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Ian Carey is and has been for many years a legendary key player in the house scene worldwide.
Ian grew up in a small town in Maryland, USA about 2 hours from Washington DC. He had been exposed to music at a young age, as his father (RIP) was a live sound engineer and ran a sound reinforcement company and had engineered for such groups as Kool and The Gang and The Duke Ellington Orchestra and his mother played guitar and sang as a hobby. By the time he was 7 or 8 years old he was able to mic a stage for a concert and travel along with his father during summer vacation making tour stops all over America from east to west. In high school, Ian played drums and was even in the school marching band.

Ian discovered dance music while he was in college. Already a part of the graffiti-writing scene in Baltimore, MD he met hip-hop DJs which led him to his next passion; he put down the spray can and bought some turntables. He started djing and played mostly hip-hop. He also worked at a record store as a buyer/sales and that was when he was properly introduced to house music.
His friends recommended his first setup. He bought a Pentium computer that ran at 100MHz, an Ensoniq ASR-10 sampler, E-mu Orbit, Planet Phat and the Proteus 2000. With that, he made His very first vocal production (with Jason Papillon as Soul Providers) “Rise”. It was a crossover hit and went gold in the UK.
It wasn’t long before Ian decided to move to Europe as it was more convient to be closer to where the dance music scene thrives.

His signature “funky bassline” sound grew, developed and eventually propelled the demand for his top-notch productions, especially remixes. In one single week, Ian held 8 mixes on the Upfront Club Top 40*.

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LarsCurfs wrote:
14 days ago

Dance legend!

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DJSadisto wrote:
23 days ago

Shot Caller

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Kitty483 wrote:
last month

"Keep On Rising" reminds me this year holidays... :D

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Bedin wrote:
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baby get shaky after schooOoOL! :)

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shot caller <3

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love won't wait baam

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am0n wrote:
October 2009

http://pijeszcocisprzedam.blogspot.com/

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ROMANdNT wrote:
October 2009

rise, riseeeeeeeeeeeee keep on risinggggggggggggggg

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SunRay1991 wrote:
September 2009

Redlight <3

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September 2009

http://deadlazers.blogspot.com/

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TanyaBoom wrote:
August 2009

EEE !Redlight.

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EGY_DeViLS wrote:
August 2009

Redlight <3

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Longipas wrote:
July 2009

Ian Carey Redlight

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oceannn wrote:
July 2009

keep on rising is such an amazing song. love it! <3

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trailblazers wrote:
June 2009

Kipoooooooon Rayziiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnkkkkkkkkkkk

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Sempry wrote:
May 2009

Ma che bella ballarla in discoteca all'aria aperta!!!

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uhur wrote:
May 2009

Keep On Rising (Radio Mix) ;)

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bryandvelez wrote:
April 2009

la mejor es ..:Keep On Rising (Radio Mix):.. por siempre

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jodesign wrote:
March 2009

What a cool song... every time i hear it i think about my summer holiday in 2008.

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MurilloCezar wrote:
February 2009

Get Shaky /o/

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