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  • Genre: Down-tempo / Experimental / Progressive

    Location Bogota, Colombia, Co

    Profile Views: 9116

    Last Login: 1/9/2012

    Member Since 1/7/2008

    Website Facebook/Rikesto Bogotá

    Record Label BALKAN CONNECTION, BCSA, Per-Vurt, Baires.

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Ricardo Espinel (1985) is a young dj producer from Bogotá Colombia. He started at the age 12 to write and produce electronic and instrumental music. He grew up with the dance music movement with artists like pet shop boys, erasure, depeche mode, new order and others. At the age of 17 he began to prove him at the turntables at the same time he produce. When he bought his first PC and his first Synth he began playing some of his own productions of trance and progressive line. Djs like Sasha, James Holden, John Digweed, Deep dish and Jimmy Van M have been his influence for the last years. Rikesto began playing their first sets in some clubs of Bogota and in the underground scene with some electronic movements. In 2001, EMI music heard his material and decide to include his first song "Bogotá" with the nickname of Ronni on the dance music compilation "AfterClub 3" (2002) and the next year, his song "Volcanic Rock" appears on "Afterclub 4" (2005) and in a cd compilation of EMI and Levis (2005), Rikesto (Ronni) write and produce a song called Casino with the boys of the excellent Yndukana. He has created some remixes for national artists like FONSECA, CABAS, COMPAÑIA ILIMITADA, MAIA and internationals like BALLEATIC BILL & ELIOR. He has played his music in famous clubs of Bogotá like CHA CHA, LA SALA, LA MODELO, TROPICAL COCKTAILS, in the famous radio show VOLTAJE ELECTRONICA FM and in a important electronic music festival of Colombia, the Summer Festival in Bogotá at the Simon Bolivar Park with more than 50.000 souls & in the great festival MINAS DE NEMOCON. He was the resident on 2009 every saturdays of the renowned club LA SALA with his own artists collective FAMILIA MUSIC. His first E.P. was released in july 2010 on the Balkan Connection SA label with the Nicholas Van Orton support. The Rikesto's work has been supported by: -Nick Stoynoff -Hernan Cattaneo -Cid Inc. -Nicholas Van Orton -Moonbeam -Darin Epsilon -Sasha Le Monnier -D-Phrag -Faskil -Francesco Pico -dPen -Fady Ferraye -Denis A -Dubfire and many others...

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  • Influences

    The Rikesto's work has been supported by: -Nick Stoynoff -Hernan Cattaneo -Cid Inc. -Nicholas Van Orton -Moonbeam -Darin Epsilon -Sasha Le Monnier -D-Phrag -Faskil -Francesco Pico -dPen -Fady Ferraye -Denis A -Dubfire and many others...

  • Sounds Like

    The Rikesto's work has been supported by: -Nick Stoynoff -Hernan Cattaneo -John Digweed -Cid Inc. -Nicholas Van Orton -Moonbeam -Darin Epsilon -Sasha Le Monnier -D-Phrag -Faskil -Francesco Pico -dPen -Fady Ferraye -Denis A -Dubfire and many others...
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Ricardo Espinel "rikesto" is a young dj producer from Bogotá, Colombia who was born on 1985. He started at the age 12 to write and produce electronic and instrumental music. He grew up with the dance music movement with artists like pet shop boys, erasure, depeche mode, new order among many others. When he was 17 he began to prove him at the turntables at the same time he produce. When he bought his first PC and his first Synth he began playing some of his own productions of trance and progressive style. Djs like Sasha, Nick Warren, Digweed, Deep dish and Jimmy Van M have been his influence for the last years. Rikesto began playing their first sets in recognized clubs of Bogota. In 2001, EMI music heard his material and decide to include his first song "Bogotá" with the nickname of Ronni on the dance music compilation "AfterClub 3" (2002) and the next year, his song "Volcanic Rock" appears on "Afterclub 4" (2005) and in a cd compilation of EMI and Levis (2005), Rikesto (Ronni) write and produce a song called Casino with the boys of the excellent Yndukana. He has created some remixes for national Pop artists and international artists. In 2010 With the support of Nicholas Van Orton he started to produce music under the label balkan Connection South America. In recent years he has evolved, creating his own style submerged between progressive, techno and experimental sounds. His sounds evoke his life and his way of thinking, being influenced by his personal experiences. His tracks has been supported by artists like John Digweed, Hernan Cattaneo, Nick Warren, Guy J, Moonbeam, Dubfire, Darin Espilon and Kasey Taylor just to name a few.

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