Biography Ian Carey
For those not in the know, Ian "45" Carey is and has been over the past couple years a key player in the house scene in the USA and Europe. His recordings and remixes have been released on labels such as Élan, Defected, Universal UK, AM:PM, Ministry of Sound, Warner Brothers Germany, Hed Kandi, Azuli, Tommy Boy Records, East West Germany, Houseworks Switzerland, Oxyd Records Italy, Slip N Slide Records UK and countless others… His first vocal production, with Jason Papillon as Soul Providers, "Rise" was a crossover hit around the world. When asked, Ian and Jason both say they had no intention of making a mainstream record; it just worked out that way. Since then Ian and Jason have made many underground anthems (such as "Try My Love", "I Don't Know", and "Let The Sunshine In") staying true to their soulful sound and not compromising their music to fit the mold of current radio trends. Ian grew up in a small town in Maryland, USA about 2 hours from Washington DC. He had been exposed to music at a young age, as his father (RIP) was a live sound engineer and ran a sound reinforcement company and had engineered for such groups as Kool and The Gang and The Duke Ellington Orchestra and his mother played guitar and sang as a hobby. By the time he was 7 or 8 years old he was able to mic a stage for a concert and when possible, Ian would travel along with his father during the summer vacation making tour stops and seeing America from east to west. Throughout grade school Ian never got very good grades, but when he reached high school he realized the only way to get out of the small town he lived in was to go to college, he decided to put a little more time into school and at graduation he got many scholarships and went on to “study” at University of Maryland in Baltimore. This is where he discovered dance music. Ian had already been apart of the graffiti-writing scene in Baltimore, Maryland, and through that he met hip-hop DJs throughout the city. This was Ian’s next passion; he put down the spray can and bought some turntables. For the first few years of Djing he was playing mostly hip-hop and went on to do a Tuesday night hip-hop party in Baltimore’s Club Midnight. At this point he started working in Music Liberated record store as a buyer and sales rep. This is where he was properly introduced to house music. At the same time hip-hop was coming out of the underground and becoming more materialistic and more poppy, so Ian needed to find something else to give him that underground feeling. He started fingering through the house music bins in the store and he was hooked, a new passion! Soon after, he met Jason Papillon, Ian’s partner in the project Soul Providers. Jason and Ian would go every Saturday to Paradox in Baltimore to hear DJs such as Teddy Douglas, DJ Spen, DJ Karizma, Tony Humphries and Joe Clausell. At this point Ian knew that house music would become his life, and decided to put his audio knowledge to a use and start producing records. At a certain point in 2003 Ian got really fed up with the house music scene in America and decided if he were to continue on his journey it need to be in Europe where the house music scene still thrives. So after some convincing, his wife quit her day job, and they went all in, sold their house and moved to The Netherlands, where Ian now resides. Since then he has been busy producing under different projects and names including his lates project Saturated Soul, a collaboration with Eddie Amador. Ian now has some solo productions under his belt including "The Power" on Defected/Fluential Records. He has also been very busy with remixes. With Jason as Soul Providers they have remixed records by King Britt/Ursula Rucker, Silverstone, Hardsoul and E-Smoove (AKA Thick Dick). On the solo tip, Ian has remixed records by Kid Crème, Danny Marquez and Ferry B., Dina Vass, Stonebridge, Cindi Lauper and Blue Chakra, for labels such as Defected, Élan, Hed Kandi, Soulfuric and Houseworks. DJ wise, Ian is very busy in The Netherlands and abroad, he has played in countries such as Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Poland, The Ukraine, Austria, England, Spain, Canada, and the USA.. Currently very busy DJing in The Netherlands and all around Europe, Ian is available for DJ dates and bookings worldwide. Ian continues to pay his dues and give whatever it takes to help the house music scene make its way out of the dark...Stay tuned for new productions, remixes and dj gigs, and be a witness to Ian's magic as he rise, rise, rises to the top!
Discography
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Artist: Ian Carey Remixer: Ian Carey Label: CO2 Recordings Genre: House Release Date: 2006-03-20 |
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| Love Won't Wait (Wawa vs Ian Carey Mix) (7:49) | |
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Artist: The Ian Carey Project Remixer: Wawa vs Ian Carey Label: Gfab Records Genre: House Release Date: 2007-06-18 |
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| Disco Inferno Miami 2007 - Say What You Want (Ian Carey Dub) (7:01) | |
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Artist: Ian Carey and Mochico feat. Miss Bunty Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Le Bien Et Le Mal Recordings Genre: Electro (Minimal) Release Date: 2007-04-20 |
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| Lose Control - Ian Carey Original Mix (7:27) | |
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Artist: Ian Carey presents The Good Guys Label: Gfab Records Genre: House Release Date: 2006-07-31 |
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| My MTV - Ian Carey Remix (7:15) | |
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Artist: Noir Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Toolroom Trax Genre: House Release Date: 2006-03-22 |
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| Praful House Mixes - Inspiracao (Ian Carey Remix) (9:15) | |
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Artist: Praful Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Therapy Recordings Genre: House Release Date: 2006-12-13 |
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| Has Your Man Got Soul (Ian Carey Dub) (7:11) | |
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Artist: Milk & Sugar Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Milk & Sugar Recordings Genre: House (Funky, Soulful, Vocal) Release Date: 2006-05-10 |
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| Has Your Man Got Soul (Ian Carey Club Mix) (7:10) | |
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Artist: Milk & Sugar Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Milk & Sugar Recordings Genre: House (Funky, Soulful, Vocal) Release Date: 2006-05-10 |
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| Balearic House Tunes: Ibiza Edition - Watch TV - Ian Carey Remix (6:46) | |
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Artist: Leon Klein Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Le Bien Et Le Mal Recordings Genre: House (Funky, Minimal, Soulful) Release Date: 2007-03-30 |
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| Them & Me & You - Ian Carey Vocal Mix (8:07) | |
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Artist: GranTurismo Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Litmus Recordings Genre: House Release Date: 2006-09-25 |
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| Them & Me & You - Ian Carey Dub Mix (8:07) | |
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Artist: GranTurismo Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Litmus Recordings Genre: House Release Date: 2006-09-25 |
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| Soul Soothing Sunshine - Ian Carey remix (7:31) | |
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Artist: Helen Garcia Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Confidence Recordings Genre: House Release Date: 2005-06-17 |
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| Little Café (Ian Carey Remix) (7:11) | |
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Artist: Sean Biddle Remixer: Ian Carey Label: SurePlayer Records Genre: House Release Date: 2006-04-22 |
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| YOU CAME INTO MY LIFE - IAN CAREY REMIX (7:19) | |
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Artist: OMAHA feat FIONA HOLT Remixer: Ian Carey Label: 2 DANCE Genre: House Release Date: 2006-10-30 |
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| Doing my own Thing // Remixes (Ian Carey Remix) (7:48) | |
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Artist: Kid Crème Remixer: Ian Carey Label: EFFET Parallele Genre: House Release Date: 2006-04-29 |
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| Jetsetter (Ian Carey Mix) (7:12) | |
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Artist: Inner City Playboys Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Loaded Records Genre: House Release Date: 2006-08-14 |
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| Straight Up (Ian Carey Remix) (7:03) | |
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Artist: Juicy Vox Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Sound Division Genre: House Release Date: 2007-03-12 |
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Artist: Ian Carey vs DnC Groove Label: CO2 Recordings Genre: House Release Date: 2006-03-20 |
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| Higher - Ian Carey Mix (7:52) | |
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Artist: May feat Marion Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Club Hit Genre: House Release Date: 2006-02-25 |
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| Them and Me and you (Ian Carey Dub Mix) (8:01) | |
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Artist: Gran Turismo Remixer: Ian Carey Label: Zooland Records Genre: House (Euro) Release Date: 2007-10-05 |
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Ian “45” Carey – “Mobtown Sound” Elan US/Houseworks CH
Ian “45” Carey – “It’s Alright”/”Party Time” FC/Elan Records US
The Visionaries –“Find Another Way” Spinnin’ Records NL
Soul Providers feat. Michelle Shellers "Rise" Azuli/Look At You/Universal/OceanTrax/Legato
Soul Providers-"Montebello Groove" K2/Vinylicious Records
Soul Providers- "The Hand that I've Been Dealt"Look At You Records
Soul Providers- "I don't know" POJI Records US
Soul Providers feat. Carolyn Victorian- "Try My Love" Élan Records/Caus n ff ct GER
Soul Providers feat. Shellers- "Movin' On"Élan Records/Oxyd Italy
Soul Providers-"The Spaghetti Disco EP" Élan Records
Soul Providers - "Hold On" Look At You Records
L'enfant D'amour - "Deep Inside Your Love" Élan Records
Robin Rush - "After The Storm"
Soul Providers feat. Robin Rush - "Let The Sunshine In" Élan
Soul Providers – “After Dark” EP Jamayka Records
Yug and Soul Providers – “Nobody Knows” Élan
Soul Providers – “No Pressure” Élan
The Sunday Morning Breakfast Club – “So Confused” Élan Bleu
Devoted-"Gotta Have" Houseworks CH
Stonebridge-"Put em High" Hed Kandi UK
Dina Vass- "Now I'm Free" Egoiste CH
Soul Providers- "Set Me Free" Élan Records
Soul Providers- "Let The Sunshine In" Élan Records
Blue Chakra - "Free From You" Houseworks CH
Bonanza Brothers - "Why" Egoiste CH
Scottie B- "2000" Unruly Records 2000
Dj Pope- "I Need You"Black Vinyl Records UK
Devin Deveaux- "Burn it Up" Fermaldahyd Germany
Mr. Mike- "House it Up" Stellar Italy
D-Weed-"It's Gonna Be Alright" Caus n f ct Germany
Silverstone-"If I Had A Choice"Spinnin Records NL
Beat Freakz-"Get Out of My Life"Spinnin Records NL
Yug-"You Don't Love Me" Ministry/YUG
Lovesick-"Stay Together" Warner DE
Devin DeVeaux - "The Love Game" Élan
King Britt - "Supernatural" Slip N Slide UK
Nightgroovers - "All Night" Spinnin' Records NL
Helen Garcia - "Soul Soothing Sunshine" Élan
The Right On Brothers - "Soulis.." Élan
Players Inc. - "Feelin' Alright" Élan
Phillip Ramirez - "Happy People" Élan
E-Smoove - "Something Special" SlipNSlide UK
More information / Official website : http://www.ian45carey.com