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Vince Watson

Biography

DJ-ing began for Vince Watson at his school’s weekend discos with a selection of hip-hop and early house records filling his box. He worked up a collection unlike any other young DJ, inbetween visits to the Royal Academy for Art, Music and Drama in Glasgow for piano lessons, before electronic and ambient music grabbed his attention. These influences are all clear in his productions which are elegant and seductive with emotional ambiences generated by his skills of manipulating a keyboard, to bring complex multichords and dense yet fully melodic patches to contemporary dance music. While the Summer of Love was in full swing, Watson was in his bedroom honing his skills and immersing himself in electronic music, taking influence from some of the genre’s greatest composers like Herbie Hancock, Derrick May and French showman Jean Michel Jarre. He began experimenting with a new technology – MIDI – and slowly gathered the necessary equipment needed to record his own tracks. Dave Angel picked up one of Watson’s first demos and signed him to his label Rotation in 1995, where he released the 1st Innovations EP, and the pair set-up a residency at The Arena in Glasgow – opportunities which saw his name make waves in the techno scene. He helped facilitate the house-techno cross over at the end of the Millennium with his debut LP Biologique. It carried with it Bubbles and seminal track Mystical Rhythm, which still holds classic status on dance floors across the world. His work caused a catatonic impact in the global electronic scene for setting a personal hypnotic perspective of groovy, melody and atmospheric sounds. He followed this up in with Moments in Time on New York’s legendary Ibadan label, along with Alola Records in the UK, gaining worldwide recognition as one of techno’s leading producers and live acts. Two years later Watson released Echoes From the Future: View to the Past and Sublimina, demonstrating his diversity and dexterity by trying, successfully, to breathe new life into electronica, and continued with The eMotion Sequence on Delsin. A sixth album was completed recently, Every Soul Needs a Guide and will be Watson’s first jazz/brokenbeat album, adding another string to the bow of this versatile producer’s CV. His own label, Bio Music, has consistently produced quality techno, with support and high profile licenses from the likes of Carl Cox to Laurent Garnier. A four years static period was reignited in 2009 with A Very Different World featuring FunkdVoid, with Kirk Degiorgio and Shawn Rudiman set for guest releases. And like with his own productions, Watson has been keen to vary his output as label manager with the brandnew sister project, Everysoul. The new label will focus on versatility and creativity – Love in F Minor was released to great critical acclaim. Watson is currently working on his seventh studio album, as well as high profile remixes for Octave One, John Beltran, Kirk Degiorgio, Funk D Void and Orlando Voorn. To date Vince Watson has released and is currently signed to the following labels, Tresor, Planet E, Mule, Everysoul, Delsin, Bio, Fcom,Ibadan, Mule and Urban Torque. His debut single on Berlin’s legendary Tresor is due for release in January 2011.
Discography

Albums
Biologique – Alola Records 1999
Moments in Time LP – Alola Records 2001
Moments in Time LP – Ibadan Records (US Version) 2003
Sublimina – Headspace Recordings 2005
The eMotion Sequence – Delsin 2006
Echoes from the Future : View to the Past – Bio Music 2006
Every Soul Needs a Guide – Everysoul (coming summer 2011)

Singles
1st Innovations – Rotation Records 1995
Tufftrax no1 – Clubcraft Records 1996
2nd Innovations – Rotation Records 1996
Musicology – Blue Basique 1996
Fluxations – Primate Recordings 1997
No Escape – Subsounds Records 1997
First Vectors – Focus Records 1998
Moodswings – Alola Records 1998
Mutator – Primate Recordings 1998
Obsessions – Disclosure 1998
Nu Directions – Rotation Records 1998
Mystical Rhythm – Alola Records 1999
Pure Distinction – Disclosure Records 1999
Obsessions – Disclosure Records 1999
Out of the Deep – Alola Records 1999
Orbit – Bio Music 2000
Quadra – Bio Music 2000
Prototextures – Tronic Music 2000
Fracturhythms Vol 1 – Bio Music 2001
Axiom – Bio Music 2001
Abstractions – Bio Music 2001
Mystical Rhythm Mr C Mixes – Alola Records 2001
Mystical Rhythm 16b Mixes – Alola Records 2001
Beneath the Sound – Alola Records 2002
Try to Understand – Native Records 2002
Fragments – Native Records 2002
Bubbles – Alola Records 2002
Images – Superbra Records 2002
Illusions – Symbolism Records 2003
Tranquility – Immigrant Recordings 2003
Fracturhythms Vol 2 – Bio Music 2003
Earthtones – Superbra Records 2003
Darksoul – Ingoma Records 2004
Reshapes Vol 1 – Bio Music 2004
Reshapes Vol 2 – Bio Music 2004
Energia – Tronic Music 2004
Reshapes Vol 3 – Bio Music 2004
Parallels – Bio Music 2004
Pure Innersense – Fcom Records 2004
Hybrid Reaction – Ingoma Records 2004
Lost Episodes – Headspace Recordings 2005
The Final Techtures – Superbra Records 2005
Intuitions Joris Voorn Mix – Bio Music 2005
Intuitions Mark Broom Mix – Bio Music 2005
Influenced 002 – Influenced Records 2005
Everything Changes – Fcom Records 2005
Eminations – Pseudo Records 2006
Echoes Sampler 1 – Bio Music 2006
Echoes Sampler 2 – Bio Music 2006
Echoes Sampler 3 – Bio Music 2006
eMotion Sampler – Delsin Records 2006
Renaissance – Planet E Communications 2006
Glasgow to Amsterdam – Bio Elements 2006
Ethereal – Delsin Records 2008
Duality – Mule Electroniq 2008
My Desire – Planet E Communications 2009
Mystical Rhythm 2010 – Urban Torque Records 2010
Atom – Tresor Records 2011
Mysteryland – Tresor Records 2011 (coming april 2011)
Planetary – Octave One & Psycatron Mixes – Bio Music (coming may 2011)
Planetary – Steve Rachmad & Max Cooper Mixes – Bio Music (coming summer 2011)

Remixes
Barracuda – Born to Porn – Scala 1999
Paul Smyth – The Manse – Bio Music 2001
Jerome – Polyphonic Highway – Bio Music 2002
Mr. C – Siren – Sex on Wax 2002
Funk D Void – Emotional Content – Soma 2003
Paul Mac – Back and Forth – Primate 2003
Kinga – Beechjet – Technique 2003
Taho – Julias Temple – Adrenogroov 2003
Ben Sims – 2nd Thought – Symbolism 2004
Deetron – Emphasis – Phont 2004
Oded Peled & Juho Kahilainen – Out of Home – Adrenogroov 2004
John Tejada – A Fading Memory – Immigrant 2004
Mark Williams – Tec Man – Ingoma 2004
Oscar Mulero – Get Lost – Pure Plastic 2004
Andrew B – Circles in a Circle – On Test 2004
Black Dog – 4 3s 555 – Dust Science 2005
Aroy Dee – The Planets – MOS 2005
Shed – Egotism – Soloaction 2006
Brian Kage – Interstellar Agent – Beretta 2006
Electric Rescue – Forthcoming – BTrax 2006
Djinxx – Exposure – Sahatek 2006
Turner – She Was Sent – Orphanear 2008
Shirazi – Morning Drive – Team 2008
Sidearms – Humantics – Logos 2010
The Thirdman – Paucity – Applied Rhythmic Technology 2010
Funk D Void – Tenori – Urban Torque 2010
Dirty Doering – Loco – Damage 2010
Octave One – Nicolette – 430 West 2011
Raw Hedroom – Ligon – Snork Enterprises 2011
James Alexander – Directions – Friends Electric 2011 (coming april 2011)
Orlando Voorn – Solid Session – Nightvision (coming Spring 2011)
John Beltran – Aquatic – Rhythmic 2011 (coming april 2011)