Nick Holder (born 1969) is an underground
hip-hop and
house music
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deejay
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and
producer from
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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.
Holder began DJing in the early 1980s, and soon became influenced by the
Detroit
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techno scene and DJs such as
Derrick May and
Carl Craig
Carl Craig (born May 22, 1969) is an American electronic music producer, DJ, and founder of the record label Planet E Communications. He is known as a leading figure and pioneer in the second wave of Detroit techno artists during the late 1980s ...
.
[Birchmeier, Jason, "Nick Holder biography" allmusic.com, Macrovision Corporation]
He owns records labels DNH Records (house) and Treehouse Records (hip-hop), and has been producing music since 1991. In this period he has produced over 60 records. He has also produced music for labels like:
Studio !K7
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where he produced 2 albums '
ne Night In The Disco'' and ''Still On Track'', Jinxx records, Poker flat recordings, Stickman records, Ministry of Sound, Peppermint Jam, Definitive recordings, and NRK Sound Division. Holder's recording work spans house sounds through to disco loops and minimal Chicago style. Holder's single ''Da Sambafrique'' propelled him to cult producer status, a Latin track played by DJs all over the world.
This record was to set the precedent for Holder's critically acclaimed album on NRK Sound Division, ''From Within'' and spawned two underground classics; ''Trying To Find Myself'' and ''I Once Believed In U''.
Discography
Albums
*''One Night in the Disco'' (1997) Studio !K7
*''Still On Track'' (1998) Studio !K7
*''From Within'' (1999) NRK recordings
*''Underground Alternatives'' (2000) NRK recordings
*''Deep in the Underground: 1994-2000'' (2001) Hot JWP
*''The Other Side'' (2003) NRK recordings
*''The Other Mixes'' (2004) NRK recordings
*''Other Mixes & The Other Side'' (2005) Open/Mosr
*''Nrk Singles Vol.9: Mixed By Nick Holder'' (2008) NRK recordings
*''Black Jazz'' (2008) DNH Records
Holder has also contributed to numerous compilation albums, including ''Latin House'', and contributed eight of the thirteen tracks on the 1997 ''Best of DNH'' retrospective.
[Farley, Keith, " Allmusic review of ''Best of DNH'', allmusic.com, Macrovision Corporation]
Singles
*"Don't Go Away" (1996) Studio !K7
*"Da Sambafrique" (1999) Studio !K7
*''Trying To Find Myself: Remixes'' (1999)
*''Hustlers Vol 2'' (2000)
*''Alternative Remixes Vol.1'' (2001) NRK Recordings
*''Alternative Mixes vol. 2'' (2001) NRK Recordings
*"Summer Daze" (2001)
*''On My Mind: Ian Pooley Mixes'' (2003) NRK Recordings
*''The Other Mixes vol. 2'' (2004)
*''No More Dating DJ's'' (2004) NRK Recordings
*''Erotic Illusions of a Totnes G'' EP (2006) Poker Flat Recordings
*"Sometimes I'm Blue" Studio !K7
*"Time I Spent in Torbay" (2008) NRK feat.
Sasha
References
External links
Personal website at MyspaceHogwood, Ben (2004) review of ''Nick Holder: The Other Mixes''Nick Holder at discogs.com
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1969 births
Canadian DJs
Living people
Club DJs
Musicians from Toronto
Canadian dance musicians
Canadian electronic musicians
Remixers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Electronic dance music DJs