About Nathan C

Here's a brief timeline of Nathan's musical journey so far. Check back soon for a full biography.

September 2006

Born to Dance. After getting a top lawyer behind them and months & months of negotiations, Cr2 pulls out of the deal on 'Falling' & 'Dream Of' at the last minute, much to the dissapointment of Nathan & Ben.

All is not lost however as even better things await just around the corner.

A month after the Radio 1 airing of 'Definition' Born to Dance make an offer and the deal is signed and sealed within just a couple of weeks. Finally the boys have their first ever record deal! This is the day they had been waiting for and dreaming about all their lives.


August 2006

BBC Radio 1. The boys enjoy a well earned break and take a holiday down in Newquay. They meet up with the Stereo Mutants who reside in the area and also hook up with Nathan's good friend Jon (who originally hooked the Tastemakers up with the Stereo Mutants). They hear 'Falling' played in a club for the first time... it feels awesome.

Later in the month and both away in their respective family homes (Jersey and Cambridge), Nathan and Ben get the opportunity of a lifetime. BBC Radio 1's Fergie has picked up a new track of theirs called 'Definition', it is still unsigned but Fergie plays it as his unsigned track of the week (26th August)... the expectation rises.


July 2006

IMG.

Remix for Data Records.


June 2006

Duffnote & Cr2 Records. With a remix and re-edit from the Stereo Mutants, 'Falling' gets noticed by a few labels. Tastemakers receive an offer from Duffnote, however, the deal subsequently falls through. A bigger offer is made by Cr2 Records on both 'Falling' & 'Dream Of'... the excitement errupts.


May 2006

Tastemakers. Nathan and Ben decide on the name 'Tastemakers' for their production duo as they continue successfully in the studio.


April 2006

Number 46. After the release of Episode 2, Nathan's ever popular HouseCAST makes the top 50 music podcasts on iTunes, charting at number 46.

March 2006

Stereo Mutants. After producing a track named 'Falling' (featuring a singer named Chloé) Nathan and Ben begin sending the track around. It gets picked up by the Stereo Mutants (Defected, Bubblesoul, Clubstar) who offer to remix the track.

March 2006

Nathan forms a production duo with fellow producer, Ben Preston. They go on to be known as 'Tastemakers' spending the coming months in the studio at every available opportunity.

February 2006

Ministry of Sound/Data Records/Hed Kandi. Nathan is offered a work experience opportunity at the world-famous Ministry of Sound. He takes up the opportunity immediately. Working in DJ Promotions and A&R he gains much knowledge and experience, as well as contributing towards the success of records such as Beatfreakz - 'Somebody's Watching Me', Joey Negro 'Make a Move On Me', Solu Music - 'Fade' and Till West & DJ Delicious - 'Same Man'.

February 2006

MOTO GP 2006. After submitting music at the back end of the previous year, Nathan gets the call to inform him that one of his tracks has been selected by THQ games to feature on the forthcoming Xbox 360 game; MOTO GP 2006.


January 2006

HouseCAST. Embracing new technology all the time Nathan decides to launch his own podcast. He names it 'HouseCAST' and the first episode becomes very popular and charts in the Top 100 music podcasts on iTunes. He is even asked by Defected Records to help out with the technicalities of launching their own podcast.

• December 2005 – Focus. After spending many nights out taking clubbing photos at places such as Ministry, Pacha and Turnmills, Nathan falls in love with House music and decides to concentrate predominantly on this genre, moving away from his previously preferred style of Drum & Bass.

 

• August 2005 – iTunes release. Eager to show the world his music Nathan releases a couple of tracks off his own back through the iTunes Music Store. They both feature the vocal talents of Georgee and, completely unsigned, Nathan proves you don't need a big record label to get your music onto a worldwide platform.

 

• June 2005 – After lots of studying and hard-work Nathan completes his 1-year HND course in Music Production with flying colours. He's awarded a Distinction and offered a place on the two-year BA (Hons) Degree course.

 

• December 2004 – Studio. Nathan begin's making some rather large purchases of new equipment as he develops his set up. Genelecs, PowerMac G5 and Logic 7 all come through the door.

 

• November 2004 – Yellow T-Shirt. Getting together with two other friends from college, Nathan helps start up Yellow T-Shirt Promotions and the trio begin putting on live nights around Guildford, the brand eventually develops into a record label.

 

• September 2004 – Move to England. After being awarded a grant to study in England by the States of Jersey, Nathan moves back to England to study in Guildford for the next 3 years.

 

• May 2004 – Academy of Contemporary Music. Nathan gets accepted onto the Music Production HND course at the prestigious ACM music college and plans to study there for the next 3 years.

 

• November 2002 – NathanC.co.uk is launched. Embracing his design skills, Nathan launches his own website to promote his music further after considerable success on music portal BeSonic.com (now defunct).

 

• May 2002 – Featured artist on Radio 1's OneMusic. Still at school and preparing to take his GCSE's, Nathan becomes a featured artist on BBC Radio 1's OneMusic website for a week. He gets a favourable review from Pete Tong and an A&R guy from Ministry of Sound, who both described Nathan's music as "very chilled out" and "avant garde".

 

• October 2001 – Mobile studio. Nathan buys his first computer - a Titanium Powerbook G4 and his set up is mainly based around early versions of Reason and Cubase. No more sharing of the family computer!

 

• March 2001 – Work experience at Sanctuary Music Technology Centre, Jersey. Still just 15 years of age, Nathan takes up a 3 week work experience placement alongside legendary Progressive-House Producer Marc Mitchell who takes him under his wing. It is here that Nathan learns the art of music production and DJing and realises that this is what he wants to do as a career.