NICK HAS PLAYED A BIG PART IN THE NORTHERN ITALIAN MUSIC SCENE FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. WE MET HIM FOR A CHAT AND WERE IMPRESSED WITH HIS PECULIARITY. GOING AGAINST ALL ODDS WITH THE CURRENT MUSICAL SCENE HE CAN MIX EVERYTHING AND ALWAYS GETS THE BEST RESULTS. PEAK NICK IS A TECHNICS MASTER WITH NO NEED FOR SAMPLER OR SYNTH .

PEAK NICK BEGAN HIS CAREER AT ONLY 14! SINCE THEN HE HAS DEVELOPED A CULT FOLLOWING IN CLUBS IN AND AROUND NORTHERN ITALY, SUCH AS THE PLASTIC PALACE IN MILAN, WHERE HE REGULARLY PLAYS.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM FOR A CHAT, AND WERE AMAZED AT HIS ORIGINALITY ALWAYS GOING AGAINST THE TRENDS, AND MIXING SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF STYLES WITH JAW DROPPING RESULTS. THIS IS THE STORY OF A SURGEON DRESSED AS A DJ.

THE BOY PLAYS HARD, BUT ALSO REALLY CARES ABOUT HIS HEARING ” IN 18 YEARS OF DJING I HAVE LOST FIVE DECIBELS OF MY HEARING. IN THE PAST THREE YEARS,I’VE LOST FIVE MORE!”

“MY DOCTOR TOLD ME MY HAIR CELLS ARE TOTALLY FUCKED UP!”

HE’S LOOKING GLOWY AND CARRIES ON :

“SO I WENT TO MY GURU, A KINESI SPECIALIST HOMEOPATH , AN EXPERT IN OVERTONES THERAPY, WHO I BELIEVE TO BE A GENIUS: GIAMPAOLO TRECCANI. HE CURED ME WITH VERY HIGH FREQUENCY SOUNDS ON HEADPHONES, COMING OUT FROM HUGE DIAPASONS RECORDED IN INDIA. AND I TELL YOU WHAT, SINCE I HAVE BEEN GOING THERE I CAN HEAR JUST LIKE I USED TO !”

HIS FACE GLOWS AND NICK CARRIES ON:

“A JAPANESE RESEARCHER, WHOSE NAME ESCAPES ME, STUDIED THE AFFECT THAT SOUND WAVES HAVE ON WATER PARTICLES. HE PUT TWO SPEAKERS IN A BATHTUB AND PLAYED DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC, GREGORIAN CHANTS AND CELTIC MUSIC KEPT THE WATER IN PERFECT SHAPE, WHILE ROCK MUSC SMASHED THE WATER PARTICLES AND CREATED MORE DISORDER IN THE WATER THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF MUSIC.”

TECHNO HAS ALWAYS BEEN NICK’S MAIN PASSION AND WHILE CHATTING WITH HIM, WE ASKED HIM HIS THOUGHTS ON THE MINIMAL WAVE SOUND THAT MODERN CLUBS ARE PLAYING THESE DAYS

“BEING INVOLVED WITH THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE SINCE I WAS 14, I HAVE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE SINCE THEN. I PERSONALLY THINK TECHNO IS UNDERGOING A REVIVAL AT THE MOMENT”

HE SMILES AND CONTINUES “I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF FUSING DIFFERENT STYLES AND EXPERIMENTING WITH THEM, AS I THINK THAT IS HOW, LIKE IN OTHER ARTS, YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEW”

LISTENING TO HIM TALKING ABOUT TECHNO TAKES ME BACK TO THE SCENE OF “ALMOST FAMOUS.” WHEN LESTER BANGS, PORTRAYED BY PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, TELLS THE YOUNG JOUNRALIST WILLIAM MILLER THAT ROCK IS DEAD, KILLED BY GREED AND MTV; ALTHOUGH THIS IS A SAD SCENE,HIS WAY OF THINKING IS MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN NOSTALGIC.

PEAK NICK PLAYED PLASTIC FOR THREE YEARS, THEN IN 1994 HE MOVED TO BOLOGNA TO STUDY, AND THERE HE HAD ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE EXPERIENCES OF HIS LIFE. FOR 10 YEARS HE WAS AN ACTIVE PART OF THE LINK PROJECT IN BOLOGNA. “THE LINK WAS A MACHINE THAT NO ONE KNEW HOW TO HANDLE. THE CLUB HAD 5000 MEMBER, AND WAS RAN BY A DIRECTING BOARD OF LIKE MINDED PEOPLE, I HAVE SEEN COMPUTERS FLYING OFF OF DESKS DURING THE MEETINGS, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS A BIG SUCCESS.”

AS A DJ WHO HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE, IT TAKES A LOT FOR HIM TO CANCEL A SHOW ” I REMEMBER ONCE AFTER A 36 HOUR TOUR DE FORCE SOMEWHERE IN VIENNA I FELT A STRANGE PAIN IN MY CHEST. THE DAY AFTER AT T.P.O. AND THE SAME NIGHT AT LINK FOR THE NEW YEARS EVE EVENT.”

“A WEEK LATER I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS TOLD MY LEFT LUNG COLLAPSED, IT LOOKED LIKE A PLUM!”

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONVERSATION NICK SPONTANEOUSLY THREW HIMSELF INTO A DJ SET IN HIS OWN ROOM. WE HAD TO TALK PRETTY LOUD! THE FOUR SPEAKERS WERE DEFINITELY TOO BIG; THE ROOM ITSELF WAS SHAKING!

AFTER A DECADE WITH LINK, PLAYING SOME OF THE BEST DJS AND BANDS AROUND, NICK RETURNED TO PLASTIC, AND CREATED THE EVENTS P.O.T. AT PLASTIC ON THURSDAYS. PLASTIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST CLUBS IN MILAN, AND THERE NICK EXPLORES HIS CREATIVITY WITHOUT ANY LIMITS. ” I HAVE TAKEN FROM LINK THE FORMULA OF DJ SET + LIVE BANDS + DJ SET. COMING BACK TO MILAN WAS A BIT OF AN ADVENTURE AND TURNED INTO A BIG SUCCESS.

WITH SUCH ARTISTS AS SUICIDE, ADULT, THOMAS BRINKMANN AND PEACHES, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PERFECT PLACE WITH THE PERFECT MOOD.

IN THE PAST TWO YEARS PEAKNICK HAS BEEN PLAYING MONTHLY IN HIS OWN TOWN, SOMETHING THAT HE HASN’T DONE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER. HE HAS ALSO HELD A RESIDENCY AT VINILE45 ON SATURDAY NIGHTS.

“VINILE45 IS ONE OF THE BEST CLUBS IN ITALY, IT HAS ALSO BEEN A TOP VENUE FOR LIVE MUSIC. THE LIVE BAND IS ESSENTIAL FOR A GREAT NIGHT. A BAND CAN CHARGE UP THE PEOPLE IN SUCH A GOOD WAY THAT IS BECOMES A GREAT PLEASURE TO START DJING STRAIGHT AFTER.”

AS ALREADY SAID AT THE BEGINNING NICK IS NOW PLAYING AT PLASTIC PALACE, ORPHAN OF THE VINILE45 EXPERIENCE AND ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW CLUBS TO PLAY! COME TO PLASTIC TO SEE THE NICK IN ACTION!

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