Waterson is a

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electronic

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Biography

Career

Waterson's first release was an album of self-produced demos called 'Dada' in 2006. His breakthrough moment however, was with a song called 'Tell Me' almost a decade later, which saw him sign to legendary UK music maker

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's label 'Back To The World'. 'Tell Me' was released in 2015 scoring 10/10 and a No 1 position on the Love Vinyl chart as well as support from Radio 1, 1Xtra, Capital Xtra, Kiss, Rinse, KCRW and more. NYC house innovator,

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, took such a shine to it, that as well as playing it on his Rinse FM for 12 weeks in a row, ended up remixing it. Waterson is currently working with

, KDA and Kryptogram on his debut full-length album.

Discography

Selected singles

*"Strip Down" - (Junior Boys Own) (2009) *"Paradise" - (Sinq Records) (2010) *"Deep In Vogue" - (Basquiat Beats) (2013) No. 7 UK Dance Chart *"Trouble" - (Basquiat Beats) (2014) *"Ae Fond Kiss" - (Basquiat Beats) (2014) *"Tell Me" - (Back To The World) (2016)

Other appearances

*''Oxjam 2006 Festival Highlights'' (

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/Pulse Rated) (2006) *''The Big Indie Comeback Vol 3'' (Matchbox) (2007) *''Hotel Dubai - Mixed by Lisa Loud'' (Crazy Diamond) (2007) *''DJ Magazine Front Cover CD - Mixed by Kriss Darang & Jnr J'' (DJ Mag) (2007) *''CD Pool - July Club Mixes'' (CD Pool) (2008) *''Promo Only - Hot UK Club Tracks'' (promo) (2008) *''MixMag Front Cover CD - Mixed by Smokin' Jo from Space, Ibiza'' (MixMag) (2008) *''Kinky Ibiza Bangers'' - (Kinky Malinki) (2008) *''Club Tracks 11'' - (V-Pressure) (2008) *''Jonny Trunk Presents...'' - (Trunk Records) (2008) *''Just Minimal Tech House'' - (Open Bar Music) (2008) *''Oxyd Records MIDEM Sampler'' - (Oxyd records) (2010) *''Axis Trax vs Rachel Ellektra'' - (Axis Trax) (2010) *''Oxyd City Volume 1'' - (Oxyd City Records) (2010) *''Five Takes (A Song About Andy)'' with Billie Ray Martin – (Disco Activisto) (2012) *''Off The Rails'' with Billie Ray Martin & Aerea Negrot – (Disco Activisto) (2013) *''Mi-Soul Album'' - (Mi-Soul Records) (2014) *''MITRA for Nepal'' - (Sub Culture Records) (2015) *''Ibiza 2016'' - (Toolroom Records) (2016) *''Future Disco Presents: Poolside Sounds Vol 5'' - (Needwant Records) (2016)

References

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