Nathan Coles
It was in 1994 that Nathan Coles first cemented his position in the house music hall of fame. Joining fellow Londoner Terry Francis as one half of Wiggle, the tech-house ambassador and central member of the fabric family, he has also acquired a strong reputation as a producer. A crowd pleaser till the early hours, his taste in music and faultless mixing abilities never disappoint.
When Terry Francis and Nathan Coles started throwing parties, it was pretty much a reaction to their circumstances. Already committed to London's fledging acid house scene, and both influenced by rare groove and up-tempo soul, they wanted to do something off their own backs, just for their mates, with DJs they liked. Over a decade later the pair are still in the rudest health, noising up nightclubs with that same simple ethos, while Wiggle - the catch-all term covering record label, clubnight, artist name and attitude - has also come to typify a style of music; a deep, druggy basement-shaking sound that nicks techno's swagger and steals house's smile. DJing together all over the world, the pair are bang in the middle of an industrious community of producers, all excelling at making music to escape in and get down to. 'Fabric 28' - the first time the Wiggle sound has been captured on a compilation - is a statement-making mix, as fun, involving and unfussy as Francis and Coles themselves.
