NJC (born Nathaniel James Clarkson ; March 8, 1978 in Ipswich ) is a British music producer .
38-760: NJC may refer to: Nathaniel James Clarkson , a British record producer also known as Nat Clarxon National Journalism Center , an American political organization National Junior College , a junior college in Singapore Neuchâtel Junior College , a Canadian international school in Switzerland New Jack City , a 1991 crime film starring Wesley Snipes New Japan Cup , an annual single-elimination wrestling tournament in NJPW New Journal of Chemistry ,
76-411: A few. Sativa Records was formed in 2003 by YT, NJC, Digital and Gordon Mulrain who later became the fourth member of Sativa Records collective. In 2004 Clarkson & Mulrain joined together as NJC & Innerheart, and went on to produce 7 of the 13 tracks on Straight Outta Britain the debut album of UK reggae artist YT (Mark Hull, nicknamed Whitey ). Clarkson was also introduced to 'Ola' from
114-472: A new wave of underground DJs such as Nina Kraviz began incorporating trance music into their sets. In 2023, an effort by John 00 Fleming and others led Beatport to split their trance genre category into two: Trance (Main Floor) and Trance (Raw/Deep/Hypnotic). The latter designed for the underground side of the genre. Trance employs a 4/4 time signature , generally a tempo of 125 to 150 BPM , though
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190-406: A trance profile, signing Mijk van Dijk, Cosmic Baby, and Paul van Dyk, soon releasing some of the most well-known early trance tracks such as Love Stimulation by Humate and Perfect Day by Visions of Shiva, as well as perhaps the first ever trance compilation, Tranceformed From Beyond. While writer Bom Coen traces the roots of trance to Paul van Dyk 's 1993 remix of Humate's "Love Stimulation", there
228-611: A wrong interpretation of what trance music is all about" and differentiating his own form from modern forms saying "They are following a format -- always producing the same structure. It's a pop format for trance." As German Trance made its way back to Goa, a new subgenre emerged that was more organic in sound with an oriental aesthetic in its melodies, often with references to Eastern philosophy. Goa trance would go on to spawn many sub-genres of its own, including psytrance, psybreaks, and others. In 1991 in Berlin, MFS Records began to gain
266-522: Is Eurodance , which has become a general term for a wide variety of highly commercialized European dance music. Notably late in the 1990s, German producer ATB revolutionized the scene of the aforementioned Eurodance with his hit single " 9 PM (Till I Come) ". Several subgenres are crossovers with other major genres of electronic music. For instance, tech trance is a mixture of trance and techno, and vocal trance "combines [trance's] progressive elements with pop music". The dream trance genre originated in
304-501: Is Love? (Pure Trance)" was released in the UK in 1988. The earliest years of Trance were defined by Frankfurt labels such as Eye Q , Harthouse , Fax +49-69/450464 , Force Inc., and others. Producers such as Pete Namlook , Oliver Lieb , and Rolf Ellmer created noteworthy tracks such as "Eternal Spirit" by 4Voice, "Hearts" by L.S.G. , and "We Came in Peace" by Dance 2 Trance . Much of
342-590: Is a state of hypnotism and heightened consciousness . This is portrayed in trance music by the mixing of layers with distinctly foreshadowed build-up and release. A common characteristic of modern trance music is a mid-song climax followed by a soft breakdown disposing of beats and percussion entirely, leaving the melody or atmospherics to stand alone for an extended period before gradually building up again. Trance tracks are often lengthy to allow for such progression and commonly have sufficiently sparse opening and closing sections to facilitate mixing by DJs . Trance
380-643: Is also known as "anthem trance", "epic trance", "commercial trance", "stadium trance", or "euphoric trance", and has been strongly influenced by classical music in the 1990s and 2000s by leading artists such as Ferry Corsten , Armin Van Buuren , Tiësto , Push , Rank 1 and at present with the development of the subgenre "orchestral uplifting trance" or "uplifting trance with symphonic orchestra" by such artists as Sound Apparel, Andy Blueman , Ciro Visone, Soundlift, Arctic Moon, and Sergey Nevone & Simon O'Shine, among others. Closely related to uplifting trance
418-513: Is focussed on the success of his artists and the music they produce. He currently works with Deckajam, Blox, Cosha Don, The Decadent Futurists, Chris Grabiec, Voodoo Browne, Laura Bayston and Spencer Lee Horton developing music for commercial release and licensing. At the start of 2013 NJC officially launched his side project Blox, an outlet for his experimentations with the artists and musicians that pass through his studio. The debut Blox single "Crazytown" (feat. Spencer Lee Horton and Laura Bayston)
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#1732783354536456-478: Is little evidence to support this contention. In fact, van Dyk's own Trance roots can be traced further back to his work with Visions of Shiva, van Dyk's trance project with Cosmic Baby coming earlier. Early on, Paul van Dyk had been relatively sidelined on the scene, but his collaboration with Cosmic Baby quickly led him into the heart of the scene. In the UK, the British approach to trance music and house music
494-486: Is mostly instrumental , although vocals can be mixed in: typically they are performed by mezzo-soprano to soprano female soloists, mostly without a traditional verse/chorus structure. Structured vocal form in trance music forms the basis of the vocal trance subgenre, which has been described as "grand, soaring, and operatic" and "ethereal female leads floating amongst the synths". However, male singers, such as Jonathan Mendelsohn, are also featured. The KLF 's " What Time
532-496: Is where NJC conceived his latest AKA, Carpe Diem, whilst remixing the new artists that come through the books. Along with remixing, NJC also offered his web knowledge and app development skills to the team and soon became the main brains behind the content delivery application used by the registered DJ's. Trance (music) Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged from EBM in Frankfurt, Germany , in
570-688: The US. The summer of 2011 saw NJC release his first Drum and Bass single in over 5 years, the free download single Cascades features bass player and longtime musical collaborator Mr Lee (The Marvelous). Many of NJC's productions have been used across all major territories around the world in many mainstream television programs and adverts including Celebrity Big Brother , Hollyoaks , MTV's Jersey Shore & Geordie Shore , Made In Chelsea , MasterChef , Skunked TV , Fifth Gear , The Really Wild Show , America's Next Top Model , Miami Ink and CSI: NY . NJC continues to build his roster and
608-483: The development of trance can be traced to Sven Vath, who was heavily influenced by his experiences traveling to Goa where DJs were using psychedelic rock and other sounds to induce a trance state at beach parties. Vath , Dag Lerner, and Torsten Fenslau had an affection for hypnotic dance sounds and the music at Dorian Gray and Omen began to reflect this. Vath launched Eye Q with Heinz Roth and Matthias Hoffman in 1991, followed by Harthouse in 1992, releasing some of
646-421: The entire song, repeating at intervals anywhere between 2 beats and 32 bars, in addition to harmonies and motifs in different timbres from the central melody. Instruments are added or removed every 4, 8, 16, or 32 bars. In the section before the breakdown, the lead motif is often introduced in a sliced up and simplified form, to give the audience a "taste" of what they will hear after the breakdown. Then later,
684-542: The final climax is usually "a culmination of the first part of the track mixed with the main melodic reprise". As is the case with many dance music tracks, trance tracks are usually built with sparser intros ("mix-ins") and outros ("mix-outs") to enable DJs to blend them together immediately. EDM-infused forms designed for festival main stages often incorporate other styles and elements of electronic music such as electro and progressive house into its production. It emphasizes harsher basslines and drum beats which decrease
722-492: The importance of offbeats and focus primarily on a four on the floor stylistic house drum pattern. The BPM of more recent styles tends to be on par with house music at 120 to 135 beats per minute. However, unlike house music, recent forms of Uplifting continue to feature melodic breakdowns and longer transitions. Trance music is broken into a number of subgenres including acid trance , classic trance, hard trance , progressive trance, and uplifting trance . Uplifting trance
760-430: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NJC&oldid=1168389741 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nathaniel James Clarkson NJC had his debut in 2003 with Dispatches on British drum and bass label L.Plates. It
798-565: The late 1980s and early 1990s, and quickly spread throughout Europe. Trance music is typically characterized by a tempo between 120 and 150 beats per minute (BPM), repeating melodic phrases and a musical form that distinctly builds tension and elements throughout a track often culminating in 1 to 2 "peaks" or "drops". Although trance is a genre of its own, it liberally incorporates influences from other musical styles such as techno , house , chill-out , classical music , tech house , ambient and film scores . A trance
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#1732783354536836-482: The loudest sound in the mix. Extra percussive elements are usually added, and in recent years major transitions, builds or climaxes are often foreshadowed by lengthy "snare rolls"—a quick succession of snare drum hits that build in velocity, frequency, and volume towards the end of a measure. Rapid arpeggios and minor keys are common features of trance, the latter being almost universal. Trance tracks often use one central " hook ", or melody, which runs through almost
874-405: The mid-1990s, with its popularity then led by Robert Miles , who composed Children in 1996. Recently, there is also a very small subgenre called "medieval trance", which combines medieval elements together with trance elements, e.g. Maestro Giano, Green Clouds and other artists, which are effectively a kind of "reverse Bardcore ". AllMusic states on progressive trance: "the progressive wing of
912-467: The most well-known trance tracks of the era. Eye Q took a softer approach to trance with records such as Cygnus X 's "The Orange Theme," Brainchild's "Symmetry" and Vernon's "Wonderer." Harthouse focused on a harder trance sound with tracks such as Quicksand by Spicelab , Spectrum by Metal Master, Human by Resistance D, and Acperience by Hardfloor . The sound of Frankfurt was the sound of trance. DJ Dag Lerner, one half of Dance to Trance has stated that he
950-426: The music can be any tempo, and 16 or 32 beat phrases . A kick drum is usually placed on every downbeat and a regular open hi-hat is often placed on the upbeat . While the majority of trance music uses the same "four-on-the-floor" beat as house and techno, in trance the kick drum is often de-emphasized to give space to the bassline, whereas in house and techno the kick drum is heavily emphasized, oftentimes being
988-450: The music. The development of another subgenre, epic trance, finds some of its origins in classical music, with film music also being influential. Trance was arguably at its commercial peak in the second part of 1990s and early 2000s. Afterwards, popular trance music providers such as Armin van Buuren 's A State of Trance , Paul van Dyk , and Above & Beyond remained popular, while lesser known DJs changed to other sounds. In 2017
1026-475: The relevant license to use the song. In 2007 NJC left Sativa Records to pursue his own solo projects but continued to write music for library and production companies worldwide. Ambiel Music was launched as a record label in 2007 by NJC and Gordon Mulrain. In January 2009 NJC was approached by west London-based trance producer and DJ Chris Grabiec. After a number of studio sessions together they established an outlet label for Grabiec's releases. Dance Regime
1064-585: The start of 2004 Clarkson was commissioned to write a theme tune for PlayStation 2 game Dog's Life . The track was used on the cover-mount DVD in Europe for Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine . The game Dog's Life was later released around the world and Nat's track was reported to have been used in the Southern Hemisphere for terrestrial TV adverts. Later Sony BMG agreed to an out of court settlement with Stage One Music, as they had not obtained
1102-475: The then Stage One Music publishing company in London . Clarkson put together a sampler of several productions from various genres and sent over to Stage One Music for consideration. In the winter of 2003 he signed a 3-year publishing deal with Stage One Music. Stage One Music split and Ola founded 'The DML' (The Dance Music Library) which is part of JAL (Just Another Label) for which Clarkson still writes today. At
1140-488: The trance crowd led directly to a more commercial, chart-oriented sound since trance had never enjoyed much chart action in the first place. Emphasizing the smoother sound of Eurodance or house (and occasionally more reminiscent of Jean-Michel Jarre than Basement Jaxx ), Progressive Trance became the sound of the world's dance floors by the end of the millennium. Critics ridiculed its focus on predictable breakdowns and relative lack of skill to beat-mix, but progressive trance
1178-425: The well-known Three N' One remix of Cafe Del Mar by Energy 52 . In Germany, a harder sub-genre of trance emerged. With a faster tempo and gated pads, hard trance introduced the breakdown-build-anthem template that would become nearly ubiquitous in later trance sub-genres. Hard trance would inspire hardhouse , hard uplifting, jumpstyle , NRG, and hardstyle . Perhaps the best known label for this subgenre of trance
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1216-401: Was Bonzai Records , a sublabel of Lightning Records with notable tracks including Jones & Stephenson 's The First Rebirth, Cherry Moon Trax's The House of House, Blue Alphabet's Cybertrance to name a few. By the late 1990s, uplifting took over the scene with its fast tempo, characteristic builds, long breakdowns and big drops. In the early 2000s, pop-style vocals began being added into
1254-597: Was caned by the hottest DJ." The following is an incomplete list of dance music festivals that showcase trance music. Notes: Sunburn was not the first festival/event to specialize in India in trance music. Much earlier pioneers of Goa parties held events as early as the late 1980s and through all of the 1990s Electronic Music festivals in the Netherlands are mainly organized by four companies ALDA Events , ID&T , UDC and Q-dance : Electronic music festivals in
1292-447: Was launched in the winter of 2009 with Grabiec's return to music production, with the single, Guardian Angel . In the spring of 2011 NJC completed dub step pop EP, The Industry , with Solihull-based singer Charlie O'Neill for Extreme Music ( Sony/ATV Music Publishing ), the EP was later signed to new label venture Hype Music, which is a partnership between Extreme Music and MTV Networks in
1330-447: Was released on 11/11/13 through his own imprint Ambiel Music. After a turn of events in 2014, NJC took his career back under his own control and ramped up the output through his imprint, Ambiel Music. It was a chance meeting with Andy Lysandrou (Ice Cream Records, beat1) whilst working with Electronic band DeckaJam that he ended up becoming one of the remix artists for the newly formed beat1, a specialist radio and DJ plugging service. This
1368-487: Was similar: progressive chord structures, crescendos, longer breakdowns, and more organic instruments. In 1993 Platipus Records was launched by Simon Berry as an outlet for Barry's various projects, including Union Jack , Clanger, Art of Trance. Platipus would become one of the most consequential progressive trance labels. Another influential label of progressive trance was Hooj Choons with notable trance releases from artists Tilt , Oliver Lieb , Solarstone , as well as
1406-412: Was the first to call his music trance and "gave the child his name." The genre got its name from the trance-like state the music attempted to emulate in the 1990s before the genre's focus changed. In a 2006 interview with Resident Advisor, Sven Vath acknowledged the role of his labels Eye Q and Harthouse in helping to create what people know as trance music today, going on to say that "people are getting
1444-497: Was the guidance of British drum and bass don Digital aka Steve Carr (Drum and Bass producer and DJ) that gave Clarkson his first opportunity to release and develop his music. Over a three-year period Clarkson showcased his ability to fuse different genres like bhangra, reggae, hip hop and live music into his drum and bass productions, garnering him the support from several DJ's including Steve Lamacq, Bobby Friction & Nihal, Digital, Storm, Bailey, DJ Flight, Zinc and Breakage to name
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