Nicolas Jean-Pierre Dresti (born 5 March 1975), better known by his stage name Space Cowboy, is a French-British singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer. Born in France and raised in England, Dresti first recorded in 1992 under the names of Vibes and DJ Apex, releasing

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tracks. He then changed his stage name to Nicky Fabulous and produced a four track extended play, ''Pussy Galore'' in 1995. He has recorded under various pseudonyms including: DJ Supreme, Kings of Rhythm, Loop Da Loop, and DJ Chrome. In 2002, Dresti changed his stage name to Space Cowboy and did a cover of

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's song, "

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." In 2003, Space Cowboy debuted his first studio album ''

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''. On 22 June 2005, he released his second full-length album '' Big City Nights'' and his third album, '' Digital Rock'', the next year. '' Digital Rock Star'', a re-release of ''Digital Rock'', debuted as his fourth studio album on 20 October 2009.

Early life

Dresti was born in

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, France and raised in England. He started doing his early work while he was in college studying audio engineering. After college Dresti went to work in a studio and the senior owner called him Space Cowboy all the time. The owner was crazy about Dresti's work and kept him on. So that's how the name Space Cowboy came about."

Music career

DJ Supreme (1996–1998)

Dresti changed his stage name to DJ Supreme in 1996. While under that stage name, he released a single, "Tha Wildstyle", on 31 December 1996 through

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. The single also included six

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es of that song. It was one of four UK chart hits as DJ Supreme, the other three being "Enter the Scene" (with

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), "Tha Horns of Jericho" and "Up to the Wildstyle" (with

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Loop Da Loop (1996–2002)

Dresti was also known as Loop Da Loop from 1996, releasing

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and

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records and remixes on the

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label. He scored two UK chart hits with "Go with the Flow" in 1997 and "Hazel" in 1999.

DJ Chrome (2002)

As DJ Chrome, Dresti released a version of

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's "

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" on Perfecto which reached No. 83 in the UK.

Space Cowboy (2002–present)

As Space Cowboy, he released his first official single, a cover of

's song, "

" on 1 January 2002. The single peaked at number 55 on the

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. This was the only single from his first album, ''

'' which was released on 3 November 2003 though Southern Fried Records and Epic Japan. Another single was released, "Just Put Your Hand in Mine", on 21 July 2003. This song peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 71. His second album, '' Big City Nights'' was released on 22 June 2005 through

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and Epic Japan. His third studio album, '' Digital Rock'' was released on 19 July 2006 though Sony and Tiger Trax. Space Cowboy's third, fourth and fifth singles, "

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", "

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" and " I Came 2 Party" was released throughout 2009 to debut his fourth studio album, '' Digital Rock Star'' which was released 20 October 2009 by

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and Tiger Trax. "My Egyptian Lover" peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 45. In 2010, '' Electro Pioneers'' (Interscope, Tiger Trax), the second extended play, was released on 12 January 2010. Space Cowboy is known to be the DJ for

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. He was the featured artist and co-producer on "Starstruck" for the album ''

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''. The two collaborated on the promotional single "

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". He also remixed some of Lady Gaga's songs, including " Just Dance", "

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" and " Poker Face". He also worked with her on her second album ''

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'', co-writing and producing the tracks "

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" and " So Happy I Could Die" with Lady Gaga and

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. Space Cowboy also appeared in the Lady Gaga music videos for "Just Dance", "

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" and "Poker Face". He also produced two albums by

Nadia Oh Nadia Georgina Oates (born 26 May 1990) is a former English singer, rapper, producer and model. She was featured on Space Cowboy's 2007 single "My Egyptian Lover". She has since released two studio albums—''Hot Like Wow'' (2008) and ''Colou ...

, ''

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'' (2008) and ''

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'' (2011) and co-wrote MSTRKRFT's song "Heartbreaker" featuring American singer

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. Dresti has also co-written songs for

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(" All Fired Up"),

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(" All Around the World") and

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").

Discography

* ''

'' (2003) * '' Big City Nights'' (2005) * '' Digital Rock'' (2006) * '' Digital Rock Star'' (2009)

Awards

Grammy Awards

Space Cowboy has been nominated for one

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in 2010 for his appearance on

's album ''

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, style="text-align:left;", ''

'' (as featured artist and Producer) ,

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, , - , - ,

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'' (as Producer) ,

, , -

References

External links

Space Cowboy on discogs.com
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