Wookie

b. Jason Chue, London, Britain. Chue’s uncommon moniker is really a mention of the Superstar Wars movies. He’s recognized to his close friends as ‘Chuey’, that is how the personality Han Solo identifies Chewbacca, a imaginary creature known as a Wookie, in Superstar Wars. Chue may also be lazily typecast being a UK garage area manufacturer but he provides distanced himself in the genre on many events: ‘What I’m actually trying to accomplish is normally fuse the specialized aspect of drum ‘n’ bass using the melodic vibes folks R&B’. It really is this innovative audio that brought him to the eye from the music press and main record businesses in 2000, although he previously been working like a maker and remixer for seven years before this. Chue created a serious fascination with music after becoming produced redundant from his work within an architect’s workplace in 1990. Having bought a key pad, he started to create songs in the home and by 1993 was dealing with vocalist Wayne Marshall. Their creation ‘G-Spot’ was an underground R&B strike in the night clubs and on pirate radio. Chue’s following move was to the Spirit II Spirit collective’s documenting studios and head office in Camden, London where he honed his abilities as an in-house maker. This coincided along with his fascination with the burgeoning jungle picture. Chue continuing to focus on his personal tracks but didn’t obtain any support through the London picture until his bootleg remix because the Exemen of Whitney Houston’s ‘It’s Not really Best But It’s Okay’. This and his following re-working of paths by Brandy and Alison Dark brown resulted in support from well known UK DJs such as for example Karl ‘Tuff Enuff’ Dark brown as well as the Dreem Teem’s DJ Spoony. Even more underground two-step strikes followed nonetheless it was another reworking of Gabrielle’s ‘Sunlight’ that cemented his status as a inventive maker. The solitary eventually gained him a dual platinum award. In summer season 2000, Wookie was nominated for just two MOBO (Music Of Dark Origin) awards, as well as the solitary ‘Fight’ (offering vocals by previous Nu Colors vocalist Lain) reached the united kingdom Top 10. He also finished a remix of Tx’ ‘In Demand’, released in Oct 2000 but declined the chance to remix a Tom Jones monitor. His debut, Wookie, received favourable evaluations and his press profile reached fresh heights in the united kingdom by the end of the entire year, as he was shown as the most popular dance production home of as soon as.