Warren Defever (first name often spelled Warn; born April 30, 1969) is a musician and producer, originally from
Livonia, Michigan
Livonia is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 95,535 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, which ranked it as Michigan's ninth most-populated municipality.
Livonia is a part ...
, and now based in
Detroit. He is most known for his chameleonic project
His Name Is Alive, though he is active in numerous other circles. He produced, engineered, and/or remixed recordings by
Iggy and the Stooges, Easy Action,
Low
Low or LOW or lows, may refer to:
People
* Low (surname), listing people surnamed Low
Places
* Low, Quebec, Canada
* Low, Utah, United States
* Lo Wu station (MTR code LOW), Hong Kong; a rail station
* Salzburg Airport (ICAO airport code: LO ...
,
Ida,
Michael Hurley,
Califone,
Yoko Ono,
Thurston Moore,
the Gories,
the Go,
Nomo,
Saturday Looks Good to Me, Ethan Daniel Davidson,
Faruq Z. Bey
Faruq Z. Bey (born Jesse Davis; February 4, 1942 – June 1, 2012) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer from Detroit, Michigan. Bey was known for his work with Griot Galaxy, which played distinct compositions, often by Bey. Odd meters and ...
,
the Von Bondies, Reba Fritz,
Destroy All Monsters,
Jenny Toomey,
Slumber Party,
John Sinclair,
Elizabeth Mitchell, and
Lisa Loeb, as well as HNIA offshoot
Velour 100
Velour 100 was a dream pop / ethereal rock band from Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. The band existed from 1995 to 2000, with most of its music seeing release via Tooth & Nail Records in 1996 & 1997. The band was essentially masterminded ...
.
Defever was raised in a strict religious household, along with his brothers, Johnny and Matt. He grew up a music fan. His grandfather was a musician from
Saskatchewan and had taught Warren and his brothers how to play various musical instruments.
Defever began recording while still in high school, and toured as the bassist of
psychobilly
Psychobilly is a rock music fusion genre that fuses elements of rockabilly and punk rock. It's been defined as "loud frantic rockabilly music", it has also been said that it "takes the traditional countrified rock style known as rockabilly, ram ...
rock band
Elvis Hitler.
For many years, Defever recorded in the basement of his parents' house, which he later bought from them.
[
Around the same time His Name Is Alive was departing from 4AD Records, Defever opened his own recording studio, Brown Rice, in the Detroit area.][
In 2007, Defever opened The UFO Factory, a new studio in Detroit. Everything inside was painted silver, including the piano.]
References
External links
timeSTEREOHis Name Is AliveUFO FACTORY
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1969 births
Living people
Eastern Michigan University alumni
Musicians from Detroit
People from Livonia, Michigan
Record producers from Michigan