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Wayne made
his djing debut was at London's infamous Red Heart party in April
1996, performing alongside Grace Jones to a dancefloor of 3,000.
His overnight success saw him joining ranks with legendary djs working
London's non-stop nightlife. Warriors at Turnmills (home of Trade)
made him a resident, alongside Blu Peter and Mrs. Wood. It provided
a leap into the big league and brought a huge underground following.
He joined forces
later that year with QX Magazine's Stewart Who? in an experimental
studio collaboration. The track was called 'Twisted' and started
as a satirical poke at the 48 hour non stop weekend London club
lifestyle. It quickly exploded into one of the year's biggest underground
anthems. Its unforgettable opening line, 'Excuse me do you f*ck
as well as you dance?' had djs from around the globe dropping the
accapella over everything. Major labels battled over the track as
clubbers and DJ's fought for copies.
Danny Tenaglia personally asked to remix the track, and in 1998
the re-release of 'Twisted' brought worldwide sales of 150,000.
The unexpected success led to the critically acclaimed album 'Through
the K-hole'. Heaven in London asked Wayne to join their esteemed
staff in April 1997, and he has remained their main floor resident
on Saturday nights ever since.
Wayne has gone on to play huge parties all over the world including
Sydney Mardi Gras 2000 and 2001, White Party 2000, Sydneys infamous
Harbour Party 2002 and 2004, Berlin Love Parade 96/97/98, World
Pride 1999/2000, White Party Miami 2002, Gay Games 2002 (Australia),
Folsom St Fair 2002, the Adventjah festivals and the prestigious
Fire Island Party (pines 2001 and 2003) and Fire Islands Independance
Day Party 2002 in New York. His gigs in 2004 alone took him as far
abroad as Mexico City, New Mexico, San Francisco, Dallas, Toronto,
Vancouver, Chicago, New York, Fire Island, Johannesburg and Sydney.
His production
work accelerated in 1998, starting with a remix on Cher's 'Believe'.
After the No. 1 hit, he went on to remix Madonna, Kylie Minouge,
Christina Aguliera, Celine Dion, Deborah Cox, Backstreet Boys, Jimmy
Somerville, Holly Johnson, Whitney Houston, Savage Garden, Darren
Hayes, Jerry Springer The Opera, Mary Kiani, N-Trance, Lonnie Gordon,
Miquel Brown, Dana International, Love inc, Modern Talking, The
Gibson Brothers, Candi Staton, Shola Ama, Olive and Sheryl Lee Ralph.
He has developed a unique, hi-nrg euro sound for the vocal dance
mixes that he creates specifically for the Heaven dancefloor. How
ever he also developed other funkier tribal fused sets that have
become his trademark sound at circuit parties and clubs around the
world.
Averse to categorisation
in any one particular musical style, Wayne takes crowd on a musical
journey starting with house, anthemic vocal tribal and the sound
he created for Heaven's dancefloor, bringing the energy, Latin flavoured
percussion and the uplifting infection riffs seamlessly together
to create a melodic high energy journey.
He still produces
with Stewart Who? under their hard house guise of 'Twisted' but
has recently been producing for Darren Hayes and is currently based
in Sydney to focus on studio time working on his debut artist album
to showcase his writing skills.
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