Nico (musician)

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Nico (* 1966 in Oxford ; actually Nicholas Kristian Sykes ) is a trained studio engineer and drum and bass producer and was one of the founders of the Techstep genre alongside Trace in the mid-1990s . He also published under the pseudonyms Deependance and DJ NKS . Other projects were TMF ( Jungle with Phil Legg and P. Purpose), User 102 ( UK Hardcore ) and Spider Net (both with Peter Lazaro) and Rollers Instinct and Skyscraper (both with Trace).

Nico founded the label No U-Turn Records , on which he produced the LP Torque in 1996 with Ed Rush , Trace and Fierce .

What was new about his style was the strong minimalism of the beats at the time, as well as their strongly distorted sounds, which were aggressive even with relatively slow tunes. In contrast to Ed Rush, with whom he worked a lot, Nico did not appear as a DJ , but played live on a simple sampler, which was unusual for the time .

Discography

Albums

  • Torque (1997, No U-Turn Records), with Trace, Fierce, and Ed Rush

EPs

  • Dats Cool (1995, Saigon), with Unknown Face

Singles (selection)

  • Can't Hold It (1993, No U-Turn Records), as User 102
  • Splits (1995, Quality Control), A-side (Jungle Pressure) by Ride C
  • The Genius / Apollo (1995, Emotif Recordings), as Deependance
  • Dark Tha 'Jam / Broke My Heart (1995, Emotif Recordings), as Deependance
  • Haze / Mid Town Method (1995, Emotif Recordings), as Rollers Instinct
  • Liberty 1 (1996, Emotif Recordings), as Skyscraper, A-side (Mutant Revisited) by DJ Trace
  • The Sleeper / Awake (1996, No U-Turn Records), as Spider Net
  • 5 Miles High / Drums In Space (1996, Saigon), as TMF
  • Area 51 (1996, Volume), with DJ Trace, appeared on Breakbeat Science - Volume 1
  • Input (1996, Nu Black), with Fierce
  • Prisoner (Nico Dub Mix) (1997, BeastWax), original by Dub War
  • DC97 (1997, Volume), as NKS, with Unknown Face, published on Breakbeat Science - Volume 2
  • Look Up Dere (NKS Remix) (1997, Groove Attack Productions), original by Karma, published on Karma 2
  • Omen (1997, Nu Black), with Makai
  • Cells (1998, No U-Turn Records), with Trace
  • Replicant (1998, Idiosyncratic), with trace
  • Nyce (1999, Sound Gizmo Audio), as TMF
  • CTRL / Controller (2000, Nu Black), with Kyan
  • Defender (2001, No U-Turn Records), with Rukkus
  • Defender II (2001, Nu Black), with Rukkus
  • Empire / Draw (2008, Quarantine), with Fierce and Break
  • Horse (2008, Exit Records), with Instra: mental, A-side (Intervention) by Instra: mental, published on Aptitude Vol 4
  • Edtrafienical (2010, Sublogic Recordings and No U-Turn Records), with Ed Rush, Trace, Optical and Fierce, was released under the title: Sublogic Dubplate Vol. 3 , produced in 1997
  • Salvage (2010, Symmetry Recordings), with Break, appeared on his album Resistance

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mod Magazine: Ed Rush Interview ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 25, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.silvergirl.com
  2. ^ Future Music : Interview with Nico, accessed May 25, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Nico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sykes, Nicholas Kristian (real name); Deependance (pseudonym); DJ NKS (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British studio engineer and drum and bass producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxford , England