Wookie
b. Jason Chue, London, England. Chue’s unusual moniker is a reference to the Star Wars movies. He is known to his friends as ‘Chuey’, which is how the character Han Solo refers to Chewbacca, a fictional creature called a Wookie, in Star Wars. Chue is sometimes lazily typecast as a UK garage producer but he has distanced himself from the genre on several occasions: ‘What I’m really trying to do is fuse the technical side of drum ‘n’ bass with the melodic vibes of US R&B’. It is this innovative sound that brought him to the attention of the music press and major record companies in 2000, although he had been working as a producer and remixer for seven years before this. Chue developed a serious interest in music after being made redundant from his job in an architect’s office in 1990. Having bought a keyboard, he began to write songs at home and by 1993 was working with singer Wayne Marshall. Their production ‘G-Spot’ was an underground R&B hit in the clubs and on pirate radio. Chue’s next move was to the Soul II Soul collective’s recording studios and headquarters in Camden, London where he honed his skills as an in-house producer. This coincided with his interest in the burgeoning jungle scene. Chue continued to work on his own tracks but did not get any support from the London scene until his bootleg remix as the Exemen of Whitney Houston’s ‘It’s Not Right But It’s Okay’. This and his subsequent re-working of tracks by Brandy and Alison Brown led to support from respected UK DJs such as Karl ‘Tuff Enuff’ Brown and the Dreem Teem’s DJ Spoony. More underground two-step hits followed but it was another reworking of Gabrielle’s ‘Sunshine’ that cemented his reputation as a truly inventive producer. The single eventually earned him a double platinum award. In summer 2000, Wookie was nominated for two MOBO (Music Of Black Origin) awards, and the single ‘Battle’ (featuring vocals by former Nu Colours vocalist Lain) reached the UK Top 10. He also completed a remix of Texas’ ‘In Demand’, released in October 2000 but rejected the opportunity to remix a Tom Jones track. His debut, Wookie, received favourable reviews and his media profile reached new heights in the UK at the end of the year, as he was presented as the hottest dance production property of the moment.
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The Hype - Single (Wookie feat. Eliza Doolittle)
Dance - Lançado por Strictly Rhythm Records em 15 de set. de 2013
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Figures EP
Chill-out - Lançado por WeGrowWax em 14 de jan. de 2019
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The Hype (Remixes)
House - Lançado por Strictly Rhythm Records em 8 de set. de 2017
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Ordinary People (feat. RUG)
Dance - Lançado por Darco Recordings em 20 de jul. de 2023
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Ordinary People (feat. RUG) (Glitch Gum Edit)
Dance - Lançado por Darco Recordings em 1 de set. de 2023
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The Tapes Vol.1
Electronic - Lançado por ManChu Recordings em 27 de out. de 2023
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Hype Up / Trooper
Electronic - Lançado por ManChu Recordings em 7 de out. de 2013
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Jaguar / Saturn
Electronic - Lançado por ManChu Recordings em 2 de set. de 2013
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Far East / Duppy
Electronic - Lançado por ManChu Recordings em 8 de jul. de 2013
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The Tapes, Vol. 2
Electronic - Lançado por ManChu Recordings em 26 de abr. de 2024
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Ordinary People (feat. RUG) (Club Edit)
Dance - Lançado por Darco Recordings em 25 de ago. de 2023
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Down On Me
Dance - Lançado por Darco Recordings em 25 de out. de 1999
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Scrappy
Dance - Lançado por Darco Recordings em 7 de dez. de 2023
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All I Need Is You
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por A.T.M Mafia em 17 de jan. de 2017
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Make It Last
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por A.T.M Mafia em 17 de jan. de 2017
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Recon (Original Mix)
Pop - Lançado por Xoni Records em 21 de nov. de 2017
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A2 Road EP (Radek K Remix)
House - Lançado por Look Ahead Records em 19 de set. de 2016
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