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Nick Fiorucci
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Nick Fiorucci is a Canadian electronic and dance music DJ, songwriter, remixer, producer, and founder of record label Hi-Bias Records,[1] and founder of ZIPDJ, subscription-based digital music pool.[2] 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.[failed verification][3][4] In 1999, Nick was the youngest person introduced into the Canadian Dance Music Hall of Fame.[5][6]
Fiorucci is the acting Chairman of the Juno Award Dance Music committee for Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
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Education
Fiorucci graduated from Trebas Institute, with an Audio Engineer Diploma in the recording arts and sciences.[6][7][unreliable source?]
Career
Fiorucci began his career as a DJ in the 80s and started his own record labels Big Shot Records in 1988[8] and Hi-Bias Records in 1990. By the late '90s, he became one of the prominent after mixers and producers of electronic dance music.[9]
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.[10]
As a DJ, Fiorucci has appeared in clubs such as Ministry of Sound, and has done opening performances for acts such as New Order, among others[which?].[citation needed] He opened Lobby, a restaurant with Reza Abedi in Toronto.[11][12]
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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".[14] 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.[15][16]
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.[17][18] In 2008, he was nominated for Juno Award for his song "Every Time You Move".[19] In 2018, he won Juno Award for his "Closer ft. Laurell".[20][21][22]
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