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Music at Night 019 Tracklist
BRENNEN KOVIC (Hour 1):
NICK CENIK (Hour 2):
Music at Night 019 w/ NICK CENIK (Monday November 28)
Born in the 80s and having grown up just outside of Toronto during the grunge/punk rock era and then the hip hop wave of the late 90s and early 2000s, electronic dance music was essentially unknown to Nick Cenik [pronounced “see-Nick”] for the majority of his life. Fast-forward to the
present though and nothing could be further from the truth: at 26-years-old, Nick’s life is deeply dedicated to the creation and enjoyment of electronic music. As a self-taught DJ and producer, he has experimented with various genres throughout his young career. His productions have secured the support of artists as diverse as Anthony Attalla, UGLH, DYNO, and Ahmet Sendil. His original production ‘Cote d’Ivore’ was even hand-picked by former Deep Dish member DJ Sharam for inclusion in the latter’s monthly radio-show. In early 2011 Nick made a definitive decision re: his musical aspirations: he would henceforth focus his creative energies exclusively on techno. At present, Nick continues to find inspiration particularly in the works of artists such as Lance Blaise, Alex di Stefano, Subfractal, Lucien Reden, and Phunk Investigation. Aiming to attract folks who appreciate the darker side of EDM and with releases on labels such as Teggno Records, Incorrect Music, Flat Belly Recordings, and Killing Machine Records Nick continues to shape his sound, often switching between sketchy, after-hours, 5am-type techno and banging, high-energy, peak-time monsters. 2012 promises to be an exciting year for this up-and-comer from Toronto. Be sure to visit http://www.soundcloud.com/nick-cenik where you will find Nick’s contact information, recent DJ sets, track previews, and upcoming release descriptions.
Music at Night 018 w/ IRON MIKE (Monday October 24)
Iron Mike is a name known through the Southern Ontario/Toronto club scene as a DJ, Producer, Radio Personality & Promoter for well over 16 years.
Inspired by hearing DJ’s like Deadly Hedly, Chris Sheppard, Matt C and other’s from the Toronto area, Mike got his first turntables at the age of 15, began working at the world famous “Play De Record” store during high school. After playing various house parties, he landed his first club gig at the age of 18 and from then on in, his sound expanded across the city and surrounding area’s.
Iron Mike has played and continues to rock some of the biggest clubs in Toronto & Southern Ontario including: The Docks, Club 108 / 103, Elusions, Opium, The Rocks, The Joker, Plastique, Level, Suite 106, WetBar, Fluid, Distrik, Inside, Li’ly, Room 471,Revoltion, The Palace, Metropolis, The Lyric, Light Lounge, Century Room, Chaval, Film Lounge, The Comfort Zone & The Guvernment (Gallery/Acid Lounge).
He has been fortunate enough to billed alongside international DJ’s such as: Dubfire, Loco Dice, Hermanez, Massimo Girardi, Gary Beck, Nicole Moudaber, Victor Calderone, Coyu, Uner, Edu Imbernon, Tom Novy, Ritchie Santana, Houswerks, Alex Niggemann, Carlos Fauvrelle and The House Mogals, along with local Toronto favorites: Carlo Lio, Matteo DiMarr, D-Unity, Daniel Dubb, Flipside, Manzone & Strong, Mark Oliver, The Junkies, Nathan Barato, Ovi M, Addy, Joee Cons, Deko-Ze and Anthony D’Amico.
During his career, Iron Mike met and worked closely with one of his musical inspirations, Chris Sheppard. Together they produced, mixed & programmed the highly popular “Club Cutz Radio Show” for over 5 years, which was syndicated in over 6 provinces and was broadcast over 16 stations across Canada.
They toured across Canada together, playing raves as the infamous “DogWhistle Sound System” and Iron Mike was also the official tour DJ for the dance group – Love Inc.
Along with his radio experience working with Chris Sheppard, Iron Mike has also worked closely on-air with Tony Monaco (Z103.5 FM Toronto) and with Downtown Diego on the CHIN Radio Network (100.7 FM Toronto & 97.9 FM Ottawa).
Not willing to stop there, Iron Mike also launched a compilation series entitled “HouseMix” back in 2000. The brand was a huge success reaching Gold status in Canada (sales of over 25,000 units) on 2 different occastions with Universal Music. The brand went on to sell well over 200,000.
Along with the “HouseMix” series, he released other mix compilations such as Club Anthems, Pure Dance, Club Sessions and even “MuchDance” a compilation for Canada’s biggest music station – Much Music.
Iron Mike was also the first DJ in Canada to ever mix a CD for the hugely popular UK label, Minstry of Sound, which was produced exclusivly for Canada. Collectively, Iron Mike’s involvement in CD compilations has sold in excess of over 1,000,000 copies – Diamond status in Canada!
2011 has brought out the production bug in Iron Mike and in just this year alone his releases with Luis Sastre, Ovi M and long time friend, Nat Civello, have been noticed and signed to labels such as: MAR186, Beat Therapy, DBR Recordings, Roots and Wings, MUM (Manchester Underground Music), London Music, Funktion Black, PBR Recordings, Hi-Life, Balkan Connection:SA & White Minds Records.
With no signs of stopping in 2012 and beyond – Iron Mike pushes ahead as a dj/artist and continues to spread the universal message of electronic dance music to all with his weekly “Power Hour Mix Show” heard each and every Wednesday night from 10-11PM(est) at udjradiocom
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iron-Mike/22296107824
http://www.Twitter.com/IronMikeToronto
http://www.beatport.com/artist/iron-mike/6420
http://www.souncloud.com/iron-mike
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/ironmike
http://www.udjradio.com/
Music at Night 017 w/ Nicholas Van Orton (Monday September 26)
Coming from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ariel Gandolfo first got involved with music at the age of 16.
Ten years later, after recording three studio albums with the band “il phantasmo” (Smokinghome Records, 1999, 2001 and 2003), he decided to work as a solo artist producing dance tracks under the alias Nicholas Van Orton.
His tunes had a great welcome at the house music scene, and are supported by many international
and local djs such as Hernan Cattaneo, Sasha, Dave Seaman, Nick Warren, or Anthony Pappa,
to name a few. While working alone, or as a part of production team, his tracks frequently manage
to reach the charts from pools, djs and record stores.
Ariel has firmly established also as a DJ, playing around America and Europe, performing both DJ gigs
and live acts, where he includes his latest works and remixes.
He also takes part of side groups and collaborations, such as The Planters, with Luciano Lima or his duowith the argentinian producer Niko Fantin. Since 2009, NVO runs Balkan Connection South America digital record lab
and local djs such as Hernan Cattaneo, Sasha, Dave Seaman, Nick Warren, or Anthony Pappa,
to name a few. While working alone, or as a part of production team, his tracks frequently manage
to reach the charts from pools, djs and record stores.
and live acts, where he includes his latest works and remixes.
He also takes part of side groups and collaborations, such as The Planters, with Luciano Lima or his duowith the argentinian producer Niko Fantin. Since 2009, NVO runs Balkan Connection South America digital record lab