Nick Warren

You 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 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.

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 people 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.

Jody Wisternoff

At 29 years old, Jody Wisternoff is something of a seasoned veteran. With an impressive career that spans 14 years to date, Jody has achieved commercial success and critical acclaim as a producer, remixer and DJ. In the late 80's, legendary Bristol duo Smith and Mighty opened up their studio to two very young kids who went by the name of Tru Funk Posse (Jody and little brother Sam). These two self-taught, pre-pubescent hip hoppers had already produced a hefty handful of tracks utilizing a ZX spectrum computer, casio keyboard, and 4 track tape recorder. With a modified belt-driven record deck, the older member of TFP (not yet a teenager) learned to imitate the hiphop DJs of the time who were still inventing and mastering the art for themselves.
Under Smith and Mighty's ‘Three Stripe’ label, the two youngsters released their first single - ‘Break the Beat’ (playlisted by Westwood), as well as accepted gigs anywhere the bouncers would let them through the door.

Breaking through to the finals of the DMC hiphop championships, they received national notoriety from mags such as The Face, Hip-Hop Connection, and I.D. Who was responsible for the musical side of the operation None other than a pre-teen Jody Wisternoff who, as well as filling the world's most illustrious dancefloors, is also one half of the pioneering dance act Way Out West. During the early 90's, Jody became immersed in the free-party scene and scored regular slots at huge raves such as Universe and World Dance. A brief partnership with DJ Die resulted in a slew of underground releases under the moniker ‘Sublove’.

However, it was ’4 AM’ (a bass-heavy, saxophone led house track recorded several years earlier and released on Smith ‘n Mighty's Three Stripe, under the name Tru Funk) which caught the attention of one Nick Warren. It wasn't until a good few years later, during Jody's disillusionment with the increasingly aggressive hardcore/jungle scene, that a brief meeting between Nick and Jody (orchestrated by Jody's father), resulted in the birth of Way Out West.

The mid nineties brought a regular slot on Bristol's Galaxy Radio. By this time Jody's DJ style had become predominantly house/techno, and as a result residencies at London's Club UK and Bristol's Lakota were secured. As Way Out West became more established DJ work went from nationwide to international. Jody released Two mix cd's on Kickin Records (E-scension 1 & 2), and one on Bliss recordings (Way Out There). Regular trips to the US, South America, Asia and Australia have ensured that Jody's current blend of enticing dance music is always heard. He also plays various one offs across the country, as well as residencies at Bristol's Empathy and TimeLapse. Juggling WOW production, remixing, live shows, and DJing. Constantly at the cutting edge, embracing the exciting and new sounds, whilst shunning the populist/lowest common denominator floor fodder, Jody's passion for music keeps him ahead of the game.

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