Warren Defever

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{{Short description|American musician}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2010}}
'''Warren Defever''' (first name often spelled '''Warn'''; born April 30, 1969) is a musician and producer, originally from [[Livonia, Michigan]], and now based in [[Detroit]]. He is most known for his chameleonic project [[His Name Is Alive]],<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13202/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: His Name Is Alive|last=Phares|first=Heather|publisher=[[All Media Guide|AMG]]|accessdate=19 May 2010}}</ref> though he is active in numerous other circles. He produced, engineered, and/or remixed recordings by [[Iggy and the Stooges]], Easy Action, [[Low (band)|Low]], [[Ida (band)|Ida]], [[Michael Hurley (musician)|Michael Hurley]], [[Califone]], [[Yoko Ono]], [[Thurston Moore]], [[the Gories]], [[the Go]], [[Nomo (band)|Nomo]], [[Saturday Looks Good to Me]], Ethan Daniel Davidson, [[Faruq Z. Bey]], [[the Von Bondies]], Reba Fritz, [[Destroy All Monsters (band)|Destroy All Monsters]], [[Jenny Toomey]], [[Slumber Party (band)|Slumber Party]], [[John Sinclair (musician)|John Sinclair]], [[Elizabeth Mitchell (musician)|Elizabeth Mitchell]], and [[Lisa Loeb]], as well as HNIA offshoot [[Velour 100]].

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.<ref name="Metro Times">{{cite news|last=Handyside|first=Chris|title=Music: Back from hell|url=http://www2.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=6673|accessdate=1 January 2012|newspaper=[[Metro Times]]|date=1 September 2004}}</ref>

Defever began recording while still in high school, and toured as the bassist of [[psychobilly]] rock band [[Elvis Hitler]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/warns-world/Content?oid=2169911 | title=Warn's World | work=Metro Times | date=15 November 2000 | accessdate=23 October 2014}}</ref>

For many years, Defever recorded in the basement of his parents' house, which he later bought from them.<ref name=mcc/>

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.<ref name=bbs>{{cite web | url=http://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/big-box-scores/Content?oid=2180271 | title=Big box scores | work=Metro Times | accessdate=25 October 2014 | author=Handyside, Chris}}</ref> Along with Davin Brainard, Defever runs a home record label, timeSTEREO.<ref name=bbs/>

In 2007, Defever opened The UFO Factory, a new studio in Detroit. Everything inside was painted silver, including the piano.<ref name=mcc>{{cite web | url=http://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/motor-city-cribs/Content?oid=2193899 | title=Motor City Cribs | work=Metro Times | date=24 December 2008 | accessdate=23 October 2014 | author=Coombe, Doug}}</ref>

Since 2018, Defever has worked at Third Man Records in the mastering studio in Detroit, mastering records and cutting lacquers for artists such as Jack White, The White Stripes, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Sun Ra, Albert Ayer, Olivia Rodrigo, Miles Davis, Prince, Link Wray, Iggy and The Stooges, Gracie Abrams, Shabazz Palaces, Mac DeMarco and many others. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://thirdmanmastering.com/engineers | title=Third Man Mastering Engineers}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.timestereo.com timeSTEREO]
*[http://www.hisnameisalive.com His Name Is Alive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207205647/http://www.hisnameisalive.com/ |date=2007-02-07 }}
*[http://www.ufofactory.com UFO FACTORY]
*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/41909-Warren-Defever?superFilter=Technical Warren Defever at Discogs]

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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Eastern Michigan University alumni]]
[[Category:Musicians from Detroit]]
[[Category:People from Livonia, Michigan]]
[[Category:Record producers from Michigan]]

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