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- Nicholas Barber (born 31 August 1968), better known by the stage name Doof, is best known as a British, London-based psychedelic trance musician. Doof's first official release was in 1993 with NovaMute, the dance label run by Mute Records, a three-track EP titled "Disposable Hymns to the Infinite". It was through Novamute label-mates Juno Reactor and Ben Watkins that Doof was first introduced to producer Youth (of Killing Joke/ Brilliant), Simon Posford, also known as Hallucinogen, and the Dragonfly Records label. Doof went on to release "Double Dragons" as a 12" with Dragonfly in 1994, and to produce a series of tracks in partnership with Simon Posford, including "Let's Turn On", "Born Again" and "Angelic Particles". It was through his friendship with Simon Posford that Doof was introduced to Raja Ram (Shpongle/The Infinity Project/Quintessence) who later that year would start the highly influential trance label T.I.P Records. Doof's "Let's Turn On" (co-produced with Simon Posford) became the second ever T.I.P 12" release. This was followed in 1995 by another 12" for T.I.P (Angelina/Weird Karma), the Born Again EP on Matsuri and another 12" for Dragonfly ("Youth of the Galaxy"). 1995 also saw numerous Doof remixes, including tracks by Hallucinogen and The Infinity Project. In 1996, the first Doof album Let's Turn On was released on T.I.P. Records, and went on to become one of the defining albums of the early psy-trance sound. It was subsequently re-released in 2000 by Twisted Records, who also released the second Doof album It's About Time the same year. During this time Doof travelled extensively performing live sets all over the globe including numerous appearances across Europe, in the U.S, South America and Japan. In 2001, he teamed up with friends Celli Firmi (Earthling/Soundaholix) and Mexican DJ and promoter Xavier Fux (Zulu Lounge) to collaborate on the psy-house project Vatos Locos. The first Vatos Locos album (Welcome to the Barrio) was released later that year by Sony Music. The second album, Attack and Release, went out in 2004 with Dragonfly Records. It was around this time that Doof began to grow disillusioned with the commercial and musical direction that the psy-trance scene was taking, and started to explore other avenues of musical expression. He is also one half of downtempo electronica project Third Ear Audio with Celli Firmi, and as a singer/songwriter is recording acoustic songs as Nick Barber. In 2008, he released an acoustic album called Clear Blue Sky under his own name. This was followed by a second album of songs called Seeds. In April 2015, Let's Turn On was re-released by DAT Records in a remastered and expanded double CD version, featuring vintage alternate mixes of all the original tracks. One reviewer nominated it "the greatest Goa trance album of all time". In early 2015, he started work as composer for the soundtrack of Bruce Parry's forthcoming documentary 'Quest'. The film was eventually released under the title Tawai, A Voice from the Forest in September 2017. The original soundtrack album with music by Barber was also released at the same time. (en)
- Doof, nome d'arte di Nick Barber (31 agosto 1968), è un disc jockey britannico, di genere psychedelic trance. La prima pubblicazione ufficiale del londinese Doof fu del 1993 con , l'etichetta dance pubblicata dalla Mute Records, un EP contenente 3 brani intitolato "Disposable Hymns to the Infinite". Fu grazie a Novamute che conobbe Juno Reactor e Ben Watkins e fu presentato al produttore Youth (Killing Joke/Brilliant), Hallucinogen (Hallucinogen/Shpongle) e alla Dragonfly Records. Dragonfly divenne un punto focale per la scena psy-trance scene che si andava formando a Londra nella metà degli anni novanta, con questa etichetta debuttano molti artisti trance tra cui Martin Freeland Man With No Name, Paul Jackson (Voodoo People) e . Doof andò avanti pubblicando "Double Dragons" come 12" con la Dragonfly nel 1994, e per produrre una serie di pezzi in collaborazione con Simon Posford, tra cui "Let's Turn On", "Born Again" e "Angelic Particles". Fu attraverso la sua amicizia con Simon Posford che Doof fu presentato a (Shpongle//Quintessence) che più tardi quello stesso anno fondò l'etichetta discografica trance . Il pezzo di Doof "Let's Turn On" (co-prodotto con Simon Posford) divenne il secondo miglior 12" mai prodotto dalla T.I.P. Esso fu seguito nel 1995 da un altro 12" per la T.I.P (Angelina/Weird Karma), l'EP "Born Again" su e un altro 12" per la Dragonfly ("Youth of the Galaxy"). Nel 1995 uscirono anche numerosi remix di Doof, inclusi pezzi di Hallucinogen e The Infinity Project.OMG. Nel 1996 esce il primo album di Doof Let's Turn On pubblicato con la T.I.P. Records e finì con il divenire una delle pietre miliari che definiscono il genere psy-trance sound. Fu in seguito ripubblicato nel 2000 dalla , che pubblicò anche il secondo album di Doof It's About Time nello stesso anno. Durante questo periodo Doof viaggiò molto suonando live in tutto il mondo includendo numerose apparizioni in Europa, negli Stati Uniti in Sud Africa e in Giappone. Nel 2001 assieme all'amico Celli Firmi (Earthling/Soundaholix) e al dj e promoter messicano Xavier Fux (Zulu Lounge) iniziò a collaborare al progetto psy-house Vatos Locos. Il primo album di Vatos (Welcome to the Barrio) fu pubblicato più tardi nel corso dello stesso anno dalla Sony Music. Il secondo album (Attack and Release) uscì nel 2004 per la Dragonfly Records. Fu circa in questo periodo che Nick iniziò a perdere fiducia nella direzione musicale commerciale che la scena psy-trance stava prendendo, e iniziò ad esplorare altre strade per l'espressione musicale. Attualmente sta registrando in one half of downtempo elettronica un progetto Third Ear Audio con Celli Firmi, e come cantante ed autore sta lavorando alla sua prima collezione delle sue canzoni, come Nicholas Barber. Nick non ha alcuna relazione con "DOOF", un leggendario laureato della University of Southern California. (it)
- Doof – brytyjski projekt muzyczny goa i psychedelic trance, stworzony przez . Zadebiutował EP-ką Disposable Hymns to the Infinite wydaną w 1993 przez NovaMute – oddział Mute Records. Trzy lata później ukazał się album Let's Turn On wydany przez . Do 2000, kiedy projekt został rozwiązany, jego utwory znalazły się na blisko 120 kompilacjach. (pl)
- Nick Barber (31 de agosto de 1968), mais conhecido pelo nome artístico Doof, é um músico de psytrance londrino. (pt)
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- Doof – brytyjski projekt muzyczny goa i psychedelic trance, stworzony przez . Zadebiutował EP-ką Disposable Hymns to the Infinite wydaną w 1993 przez NovaMute – oddział Mute Records. Trzy lata później ukazał się album Let's Turn On wydany przez . Do 2000, kiedy projekt został rozwiązany, jego utwory znalazły się na blisko 120 kompilacjach. (pl)
- Nick Barber (31 de agosto de 1968), mais conhecido pelo nome artístico Doof, é um músico de psytrance londrino. (pt)
- Nicholas Barber (born 31 August 1968), better known by the stage name Doof, is best known as a British, London-based psychedelic trance musician. Doof's first official release was in 1993 with NovaMute, the dance label run by Mute Records, a three-track EP titled "Disposable Hymns to the Infinite". It was through Novamute label-mates Juno Reactor and Ben Watkins that Doof was first introduced to producer Youth (of Killing Joke/ Brilliant), Simon Posford, also known as Hallucinogen, and the Dragonfly Records label. (en)
- Doof, nome d'arte di Nick Barber (31 agosto 1968), è un disc jockey britannico, di genere psychedelic trance. La prima pubblicazione ufficiale del londinese Doof fu del 1993 con , l'etichetta dance pubblicata dalla Mute Records, un EP contenente 3 brani intitolato "Disposable Hymns to the Infinite". Esso fu seguito nel 1995 da un altro 12" per la T.I.P (Angelina/Weird Karma), l'EP "Born Again" su e un altro 12" per la Dragonfly ("Youth of the Galaxy"). Nel 1995 uscirono anche numerosi remix di Doof, inclusi pezzi di Hallucinogen e The Infinity Project.OMG. (it)
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