Updated 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, in between 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 multi layered chords 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 and French showman Jean Michel Jarre. After experimenting with a new technology at College, he 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 and shortly afterwards the pair set-up a residency at The Arena in Glasgow – opportunities which saw his name make waves in the techno scene and play alongside Jeff Mills 3 times in the first year. Vince was one of the house-techno crossover pioneer’s and helped facilitate the tech-house genre’s appeal to the masses. At the end of the Millennium it was time for his debut LP Biologique. It carried with it Bubbles and the now ‘classic status’ Mystical Rhythm, selling in big units, a track which still holds up on dance floors across the world. On top of that, ‘Mystical Rhythm’ has just been featured on Sky Ones TV Series ‘Mad Dogs’ series 2. His work caused a catatonic impact in the global electronic scene around that time for setting a personal hypnotic perspective of groovy, melody and atmospheric sounds, a unique signature sound. He followed this up in with ‘Moments in Time’ on New York’s legendary ‘Ibadan’ label, gaining worldwide recognition as one of leading producers and live acts in house and techno. His debut mix cd ‘Echoes From the Future: View to the Past’ came shortly after and the experimental ‘Sublimina’, his 3rd LP, demonstrating his diversity and dexterity by trying, successfully, to breathe new life into electronica, and this theme continued with his 4th album ‘The eMotion Sequence’ on Amsterdam’s ‘Delsin’ which was originally signed to Derrick May’s legendary Transmat label. Shortly after this Vince set up his own labels Bio and Everysoul, which consistently released quality house and techno, with releases from Joris Voorn, Ben Sims, FunkdVoid, Octave One, Steve Rachmad, Deetron amongst many others, with support and high profile licenses from the likes of Carl Cox to Laurent Garnier. 2010 saw the labels brief relaunch with Dj Rolando, Alexander Kowalski, Psycatron, Ian O’Donovan and Paul Woolford all featuring before ‘Bio’ closed its doors in 2014 with the final EP from Vince, ‘Eon’. Vince’s 6th studio album ‘Every Soul Needs a Guide’ was released on ‘Everysoul and was a push into electronic jazz symbolism and layered rhodes and organs combined with deep house themes running throughout, before Vince eventually closed ‘Everysoul down to focus on his big upcoming projects in 2014. From 2009 until 2014 Vince was also a resident DJ at Berlin’s legendary Tresor nighclub, running his very own Radio Drama night. Guests included Jimpster, Aril Brikha, James Ruskin, Jeff Mills, Kenny Larkin and many more. Vince also released 2 singles on the Tresor label, ‘Atom’ in 2010 and ‘Interference’ in 2012, both of which are trademark solid slabs of techno. This was to be the final harder techno material Vince would release under his own name as the focus was to switch back to his more renowned melodic house and deep techno. The first alias used was Vincent i. Watson on his debut release with ‘Rekids’, the seminal ambient album ‘Serene’, Vince’s now 7th album. As well as a worldwide touring artist, Vince also regularly features In educational projects. An 800 sample DVD free on the front cover of Computer Music Magazine was released worldwide in 2012, selling over 1 million copies. A Sonic Acadamy Tutorial came shortly afterwards in 2013 and caused quite a stir, being praised very highly in the media with its in-depth look into his unique recording techniques and studio work. This was followed up in summer 2014 with a new edition, again taking plaudits for its in depth look into his production techniques and keyboard skills. Vince 2.0 Circa 2014 and In a deliberate move, Vince decided it was time to move to some new labels as well as reignite his relationship with some previous one. Aside from that rekindling with Planet E, he is now a regular artist on Poker Flat with debut releases on Ovum, Bedrock, Cocoon and Yoruba all coming in 2014. This began a new phase of his career doing what he is known best for. A complete refresh of labels, projects and music. To reflect the new body of work, Vince has been touring his new sets with regular trips to Berlin, Tokyo and his native UK. Richie Hawtin’s ENTER in Space Ibiza being one of the early requests for Vince’s show. His demand is set to soar in 2015 and beyond. Currently available to play Live or for DJ sets. Bookings : manuela@ad-bookings Press : callum@dispersionpr
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:36:50 +0000
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