www.ExpressGayNews.com • January 27, 2003 Q1 CYMK Q_COVERstory From Iceland to Florida World-Renowned DJ Nick Warren Brings His Sounds to Miami By Andy Zeffer Features Editor Nick Warren is no stranger to travel. Nick Warren brings his When it comes to recording his cutting-edge “down tempo dub style and world beats, he leans toward the exotic. Unusual locales where he has spent studio string laden monsters” to time in the past have included Sao Paolo, Crobar in South Beach on Budapest and Amsterdam. His most recent project took him to Reykjavik, Iceland, hence, Friday, Jan. 31. the name, Global Underground Reykjavik #024. Famous for his Global Underground mixes, Warren continues to delight techno and trance music aficionados with his exhilarating sounds. He is no stranger to touring either. He has toured in the past as Massive Attack’s DJ, and now as one of the biggest names on the International DJ circuit, he has a heavy touring schedule of his own. Just looking at the dates of his gigs is enough to make one tired: Thursday in New York, Friday in Miami, Saturday in Chicago, etc. The Express caught up with Warren, and he took time out to answer a few questions despite his grueling schedule. Andy Zeffer: What can fans expect from your gig at Crobar? Nick Warren: After taking three months off in 2002 and not even listening to any dance records, I feel I have come back a refreshed and improved DJ. I really dig the stuff I am playing now, very musical prog/ breaks/tech stuff, with plenty of energy. You have recorded in such exotic locales as Sao Paolo, Budapest and now Reykjavik. How does working in these diverse environments affect your music? It doesn’t really affect what I play as a DJ, but I think that going into different cultures is inspiring. Would you recommend people check out Iceland on their next vacation? Iceland was amazing, incredible landscapes and a thriving scene where people party all week. Who are some of your favorite artists and DJs right now? Sasha has always been my favorite DJ, and a new guy Jan Carbon is really good. I How invaluable was getting your start in am into too many producers to list, but some the music scene of Bristol in the late ’80s and Exodus Magazine Debuts new guys from Budapest called The Monks early ’90s, when so much innovation was will be a name to watch. Ulrich Schnauss taking place? from Norway is my favorite producer. I have been very lucky. Working with With Joe Phillips Cover Massive Attack and hanging out with all the By Andy Zeffer More than anything, the magazine What is your take on the whole “Star Bristol heads has kept my feet on the ground Features Editor serves to showcase young and rising talent. DJ” trend, where DJs are reaching and given me the range of influences I have. Exodus Magazine recently published its The writers, photographers and illustrators celebrity that in the past has been At the moment, some of the best music being first issue and can be found on newsstands. provide a fresh and earnest alternative that traditionally reserved for more visible made is from the drum and bass scene. The eye-catching cover features artwork by sets it aside from other gay magazines. Pages performing artists? successful illustrator Joe are filled with images of Some people like being seen as What does “Balearic” mean to those who Phillips, who also serves as attractive young men, superstars and some like being faceless. I don’t know? the magazine’s artistic and not all with the don’t care about being on the cover of Balearic is a state of mind. It is being open director. In fact, much of cookie-cutter buff images magazines, but the lifestyle is wicked. minded to different styles and ideas. Phillips’ familiar illustrations the gay public is so are displayed throughout familiar with by now. You describe Reykjavik #024 as your You have a very heavy touring schedule, a the publication, including Exodus displays an array best album to date. What makes this album different city from one day to the next. Do you an especially amusing comic of healthy images, losing stand out from past efforts? enjoy touring? strip. that old school strictly Reykjavik sums up everything I am into, I love my job. Okay the flights are a pain Published by Nicholas body-builder veneer and from down tempo dub style to string-laden in the arse but I ain’t complaining. I have the Reedy with Ross von bringing the gay club monsters and everything in between. best job in the world. Metzke serving as editor-in- readership into a new era. chief, the magazine aims to Based in San Diego, You stress the importance of melody on Any desire to record in South Florida? “connect gay generations Exodus will be distributed this CD. Elaborate on that. So many places and not enough days in and information,” Reedy quarterly this year and To much dance music last year was the week. I would love to spend some time in says. Topics covered range intends on becoming made by people who can use a computer Florida, but you have a lot of great talent there from gym alternatives, cruising the Internet, monthly next year. Readers can look forward but have no musical knowledge, so we’ve already. and health and relationship advice. to the next issue March 10. In the meantime, got loads of dull, boring tribal progressive Illustrating the generational theme, an article check out its website at xodusmag.com, and Nick Warren brings his “down tempo dub house. Melody and fun are what nights written by Charles Ham describes his first check out Joe Phillips images at style and string laden monsters” to Crobar in should include. time in a gay bar during the ’70s. joephillips.com. South Beach on Friday, Jan. 31. Q2 • www.ExpressGayNews.com • January 27, 2003 CYMK Q_THEATERprofile Christian Campbell as Jonathan in ‘tick, tick...BOOM’ The Countdowns of Christian Campbell’s Life Actor Finds Truth in ‘tick, tick...BOOM!’ By Mary Damiano Trick is the film that launched Campbell Arts & Entertainment Editor into the spotlight, especially in the gay Christian Campbell says he’s heard his community. He and co-star J. P. Pitoc were own tick tick booms. featured on the cover of Out magazine in July Although the young actor has of 1999 under the header “Gay for Pay.” experienced success in his career, he admits to Campbell believes that the hype about having the same anxieties as his character in straight actors playing gay roles is finally tick, tick...BOOM!, which is currently enjoying dying down. “With Will & Grace coming a run at Parker Playhouse before moving to out and a lot of out actors, it’s going to take West Palm Beach. the fear away from actors who are gay and In the autobiographical Jonathan Larson don’t want to play gay because they’re afraid musical, Campbell plays Jonathan, an aspiring of being stigmatized,” he says. “Hollywood Broadway composer who is about to turn 30 is your own worst enemy if you’re a gay actor. and finds himself at a crossroads in his life. It’s the gay producers who don’t want to The tick tick booms Jonathan hears in his head hire gay actors. The gay Mafia of Hollywood represent a sense of time running out. is your own worst enemy if you’re a gay “I just turned 30 this year,” Campbell says. actor.” “As an artist, I’ve gone through that same Trick was a huge breakthrough, a little sort of anxiety about my life and what I’m doing. movie that went over big. “The film did better I’ve thought, ‘I’m a bright enough guy— than anyone thought it would,” Campbell shouldn’t I just get a job and settle down?’ says. “We made the film on a shoestring I’ve been through that even in my 20s.” budget and thought it would just do the gay It might be surprising to hear doubts film festival circuit. It’s now on Blockbuster coming from Campbell. This is a guy who grew shelves. It’s a gay film on Blockbuster’s up in the business, who’s been successful on shelves. That’s a good thing. I’ve had straight stage, screen and television, and who began couples come up to me and say they loved it.” his own theater company so he’d have a Although Campbell has had success in creative outlet. But Campbell is grounded film, his first love remains the stage. When enough to know better than to take anything he first moved to Hollywood, Campbell found for granted. himself bored and frustrated with the lack of Campbell is from a show biz family. While originality of his television work, and needed he was growing up, his father taught drama a way to feed his creative soul. He acquired a and directed community theater. His mother theater and formed Blue Sphere Alliance, a ran a dinner theater. His sister is Neve Campbell, profitable theater company that presents the actress who rose to prominence in TV’s original work. Party of Five. “Many theaters are created by While Neve started out as a dancer, frustrated actors with the idea of opening a Christian Campbell started acting as a child. theater and creating work for themselves,” He acted in the series DeGrassi Junior High Campbell says.