Biography:
With a life time interest in music and
sound, Nicky’s career kicked off by his
decision to embark on an Audio course. While still
studying, Nicky was introduced to DJing and worked
part time playing house parties transporting his
own sound system back and forth. As he gathered
momentum, the transition to larger audiences was
inevitable and he added to his experience with
gigs such as corporate dinner functions, school
and college prom nights. His lucky break came
when he was offered part- time appearances at
clubs which developed into regular weekend appearances.
Nicky landed his first full time DJ job in 1995 when
he joined the R&B/Soul club, ‘The
Cactus Club’. At this time he was playing
80’s pop and R&B but was heavily influenced
by the British rave culture and was still playing
local scene gigs. Nicky was also actively participating
in the production aspects of the industry by
forming the ‘Hypersound Sound System’
which is until today still active.
Nicky has since worked
as Resident DJ with many clubs around the country
gaining experience with innumerable sound systems.Nicky
also gained experience DJing with appearances
as guest DJ for DMC Malaysia at PV & Tribes
Bar and Orange, KENT’s 961 brand launch
in Kuala Lumpur and PEPSI’s Commonwealth
Games Party at Kuala Lumpur’s national
stadium.
A change in music direction
for Nicky came when he was offered a job at
‘The Underground Café’ where
he started playing House and Drum & Bass.
It was a challenging time of late night lock-ins
playing 8-9 hours till dawn on weekends. After
the closure of ‘The Underground’
two years later he was instrumental in establishing
‘The Backroom’. His stint at The
Backroom gave Nicky the opportunity to personally
moot a Sunday Drum & Bass night called ‘The
Midnight Moods’ which he successfully
maintained for three years.
Nicky has warmed up
and played alongside some of the hottest international
artists including Kenny Ken, Aphrodite, K-Klass,
Qatarra, Different Levels.com, >ON<, DJ
Disciple, DJ Sandy Riviera, Bryan Gee, Robbie
Nelson, Ashley Casselle & Tom Wainwright
(Gatecrasher), Rude Boy Rupert (Garage City),
Rocky & Diesel (X-Press2, JBO), SHY FX &
Frenzic, Booker T, Julius Papp, DJ Angela Flame,
DJ Stingray & DJ Unknown, DJ Jeff Teng (HK),
DJ Chris Lee (China), Ko Kimura & Joel Lai
(Japan, HK), Bob Sinclair & DJ Yellow and
Von Rainer & DJ Christian (Germany &
Hooj)
