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Dj Nyk a.k.a Nikhil Sahni

IF you thought a DJ is a rather showy character with a bad haircut, too much jewellery and attitude, hold it. DJ Nyk, aka Nikhil Sahni, has the right attitude in plenty, but not the rest. Nyk is actively in the djing fraternity for just 2 years now and has bagged the recognition of the music lovers not only in India but across the globe as well, within this short span . Music has always been the biggest passion in Nyk's life and he has always felt the need to share this passion with other people. Nyk, who at present is just 20 yrs of age, holds the record of being the youngest Indian Dj to perfom in Hong Kong.

DJ NYK

He started jockeying with his inhouse collection of mp3s at a pristine age of 16, for local parties and gatherings of mates. He churned two winamp players in his PC mix but had to carry the machine. Post-schooling, he took up the art of electronic music and started mixing anything and everything, confined to his genre of interest.
Having exposed to professional wares, hard and soft, Nyk has mixed over 200 tracks insofar. These mixes can be heard in clubs all over America, London, Australia, Dubai, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong , Europe and of course, back home in India.
Additionally, his work of art has also been aired on FM stations across Dubai and South Africa and some of Nyk’s originals have also been included in compilation-albums by Clubs all over the place.

What's more, he's a knack of playing any instrument and is open to all sounds, most of all Desi/Bollywood/Remixes , Progressive House, Progressive Trance.

Nyk's Remixes have also been played and apprized by some of the biggest and most successful of his contemporaries viz - Dj Suketu, Dj Aqeel, Dj Nasha to name a few.

Nyk has been fortunate to play with:

  • Dj Suketu (fame: 440 Volts, Bin Tere Sanam, Bed Lounge Mixes, Lamhay, Baras Jaa, Aadat)
  • Talvin Singh (The Pioneer of Asian Underground Music)
  • Dj Jayant (fame: OST Let's Enjoy)
  • Dj Huda G (fame: Domo Records - Israel - Psy Trance)
  • Dj Madhav (Named as the No.5th Asian Underground Producer in the world by 'The Week')
  • Pankaj Awasthi (fame – Nine ( Debut Album ) Singer: Tera Hi Karam : OST Karam;
  • Sivamani (A.R.Rehman's Percussionist) ...to name a prominent few.

In Dj Suketu's own words to Dj Nyk on his cover of Aashiq Banaaya Aapne:
"I heard your mix of Aashique Banaya Aapne. It is seriously very good. Better than the bootleg I made to play at parties. Very good work. Clean simple but still groovy and dancy. Very clubby. I Like it. Keep it up."

Areas Of Specialization:

  • Remixing / Music Production
  • Range of Genres: Bollywood – Remixes - Pop , Progressive House, Prog. & Psy Trance , Psy Chill & Lounge, Asian Underground & Mainstream Music.

BRIEF HISTORY ( 2001 - 2006 ):
Born on June 15th 1985.

Dj Nyk , during his Kinder Garden days , instead of playing with toys used to keep himself busy toying with his little synthesizer playing various tunes.

While in school , he got hold of a computer magazine cd with Soundforge (A Sound editing software) and started experimenting thereon and ultimately succeded in making mashups on his own .

Dj Nyk released his first underground remix album – "Turbo Trackz" in 2001 followed by "Feel The Beats" Vol. 1 & 2 in 2002 and 2003 respectively, when he was doing his final schooling at the age of 16 yrs.
After schooling, NYK took professional training in djing and was introduced to some great production tools like Cubase and Reason, to name a few.
Later in 2003, he released another remix album "Flavas 2003", it was then when people started noticing his talent.
"Filth and Funk – Vol .1" released in 2004 and "Filth and Funk – Vol.2" in 2005 and since then there has been no looking back.
Remixes from "Filth and Funk – Vol. 2" won great acclaims worldwide and became massive hits in nightclubs all over the world.
Thereafter he released 2 singles - Dus Bahane–House Mix and Salaam Namaste–House Mix, which strengthened his base in the underground remix industry.
The latest one is "Serial Groover", released in the first week of January 2006. Its important to know that this underground release got the appreciation of India’s top most Dj - Dj Suketu.

Has also bagged the runners up award for "Digital Music Production" Competetion in 2003

DJ NYK LIVE IN HONG KONG:
REVIEWS (WWW.HKCLUBBING.COM):
http://www.hkclubbing.com/Event_Reviews/2006_Event_Reviews/DJ_NYK_at_Sugar_Review.html

To have a 20 year old DJ fly in from overseas to entertain a crowd which is demographically on the senior edge is already quite a hard stunt to pull. But then to see the same 20 year old DJ make the crowd lose control in the club, that is phenomenal. From 1.30 am onwards, DJ NYK, India’s youngest #1 DJ, was rocking the exclusive Champagne Room at Sugar to celebrate Year of the Dog on Chinese New Year.
After taking a short tour of Lan Kwai Fong and the adjacent SOHO area, NYK walked into Sugar to a packed house of anticipation and a lot of whisky being poured on ice. With support from the infamous 3 Phat DJs, host and organiser MC-G stepped up to the stage to welcome to the young superstar to Hong Kong. He sure made his presence with a dramatic audio intro that bewildered most of the crowd with excitement, for them to then hear the faint vocals of "JHALAK" (from the movie Aksar) humming over deep house grooves through the massive sound-system.
DJ NYK kept it pumping for hours, and even party-whores like myself couldn’t last! We hope to welcome back DJ NYK and hopefully have more DJs like him touch down in HK. Special credit and thanks goes to the sponsor Sunny Lakhwani, support DJs, promoters and organisers – the 3 Phat DJs, MC-G and Asian Flava.

PICS:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3UVGWQOD

HKCLUBBING.COM INTERVIEW WITH DJ NYK:
http://www.hkclubbing.com/Event_Reviews/2006_Event_Reviews/DJ_NYK_at_Sugar_Review.html

FOR MORE LATEST REMIXES MAIL DJ NYK AT:
DJNYKPRODUCTION@GMAIL.COM
DJNYK_DR@YAHOO.COM

 
 
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