Warren Defever

{{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,{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13202/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: His Name Is Alive|last=Phares|first=Heather|publisher=AMG|accessdate=19 May 2010}} though he is active in numerous other circles. He produced, engineered, and/or remixed recordings by Iggy and the Stooges, Easy Action, Low, Ida, Michael Hurley, Califone, Yoko Ono, Thurston Moore, the Gories, the Go, Nomo, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Ethan Daniel Davidson, Faruq Z. Bey, the Von Bondies, Reba Fritz, Destroy All Monsters, Jenny Toomey, Slumber Party, John Sinclair, 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.{{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}}

Defever began recording while still in high school, and toured as the bassist of psychobilly rock band Elvis Hitler.{{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}}

For many years, Defever recorded in the basement of his parents' house, which he later bought from them.

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.{{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}} Along with Davin Brainard, Defever runs a home record label, timeSTEREO.

In 2007, Defever opened The UFO Factory, a new studio in Detroit. Everything inside was painted silver, including the piano.{{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}}