When it comes to underground DJs, Nickelle is the kind of artist who will stick their neck out and take a chance to play a piece of music if it feels right, regardless of genre. That ethos has yielded her a reputation for serving up original sets and producing house and techno that can be hard to pinpoint down to a single genre or timeframe.
Brought up in the picturesque environs of the Lake District in the north-west of England, she started sneaking into club nights such as Vague in Leeds and events at The Arena in Middlesbrough while underage. She arrived in Brighton at 18 with just a bag of records and a change of clothes, and never made it home again. She scored a residency at the HoneyClub on the seafront and soon began playing other UK clubs such as Turnmills, The Zap, Ministry Of Sound and The Escape. These choice gigs led to residencies at Fabric and The End/AKA in London (for DTPM and Jaded respectively), and then international gigs in far-flung places such as Bali, Indonesia, Bucharest, China, Rome and Singapore.
In tandem with the explosion of her DJ career Nickelle began producing her own music, releasing on labels such as Slip N Slide, Art & Craft Recordings, Iberican, Bullet:Dodge and Rebirth, and also remixing the mighty X-Press 2. Now, after a short break, she’s writing the next chapter of her career. With a release just dropped on the world renowned NYC house label Nervous, and another on respected UK indie Jack Said What, Nickelle is about to take the scene by storm again. Watch her fly.
Nickelle
When it comes to underground DJs, Nickelle is the kind of artist who will stick their neck out and take a chance to play a piece of music if it feels right, regardless of genre. That ethos has yielded her a reputation for serving up original sets and producing house and techno that can be hard to pinpoint down to a single genre or timeframe.
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