WELCOME TO NIK DENTON 10, THE PRODUCER SHOWCASE CELEBRATING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF NIK’S CAREER IN HARD HOUSE.

TO GET SOME KIND OF IDEA HOW LONG 10 YEARS ACTUALLY IS, CAST YOUR MIND BACK FOR A WHOLE DECADE TO THE EARLY MONTHS OF 1998, THE YEAR WHEN HARD HOUSE WAS AS THE FOREFRONT OF THE DANCE INDUSTRY AND BIGGER THAN EVER BEFORE.

IT WAS WHEN HARD DANCE WASN’T YET BORN AS A GENRE, TIDY TRAX WERE STILL WEARING NAPPIES AND SELLING THEM SELVES WITH AN UPSIDE DOWN KEEP BRITAIN TIDY BIN. TONY DE VIT WAS THE UNRIVALLED LORD OF DANCE AND TRADE WAS THE CLUB TO BE SEEN, HEARD AND DANCE IN. HMV WERE STACKING THEIR SHELVES FULL WITH HARD HOUSE AND PETE TONG COULD EVEN BE HEARD PLAYING THE STUFF ON RADIO ONE. IT WAS THE AGE WHEN A POP SINGLE WASN’T A POP RELEASE WITHOUT A REMIX THAT SAT NICELY IN A SET BY THE LIKES OF STEVE THOMAS, IAN M AND PETE WARDMAN.

PRODUCERS RULIN’ THE HARD HOUSE GROOVES BACK THEN WERE BABYDOC, KNUCKLEHEADZ, BK, PAUL JANES AND PAUL KING TO NAME JUST A FEW.

HARD HOUSE WAS ALIVE AND KICKING HARD….

BUT FOR NIK DENTON A CAREER AS A HARD HOUSE PRODUCER WAS JUST ABOUT TO BEGIN. IN MAY 1998 HE ENTERED THE STUDIO FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME ON A MISSION TO CO WRITE HIS FIRST EVER TRACK WITH PAUL KING. TOGETHER THEY WERE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A STUDIO PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS TO LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND WAS TO BECOME THE CATALYST FOR NIK’S PASSION AS A HARD HOUSE PRODUCER.

IN THE DECADE THAT FOLLOWED NIK HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME KILLER TRACKS, THE TYPE YOU WOULD NOT BE FORGIVEN FOR STILL ASSOCIATING WITH THE SOUND OF 1998. HE HAS REMAINED TRUE TO HIS ROOTS BUT STILL CLEVERLY CONTINUING TO ADAPT WITH THE TIMES. NO MATTER WHAT IT IS THAT HE PRODUCES YOU CAN ALWAYS BE SURE THAT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET WITH NIK IS GOOD HEALTHY SLICE OF HARD HOUSE…

NIKDENTON10 IS A LOOK BACK OVER THE PAST DECADE OF NIK’S WORK AND INCLUDES FIVE MIXES OF SOME OF HIS FAVOURITE TRACKS/REMIXES. OF COURSE EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR OWN FAVOURITE AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL FIND YOURS SOMEWHERE WITHIN RETRO / TOOLBOX V / REMIXES / TOOLBOX / THE BEST BITS.

ALL THAT’S LEFT TO DO IS START DOWNLOADING YOUR FREE MIXES……