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Neil Pierce Biography

Neil Pierce may be known as a DJ, Producer, Remixer, and Label Manager but all these titles can be summed up with one thing in common ? he is a name you can rely on for good quality soulful house music you can dance to. Playing exclusives to classics, gospel to dubs, Neil?s DJ sets are full of energy that never fail to take you on a musical journey that will have you smiling and letting loose on the dance floor.

It was whilst Neil was the Manager of Release the Groove record shop in London?s Soho that he began to make his way in the industry and became friends with many of the people that he would eventually play alongside. It wasn?t long before Neil was DJing at legendary nights such as Garage City and Paul Trouble Anderson?s Loft parties in Camden.

In 2001, a new night was launched at the infamous Ministry of Sound super-club in London. That night was Soul Heaven and it soon became a club night synonymous with playing quality house music with soul. It is of no surprise then that not long after its launch, Neil was asked to be a Soul Heaven resident. Over a decade later and Neil continued to be part of the Soul Heaven nights representing the brand in the UK and Worldwide.

In 2003, Neil partnered up with fellow Soul Heaven resident Aaron Ross as a producer under the name Fanatix. Since their collaboration, they have made a name for themselves by working with some amazing artists such as Blaze, Kimara Lovelace, KOT, Kenny Bobien, Roy Ayers, and Stephanie Cooke, as well as homegrown talents, Terri Walker, Kele le Roc, Jamiroquai, Alex Mills, Don-E and Sunburst Band. Recognition for their music came with releases on respected major ?house? labels including Sony, Defected, BBE, Ricanstruction, ZR, Def Jam, Soulgroove, and of course Soul Heaven Records.

In March 2008, Fanatix released their debut album, There It Is on London-based label BBE to great critical acclaim and the No. 1 spot on Traxsource. The album was raved about by all the top DJs in the scene, and it was also licensed to Toys Factory in Japan.

During this time, Neil also found time to work on some solo projects. In 2005 he set up his own label Hustle Music which most famously is responsible for originally signing The Way You Love Me by Ron Hall & The Muthafunkas featuring Marc Evans which is now a house classic.

Neil?s reputation for recognizing and pioneering good music continued to grow and in 2009 he was the obvious choice to replace Aaron Ross as Label Manager at Soul Heaven Records. As well as finding new up-and-coming artists and music, this gave Neil the opportunity to put out his own music and in 2010, his debut solo record Relish Your Soul performed by Kadija Kamara was released on Soul Heaven Records. Written by Neil, Kadija, and Mike Patto (Reel People) this cutting-edge soulful house track received huge support from DJs worldwide.

His follow-up track Get Out of my Head with the wonderful vocals of Dawn Tallman was released in January 2011 on MN2S, reaching No.2 in the Traxsource chart and featured mixes by DJ Spen (Muthafunkas) And then Followed up with his smash ?time is Now ?.

In May 2013 Neil and Ziggy Launched Rhemi Music . Their first release (a remix of a classic ?call on me ? by Fanatix reached number 2 on the singles chart on traxsource and from there it?s snowballed like crazy. In just a few years they have had countless Number 1 hit's including the club anthems ?Diamond?, ?Mask Off? ?Back to the one? and ?Shake Your Body Down?.and they have remixed for Joey Negro, Dj Spen, Louie Vega and Sandy Rivera to name but a few. Rhemi also released their first compilation on Dj Spen?s Quantize Recordings.

At the end of 2017 Rhemi was placed 3th in the world for Soulful House producers on Traxsource.com which is highly regarded as the biggest download site for underground house music. Please see the article here ? http://news.traxsource.com/articles/2484/100-soulful-house-artists-of-2016

Not content with just producing, remixing, and finding new music, Neil?s skills on the decks and seamless mixing has seen him become a headline DJ taking him all over the UK and Worldwide, from Miami, Italy, Ibiza, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Sweden, Dubai, Australia, Russia, Norway, Ukraine, Spain, Thailand, and New York as one of only a handful of Brits to grace the decks at the legendary Shelter club. His past DJ credentials include playing at long-standing and respected promotions such as Soul Heaven, Garage City, Southport Weekender, Suncebeat, Miami Winter Music Conference, Need2Soul, Soulogic, To The Manor Born, and of course his long-standing residency at Deep Into Soul, which he co-promotes.

2019 is set to be a massive year for Neil, with non-stop studio commitments as well as his Deep Into Soul Party at the POW packed to capacity every month, and a string of releases on countless labels and a brand new compilation album on Joey Negro?s Z records. Neil is definitely one to watch!

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