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O curitibano Rodrigo Nickel começou sua carreira de DJ em Portugal, para onde se mudou em 92 e ficou durante quase 15 anos e onde também organizava e residia no mítico after hours Break-Fast em Lisboa, por onde passaram artistas como Asher Jones, Andre Absolut, Chris Lake, D-Nox & Beckers, Kasey Taylor, Steve Parry, os brasileiros Magal e Oscar Bueno e grande parte dos expoentes da cena local como John-e & Gustavo (Stereo Addiction), Pedro Seph, Kaesar, Manuel Lobo e o qual também foi nomeado como o melhor after hours daquele país em 2005 para o Dance Club Awards, da publicação homônima, a Dance Club.
De volta ao Brasil desde janeiro de 2006, é presença constante nos line ups de clubes como o D-edge, Vegas Club, SPKZ, Deputamadre, Vibe, Eon, Bielle, Deseo, Glam, Mase, Quartier Latin entre muitos outros, ao lado de grandes nomes como Martin Eyerer, Presslaboys, Phatjak, Khainz, Alex Kenji, Hauswerks, Xavi Beat , David Amo & Julio Navas, Tim Healey, Deep Mariano ou Gui Boratto para citar alguns, ou ainda em grandes festivais como a Tribaltech ou o Universo Paralello.
Desde 2007 dedica parte de seu tempo na organização da Decibel, projeto que em 2 anos já conta com mais de 50 edições em cidades como Curitiba, Cascavel, Maringá, Florianópolis ou Belo Horizonte e já apresentou artistas como Kanio, Gaz James, Sam Fraser, Kore, Tommy Jacobbs ou Gustavo Bravetti e onde também é um dos residentes ao lado dos DJs Hugo Miyamura & Daniel Costa.
Atualmente também uma nova balada quinzenal e aos domingos em parceria com a DJ Aninha, a Lick My Sunday e está prestes a lançar sua própria gravadora onde irá contar com a colaboração de alguns novos talentos e também de alguns artistas de vanguarda como King Roc, Rick Nicholls & Asher Jones ou Chris Llopis.
***ENGLISH
Born in Curitiba, Brazil in 1977, Rodrigo Nickels fascination with music developed early. Influenced by his older brothers, he was playing guitar by 11 and after moving to Portugal in 1992 he began to broaden his musical knowledge and it wasnt long before he was submerged amongst Portugals developing underground dance music scene.
A regular at all the parties Rodrigo took his passion of dance music to the next level in 2004 when he moved in to a house that owned a pair of turntables.
He was a natural talent and over the next 6 months he was djing at all the house parties around Lisbon. He made the transition to clubs shortly after this when he was invited by dj & promoter Ricardo Manaia to play at his clubnight at Pop Up Bar.
He was a success and his ability to read a dancefloor and then cater for its occupants is something Rodrigo is renowned for.
After starting his own club night Delicious @ Mood in Lisbon, Rodrigo became a regular name associated with Lisbons blossoming dance scene and he found himself playing alongside Portugals biggest names, such as Pedro Seph (Beluga Sounds),John-e & Gustavo (Stereo Addiction), Señor Pelota, Kamala and Kaesar to name a few.
In 2005, he partnered up with International Dj Chris Meehan (Aus/Vapour Recordings/Black Sheep) who was based in Europe for a summer and they opened "Break-Fast" After Hours which proved to be a huge success.
It wasnt long before all visiting International Djs were doing unadvertised, intimate sets alongside Rodrigo and Chris at their afterhours.
Andre Absolut (Swe), Asher Jones (UK/Rhythm code), D-nox & Beckers (Ger), Chris Lake (UK), Kasey Taylor (Aus), Karlos Elizondo (Mex), Steve Parry (3Beat Recs./Uk) and Tobias Beyer (Ger) all played alongside Rodrigo.
A feature at Lisbons major parties he has played alongside acts such as Son Kite and Minilogue and is widely regarded as Lisbons rising star when talking about the cutting edge of the cities dance music scene.
Returning to his country of Birth in early 2006 he has been welcomed openly by Brazil..s developing yet massive scene and has been invited to play at some of the countries biggest dance parties and clubs in the major cities as Sao Paulo, Curitiba, Belo Horizonte and Florianopolis in venues like D-edge , Vegas Club , SPKZ , Deputamadre, Club Vibe sharing the booth with names like Martin Eyerer , Alex Kenji , Presslaboys , Phatjak , King Roc , Kanio ,Gaz James , Hauswerks , Leeroy Burrel , Khainz , Tim Healey , David Amo & Julio Navas or Gui Boratto and also in big open air festivals as Universo Parallelo or TribalTech.
Nowadays hes been splitting his time between running his successful Decibel clubnights in the best underground venues around Brazil for the last two years, has just started another party partnered up with Warung Club..s resident Aninha and is also starting his own record label Origami, in which will feature some newcomers from around the world and some cutting edge artists like King Roc, Rick Nicholls & Asher Jones or Chris Llopis & Ecco.
A smiling face amongst a parties punters and a fresh talent behind the turntables, Rodrigo Nickel is a name to look out for and a person to make sure, when given the chance, you hear.
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