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Grant Nelson

1971 - Grant Nelson was born in Essex, England.

1978 - He began messing around with his parents stereo system's by rigging up two separate hi-fi's and placing the speakers next to each other in front of a cassette deck with a built in mic. By meticulously recording & pausing he managed to splice together his first remixes.

1984 - Grant was bought a Korg Mono/Poly synthesizer for a birthday present and began teaching himself how to play the keyboard. He also had honed his splicing skills somewhat and was now re-mixing Electro cuts for his breakdance crew (don't ask!)

1985 - Formed a band with some school mates and they set out performing covers of pop tracks of the day including The Pet Shop Boys, Jody Watley, Harold Faltermeyer and other dance influenced music. This was also the year that he mailed off his remix of The Jets "Crush On You" to MCA records. He heard nothing back, but as fate would have it, years later he would end up doing a considerable amount of work for the label.

1986 - Persuaded his mum to invest in some "proper" dj decks, although they still didn't have pitch control, and was booked and paid for his first professional DJ gig. This led to a whole bunch of other gigs and quickly he was playing parties all over the place.

1987 - Grant hooked up with a friend with some financial back up and they began to throw their own Acid parties. All went well until one of the venues they had hired was trashed during a party and they got hit with the clean up bill. He went back to playing for other people after that!

1990 - Was offered a summer-long DJ contract in Jersey, CI where he was one of the first Dj's to bring the UK Rave scene to the island. The parties he played at became legendary, one even involved him being sacked from the booth for refusing the turn the music down which resulted in a mini-riot that shortly got him reinstated.

1991 - Got his first recording contract with London based Kickin' Records after sending in a really rough demo recorded on a budget 4 track tape machine. The Wishdokta was born!

1992 - Toured extensively as Wishdokta playing at some of the most prolific events & clubs in Europe including the Raindance raves in the UK & Tresor in Berlin.

1993 - Hooked up with DJ Vibes and began producing some of the Happy Hardcore scene's biggest anthems. This was also the year that he met George Power, one of Kiss FM's founders. Together they launched the Nice 'N' Ripe record label.

1994 - Numerous club hits with DJ Vibes while Grant's Nice 'n' Ripe releases were, unknowingly to him, laying the building blocks of a brand new UK house sound. It is because of his production output during this period why Grant is often referred to as the Godfather of UK Garage.

1995 - Grant founded Swing City Records with his partner Kate Ross. A label that would go on to become one of the World's most prolific independent house music labels.

1997 - With his Bump & Flex moniker he began smashing the newly created 2 Step Garage scene with one hit after another. Remixing artists like James Brown, Kelis, Aaliyah, Gabrielle etc

1998 - Formed N'n'G with legendary London DJ, Norris 'Da Boss' Windross. Their second single "Right Before My Eyes" was a commercial pop hit and is still, to this day, regarded as one of the biggest anthems of the genre. They also won an award for "Best Single" at the UK Garage awards the following year.

1999 - After his partner Kate had signed the track in it's original Latin/Jazz fusion format, Grant remixed & reproduced "Cada Vez" by Negrocan, which went on to sell over 2 million copies world-wide. It has been covered many times in many languages and has cemented it's place in house music history as one of the most successful latin house tracks of all time.