An American producer who simultaneously possessed European hit singles, a major-label album contract, consistent contact with the dance mainstream plus the requisite underground credentials, Josh Wink appeared to lack for nothing at the peak of his success in the mid-'90s. Part of the East Coast/Philadelphia dance scene, Wink recorded three trance monsters out of his bedroom studio (as Wink, Winx and Size 9) that topped charts in Europe during 1995 and saw him anointed as a dance poster-boy, easily recognized by his ruddy good looks and flowing blond dreadlocks. Hardly the techno kingpin however, Wink's espousal of a vegan lifestyle and his defiantly anti-drug ideals made him something of a unique personality in the hedonistic world of dance music. After recording his triumvirate of trance hits, Wink soon tempered his singles output to test the waters of album-oriented production as well, releasing Herehear in 1998.

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Breakbeat, House, Deep House, Organic House, Techno, Trance