Space Cowboy (musician)

Nick Dresti
Background information
Origin	England
Genres	Pop, dance, urban
Occupations	Producer, DJ, Songwriter
Labels	Southern Fried, Tiger Trax, Cherrytree, Interscope, Xenomania
Associated acts	Nadia Oh, James Sutton, Lady Gaga

Nick Dresti^[1][2] (born Nicolas Jean-Pierre Dresti), better known by his stage name Space Cowboy, is a DJ and twice Grammy Award nominated producer, who was born in Paris and raised in England.

Biography

Space Cowboy started as a Hip Hop Dj and first recorded for Norman Cook's Southern Fried records and produced Nadia Oh's debut 2008 album, Hot Like Wow. Also releasing solo album Digital Rock on the independent record label, Tiger Trax, and later re-released as Digital Rock Star on Cherrytree Records, which was largely produced by RedOne.

Also known as DJ for Lady Gaga, Space Cowboy was the featured artist and co-producer of "Starstruck" for the album The Fame. The two artists also collaborated on "Christmas Tree" with the producer Cherry Cherry Boom Boom. Extracts of his song "My Egyptian Lover" were used in Lady Gaga's promotional videos and he remixed many Lady Gaga tracks including "Just Dance," "Poker Face" and "Love Game."

Space Cowboy also worked with Lady Gaga on her second album, The Fame Monster, co-writing and producing on the songs "Monster" and "So Happy I Could Die," with Gaga and RedOne. Space Cowboy appeared in the Lady Gaga videos for "Just Dance," "Beautiful Dirty Rich" and "Poker Face".

He also co-wrote MSTRKRFT's "Heartbreaker", featuring the American singer John Legend.

Discography

Albums

• Across the Sky (2003)
• Big City Nights (2005)
• Digital Rock (2006)
• Digital Rock Star (2009)

Productions/Co-Productions/Co-Writes

• Nadia Oh - Hot Like Wow (2008)
• Lady Gaga - "Starstruck" (2008)
• Lady Gaga - "Christmas Tree" promotional single (2008)
• MSTRKRFT feat John Legend - "Heartbreaker" (2009)
• Lady Gaga - "Monster" (2009)
• Lady Gaga - "So Happy I Could Die" (2009)
• Lady Gaga - "Earthquake" (2009)
• Nadia Oh - Colours (2011)
• Mac Miller - "All Around the World" (2011)
• The Saturdays - "All Fired Up" (2011)

Extended plays

• Falling Down Remix EP (2009)
• Electro Pioneers EP (2010)
• Falling Down' LMFAO Remix (2009)

Remixes

• Ami Suzuki - "Around the World" (2005)
• Koda Kumi - "Chery Girl" (2006)
• Fergie - "Glamorous" (2007)
• Lady Gaga - "Starstruck" (2008)
• Lady Gaga - "Just Dance" (2008)
• Lady Gaga - "Poker Face" (2009)
• Lady Gaga - "LoveGame" (2008)
• Lady Gaga - "Monster (2009)
• Jery Sandoval - "Astronauta" (2009)
• New Kids on the Block - "2 in the Morning" (2009)
• Belanova - "Nada de Mas" (2010)
• Jennifer Lopez - "Fresh Out the Oven" (featuring Pitbull) (2010)
• Jennifer Lopez - "Louboutins" (2010)
• The Saturdays - "All Fired Up" (2011)

Music videos

Year	Video	Director(s)
2009	"Falling Down"(featuring Chelsea)	—

Featured music videos

Year	Video	Director(s)
2008	"Just Dance" (Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis)	Melina Matsoukas[3]
	"Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" (Lady Gaga)
	"Poker Face" (Lady Gaga)	Ray Kay
2009	"I Came 2 Party" (Cinema Bizarre featuring Space Cowboy)	—
	"Patron Tequila" (The Paradiso Girls featuring Lil Jon and Eve)

References

1. ^ "Nik Dresti Discography". Discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nik+Dresti. Retrieved 2009-05-30. 
2. ^ "Space Cowboy, accordi, foto, traduzioni". Musictory.it. http://www.musictory.it/musica/Space+Cowboy. Retrieved 2010-12-29. 
3. ^ "Just Dance" Music Video"MTV. Retrieved November 9, 2008.

External links

• Official MySpace
• Space Cowboy on discogs.com

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