Rick Maia

Rick Maia is a DJ with extraordinary technical ability and a producer with music making waves with many other artists on the scene. He has the passion, intelligence and a understanding of the dance music environment which makes him a truly exciting prospect. Rick’s previous residencies with ‘Going Places’, ‘Spacestation’ and ‘Gifted ‘ have included appearances at seminal London clubbing meccas including Turnmills, The End, The Cross, Ministry of Sound, XOYO and The Egg. He has played guest slots all across the globe including places like Brazil, Argentina, Russia, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, El Salvador, Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, Poland, Slovakia, Norway, Serbia, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Belguim, USA, Greece and more. Recent highlights include DJ shows at Space in Ibiza, Warung and D-Edge in Brazil, Fabric in London and Sub Club in Glasgow as well and festival sets at Dockyard Festival in Amsterdam, Creamfields UK, South American Music Conference in Argentina, Movement and Dimensions in Croatia and Exit in Serbia. 2013 was a pivotal year in his career culminating with his residency for FACT Worldwide events combined with a relocation from London which has been his home for the past ten years to Barcelona, which is a European hot bed of both established and emerging musical talent. FACT are defining new boundaries in terms of forward thinking music events in over 35 countries from Sonar in Barcelona to Ushuaia in Ibiza and the Opera House in Sydney. Their guest DJ line ups read like a who’ s who of prominent current DJs from Dixon and Seth Troxler to tINI, Ben Clock and Raresh. Rick is currently one of the masterminds and artists behind Barcelona-based project ‘checkpoint’ who regularly invite some of the world’s most renowned underground artists such as Margaret Dygas, Sonja Moonear, Praslesh, Nicolas Luts, Ion Ludwig and many more. To top off the impressive array of sets that Rick is regularly playing, he is also a resident for Unusual Suspects which has it’s home at Sankeys in Ibiza and is currently one of the most respected and talked about events on the island. With production such a vital part of the modern DJs armory, Rick has devoted himself to the studio in recent months with his customary zeal. Ever the perfectionist, he took time to fully develop his musical style and create a platform where his ideas can be fully expressed. This paid of and results clearly showed with own original material already released on Kina Music, Serialism, Drumma, Inwave, Serkal and Yakazi, with future vinyl releases on Monoclap and Low to High already planned. Rick is an extremely versatile DJ who is able to adapt his unique sound to any kind of environment where he combines impeccable taste with impressive technical skills to superb effect. Serious quality inevitably produces outstanding results, and with Rick you can be assured of this and more with every performance. Artist/DJ/Producer - Unusual Suspects + checkpoint Resident [SERIALISM / KINA / DRUMMA / INWAVE / YAKAZI / SERKAL]