In 2008, No Sleep Recordings finally got Nick Wiz to pull out his original DAT tapes and un-vault forty-four gems! “Cellar Sounds” Vol.1 succeeded in exciting underground heads everywhere many of whom had long been searching to own these tracks in CD quality. While a lot of the material produced and recorded by Wiz found its way to full-length CD releases, countless other tracks were unreleased, relegated to vinyl bootlegs / 12″ only versions, or cassette only. With this influx of production work coming his way, Nick’s New Jersey studio, appropriately named “The Cellar”, was constantly flooded with both Hip-Hop’s elite talent and the best of the 90’s underground scene as well. From there his unique fusion of filters, horns, smacking SP-1200 drums and dense bass-lines were soon heard on projects from Mad Skillz, Darc Mind, Chubb Rock, Chino XL, Rakim and others. Wiz first impacted the early 90’s Hip-Hop scene with his beat contributions to Ecko Unlimited’s “Underground Airplay” cassette series and The Cella Dwellas’ classic “Realms and Reality” album. Once again Hip-Hop mainstay and underground veteran, Nick Wiz, shares his vast catalog of both rare and unreleased productions.
