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Artist
Nigel Hayes
12+ albums
dubHouseswisselectronicchillout
about
As a teenager, Nigel Hayes began DJ-ing and soon started his own weekly jazz-funk/rare groove party Tasty Jam which featured guests such as Gilles Peterson, Norman Jay, Nicky Holloway and Jasper the Vinyl Junkie. A short stint in Rimini, Italy followed where Nigel played the Blue Note, Cellophane and his own boat parties, Rimini Afterhours. But it was his move to Glasgow where he quickly secured residencies at the Sub Club with Harri, Rain with Nick Peacock, The Arches and The Tunnel that established Nigel on the DJ circuit. He inaugurated the New York house/disco/soul flavored Liberty City with fellow Bomba Records colleague Colin Gate of Deep Sensation. This time also saw the start of Nigel’s recording career when he and Lars Sandberg (AKA Funk d’Void) formed Chaser with the jazz/techno chart-topper “Sides of Iron” on Soma as their debut. They then scored the award-winning film “Dead Eye Dick” for Film on Four and followed up with the Soma EP “Life in Loisaida”. Simultaneously, Nigel was working with Prescription/Fragile recording artist Abacus (Austin Bascom, A:xus). They debuted as Charly Brown on Chicago’s Guidance Records with “Twilight Zone”/”Sub Club” followed by “Freaked Out”/”My Planet Rocks”. After a few live performances in Glasgow, he made the big leap across the pond to New York City. While managing the record store Dance Tracks in New York, Nigel continued to record for Guidance Records, played underground parties, and did regular guest spots on WNYU 89.1FM
