Grant Nelson

Grant Nelson
Also known as	Wishdokta 24 Hour Experience Bump & Flex N'n'G Nu Rhythmix M-Gee Mixmaster Gee Ruff Rider The Dok Boiling Point Rhythm Construction Co. Intergration Pursernel & Son 2 Can Play Chicago Symphony Dubtone The Grant Nelson Project Ground 96 Hangman mi:grant Livin' Large Industrial Espionage Naughty Naughty Ricky Suarez G.O.D Ambassadors Of Swing Dangerous Brothers Federation X Dusk Til Dawn
Origin	April 27, 1971 (1971-04-27) (age 40) London, England
Genres	House UK garage Drum & Bass Hardcore techno Happy Hardcore
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Swing City Records
Website	grantnelson.net
Notable instruments
Keyboards

Grant Nelson (born 27 April 1971, London, England), also known as Wishdokta, 24 Hour Experience, Bump & Flex and N'n'G, is a DJ, producer and remix artist.^[1]

Grant is heralded as one of the godfathers of UK Garage due to his numerous club hits on his Nice 'n' Ripe record label in the early 90's. It was his sound along with a few others that gave birth to the then known as 'Sunday Scene' which went on to become UK garage.

He also produced under the name Wishdokta from 1990-1993 when he was making Hardcore / Drum 'n' Bass for the legendary London label Kickin Records. In 1993 Wishdokta teamed up with DJ Vibes and together they delivered some of Happy Hardcore's biggest anthems on Vibes' Asylum Music Inc & other labels including Happy Trax.

In 1997 he started using the alter-ego Bump & Flex and began to produce UK 2 Step. He delivered some of the scenes biggest records including "Funk On Ah Roll" by James Brown.

Nelson has always remained a house head since his early Nice 'n' Ripe days and continues to do so to the present with his Swing City Records label that consistently delivers top drawer house music.

Some of the artists Grant has remixed & worked with include ;

Kelis, Jodeci, Mis-Teeq, Aaliyah, James Brown, The Artful Dodger, Jamiroquai, Lutricia McNeal, Thelma Houston, Another Level, Goldie, Roy Ayers, Guy, Rosie Gaines, Juliet Roberts, Liberty X, Towa Tei, Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Bebel Gilberto, Negrocan, Beverly Knight, The Brand New Heavies, Faithless, Simply Red, Frankie Knuckles, Agnes.

Main Pseudonym's Timeline :

1990-1995 Wishdokta
1993-1996 24 Hour Experience (With Simon Firmin)
1997-2003 Bump & Flex
1998-2001 N'n'G (With Norris 'da boss' Windross)

Sample Libraries & Software

Nelson has produced several sample libraries that contain musical parts and drum loops. The Studio Essentials series (Volumes 1, 2 & 3) have been extremely popular and are highly regarded amongst aspiring producers. Sample's from these libraries have featured on numerous commercial recordings.

Nelson also released his "Chordworx" software in 2009 which was another major success for him. It aids people with little or no keyboard knowledge to produce very intricate jazz style chord progressions which are much sought after in the soulful / deep house genre's of music.

Synthesizer Sound Programming

In 2000 Grant was commissioned by Korg to work on programming preset sound banks for the Electribe & MS2000 synthesizers. Although his sounds aren't credited in the operating manuals you can pick some of them out by the names he gave them that reference some of his artist names and record labels. To coincide with the release of the machines to market there was a promotional CD given away with industry music magazines and at trade fairs that included an audio demonstration by Grant of the Korg Electribe synthesizer.

Grant Nelson's Housecall (Radio Show)

In 2009 Nelson began presenting his own bi-weekly dance music radio show called Housecall on www.ssradio.com out of the UK. It is also syndicated to various radio radio stations around the world and has quickly become one of the most popular shows of its genre. The show features exclusive snippets of forthcoming music yet to be released, regular guest mixes from some of the most legendary house music dj's and plenty of features which make the show feel more like a mainstream radio programme but with real house music.

Guests to date have included : ATFC, Christian Alvarez, CJ Macintosh, DeepCitySoul, DJ Meme, Eric Kupper, Groove Assassin, Jamie Lewis, Jask, Jazztronik, Joey Negro, Kiko Navarro, Lovebirds, MK, Ralf Gum, Richard Earnshaw, Scott Wozniak, Soulmagic, Soul Purpose, Steve "Silk" Hurley & Yass.

Selected discography

Releases

• "Step 2 Me" - Grant Nelson feat. Jean McClain Virgin Records
• "In My Soul" - Grant Nelson Nice 'n' Ripe
• "Right Before My Eyes" - N'n'G feat. Kallaghan Heat Recordings
• "Together" - 24hr Experience Nice 'n' Ripe
• "Free / Switch" - Grant Nelson Swing City Records
• "So Special" - Grant Nelson Swing City Records
• "Liferide" - N'n'G feat Rose Windross & Creed Swing City Records
• "Long Time Coming" - Bump & Flex Urban Heat
• "Babylon (Into A Groove)" - Nu Rhythmix Swing City Records
• "Evil Surrounds Us" - Wishdokta Kickin' Records
• "Motorway Madness" - Vibes & Wishdokta Rogue Trooper
• Ethnicity Ep's 1-3 - "Grant Nelson" Swing City
• Feel The Music - "Grant Nelson" Swing City
• The Only Way - Soul City Experience (Co-produced with Brian Tappert from Soulfuric Records)
• Bodyswerve - "M-Gee" (Co-produced with Matt Schwartz from Deepest Blue) Swing City
• Black Water - "Grant Nelson feat. Cathy Battistessa" - Swing City

Remixes

• Alexander O'Neil - Saturday Love Stateside
• Aaliyah - More Than Woman - Virgin
• Chanel - My Life Hed Kandi
• Negrocan - Cada Vez Swing City
• Gaelle - Give It Back Boss
• Simply Red - Stay Simply Red
• Solu Music & Kimblee - Fade Hed Kandi
• Sunkids & Chance - Rise Up Boss
• Brand New Heavies - Surrender Hed Kandi
• Gat Decor - Passion - Big Life
• Sound Of Eden - Everytime (I See Her) Positiva
• Bebel Gilberto - The River Song EMI
• Jamiroquai - Runaway Sony
• Ann Nesby - Praisin' His Name basement Boys
• Mj Cole - Wondering Why (M-Gee mix. Co-mixed with Matt Shwartz) Talkin' Loud
• Todd Edwards - Saved My Life I Records
• Liberty X - Just A Little - V2
• Heller & Farley - Ultra Flava AM:PM
• Nush - U Girls (Look So Sexy) - Blunted
• Indo - R U Sleepin' - Satellite
• Roy Ayers - Dangerous Vibes - Peppermint Jam
• Jodeci - Get On Up MCA
• GUY - Dancin' MCA
• Timmy Vegas & The Universe Band - Can't Make It Thru Another Day - Mn2s
• Agnes - Need You Now 3Beat

Unofficial Edits & Mixes

• Gill Scoot - Golden
• Jamiroquai - Too Young To Die
• Martin Solveig - Rockin' Music
• James Ingram & Michael McDonald - Yah Mo B There
• Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You
• Grant has done many more personal mixes and edits, but now restricts their distribution because of copies being bootlegged by 3rd parties.

As Wishdokta

Studio albums 1992: Post Modern Breaks Volume 1 EPs 1992: The Mental Eclipse M.P. Singles 1991: "Evil Surrounds Us" 1992: "Banana Sausage" 1992: "M.A.D. (Massive Audio Disturbance)" 1992: "Whine You Bottom" 1993: "A New Direction" 1993: "Freeaneazy" 1993: "Reach Out / Eternal Expression" 1994: "Subliminal Satisfaction / River Of Dreams" 1994: "Hey DJ / Get High" 1994: "Midsummer Mist / Feel Good" 1994: "Sweetest Love" 1994: "Don't Get Carried Away" 1994: "Wishdokta's European Vacation" 1995: "No More Tears" 1995: "Want Your Love / Rave Is A Mystery" 1995: "Passion / Motorway Madness" 1996: "Gonna Be Alright / Giving It All I Got"

Appears On 1991: Kaos Theory 1991: Champion Sound (The Best Of Kickin Volume 1) 1992: Techno 2 - Sheppards Revenge - The Trip Continues 1992: Energy Rush 1992: Record Review Volume XX 1992: Heavenly Hardcore 1992: Kickin Mental Detergent 1993: The Centuries Ascendance 1993: Kickin Mental Detergent Vol 2 1995: Techno To The Core 1995: Sounds Of The Detonator 1996: Everything Is Wrong 1996: Mixmag Live! Volume 2 1997: The History Of Mixmag Live 5 1998: Old Skool Breakz 1999: Dancemania Speed 3 2007: The No.1 Hardcore Album: The Oldskool Mix 2007: Rave Nation The Anthems

References

1. ^ Flicks, Larry (8 August 1998). "Dance Trax". Billboard. http://books.google.com/books?id=8AkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29&dq=%22grant+nelson%22+dj&hl=en&ei=Qm44TbuaOY6CsQPBwsiQAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22grant%20nelson%22%20dj&f=false. Retrieved 20 January 2011. 

External links

• grantnelson.net Grant Nelson official website.
• Myspace.com Grant Nelson artist page on Myspace.
• Twitter Grant Nelson's Twitter account.
• Discogs Grant Nelson discography & remixography.
• Swing City Records Record label co-owned by Grant Nelson.
• Wyze.com Production company co-owned by Grant Nelson.
• Grant Nelson's Housecall Website for Grant's bi-weekly radio show "Housecall".