Nicholas Bennison
by Troy Gilmore
photo courtesy of Blue Moon Productions
Nicholas’ popularity rose through the mid to late
‘90s after performing powerful and technically brilliant
sets at hundreds of events each year and mixing two of the
US’ best selling Trance Global Nation CD’s.
Over the years, Nicholas has remained true to his signature
blend of driving tech-trance and sleek progressive house
and continues to champion cutting edge tunes lurking beneath
the mainstream surface. Nicholas has played for many major
production companies around the World including Clear Channel,
Go Ventures, Destiny, B3 Cande, Channel 36 & Global
Electro. Standout performances at major events such as Spundae,
Giant, La Boom, Nocturnal Wonderland, and Together As One
have solidified Nicholas’ reputation.
As a producer, Nicholas has crafted a powerful sound and
his tracks are played and charted by the World‘s biggest
DJ's including Sasha, Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Seb
Fontaine, Christopher Lawrence, and John 00 Fleming. Nicholas
has releases on some of the World’s finest labels
including Five AM (UK), Recoverworld (UK), Duty Free / Intensive
(UK), Acting Out (Sweden), Screen (Italy), Source of Gravity/Gravitation
(UK), & Looq (USA). Nicholas' tracks have been licensed
to Ferry Corsten’s ‘Infinite Euphoria’
mix CD (Ministry of Sound), Marco V’s ‘Combi:Nations’
(Universal Music), Paul Van Dyk's "Mixmag" CD
and played on BBC Radio One‘s Essential Mix (UK),
Ministry Of Sound Radio (UK), Kiss FM (UK) and ID&T
Radio (Holland).
Nicholas also runs and has numerous releases on his own
label, Propulsion Records. Launched in 2003, the label has
seen considerable success with it’s unique sound that
treads the line between progressive and trance and doesn’t
easily fit into either one of those categories. The label
has filled the void for many of the World’s top DJs
looking for a different sound who continue to champion each
release week after week.
In addition to his production work, Nicholas has three
officially licensed mix CD releases which have collectively
sold over 50,000 units Worldwide. Nicholas was first commissioned
by Arcade America to mix the second installment of their
hugely successful Trance Global Nation series and skillfully
mixed what went on to be one of the best selling US mix
CD’s of 1999.
Based on the success of TGN2, Nicholas was invited back
to mix the forth CD in the series, second time round having
full control over the track selection. TGN4 was released
during 2000; a tougher and intelligent album representative
of Nicholas’ true underground sound. To support the
CD‘s, Nicholas headlined the Trance Global Nation
Tour (featuring Jerry Bonham, D:Fuse, & Doran) and visited
cities throughout North & South America, Canada and
Asia. Nicholas’ third CD, Crystal Vol.2, was released
through AM Recordings in 2001 as another testament to his
unique and uncompromising style.
Check him out at these upcoming events:
10.01.05 - Tyco - LA
11.12.05 - City in Blue - LA
11.26.05 - Tyco - LA
For more information, visit NicholasBennison.com,
PropulsionRecords.com
or BlueMoonProductions.org!