(We Are) Nexus

American Electro-Pop act Music October 2013 April 2025 (We Are) Nexus (We Are) Nexus Perform at Market Days Street Fest (Chicago, IL).png (We Are) Nexus performing at Northalsted Market Days in Chicago, IL (From left to right: Nick Gunn, Carmen Rainier) Nexus Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Electro-Pop, Pop 2012–present Shotgunn Productions wearenexus.com Carmen RainierNick Gunn group_or_band (We Are) Nexus(We Are) Nexus - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/WeAreNexusEDM 2020-08-01 www.youtube.com is an American Electro-Pop act consisting of composer/producer Nick Gunn and lyricists/vocalist Carmen Rainier. The group officially formed in late 2012 in Chicago, IL. Musical career Formation Gunn and Rainier met in 2010 in Santa Barbara, CAOlsen John P http://www.newagemusicworld.com/tag/nicholas-gunn/ New Age Music World 29 October 2013 Nicholas Gunn and began working together immediately on an album for Gunn's World music career, Thirty-One Nights, released in September 2012.http://allegro-music.com/er_md161.asp Posts Tagged 'Nicholas Gunn' Allegro Music 29 October 2013 They began producing dance music together in 2012 and (We Are) Nexus was formed. Releases The first production released by (We Are) Nexus was a cover of Sonique's 1998 Trance hit classic "It Feels So Good."https://www.beatport.com/release/it-feels-so-good-ep/1130986 Beatport 29 October 2013 It Feels So Good - EP [Shotgunn Productions] :: Beatport It was released by Shotgun Productions on the 13th of August, 2013, as an EP. The "It Feels So Good EP" consisted of an original cover track produced by Nexus, titled "It Feels So Good (Original Mix)" and six remixes of this cover by artists/DJs Casey Alva, Flatdisk, Wayne G & LFB, Sinclair & Chatters the Tribe, Tony Marinos, and Neon Knights.https://music.apple.com/us/album/it-feels-so-good/674232574 iTunes 29 October 2013 iTunes - Music - It Feels So Good by (We Are) Nexus 13 August 2013 Their single "It Feels So Good (Flatdisk Electro Mix)," made Canada's Top 100 Overall iTunes Chart securing the #99 spot on August 17, 2013http://www.itunescharts.net/can/charts/songs/2013/08/17 iTunes Charts 29 October 2013 iTunesCharts.net: Canadian Songs Saturday, 17th August 2013 and cracked the US iTunes Top 100 Dance Chart its first weekend out.https://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news-releases/edm-sensation-we-are-nexus-cracks-itunes-top-100-dance-chart-with-it-feels-so-good Radio and Music 29 October 2013 EDM Sensation (We Are) Nexus Cracks iTunes Top 100 Dance Chart with "It Feels So Good!" During the week of September 16, Nexus gained recognition from online dance music radio station Fusion Radio after "It Feels So Good (Flatdisk Electro Mix)" hit #3 on the "Fusion Top 100" list.http://blogs.fusionradio.fm/2013/09/we-are-nexus-show-us-how-to-produce-a-club-track-today/ Fusion Radio 29 October 2013 'We Are Nexus' show us how to produce a club track today! https://web.archive.org/web/20131102015106/http://blogs.fusionradio.fm/2013/09/we-are-nexus-show-us-how-to-produce-a-club-track-today/ 2013-11-02 usurped In the same week, Nexus became the #1 Breakout Artist of the Week on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Chart beating out nationally recognized "Foxes" for her collaboration with DJ and Producer Zedd.http://markets.financialcontent.com/buffnews/news/read/25131288/ 29 October 2013 (We Are) Nexus "It Feels So Good" Claims the #1 Breakout Artist of the Week on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play Chart https://web.archive.org/web/20131101183627/http://markets.financialcontent.com/buffnews/news/read/25131288/ 2013-11-01 dead After becoming the #1 Breakout Artist of the Week on Billboard, Nexus made their debut on Billboard Dance Club Songs at #42 on the week of September 23Dance Club Songs https://www.billboard.com/biz 18 November 2013 Billboard Magazine 5 October 2013 65 Volume 125, No.38 and rose steadily in the weeks following.http://www.wfla.com/story/23725194/we-are-nexus-sound-spreads-like-a-wildfire-as-their-hit-single-it-feels-so-good-skyrockets-to-the-18-position-on-billboard-danceclub-chart WFLA 29 October 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131101212304/http://www.wfla.com/story/23725194/we-are-nexus-sound-spreads-like-a-wildfire-as-their-hit-single-it-feels-so-good-skyrockets-to-the-18-position-on-billboard-danceclub-chart 1 November 2013 We Are Nexus' Sound Spreads Like A Wildfire As Their Hit Single "It Feels So Good" Skyrockets To The #18 Position on Billboard Dance/Club Chart Nexus also debuted on the Top 50 of Billboards Dance/Electronic Songs the week of October 26, 2013.Dance/Electronic Songs https://www.billboard.com/biz 18 November 2013 Billboard Magazine 26 October 2013 71 Volume 125, No. 41 (We Are) Nexus' "It Feels So Good" peaked on Billboards Dance Club Songs and Dance/Electronic Songs charts the week of November 4, 2013, at #14 and #40, respectively.Dance Club Songs Chart https://www.billboard.com/biz 18 November 2013 Billboard Magazine 9 November 2013 74 Volume 125, No. 43Dance/Electronic Songs Chart https://www.billboard.com/biz 18 November 2013 Billboard Magazine 9 November 2013 73 Volume 125, No. 43 In addition to releasing the "It Feels So Good" EP on 13 August 2013, Nexus also released through Shotgunn Productions another EP titled "Sound of the Beat."https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sound-of-the-beat-ep/id674275584 https://web.archive.org/web/20140118213734/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sound-of-the-beat-ep/id674275584 dead January 18, 2014 iTunes 29 October 2013 iTunes - Music - Sound of the Beat - EP by (We Are) Nexus After their initial success with "It Feels So Good," Nexus released their second album, "World Around Me,"https://music.apple.com/us/album/world-around-me/784679626 iTunes - Music - World Around Me by (We Are) Nexus 28 January 2014 iTunes 2 April 2014 on January 28, 2014, which featured their original mix plus seven remixes from the likes of Flatdisk, Wayne G & LFB, and Grammy-nominated artist Mike Rizzo. Group members Nick Gunn Nicholas Gunn Nicholas Graham Gunn was born in Rochester, Kent in South East England. He enjoyed playing the flute, and studied with the prestigious Royal Academy of Music from age seven till age eleven, when his family moved to Southern California.June 2026 After moving to Southern California Gunn continued his classical flute studies under private instruction. During junior high school and high school Gunn played wind ensemble in the band during concert season and drums and percussion during the marching season. With a passion for recording his own instrumental style of music out of high school, Gunn has enjoyed a successful twenty-year career in world music under the name Nicholas Gunn. He has recorded and produced fourteen albums in this genre and is a double-platinum artist. He has also been on the Billboard New Age charts for fifty consecutive weeks with his albums, "The Sacred Fire," "The Music of the Canyon," and "Thirty-One Nights." Gunn also owned and operated his own record label, Gemini Sun Records, which represented over seventy-five artists worldwide and grew to be one of the top New Age music labels.Entertainment Magazine http://emol.org/music/artists/geminisun/index.html 12 April 2012 Gemini Sun closed in 2009. Carmen Rainier Carmen Rainier was born in Scarborough, ME. Upon moving to Southern California at the age of nine, she began acting, forming a teen acting group in Los Angeles during high school and acting in local community productions such as Tony Kushner's Angels in America.https://www.ocweekly.com/the-great-work-continues-6378843/) OC Weekly 29 October 2013 The Great Work Continues 11 November 2004 Leaving college after her sophomore year, Rainier spent most of her twenties traveling, having visited nearly twenty countries and living abroad in Spain, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. She eventually returned to the U.S. in 2010 and moved to Santa Barbara, CA to complete a degree in Global Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10857047.htm https://archive.today/20131030095038/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10857047.htm dead October 30, 2013 PR Web 29 October 2013 Introducing Carmen Rainier, The Second Half of EDM Sensation (We Are) Nexus It was during this time that Rainier began singing seriously and when she began working with Gunn. In addition to being Nexus' lyricist and vocalist, Rainier is the owner and operator of Shotgunn Productions, the record label through which Nexus' first two EPs were releasedhttps://www.beatport.com/label/shotgunn-productions/34037/releases?perPage=150 Beatport 29 October 2013 Shotgunn Productions :: Releases :: Beatport and the ASCAP registered publishing arm overseeing the (We Are) Nexus and Nicholas Gunn music catalog. Discography Albums Title Album details Peak chart positionsUSUS DanceUS Club It Feels So GoodReleased: 18 August 2013 Label: Shotgunn Productions Formats: Digital download — 40 14Dance Club Songs https://www.billboard.com/biz 18 November 2013 Billboard Magazine 26 October 2013 71 Volume 125, No. 41 Sound of the BeatReleased: 18 August 2013 Label: Shotgunn Productions Formats: Digital download — — — World Around MeReleased: 28 January 2014 Label: Shotgunn Productions Formats: Digital download — — 43Dance Club Songs https://www.billboard.com/biz 12 April 2014 Billboard Magazine 12 April 2014 78 Volume 126, No. 12 ShamelesslyReleased: 15 July 2014 Label: Shotgunn Productions Formats: Digital download — — — Better Off Without YouReleased: 19 August 2014 Label: Shotgunn Productions Formats: Digital download — — — They'll Never Stop MeSingle: 24 February 2015 EP Remixes: 7 April 2015 Label: Shotgunn Productions Formats: Digital download — — — One More ShotReleased: 11 September 2015 Label: Shotgunn Productions Formats: Digital download — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. lower-alpha Featured compilations "World Party 2014https://www.beatport.com/release/world-party-2014-compiled-by-john-dangelo/1257065 Beatport World Party 2014 - Compiled By John D'Angelo 4 March 2014 2 April 2014" (2014) Gallery References 30em Category:Electro house musicians Category:Musical groups established in 2012 Category:American remixers Category:American electronic dance music groups Category:American dance music groups Category:American house music groups Category:Musical groups from Chicago Category:2012 establishments in Illinois