dopedemand profile picture

dopedemand

demand it, you deserve it!.

About Me

BIOGRAPHY Phil Nixon, aka 'dopedemand' has been playing keyboards and writing music for nearly two decades now. He first got his teeth into programming/writing musical soundscapes/FX for for the videogame industry, using Soundtracker on the Amiga, whilst at the same time working as a Lead artist in the same field.As a young wippersnapper, he was influenced by the sounds of 'Paul Hardcastle', 'Jan Hammer', and 'Brian Eno', along with many other talented Synth wizards the world over, and got a little Yamaha mini-synth for X-Mas...which a short time later progressed up to a DX7. At the same time during the early eighties 'Jazz/Electro funk' caught his attention, and with that, he learned to play the bass guitar, to accompany his keys.Jump forward a few years, and after playing the club field in a few bands - whilst still writing videogame scores, he decided to start writing music - proper like. He went shopping for more synths.With the arrival of bands such as 'Boards of Canada' and artists such as 'Moby' and 'Omni Trio' ..ie the post electronic 'chillout' era. He decided put his foot down with a 'firm hand', and began investing more of his spare time writing music - music with a more defined direction, origionality and feel.With musical tastes built up over 30 years, along with thousands of CD's from Classical to DnB, Rock to Experimental, Electronica to folk...and thats just the tip of the iceberg!...You never know quite what to expect from him next, be assured this though, it will be well wicked.Thus, 'dopedemand',' 'Monodog' &' 'Psi-kat' were born...attempting to encompass all of his tastes, primeraly Breaky, funky, quirky electronica, downtempo darkness and high speed, full on deep DnB.With his debut track 'Ready Set' included on 'DEMONS' 12" (Jon Kennedy Federation) and a brand new EP 'Theres Your Rainbow...' almost finished, with new tracks being constantly forged for his other psudonames, It's going to be an interesting ride over the next year or so...Sit back, spark up, enjoy.REACTIONSJustin Crawford ( only child / unabombers ) 'This "Demons" 12" is a strong collection of tracks, with an extra special mention for the two hidden gems "110% Proof" and "Ready Set" ' HMV London Store Stand out tracks are "110% proof"and "Dopedemand". Good work sir! Chris McBride ( 45 kings / fatcity records ) 'Top UK hip hop and fat beats for the discos, will sound even better when i get my finished vinyl '!! Get these tracks

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/11/2006
Band Website: dopedemand.com
Band Members: Phil Nixon (Composer, producer, programmer. Keys, bass, beats, strange noises!.)
Influences: IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER...Here goes! Alan Hawkshaw, Fila Brazillia, Boards of Canada, Ozric Tentacles, LemonJelly, Paul Hartnoll, Guardians Of Dalliance, Mr Scruff, Brian Eno, A Forest Mighty Black, Acid Jazz, Roots Manuva, herbie hancock, Claude Debussi, Brooklyn Funk Essentials Tosca, Jaques Lu Cont Earl Zinger, London Electricity, Mark King, Baby Mammoth. Underworld, Bonobo, Gustav Holst, Orbital, Cyantific The Orb, Rob Hubbard, Weather Report, Luke Vibert, Jaga Jazzist, Plump DJ's LTJ Bukem, Eat Static, Norman Cook, Four Tet, EZ Rollerz, Stanley Clarke, Pino Paladino, John Barry, Underworld, James Lavelle, Stu Hamm, The Police, Skalpel, Pat Metheny, Ben Human, Cinematic Orchestra, Visit Venus, Moog Cookbook, Tim Follin, Weather Report, Chemical Bros, Art Of Noise, Sidewinder, Royksopp, Zero 7, Kinobe, Goldfrapp, Air, Paul Hardcastle, Groove Armada, U2, Bonobo, Kinobe, Jan Hammer, Sneaker Pimps, Leftfield, Deep Dish,I could go on...but I'm not.
Sounds Like: Me!
Record Label: N/A
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Kiss & Tell dopedemand remix!!

Ok, peeeps... Spanking brand new remix pf one of my all time favourite musicians, Brian Ferry.Work in progress at the moment, final mix being done as I type this...Enjoy, & comments are welcome......
Posted by dopedemand on Tue, 01 May 2007 11:36:00 PST

MORE FROM DOPEDEMAND ON THE 'TROPHY TWINS'...

Sunshine Lake...ahh, like swimming in treacle! played on Sunday MArch 11th - 6-05 am :) Trophy TwinsYes peeps, you can hear my faint warblings, pitch all over the shop..heh heh!Thanks to Jon for belie...
Posted by dopedemand on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:47:00 PST

XTC

New Track 'XTC' - Actually a bit of a re-jig of 'Uprite'...enjoy!!In case you were wondering where the lead vocal comes from...The elegant (and powerful) vocals of Kym Mazelle."There's a void where th...
Posted by dopedemand on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:28:00 PST

RADIO 1 AIRPLAY! - Patterns'...

One of my earlier tracks... 'Patterns' played on Radio 1 - heres the link for the tune if you aint heard it...Tunetribe...'Patterns' link...and heres the tracklisting for the show - wedged in quite ni...
Posted by dopedemand on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:04:00 PST

Joi 'What You Are' dopedemand remix!!!

Ok peeps, had a go at the Realworld remix competition, but seeing as upload glitches wore me down ( 2 hours attempting to upload the song (audio/mp3 MIME problems - Firefox?) I gave up and posted the ...
Posted by dopedemand on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:20:00 PST

BUY 'READY SET' VIA 'TUNETRIBE'

OK, Peeps, buy the song here...and dance yerself silly!dopedemand 'Ready Set'...
Posted by dopedemand on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:03:00 PST

Trophy Twins play 'Ready Set' BBC Radio 1

'Ready Set' played on the early morning radio show by the 'Trophy Twins'...Only thing is, the credit's wrong ... :(Still , It's exposure.....Jon Kennedy 'The Lemon Song' (JKF)bah! - :)http:www.bbc.co....
Posted by dopedemand on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:22:00 PST

DOPEDEMAND ON SAMURAI FM!!

Snare Force One!! Yeah baby!http://www.samurai.fm/jonkennedy/index.php  ...
Posted by dopedemand on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:16:00 PST

'READY SET'..set for release!

Dopeness indeed!...Ready set is... set for 12" vinyl later this year, out on the 'Jon Kennedy Federation'.
Posted by dopedemand on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 04:49:00 PST