Hiem
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| Hiem | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sheffield, England |
| Genres | Dance/Electronica |
| Years active | 1999 – Present |
| Labels | Atlantis Audio/Crosstown Rebels White Label Music |
| Members | |
| David "Bozz" Boswell, Nick "Nico" Eastwood, Andy Stenton (live drums), Joe Fernandez (live guitar/synths). | |
Hiem is an electronic dance duo from Sheffield, England. Consists of Nick "Nico" Eastwood and David "Bozz" Boswell.
[edit] Background
Nick Eastwood was a former member of Venini, the band that featured former Pulp violinist Russell Senior, and ran the near-legendary Le Citrus night at Sheffield's Casbah venue.
Bozz was a collaborator with All Seeing I, a Sheffield collective that had a series of chart hits, and worked with Jarvis Cocker, Tony Christie, Philip Oakey, Babybird and other Sheffield music stars. He is also a DJ and also records under the alias of Bozzwell for different labels, including Suicide Recordings, part of the Belgium label Eskimo as well as recently Firm records Koln ,which is part of the Kompakt group.
Hiem's music mixes dance, electronica and pop, with a full band when the duo play live which includes Andrew Stenton on drums and Joe Milnes on Guitar and Keyboards. They have remixed The Lovers, Pink Grease and Norweigian Cheese Nutters Ost n Kjex ,amongst others . Hiem have a sizeable following both from the underground dance music scene and also from the more mainstream indie kids. They have recorded live sessions for both Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 1, and Xfm.
As well as the singles listed below, Hiem have appeared on numorous compilations including Adam Beyer's Fabric 22, Flexipop, Northern Electronic, The Electronic Bible 1 and 2, The Ministry Of Sound Chill Out Sessions, and also Time Out's The Other Side Of London compilation mixed by Damian Lazarus.
The Most recent releases from Hiem have been the Niteflyte 12" which was released on the Sheffield Label Society ,at present they are working on a full album soon to be released which features collaborations with Hip Hop Grime Pioneer "Roots Manuva " and also Phil Oakey .
[edit] Discography
- Chelsea (Atlantis Audio, 2004)
- She's The One (Crosstown Rebels, 2004)
- Friendz (Atlantis Audio, 2005)
- Crawlers (Split single with Large Number and X-wife. White Label Music, 2005)
- Zombie Party (Crosstown Rebels, 2005)
- Half (a mini album, 2006)
- Clubscene Popscene (Eskimo)2007
- NiteFlyte (Society)2009
