Nick Fiorucci is a Canadian electronic and dance music DJ, songwriter, remixer, producer, and founder of record label Hi-Bias Records, and founder of ZIPDJ, subscription-based digital music pool. Fiorucci has done production and remix work for artists, including Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Celine Dion, Sam Smith, TLC, Eiffel 65, Laura Pausini, ATB and Michelle Branch. In 1999, Nick was the youngest person introduced into the Canadian Dance Music Hall of Fame.
Fiorucci is the acting Chairman of the Juno Award Dance Music committee for Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Education Fiorucci graduated from Trebas Institute, with an Audio Engineer Diploma in the recording arts and sciences.
Career
Fiorucci began his career as a DJ in the 1980s and started his own record labels Big Shot Records in 1988 and Hi-Bias Records in 1990. By the late 1990s, he became one of the prominent after mixers and producers of electronic dance music.
Fiorucci was a part of the group called Temperance from mid-1997, after Mark Ryan parted ways with the group, after launching a music production imprint titled 22 Green, he became the songwriter and producer of Temperance.
As a DJ, Fiorucci has appeared in clubs such as Sterns, Empire, Ministry of Sound, and has done opening performances for acts such as New Order, among others. He opened Lobby, a restaurant with Reza Abedi in Toronto.
Discography
Studio albums
Title Year Label Notes 11:11 2007 Hi-Bias Records Inc.
Singles Artist Title Label Year Notes Nick Fiorucci, Luca Debonaire "I've Got To" Hi-Bias Records 2017 Nick Fiorucci, Luca Debonaire "Luca Debonaire" Hi-Bias Records 2017 Nick Fiorucci "This Is House" Hi-Bias Records 2017 Nick Fiorucci "Erase You" Hi-Bias Records 2016 Nick Fiorucci "Closer" Hi-Bias Records 2016 Nick Fiorucci, Benny Camaro, Chris Marina "Smalltown Boy" Hi-Bias Records 2016 Nick Fiorucci, Hardcopy "Release Me" Hi-Bias Records 2016 Nick Fiorucci, Fizza "Get Wet" Hi-Bias Records 2016 Nick Fiorucci, Etienne Ozborne "I Need Your Love" Nervous 2016 Nick Fiorucci featuring Joee "Bizarre Love Triangle" No Definition 2016 Nick Fiorucci, Saint Tropez Caps "Make It Hot" Hi-Bias Records 2016 Nick Fiorucci, Fizza "Pizazz" Hi-Bias Records 2016 Nick Fiorucci, Dinamo Azari "Hacienda" The Vinyl Factory 2016 Nick Fiorucci [feat. Jaicko Lawrence]"Some Kinda Way"Hi-Bias2015 Nick Fiorucci ft. Jack Lawrence"Don't Mean Nothing" (ft. Saint Tropez Caps)Pornostar2015 Nick Fiorucci"Together Forever"Hi-Bias2015 Nick Fiorucci, Luca Debonaire"Catch The Wave"Hi-Bias2015 Sam Smith"Like I Can"Capitol2014 Nick Fiorucci & Luca Debonaire"Don't Hide Your Love"Tazmania2015 Nick Fiorucci"Get Down"BeLove2015 Nick Fiorucci"You Feel Alright"Jango2015 Nick Fiorucci & Luca Debonaire"It's My Sound"Hi-Bias2015 Nick Fiorucci"Wishing"Hi-Bias Play2015 Nick Fiorucci & Luca Debonaire"Get Up!"Hi-Bias2015 Nick Fiorucci & Block & Crown"Waiting For Me"Hi-Bias2015 Nick Fiorucci"Keep Pushin' On"Hi-Bias2015 Nick Fiorucci, Luca Debonaire, Matt Auston"Bang!"Hi-Bias2015 Nick Fiorucci & Luca Debonaire"Don't Wanna Lose It"Hi-Bias2015 Nick Fiorucci"Give Me Love"Hi-Bias2014 Nick Fiorucci, Luca Debonaire"Leprechaun"Zulu2014 Nick Fiorucci"Lesson"Hi-Bias2014 Nick Fiorucci & Block & Crown"It's Really Over Now"Hi-Bias2014 Nick Fiorucci"Gotta Hold You"Hi-Bias2014 Nick Fiorucci"Techussion"Hi-Bias2014 Nick Fiorucci & Block & Crown"Understand This Groove"Hi-Bias2014 Nick Fiorucci"Warning"Tactical2014 Nick Fiorucci & Block & Crown"Refined"Hi-Bias2014 Nick Fiorucci"Beggin'"Hi-Bias2014 Nick Fiorucci & Adrian Block"I Don't Know What I'd Do"Hi-Bias2014 Nick Fiorucci"You Know What I Mean?"Hi-Bias2014 Katy Perry"Unconditionally"Capitol/Universal (USA]2013 Nick Fiorucci featuring Lady Lago "Ca$hback" Hi-Bias Records 2013 Nick Fiorucci featuring Lady Lago "Take Your Cares Away" Hi-Bias Records 2013 Nick Fiorucci featuring Lady Lago "What Love Is This?" Hi-Bias Records 2013 SOUP "New York-London" Hi-Bias Records 2013 Antoine Gratton "Dodging Teardrops" FrostByte Media Inc. 2013 Nick Fiorucci featuring Anthony Covatta "Here Without You" Hi-Bias Records 2012 Nick Fiorucci featuring Shobha and Joshua J "Back to Me" Hi-Bias Records 2012 Nick Fiorucci featuring Deko-Ze "Rise Up" Hi-Bias Records 2011 Britney Spears "Someday (I Will Understand)" Jive 2005 Britney Spears "Everytime" Jive 2003 Keshia Chanté "Bad Boy"BMG/Vik(Can) 2003 Michelle Branch "Breathe"Maverick 2003 Elvis Presley "Rubberneckin'"BMG 2003 Celine Dion "I Drove All Night"Sony 2003 Justin Timberlake "Cry Me a River"Sony 2002 Whitney Houston "One of Those Days"Arista 2002 ATB "Hold You"Popular/EMI 2002 Jennifer Lopez "Jenny from the Block"Sony 2001 Shania Twain "Hate to Love"Universal 2000 TLC "No Scrubs"LaFace/BMG 2000
Awards and recognitions
In 1994, Fiorucci won Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year for Red Light's (Miguel Graça and Robert Ouimet's) song named "Thankful". In November 1998, he received a No. 1 plaque awarded by Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada at The Left Bank in Toronto.
In 2004, as an artist and producer, he won Urban Music Awards in the category "Dance Electronic Recording of The Year" for the song named "Make You Love Me", done together with Carlo Coppola. In 2008, he was nominated for Juno Award for his song "Every Time You Move". In 2018, he won Juno Award for his "Closer ft. Laurell".
Year Awards ceremony Award description(s) Results1993Juno AwardsBest Dance Recording1994Juno AwardsBest Dance Recording1995Juno AwardsBest Dance Recording1995Juno AwardsBest Dance Recording1996Juno AwardsBest Dance Recording1997Juno AwardsBest Dance Recording1998Juno AwardsBest Dance Recording1999Juno AwardsBest Dance Recording2000Juno AwardsBest Dance Recording2001Juno AwardsBest Dance Recording2004Juno AwardsDance Recording of the Year2004Urban Music AwardDance Electronic Recording of The Year2006Juno AwardsDance Recording of the Year2007Juno AwardsDance Recording of the Year2008Juno AwardsDance Recording of the Year2018Juno AwardsDance Recording of the Year
See also
List of electronic musicians
References
External links Personal website