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Ian "45"
Carey is and has been over the past couple years a key player in
the house scene in both the US and Europe. His recordings and remixes
have been released on labels such as Élan, Defected, Universal
UK, AM:PM, Ministry of Sound, Warner Brothers Germany, Hed Kandi,
Azuli, Tommy Boy Records, East West Germany, Houseworks Switzerland,
Oxyd Records Italy, Slip N Slide Records UK and countless others…
His first vocal
production, with Jason Papillon as Soul Providers, "Rise"
was a crossover hit around the world. When asked, Ian and Jason
both say they had no intention of making a mainstream record, it
just worked out that way. Since then Ian and Jason have made many
underground anthems (such as "Try My Love", "I Don't
Know" and "Let The Sunshine In") staying true to
their soulful sound and not compromising their music to fit the
mold of current radio trends.
Ian grew up
in a small town in Maryland USA about 2 hours from Washington DC
and was exposed to music from a young age; his father was a live
sound engineer and ran a sound reinforcement company and his mother
played guitar. By the time he was 7 or 8 years old he was able to
mic a stage for a concert and when possible, Ian would travel along
with his father during the summer vacation making tour stops and
seeing America from east to west.
Whilst studying
at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Ian discovered dance
music. He had already been a part of the graffiti-writing scene
in Baltimore and through that met hip-hop DJs throughout the city.
This was Ian's next passion; he put down the spray can and bought
some turntables. For the first few years of DJing he was playing
mostly hip-hop and went on to host a regular hip-hop party in Baltimore's
'Club Midnight'. At this point he started working in Music Liberated
record store as a buyer and sales rep. This is where he was properly
introduced to house music. At the same time, hip-hop was coming
out of the underground and becoming more materialistic and pop orientated
so Ian needed to find something else to give him that underground
feeling. He started thumbing through the house music bins in the
store was soon hooked!
Soon after,
he met Jason Papillon, Ian's now partner in the project Soul Providers.
Jason and Ian would go every Saturday to Paradox in Baltimore to
hear DJs such as Teddy Douglas, DJ Spen, DJ Karizma, Tony Humphries
and Joe Clausell. At this point Ian knew that house music had become
his life and decided to put his audio knowledge to good use and
start producing records.
By 2003 Ian
was fed-up with the house music scene in America and decided if
he were to continue on his journey he needed to be in Europe where
the house music scene was thriving and continues to thrive. So after
some convincing, Ian and his wife packed up their lives and moved
to Amsterdam. Since then he has been busy producing on a multitude
of projects and with a plethora of names.
His latest
project has been Saturated Soul, a collaboration with Eddie Amador.
Ian now also has some solo productions under his belt including
"The Power" on Defected/Fluential Records. He has also
been extremely busy remixing (with Jason as Soul Providers) for
King Britt/Ursula Rucker, Silverstone, Hardsoul and E-Smoove (AKA
Thick Dick). On the solo tip, Ian has remixed records for Kid Crème,
Danny Marquez and Ferry B, Dina Vass, Stonebridge, Cindi Lauper
and Blue Chakra and for labels including Defected, Élan,
Hed Kandi, Soulfuric and Houseworks. DJ wise, Ian is very busy in
The Netherlands and abroad playing in Switzerland, Italy, Sweden,
Finland, Latvia, Poland, The Ukraine, Austria, England, Spain, Canada,
and the US. He also somehow finds time to run his multimedia company
Élan Media, which includes Élan Rouge and Élan
Bleu Recordings. Ian continues to pay his dues and give whatever
it takes to help the house music scene. Stay tuned for new productions
and remixes and be a witness to Ian's magic as he rise, rise, rises
to the top!
Australian
Dates (September 2005):
Fri 2 - Sumo Sonic@Lot 33 (Canb),
Sat 3 - Clean & Serene & Fuss@Yu (Syd)
Thur 8 - La La Land (Byron)
Sat 10 - Seven (Melb)
Fri 16 - Family (Bris)
Sat 17 - Starzz (Auck, NZ)
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