikes Vol 7
Lee Coombs & Nick Thayer - TFM / Get On Up - Lot49
Nick Thayer - Prunes & Custard - Passenger
Nick Thayer & Andrew Maher - Deadliest Venom - Breaking Point
Nick Thayer - Keep It Locked - Fresh Jams
Nick Thayer - The Shake Up - Breaking Point
Nick Thayer - The Thizz Shake - Fresh Jams
Nick Thayer - Mind Control - Passenger
Nick Thayer - Toasted - Passenger
Remixes:
Circuit Breaker - Kick That Bass (Nick Thayer Rmx) - Streetwise
Teschnik - Against the Wall (Nick Thayer Rmx) - Unsigned
Drumattic Twins – Feelin Kinds Strange (Bass Kleph and Nick Thayer Rmx) - Finger Lickin
JDS – Purple Funky Monkey (Nick Thayer Rmx) - Fuzzy Breaks / TCR
Agent 86 – So Hot (Nick Thayer Rmx) - Freundn
The One and Only - Moston & Malente (Nick Thayer Rmx) - Splank
Shake Em Down - Soul of Man (Nick Thayer Rmx) - FingerLickin
Deekline & Wizard feat Godfather - One In The Front (Nick Thayer Rmx) - Rat
Stanton Warriors - Still Here (Nick Thayer Rmx) - Punks
Shut Up & Dance - Make The Needle Jump (Nick Thayer Rmx) - Shut Up & Dance
B Phreak - Sonic Roc (Nick Thayer Rmx) - Gene Poole
Harmon - Pina Colada Blues (Nick Thayer & 10.15 Mix) - Harmon Music
Bosch - Rattlesnake (Nick Thayer Rmx) - FingerLickin
fRew - Call of The Crow (Nick Thayer Rmx) - Vacation
Bionikworld – Shwingin (Nick Thayer Rmx) - Freakshow Disco
Elroy & Tom Piper - Point & Clap (Nick Thayer pres Rok Raydio Mix) - BamBamMuzik
Likkleting (Nick Thayer Rmx) - Fretless
Mix CDs:
inthemix50 2006
Breakbeat Bass Vol III - Passenger
Quotes
"Nick Thayer- the only DJ in the world who's taken me to the ballet." - General Midi
"From shades of rhythm in the 90's to Drumattic Twins in the 21st century we have had a whole heap of remixes of our work over the last 15 years. The Outstanding Nick Thayer & Bass Kleph remix of "Feelin Kinda Strange" is by far the best remix anyone has ever done for us!" - Nick Slater (Drummatic Twins)
"Nick Thayer : Keeps it tight, lets it groove and smacks it up - one of only a few dj's who can program a set without playing badly produced tearout, speeded up big beat, cheese or prog nonsense. " Dominic B (Stanton Warriors)
"Nick Thayer ... came .. me and ripped out an amazing selection of funky breaks tunes, most of which were his own productions and remixes. I was begging him for copies by the end of the night." A Skillz in iDJ magazine.
"Nick Thayer is an awesome DJ and producer, keeping the party funk vibe rocking and fresh with his own particular take on breaks. With some big name remixes under his belt, and huge party starters of his own igniting floors world wide, he's operating very comfortably on an international level. Nick Thayer, along with Bass Kleph, are at the very top of the production game in Australia, undoubtably my fave Australian breaks producers. " - Friendly
"for the dopeist hip hop beats in the breaks check out my main man Nick Thayer ,it's ghetto baby." Deekline
"Nicks label, tracks and remixes have been going from strength to strength over the last few years propelling him to the forefront of the Breaks scene...and deservedly so.. When it comes to phat funkin beats n breaks...Nicks ya man!" Martin 'Move Ya ' (Streetwise Records)
Yo Niiiiz! You knowz we already got the flyest shoes around... Tim utahs flipped out the other night when he saw the pink adidas in full effect here in Glasgow :D You must stay at mine when your next in kiwiland homieslice... cant wait to have you over. Word em up!
Hi Nick Thayer Hope you're having a good week Just passing through with some new links for our new single out now Plays on Radio 1, Kiss, Galaxy and many more respect! love n peace d
