It was January 6th, 1989 when young Dutchman Nicky Romero saw his first light of day. Born and raised in a small city called Amerongen, Nicky developed an interest for music at a very young age. At the age of 6 he hit his first snare drum after joining a marching band and this is where it all kicked off for young Nicky. After saving up for a little while, Nicky obtained his first drum kit and started banging away at it like there was no tomorrow. For the next three years there was only one beat to be heard in the Romero household, Nicky’s beat, practising the drums day and night.

Being bored with the drum kit, made way for a brand new set of turntables. Studying and practising his mixing skills were mainly what Nicky’s life consisted of at the time. Already flirting with the idea of making his own music and rocking the crowds some day. When Nicky finished school, the path was clear and the objective was set, producing music became not only a career, but a way of life!

The very first musical offerings Privilege and QWERTY by Romero were snatched up by a small boutique label called ‘Once Records’ the ‘Romero sound’ was born. Next to having a few more releases on small independent imprints, there was a remix for Tony Cha Cha and Sidney Samson: ‘Get On The Floor’ that whirled up a storm of publicity. All the aforementioned achievements, left one more aspect of the production game in need of conquering; the bootleg. Producing his own interpretation of David Guetta’s ‘When Love Takes Over’ resulted in instantly becoming the so called talk of the town with thousands of hits on Youtube and posts on various influential music blogs, Nicky made his entrance into the global scene.

Releasing ‘My Friend’ really paved the way for Nicky. The track released on Spinnin’ Records shot to a 4th place in the overall Beatport top 100 download chart and straight to the top spot on Dutch portal Dance–Tunes. This success resulting in the worlds top artists supporting almost everything Nicky releases nowadays. People the likes of Tiesto, Fedde Le Grand, David Guetta and Sander Van Doorn all often feature tracks by Nicky in their sets. All these accolades make for Nicky being one of the hottest, most sought after producers and remixers on the planet today. With remixes for Green Velvet, Tiesto, Flo-Rida and David Guetta the outlook for 2011 is a promising one.

Nicky’s tour schedule for 2011 is also filling up nicely. Getting invited to play Ultrafest during the WMC and a two-week tour in Australia already pencilled in, leaves just enough time to tour the US and travel through Europe rocking the crowds where ever he plays. All this next to maintaining one of the busiest
production schedules know to man, Nicky Romero has truly entered the top realm within the global dance scene.

Enjoy this Essential Mix by Nicky Romero which originally aired Live on the BBC’s Radio 1….

Tracklist:

01. Avicii & Nicky Romero – Nicktim  w/ Justice – D.A.N.C.E. (Acappella)
02. Cosmo Klein – The Night (Nilson & The 8th Note Remix)
03. Avicii vs. Lenny Kravitz – Superlove (Avicii Space Remix)
04. Jack Back feat. David Guetta & Nicky Romero & Sia – Wild One Two
05. Fedde Le Grand & Deniz Koyu & Johan Wedel – Turn It
06. Henrik B feat. Rudy – Leave A Light On (NO_ID Remix)
07. Nicky Romero – Camorra
08. Sander van Doorn feat. Mayaeni – Nothing Inside
09. Miike Snow – Devil’s Work (Dirty South Remix)
10. Faithless – Insomnia (Fedde Le Grand Bootleg)
11. Nicky Romero – Toulouse (Tommy Trash Remix)  w/ Nicky Romero – Toulouse w/ Nero – Crush On You
12. David Guetta feat. Sia – Titanium (Alesso Remix)  w/ David Guetta feat. Sia – Titanium (Nicky Romero Remix)
13. Nicky Romero – Se7en
14. Swedish House Mafia – Greyhound  w/ Example – Changed The Way You Kiss Me (Acappella)
15. Madonna feat. M.i.a. & Nicki Minaj – Give Me All Your Luvin’ (Nicky Romero Remix)
16. Hardwell – Spaceman
17. Tonite Only – Haters (Nicky Romero Out of Space Remix)
18. Tommy Trash – Cascade
19. David Guetta & Nicky Romero – Metropolis
20. Eva Simons – I Don’t Like You (Nicky Romero Remix)
21. Ansol & Dyro – Top Of The World
22. Nicky Romero – Generation 303
23. Skrillex & The Doors – Breakin’ A Sweat (It’s Alright) (Zedd Remix)
24. Sandro Silva & Quintino – Epic w/ Diddy Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey – Coming Home (Dirty South Remix)
25. David Guetta & Nicky Romero – ID
26. Nicky Romero & Zroq – WTF
27. Fedde Le Grand & Nicky Romero feat. MC Gee – Slacking