Hailing from the Southwest of England Nick has Immersed himself into many areas of underground dance music now for 20 years; not only running his successful trance brand Hindsight which celebrates two decades in the game this September but working in many areas of the industry spectrum including DMCWORLD music reviewer, artist management, music producer/engineer, event / tours management.
Nick can be found DJ'ing regularly up & down the country at some of the UK's most respected clubs, events and parties, with previous and multiple appearances for The Gallery @ Ministry Of Sound, Godskitchen, Trance Sanctuary, Clockwork Orange, Goodgreef, Bionic, Volksfest, Hindsight, Uprising and many more. 2013 / 2014 also saw successful & repeat tours of Asia & Australia.
No stranger to Ibiza, over the last decade Nick has graced residencies and main room appearances for the likes of Judgement Sundays @ Eden / Es Paradis, Cream @ Amnesia, Sunk @ Privilege, Connect Ibiza, The Zoo and back in 2011 also featured on the lineup at Carl Cox's closing party @ Space not only demonstrating his enviable versatility as a DJ but musical maturity as he approaches the milestone of 37 years of age.
With a wealth of releases on labels such as Discover, FENology, HeavensGate, Aria Knights, Abora, Critical Uprising, Music Matters, Joyride, Phoenix, Dataless, Tidy & more, Nick has picked up the approval by many industry peers such as Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, Aly & Fila, Markus Schulz, Judge Jules, Dave Pearce, Kutski, Jordan Suckley, Craig Connelly, James Dymond, Infdecent Noise, not only with regular club plays but Radio 1 support and mainstream compilation inclusions through the years.
During the weekdays Nick runs Hard Trance Europe (HTE), a label and platform for the very best in European Hard Trance music. With the approval and backing of Black Hole in Holland, and a successful global CD compilation already under the hood, watch this space as HTE is set to expand in 2020 for Nick and the exciting roster of artists attached.
Dimitris: Your biggest music career achievements in 2019:
Nick The Kid: Playing and hosting our own HTE arena at Captured Festival Ibiza this summer, Playing at Amnesia Ibiza for Laserface, hosting our own HTE room at Fabric London, Mixing Volume two of the Hard Trance Europe compilation series via Black Hole Recordings. Reaching 20 years of my SW event Hindsight with a sold out event. It's been a massive year and I'm truly grateful to everyone involved. Also launching my own booking agency Made Artists, with an eclectic pool of well known and in demand artists spanning house, techno and trance.
Dimitris: Please rate your online presence/visibility in 2019 from 0-10?Please elaborate with short comment.
Nick The Kid: Easily 10 lol, my poor friends list, this year I've been on it! Needs must!
1) Best track(s) and short comment for each track from other fellow artists in 2019
Nick The Kid: As far as Hard Trance goes, Shax - Equinox has been a firm favourite of mine, max guaranteed vibes! And of course anything that Scot Project has put out!
2) Best of 2019 personal productions with short comment about them:
Nick The Kid: My collaboration with Renegade System 'Kontrast' is prob my favourite from this year, did well on the Beatport chart and gets max reactions in my sets.
3) Best Artist in 2019(DJ & producer) with short comment:
Nick The Kid: So many, S.H.O.K.K., Wavetraxx, Lab4, Scot Project, Shugz, David Rust, Ram, Tommy Pulse, Renegade System. Anybody who's writing Hard Trance music from the heart!
4) Best Remix(es) from other fellow artists in 2019 with short comment :
Nick The Kid: Wavetraxx remix of Skysurfer - Colors is absolutely huge! Out soon on HTE.
5) YOUR Best Remix which you have produced in 2019 with short comment?
Nick The Kid: Has to be my remix of K90's Awakening, by his own admission he recently said to me he thinks he may prefer my remix to his original which was a massive compliment, I'm a huge fan of Mark's music.
6) Best electronic dance music album in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Really liked Mark Sherry's 'Confirm Humanity' - solid selection of tracks. (If we are talking Hard Trance)
7) Best electronic dance music compilation in 2019 with short comment? :
Nick The Kid: Has to be Hard Trance Europe Volume two right? ' :-) ;-)
8) Best artwork about single / album/compilation or promotional campaign in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Emily Kemper has done a fantastic job with our HTE Artwork, it gets commented on a lot, also Barry Nostic at Hyper Reality comes up with some great imagery on their releases.
9) Best vocalist/singer on electronic dance music track in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Always a fan of Rowetta's voice, she's been collaborating with a lot of exciting names also this year.
10) Best electronic dance music label for 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: If we are talking Hard Trance. Outburst, Mental Asylum, Damaged, HTE, Hyper Reality, Hard Trance Revolution, Joyride, Drizzly.
11) Best electronic dance music video for 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: My mates J4CKED did a home grown video for their house track, 'All The People Get Down', it's honestly one of the most enjoyable music vids I've watched this year. It went viral, BBC are all over them atm, check them out!
12) Best online social media for 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Gotta love Will Atkinson's approach, one funny fucker! Also, FISHER's instagram has me in stitches too.
13) Best social media response you may have received about your music or your DJ performance in 2019:
Nick The Kid: After my set at Laserface, Amnesia this summer, it was lovely to see some props from Andy Moor on my page saying he was in the crowd, and he really liked what I played! I think a lot of A List artists deem it as a weakness to do such things, so hats off to you Andy, you made my week with that one comment.
14) Best music composition software in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Logic X, without question!
15)Best Club event /Festival/music conference in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Captured Festival, Ibiza - 2020 looks set yo be even bigger on the white isle.
16) Your Best personal DJ Gig & DJ performance in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: So many to choose from and great for different reasons. Laserface Amnesia in Ibiza, (My fav club of all time). Captured festival Ibiza, Fabric London (Big tick off the box), Hindsight 20th (So much fun), Westfest 2019, and our Hindsight boat party in the summer in Torquay was super special!
17) Best DJ set from other fellow DJ in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Flutlicht b2b S.H.O.K.K at Hindsight's 20th, I doubt that will be repeated in a long time! We were very lucky to scoop that! Was epic too!
18) Best radio show/podcast or Vlog(video blog) in 2019 with short comment. It can be yours or from other artists you respect:
Nick The Kid: Still enjoy a good old Radio 1 Tong session if I'm driving to a gig, FOLUAL's ApogeeCast always hits the spot, ABGT, ASOT, we def need more quality Hard Trance dedicated and hosted shows.
19) Best music related website in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Beatport still for tunes, Wunderground for humour!
20) Best production or DJ equipment (a)software & (b) hardware) in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Native Instruments Komplete Bundle.
21) Best sound sample that has been used frequently in electronic dance music tracks in 2019 (personal or from other artists):
Nick The Kid: Any classic rave stab from the early 90s, they get me every time! In any genre.
22) Best technical tips that you learnt in 2019 in relation to your DJing or music productions:
Nick The Kid: Always mix down on a new day, never stay up partying for 3 days before a gig! ;-)
23) Best piece of personal or music bussiness advice you got in relation to your career in 2019 and has helped you to progress even further:
Nick The Kid: Be careful who you confide in.
24) Best travel tips in 2019 to survive the long travelling hours and jetlag:
Nick The Kid: I find having good drink does wonders, honestly my last trip to Australia went by in what felt like 2 hours of flying time overall, winning! Wasn't quite so dynamic on the way home though, haha
25) Best ever electronic dance music track(s) of all times with short comment?
Nick The Kid: One of my fav pieces of music of all time is Danny Loko - Coastal (Eelke Kleijn Remix) an absolute masterpiece. It's funky, progressive, trancey, chilled and energetic all at the same time. If we are going way back, Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm or Orbital - Belfast are right up there for me.
26) Best hobby or creative activity except music production in 2019:
Nick The Kid: As I get older I actually like going on walks, anything that gets me outside in good weather, I never ever thought I'd see myself writing these words, but as I spend more and more time against a computer screen, I feel its important if not vital to reconnect with nature as much as possible. me and my girlfriend explored some really nice places over the summer here in Devon, we're lucky to live in such an amazing part of the UK. tbh I took it for granted before I lived and worked in London.
Dimitris: Do you have any concrete plans for 2020 regarding future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, DJ gigs? Please provide us the juicy details.
Nick The Kid: Hoping to get Hard trance Europe Volume 3 underway for Spring. I am also very excited to be working on my biggest event project to date, the Hard Trance Europe Weekender, which is being held in Exeter city on the 29th -31st May, featuring 4 venues, 3 nights, 50+ artists, we're attempting the biggest Hard Trance lineup to ever hit UK shores. We are of course taking Hindsight back to Ibiza for Ibiza Trance Event in September. Here too, on the production side of things, I aim to work on lots more original tracks this year and less collabs/ remixes.
Dimitris: Your message & wishes for 2020.
Nick The Kid: Be kind to each other, integrity is everything.
Additional info:
www.hterecordings.com
https://www.facebook.com/DJNickTheKid/
https://twitter.com/djnickthekid
djnickthekid Instagram
Nick The Kid: Playing and hosting our own HTE arena at Captured Festival Ibiza this summer, Playing at Amnesia Ibiza for Laserface, hosting our own HTE room at Fabric London, Mixing Volume two of the Hard Trance Europe compilation series via Black Hole Recordings. Reaching 20 years of my SW event Hindsight with a sold out event. It's been a massive year and I'm truly grateful to everyone involved. Also launching my own booking agency Made Artists, with an eclectic pool of well known and in demand artists spanning house, techno and trance.
Dimitris: Please rate your online presence/visibility in 2019 from 0-10?Please elaborate with short comment.
Nick The Kid: Easily 10 lol, my poor friends list, this year I've been on it! Needs must!
1) Best track(s) and short comment for each track from other fellow artists in 2019
Nick The Kid: As far as Hard Trance goes, Shax - Equinox has been a firm favourite of mine, max guaranteed vibes! And of course anything that Scot Project has put out!
2) Best of 2019 personal productions with short comment about them:
Nick The Kid: My collaboration with Renegade System 'Kontrast' is prob my favourite from this year, did well on the Beatport chart and gets max reactions in my sets.
3) Best Artist in 2019(DJ & producer) with short comment:
Nick The Kid: So many, S.H.O.K.K., Wavetraxx, Lab4, Scot Project, Shugz, David Rust, Ram, Tommy Pulse, Renegade System. Anybody who's writing Hard Trance music from the heart!
4) Best Remix(es) from other fellow artists in 2019 with short comment :
Nick The Kid: Wavetraxx remix of Skysurfer - Colors is absolutely huge! Out soon on HTE.
5) YOUR Best Remix which you have produced in 2019 with short comment?
Nick The Kid: Has to be my remix of K90's Awakening, by his own admission he recently said to me he thinks he may prefer my remix to his original which was a massive compliment, I'm a huge fan of Mark's music.
6) Best electronic dance music album in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Really liked Mark Sherry's 'Confirm Humanity' - solid selection of tracks. (If we are talking Hard Trance)
7) Best electronic dance music compilation in 2019 with short comment? :
Nick The Kid: Has to be Hard Trance Europe Volume two right? ' :-) ;-)
8) Best artwork about single / album/compilation or promotional campaign in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Emily Kemper has done a fantastic job with our HTE Artwork, it gets commented on a lot, also Barry Nostic at Hyper Reality comes up with some great imagery on their releases.
9) Best vocalist/singer on electronic dance music track in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Always a fan of Rowetta's voice, she's been collaborating with a lot of exciting names also this year.
10) Best electronic dance music label for 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: If we are talking Hard Trance. Outburst, Mental Asylum, Damaged, HTE, Hyper Reality, Hard Trance Revolution, Joyride, Drizzly.
11) Best electronic dance music video for 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: My mates J4CKED did a home grown video for their house track, 'All The People Get Down', it's honestly one of the most enjoyable music vids I've watched this year. It went viral, BBC are all over them atm, check them out!
12) Best online social media for 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Gotta love Will Atkinson's approach, one funny fucker! Also, FISHER's instagram has me in stitches too.
13) Best social media response you may have received about your music or your DJ performance in 2019:
Nick The Kid: After my set at Laserface, Amnesia this summer, it was lovely to see some props from Andy Moor on my page saying he was in the crowd, and he really liked what I played! I think a lot of A List artists deem it as a weakness to do such things, so hats off to you Andy, you made my week with that one comment.
14) Best music composition software in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Logic X, without question!
15)Best Club event /Festival/music conference in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Captured Festival, Ibiza - 2020 looks set yo be even bigger on the white isle.
16) Your Best personal DJ Gig & DJ performance in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: So many to choose from and great for different reasons. Laserface Amnesia in Ibiza, (My fav club of all time). Captured festival Ibiza, Fabric London (Big tick off the box), Hindsight 20th (So much fun), Westfest 2019, and our Hindsight boat party in the summer in Torquay was super special!
17) Best DJ set from other fellow DJ in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Flutlicht b2b S.H.O.K.K at Hindsight's 20th, I doubt that will be repeated in a long time! We were very lucky to scoop that! Was epic too!
18) Best radio show/podcast or Vlog(video blog) in 2019 with short comment. It can be yours or from other artists you respect:
Nick The Kid: Still enjoy a good old Radio 1 Tong session if I'm driving to a gig, FOLUAL's ApogeeCast always hits the spot, ABGT, ASOT, we def need more quality Hard Trance dedicated and hosted shows.
19) Best music related website in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Beatport still for tunes, Wunderground for humour!
20) Best production or DJ equipment (a)software & (b) hardware) in 2019 with short comment:
Nick The Kid: Native Instruments Komplete Bundle.
21) Best sound sample that has been used frequently in electronic dance music tracks in 2019 (personal or from other artists):
Nick The Kid: Any classic rave stab from the early 90s, they get me every time! In any genre.
22) Best technical tips that you learnt in 2019 in relation to your DJing or music productions:
Nick The Kid: Always mix down on a new day, never stay up partying for 3 days before a gig! ;-)
23) Best piece of personal or music bussiness advice you got in relation to your career in 2019 and has helped you to progress even further:
Nick The Kid: Be careful who you confide in.
24) Best travel tips in 2019 to survive the long travelling hours and jetlag:
Nick The Kid: I find having good drink does wonders, honestly my last trip to Australia went by in what felt like 2 hours of flying time overall, winning! Wasn't quite so dynamic on the way home though, haha
25) Best ever electronic dance music track(s) of all times with short comment?
Nick The Kid: One of my fav pieces of music of all time is Danny Loko - Coastal (Eelke Kleijn Remix) an absolute masterpiece. It's funky, progressive, trancey, chilled and energetic all at the same time. If we are going way back, Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm or Orbital - Belfast are right up there for me.
26) Best hobby or creative activity except music production in 2019:
Nick The Kid: As I get older I actually like going on walks, anything that gets me outside in good weather, I never ever thought I'd see myself writing these words, but as I spend more and more time against a computer screen, I feel its important if not vital to reconnect with nature as much as possible. me and my girlfriend explored some really nice places over the summer here in Devon, we're lucky to live in such an amazing part of the UK. tbh I took it for granted before I lived and worked in London.
Dimitris: Do you have any concrete plans for 2020 regarding future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, DJ gigs? Please provide us the juicy details.
Nick The Kid: Hoping to get Hard trance Europe Volume 3 underway for Spring. I am also very excited to be working on my biggest event project to date, the Hard Trance Europe Weekender, which is being held in Exeter city on the 29th -31st May, featuring 4 venues, 3 nights, 50+ artists, we're attempting the biggest Hard Trance lineup to ever hit UK shores. We are of course taking Hindsight back to Ibiza for Ibiza Trance Event in September. Here too, on the production side of things, I aim to work on lots more original tracks this year and less collabs/ remixes.
Dimitris: Your message & wishes for 2020.
Nick The Kid: Be kind to each other, integrity is everything.
Additional info:
www.hterecordings.com
https://www.facebook.com/DJNickTheKid/
https://twitter.com/djnickthekid
djnickthekid Instagram