Sparatik
Born and raised on the east coast, Sparatik has experienced life in major cities that include Manhattan, Boston, San Francisco, Orlando, and now Los Angeles. In addition to DJing, her technical education includes degrees for both Recording Arts and Digital Media from Full Sail, where she later returned as a lab instructor for both Web Design and MIDI. Working alongside producers Medway (Hooj Choons), Noel Sanger (Nettwerk) and Pimp Daddy Nash (Eighth Dimension Records), she put her production chops to the test teaching 12-hour overnight shifts in the MIDI lab (on OS9!).
Her arrival in San Francisco saw her freelancing and teaching an advanced mixing class for DJs at Norcal DJ & Music Production Academy, and later in Los Angeles as an instructor for SAE-LA, a school for music and multimedia technology. As a result of spending countless hours learning hardware and software for multimedia production, Nichole’s skills are solid and her creative direction is over-the-top. Her main goal is to collaborate with talented friends in the industry, learning new tips and tricks along the way, and to create positive energy throughout the process. It’s all about having fun, and making it happen.
As of December 2011, she began hosting a radio show featured on Hush Radio (www.hushradio.com) called “The Poncho Incident”. Airing every Wednesday from 2-4pm PST, the show covers nu-disco, house and deep tech. It’s also available via iTunes: Radio > Electronica > Hush Radio.
Different events require different sounds. Sparatik covers a range of styles to accommodate these different events. Here are a few examples:
• Jazz/funk/downtempo: Green Festival® – Los Angeles
• Electro disco-house: Live @ Obama Inauguration Party
• Funky minimal nu disco: March 7th of “The “Poncho Incident”
• Disco: Live @ Chingy Chingy
Latest Mixes
Please see “The Poncho Incident” page for the most up-to-date mixes, as well as the “Mixes” category in the blog for some older sheeat.