Editing Warren Defever (section)

{{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>