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Nip & Tuck were a DJ and producer collaboration between two brothers Neill and Ian Watson. The duo first DJed together at Ministry of Sound in 2001. Their first dance production Now I Found You was released on vinyl 12" in 2002 The duo are most well known for their remix of Dawnay U Touch Me (WEA/ Eternal/Warner Music UK) Dawnay U Touch Me was a no. 1 single in South Africa for 22 weeks in 2001.
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