Leko, is an American

United States

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 DJ

Disc jockey

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, remix

Remix

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er, and record producer

Record producer

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 based in Baltimore, Maryland, releasing music and performing internationally with Steez Promo, Dub Nation, and Tharsis Records.

Over 14 years of travel and residency, Leko has performed live for over 1 million people. 2005 was highlighted by 2 tours spinning progressive house & trance for European crowds throughout the French and Dutch Caribbean territories of the West Indies (first tour 5 months, second tour 2 months).

2006 and 2007 saw significant success and achievement for Leko, as he switched his focus to producing, releasing, and spinning electro house, breaks, and progressive music. His original track "Survive" garnered significant attention from the leaders of the breakbeat community, including Überzone

Uberzone

Überzone is Anaheim, California native Timothy Wiles, is an electronic musician. He has also been known as Q, named after the popular character in the James Bond series....

, Hybrid

Hybrid (producers)

Hybrid are a British electronic music group based in Swansea, comprising Mike Truman and Chris Healings, with the addition of Charlotte James completing their 2010 lineup. They are primarily known as a progressive breaks act, although they overlap considerably with progressive house and trance...

, Drumattic Twins, and Dopamine

Dopamine

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. "Survive" went almost immediately into rotation internationally on "The System" (WorldSpace Satellite Radio, XM Satellite Radio

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 channel 82, DirecTV

DirecTV

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 channel 860, and AOL Music). Leko also began recording with Nashville's Hilary Williams, pop singer and daughter of country music legend Hank Williams, Jr.

Hank Williams, Jr.

Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country...

  Their debut collaboration, "Sign of Life", written about Hilary's near-death auto accident with sister Holly, has received considerable national media attention and was coveted for airplay on Alan Freed's "BPM Project" show on XM-81 BPM.

Leko's debut appearance in San Antonio, Texas at Club NV was scheduled only two weeks in advance, and was sold out to its 400 person capacity, with Leko performing a three-hour set. His performance for the Culture Thursdays party at Soho Lounge in Miami, Florida garnered the attention of executives at 107.1FM VybeRadio Miami, who invited Leko to become a resident DJ with a weekly mix show on the air.

Leko's 'Orion Spur Dance Party' immediately became Miami's most popular mix show, gaining the attention of world-famous DJ's including Christopher Lawrence

Christopher Lawrence (DJ)

Christopher Lawrence is an American DJ and producer, specializing in progressive trance music. He has released 10 mix CDs since 1997.Lawrence has an international audience and makes frequent appearances worldwide...

, Judge Jules

Judge Jules

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, Robbie Rivera

Robbie Rivera

Roberto "Robbie" Rivera is a prolific house music producer and DJ born in Puerto Rico. He has an extensive catalog of original productions and remixes to his credit, ranging from Tribal to Progressive House, as well as incorporating Garage and Latin elements. He and his wife Monica Olabarrieta...

, James Zabiela

James Zabiela

James Zabiela is a DJ and producer from Southampton in the United Kingdom. In his early years his signature style was a fusion of Breakbeat and House music, more recently however, he is regarded as a Tech House DJ although his use of Breakbeat music is still key to the more flashy parts of his sets...

, Starkillers (Nick Terranova), Austin Leeds, Chris Lake

Chris Lake

Chris Lake is a Scottish House music DJ/producer who lives in West London. Lake first became recognized for his bootleg remixes of The Prodigy's "Climbatize", Leftfield's "Phat Planet", and Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams". which he did under the alias "Cristophe D'Abuc". His 2006 track with vocals from...

, Tom Stephan (Superchumbo), DJ Chus (of Chus & Ceballos), Chris Fortier

Chris Fortier

Chris Fortier is an American DJ and founder of the Balance Record Pool as well as co-founder and owner of Fade Records. Fortier's DJ-ing covers a range of styles from dark progressive to minimalist techno...

, Überzone

Uberzone

Überzone is Anaheim, California native Timothy Wiles, is an electronic musician. He has also been known as Q, named after the popular character in the James Bond series....

, Elite Force

Elite Force

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, Aquasky

Aquasky

Aquasky is a breaks and jungle group composed of Dave Wallace, Kieron Bailey & Brent Newitt. In early 1995 they got together to produce their own music. Shortly afterwards they sent a demo tape to Moving Shadow records and the seeds of a musical alliance were sown...

, General Midi

General MIDI

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, Deepsky

Deepsky

Deepsky is an electronic music act based in Los Angeles. Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Deepsky formed in 1992 when its two founding members, J. Scott Giaquinta and Jason Blum, met at the University of New Mexico...

, Charles Feelgood, and Miles Dyson, all of whom have appeared as guests on Leko's show or were scheduled to appear.

Leko's Miami influence led to his numerous scheduled appearances at the Miami's Winter Music Conference

Winter Music Conference

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, including 2007's Official Closing Party at the world-famous Pawn Shop with DJ Keoki, Donald Glaude

Donald Glaude

Donald Glaude is a house music artist, DJ and remixer, and is consistently ranked as one of DJ Mag's top 100 DJs.-Biography:As a child, Donald was classically trained in the upright bass and violin. After hearing early funk records, he began experimenting with tape decks and a primitive radio...

, Miss Lisa, DJ Diamond, and others, and 2008's BreakFest 5 with Überzone

Uberzone

Überzone is Anaheim, California native Timothy Wiles, is an electronic musician. He has also been known as Q, named after the popular character in the James Bond series....

, The Autobots, 30Hz, Deekline, and others.

Leko's appearances on satellite radio include XM-80 The Move "Hardwired" (February 9 & 13, 2008) and Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio

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 (109 - OutQ) "Saturday Night Out" overnight mix session (March 17, 2007 and November 17, 2007 - 9pm eastern to 7am eastern).

Musical Styles

Leko has produced tracks in several genres, spanning a mix of fidget, electro, progressive, house

House music

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, techno

Techno

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, and breaks

Breakbeat

In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...

. Among his influences are Deadmau5

Deadmau5

Joel Thomas Zimmerman , better known by his stage name deadmau5 , is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto...

, Richard Dinsdale, Jan Driver, Sandra Collins

Sandra Collins

Sandra Collins is an American DJ.She got her start on the West Coast of the U.S. in Phoenix, Arizona and into residencies in Los Angeles, and eventually moved towards trance. She used American producers to give herself a unique sound...

, Chris Cox

Chris Cox (DJ)

Chris Cox is a dance music producer, remixer, and DJ from USA and has worked on over 400 records. He has had a total of 40 Billboard dance chart number ones as part of the hitmaking remix team Thunderpuss, and others with Pusaka and as a solo artist. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2004 for his...

, Deepsky

Deepsky

Deepsky is an electronic music act based in Los Angeles. Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Deepsky formed in 1992 when its two founding members, J. Scott Giaquinta and Jason Blum, met at the University of New Mexico...

, Hybrid, Sasha

Sasha (DJ)

Sasha is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s...

, Satoshi Tomiie

Satoshi Tomiie

Satoshi Tomiie is a Japanese house-music producer and DJ. He has written music for numerous soundtracks, including for the Animatrix soundtrack and remixed many artists including the Future Sound of London.-History:...

 and Überzone

Uberzone

Überzone is Anaheim, California native Timothy Wiles, is an electronic musician. He has also been known as Q, named after the popular character in the James Bond series....

.

Releases

• "Drip" EP out now on Tharsis Records.
• "Survive" EP, original mix now in rotation on XM Satellite Radio Channel 82 - The System and receiving support by breaks artists Überzone and Dopamine.
• Human Resource - "Dominator" (Leko Remix) out now on Crux Records and receiving support by Santiago & Bushido, Miles Dyson, DJ Fame, Charles Feelgood, and Reid Speed.
• "Conscious Mind" receiving airplay on 91.1FM Nashville.

External links

• Leko on Beatport.com
• Official site
• Tharsis Records on Beatport.com - Leko's record label
• DJ Leko's MySpace profile