Nathaniel James Clarkson
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Nathaniel James Clarkson (born on 8 March 1978, in Ipswich, Suffolk, England)
[edit] Career
British born Nathaniel James Clarkson aka NJC and more notably Nat Clarxon started his career as a record producer in 1998. His first mainstream remix in 2000 was a release from Edel Records by Wyclef Jean and Brian Harvey, a track called 'Olé Olé Olé'. Clarkson went onto produce various Drum & Bass singles, his debut release was in 2002 on UK label L.Plates.
In 2003 alongside DJ Digital Nat remixed a track from New Zealand based Salmonella Dub (Virgin Records in Australia). The original track 'Nu Steppa' was taken from the album One Drop East; the remix was put out on Mercy (Salmonella Dub remix album) in 2004 by EMI. During 2003 Nat was introduced to UK reggae artist YT, whose real name is Mark Hull, once known as 'Whitey' which is a Jamaican slang word for a white person. Nat co-produced YT's debut album 'Straight Outta Britain'. At this point Nat was also introduced to Gordon Mulrain, another producer on the album.
In 2004 Nat and Gordon joined together as NJC & Innerheart, they went onto produce 7 of the 13 tracks on the YT album which was eventually released in June 2006 on Poptones Records (Creation Records). Whilst working on the YT project Nat, YT, Innerheart and DJ Digital created Sativa Records which went onto release various singles produced and written by Clarkson.
Later on in 2004 Nat and YT approached Indian percussionist Dharam Singh to collaberate on a song called 'Feel The Buzz', this track featured a vocal sample from Bollywood star Lata Mangeshkar. The track was picked up by Bobby Friction & Nihal on BBC Radio One as break-through tune of the year, and was also selected by the late John Peel as a must have vinyl in one of his last shows on the station. Feel The Buzz was later released on Moviebox in 2006.
Nat Clarkson works as a freelance sound engineer and over the last year (2006/07) he has worked closely alongside The Marvelous whilst they toured the UK and is YT's live engineer, he has worked in many London venues including: Mass - Brixton, Shepard's Bush Empire, Dublin Castle - Camden, Hope & Anchor - Islington, The Garage - Islington (Home of club night from Alan McGee), Sound - Leicester Square (Formerly Sound Republic), The Water Rats - Kings Cross and other venues around the UK including: Liverpool Academy, Leeds University and the The Waterfront - Norwich. Clarkson has worked for various event co-ordinators like: Gofer, VW Whitenoise, Judgeday, IMG & Mean Fiddler.
