Hidden Roots presents:
Julio [Sheik 'N' Beik] & Nikko Gibler LIVE [Culprit/ Leftroom / Sheik 'N' Beik]
w/ Resident: Juan Jara [Hidden Roots] ∆
Friday, July 13th 2012
116 MacDougal Street
New York, NY 10012
Doors Open @ 10:00PM // 21+
Free Before 11pm/ $5 After
Free before midnight w/ RSVP and/or NYU Student ID
2-for-1 Well Drinks & Bud Light till Midnight
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Julio [Sheik 'N' Beik]
From his earliest memories, Julio always grew up with loud music at home. His father who was an obsessive record collector was always playing his diverse collection of rock, funk and soul records.
Julio's first experiences with mixing happened at the tender age of 7 when he would create mix tapes from the radio by recording the songs that he liked and erasing adverts and unwanted tracks. This passion for music selection grew stronger in high school when at age 15 Julio hosted a reggae show in the local station that went on for 3 years, meanwhile accumulating his own record collection and getting influenced by Daft Punk, Laurent Garnier and other varieties of electronic music.
It is only while Julio attended college in Boston that Julio got his first experience on turntables by practicing at home with his friend Nitesh's CD-J's 100's. The crowds were small with 50 or so people and fresh electronic music was scarse in a post 9/11 era in North America. In 2003, the electronic music scene in NYC was at an all time low with "Robots" being the only promoters that were bringing interesting DJ's with Bill Patrick and Nick AC. Nevertheless, this gave Julio hope and soon other fun parties started happening such as "Minimoo" and "Bunker".
By the time Julio moved to NY in 2007, he had just acquired his first pair of turntables and the itch to spin was stronger than ever. He eventually started a weekly party "Sheik 'n' Beik" so he could play as he couldn't wait to get booked by anyone else considering the lack of releases. The parties were an instant success and filled up with 200 friends and friends of friends on a regular basis. During this period, Julio also held a weekly Reggae party at The Inn. With both parties happening at the same time, eventually more DJ's and Producers joined the cause and the one man show grew into a collective as the parties grew bigger and bigger, notably for Halloween 2008 when the SNB crew brought Circoloco to NYC for the first time in a joint party with Resolute and BLK Market that saw 1500 people going nuts till 10 am.
For the first year anniversary, Julio met Nikko Gibler through a mutual friend and Nikko played at the party. Nikko and Julio became good friends and eventually Nikko joined the ship in the quest for new horizons. Today Sheik 'n' Beik has grown to be recognized worldwide by throwing events from London to Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Beirut, Bogota, Barcelona and the list goes on. As we're approaching the end of the world according to the Mayan calendar, Sheik 'n' Beik is reinventing itself by including a record label, Sheik 'n' Beik Records. The future is bright.
www.sheiknbeik.com
www.facebook.com/sheiknbeik
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Nikko Gibler [Culprit/ Leftroom / Sheik 'N' Beik]
An accomplished pianist/producer/DJ now based in New York City; Nikko Gibler has, for the last few years steadily risen up the dance music ranks by producing and landing his multi-instrumental and vocal talents to a series of releases. Gibler’s last 12 months have been particularly notable as he has become a keyboard player and vocalist of choice for some of the top names in electronic music.
Born with perfect pitch into a highly musical family, Nikko Gibler's life has been inevitably surrounded by music all his life. Both of Gibler's parents are pianists in their own right and thus his love for instruments, sounds, rhythms and frequencies came naturally with time. He began playing the piano at the age of 3; Composing by the time he was 8; and producing music professionally for advertising agencies in Mexico by the tender age of 13.
Giber's wide-ranging work has been used or featured on radio, tv, runways, websites, magazines, xm radio and nightclubs all over the world since 2005.
As a dance music producer, Nikko has released original material and remixes on internationally praised and acclaimed labels such as: Leftroom, Culprit, Petfood, Time Has Changed and Dieb Audio. "Your Mama's Friend", Marcin Czubala's new label, will be releasing his upcoming collaboration with Italy's Lula Circus in August 2012. His collaboration with Matt Tolfrey and Lazaro Casanova, the “LAX” EP came out on Culprit in late May of 2012, following Nikko’s debut on the immensely respected Los Angeles-based imprint last year.
Nikko Gibler's DJ career spans over a decade. The past 18 months have seen a whirlwind of travel that has taken in Paris, London, New York, Miami, Milan, San Diego, Vienna, Barcelona, Berlin, Los Angeles, Mexico City, San Francisco, Playa del Carmen, Southern Italy and Monterrey, Mexico just to name a few places.
www.nikkogibler.com
www.facebook.com/nikgibler
www.twitter.com/nikkogibler
For more info/RSVP:
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