Nickodemus (USA)
Born in the Bronx and raised in the Queens and Long Island districts, New York City’s DJ Nickodemus has a unique hip hop flavour, incorporating break beats and brisk grooves. One of the original Giant Step DJs involved in famed street and warehouse parties in the mid-90s, Nickodemus founded the legendary Turntables on the Hudson parties with DJ Mariano in 1998, held on a concrete deck on the edge of a pier and specialising in integrating DJs with live percussion. The sound roamed a wide domain, from hip hop to funk, house to Latin, big beat to reggae, and this freedom from stylistic boundaries became a Nickodemus signature. From 1999 to 2001, Nickodemus went on the road, touring with the late great percussionist/songwriter Mino Cinelu and his band, playing beats through an eight-track and an MPC, and using twin turntables for scratching and delayed effects. He has remixed tracks for artists from Thievery Corporation to Sultan Khan, Nina Simone to Boozoo Bajou. In 2005, Nickodemus released his first solo album, Endangered Species, embracing world, folk, funk, jazz, hip hop and dance music, laced with messages of peace, awareness and love – themes echoed in his 2009 album Sun People.
Website: www.myspace.com/nickodemusnyc