NAW Biography Montreal native Neil Wiernik began his explorations in electronic music making as early as 1988. Known to push the boundaries of his musical form from designing new or manipulating existing sound making devices and software to creative uses of production environments and sound sources, naws music is a blend of sound manipulation/design, experimental music and dub-tech rhythms, which on the surface sound quite simple, but incorporate a number of touches that steer this artist away from being simply another minimal techno or experimental laptop artist. He combines post-house, dubby minimal techno, microsound and thick ambience, to create his own version of deep techno, house and other electronic laptop orineted musics. Neil has released music on various national and international record labels, including releases on Noise Factory, Worthy, Clevermusic, Complot, Piehead, A/S Systems, Wabi and Future Rhetoric. As naw, Neil has performed extensively along side a variety of national and international artists both in and outside of Canada. __________________________________________________________ Reviews NAW city saturate Noise Factory city saturate seems clichéd when half-listened to, but you can't appreciate great sound design by half-listening any more than you can observe the precision in a photorealist painting in a quick glance. Most of the minimal 4/4 records hyped these days strip dance's hooks down to bedroom size; there are no hooks on local producer Neil Wiernik's fourth album, unless you count Tomas Jirku's remix of “5 am west bound” at the end of the disc, the only track with something resembling a bassline. But stop looking for melodies and you'll notice the hypnotic fingernail-scratching underneath “city saturate pt. 3” or the clicks and pops skittering over the four-on-the-floor pulse of “sustained viaduct passages,” reminders of a brief era where producers eschewed the demands of the dancefloor and made albums that revealed rich new details with every listen. Whatever passing resemblance it might bear to modern tech-house, city saturate is really a '90s-style headphone classic. review by DAVE MORRIS THE WIRE (UK) July 2005 Issue Based in Montreal, Neil Weirnik has been customising equipment and tweaking software for some years now, taking minimal techno to deeper levels and bringing new complexities to dub and post-house production values. Mastered by Twerk in San Francisco, Weirnik's sound has the kind of sharpness and clarity usually lost amid the murk and decay of clicks and cuts and digital delays. "Railroading After Dark" opens with a bold interplay of frequencies, stacking repeated incidents on top of each other without losing overall coherence. "Penny sifting North On Bay" keeps its measures discreet without disappearing entirely. It's what his tracks won't do that becomes more interesting. Hot Press magazine (UK) This album seems to have escaped eveyone’s attention, and maybe it has something to do with Naw’s geographical location. Based in the US rather than Berlin, techno’s hub, ‘Green Nights’ takes influence from the German capital’s most famous label, Basic Channel, to deliver ten tracks of static, dubby late night grooves. Less visceral than the sound that BC unwittingly spawned and, incorporating the deep, haunting aesthetic pioneered closer to home, in Detroit, this release has a timeless quality that is often forgotten about in the rush to remain part of the cutting edge. 8/10 Richard Brophy Discography: Solo Releases, Full Length and EPs Green Nights Orange Days - Noise Factory Records - FL Anagram - Clevermusic - EP The Resound of a Foggy Autum Dawn - Noise Factory Records - FL Gibberish - Piehead Records - FL Re/Sound/Live - A/S Systems - FL SiL/Ent/Mu/Te - Orange records/Tone - EP Low Level Breathing - Mutant Cactus Recordings - EP Compilation Appearances: Voices In My Head - Worthy Records Sampler No. 2 - Noise Factory Records Swap - Complot 4th year - Wabi Recordings Save Your Fork, There's Pie! - Piehead Records FR01 - Future Rhetoric Recordings FR02 - Future Rhetroic Recordings Black - A/S Systems

releases: Out Now! Naw City Saturate available on CD - $15.00  Also at iTunes and eMusic Out Now! Naw Binary EP available on Vinyl- $15.00 Also at iTunes and eMusic   NOISECD862 Green Nights Orange Days mp3 samples - only half the song is available here. for the full song please purchase the album. 01. penny fishing north of bay (3.0mb) 02. camp fire cricket melodies 03. underpass tunnel corridors 04. mid winter sailboat ride 05. railroading after dark 06. jen is not gone she's only lost 07. canal lock swim lesson 08. mid winter sailboat rescue (3.7mb) 09. dawn bike manouvers 10. penny sifting north on bay (4.3mb) CD $15.00 CAD  USA Canada NOISECD826 the resound of a foggy autumn dawn sounds (real audio) 01. brittle sticks 02. moist water drops 03. humid undertow 04. arid vegetable detritus 05. shifting ground water 06. post shifting ground 07. two a.m. overcast 08. foggy autumn dawn CD $10.00 CD USA Canada

Live dates: NAW will be playing the Breaks, Beat and Culture festival at Harbourfront Centre on July 9th in Toronto. NAW will also be participating in a panel discussion during the day with his showcase at Harbourfront Centre occuring later in the evening. _________________ links/contact related links www.phoniq.net www.myspace.com/nawmusic contact info: naw - neil@phoniq.net