Warren Defever (first name often spelled Warn; born April 30, 1969) is a musician and producer, originally from
Livonia, Michigan, and now based in
Detroit
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. He is most known for his chameleonic project
His Name Is Alive
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, though he is active in numerous other circles. He produced, engineered, and/or remixed recordings by
Iggy and the Stooges
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, Easy Action,
Low,
Ida,
Michael Hurley,
Califone
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Califone has released an album and feat ...
,
Yoko Ono
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,
Thurston Moore
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,
the Gories
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,
the Go
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History
The Go was established in Detroit in 1996 by Bobby Harlow, John Krautner, and Ma ...
,
Nomo,
Saturday Looks Good to Me, Ethan Daniel Davidson,
Faruq Z. Bey,
the Von Bondies
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The original line-up formed at the 1997 Cramps/ Guitar Wolf show by Jason Stollsteimer and Marcie Bolen. They went through a variety of member changes and band names, incl ...
, Reba Fritz,
Destroy All Monsters
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,
Jenny Toomey
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Career
Toomey was a member of the bands Geek, Tsunami, Liquorice, Grenadine, So Low and Choke, among others, and has also recorded under her own ...
,
Slumber Party
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,
John Sinclair,
Elizabeth Mitchell
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, and
Lisa Loeb
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, as well as HNIA offshoot
Velour 100.
Defever was raised in a strict religious household, along with his brothers, Johnny and Matt. He grew up a music fan. His grandfather was a musician from
Saskatchewan
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and had taught Warren and his brothers how to play various musical instruments.
Defever began recording while still in high school, and toured as the bassist of
psychobilly rock band
Elvis Hitler
Elvis Hitler is an American rock band from Detroit, Michigan. The band was named after the moniker of their lead singer, Jim Leedy, a combination of rockabilly singer Elvis Presley's first name and the last name of dictator Adolf Hitler.
Hi ...
.
For many years, Defever recorded in the basement of his parents' house, which he later bought from them.
[
Around the same time His Name Is Alive was departing from 4AD Records, Defever opened his own recording studio, Brown Rice, in the Detroit area.][
In 2007, Defever opened The UFO Factory, a new studio in Detroit. Everything inside was painted silver, including the piano.]
References
External links
timeSTEREOHis Name Is AliveUFO FACTORY
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1969 births
Living people
Eastern Michigan University alumni
Musicians from Detroit
People from Livonia, Michigan
Record producers from Michigan