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Introspective Podcast 002 - NAPP

Nikolina has developed a strong passion for music since she was a child, taking her first piano lesson at the age of seven (and continuing for ten years). She has always been intrigued by non-mainstream styles and artists and started her DJ career in 2012, in Ukraine.

She quickly became one of the most well-known DJs in Kiev, distinguishing herself for her unusual track selection, with a very intense mix of deep house, tech house, indie house, and melodic house.

During her DJ years in Ukraine, Nikolina was a resident at L8, one of the main Clubs in Kiev, and at Mantra Club in Odessa, the top beach destination in the country. She was also responsible for the soundtrack at Kiev’s fashion week and performed many gigs at some of the best bars and clubs in the city, including Vogue Cafe and Fairmont Hotel.

In 2018, Nikolina moved to London, to be at the centre of the European music scene, and quickly built a reputation as an experimental and refined DJ. She is currently a Resident at Playa, was previously a Resident at Hovarda and regularly plays at Cuckoo Club. She has played at Lost in Sound, Nowhere Events and Beats on Toast events and had gigs at some of the best venues in London, including Ministry of Sound, Studio 17 (Blanche London), Opium, MNK House, Blake’s Hotel, Mandrake Hotel and Sunday brunch at Restaurant Ours, alongside highly respected international DJs, such as Audiofly, Satori, Bahrouz, Dorian Craft, Maga, Francesco Mami, Serge Devant, Jean Claude Ades, Birds of Mind, Blondish, Die Vögel.

As a result of her successful gigs in London, in 2019 Nikolina was invited by Pacha to play as one of the headline artists at its top winter event, for a two-week residency at AsitzBräu, over the Austrian Alps, that she helped turn into a “snowy Ibiza”. During the year, Nikolina also performed a number of gigs in Tulum, Portugal, Italy and Georgia.

Nikolina has now also started to produce her own music and is very excited by the project, which is allowing her to experiment with new styles and melodies. Her first track has been released in June 2019 on BE Records.

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11.06.21
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New Begginings w/ Nikolina - 11.06.21

Mix 008 was recorded live at a birthday party. The entirety of the mix isn’t recorded due to poor audio recording. We were still able to save over a solid hour and fifteen min. 

This mix is dedicated to the birthday girl, Alicia. One word comes to mind when thinking Alicia, and that is “champion”. She will energized bunny through the night. Coordinating, decor, taking care of food, being funny cute and just unapologetically herself. She’ll party harder than anyone and then be up cleaning and prepare a full on gourmet breakfast. Straight champion. We had so much fun celebrating her and Talin yesterday! Thank you for being who you are and this dedicated mix is the least I can do to say how much we appreciate you and love you.

Sizzlin’ Leo Season 🔥♌️ Mix 008

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Interview:

How and when did you get into electronic music?

I think I was around 17 when I listened to Kraftwerk for the first time and I was completely shocked with the sounds they were producing. I then started to do some research and after some months, discovered that Roland was making one of its first drum machines. I convinced my father to buy one and started to make music. Over the first year, I was only programming drums... no bass lines, no synths, only drums. Keep in mind there were no computers back then either. I then bought a sampler AKAI 900 months later and I produced my first techno vinyl at the age of 19. That was almost 20 years ago now. :)

Which musical moments have been especially memorable to you? 

For sure when I was very young, around 18, during the periods when I started creating my first techno live sets for illegal rave parties. I’m talking about free parties, it meant I was playing in front of 2-3 thousand people sometimes. Nice memories … 

Which plans do you have for the future with Steyoyoke?

Personally my goal is to release an album, but I don't think this will happen for a while, because I don’t have so much free time to stay in studio at the moment. Between my label office work and gigs, it keeps me very busy, but an album is definitely on the cards for the future. 

In regards to Steyoyoke, there aren't any really big plans. We just want to keep releasing good quality music with strong artistic concepts. All the artists are becoming more and more mature and the sound is evolving more and more, in its own unique way. I guess this is the key and my biggest goal.

If you could choose to play at any venue in the world, which place would it be?

Definitely at Warung in Brazil. I think it’s one of the most beautiful clubs and somewhere where I would love to play.

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New Begginings w/ Nikolina - 11.06.21

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