Nick Galea

Following the emergence of many successful acts from Down Under, dance music’s spotlight is firmly fixated on Australia as the search for the next big star in the genre intensifies. Having regularly gained attention and support from many heavyweight international DJ’s, Nick Galea’s destined to be the next local artist to follow the aforementioned trend. To Australian dance music fans, the Queenslander and Family Nightclub resident DJ needs little introduction. His original productions, “The Little Things”, “I Gotcha”, “Lonely World”, “Roses” and “I Believe”, featured prominently on the ARIA Club Chart as the latter garnered widespread fanfare after being synced to a Network Ten advertisement for Neighbours. Similarly well-received were many of Galea’s remixes. His takes on Kaz James’ “Breathe” and Dizzee Rascal’s “Dirtee Cash” appeared at number one and three on the ARIA Club Chart, with “Dirtee Cash" being included on Ministry of Sound’s Clubbers Guide to 2010 CD. Other notable remixes were delivered for Venuto’s “Love” and Chris Sorbello’s “So Lonely”. Despite the ever-present local success, Galea made a decision in 2011 to risk his standing in Australia’s scene and push his sound internationally. Within weeks of the demo being sent for his big-room vocal single “In My Life”, Three Six Zero Group (home to Deadmau5 and Calvin Harris) signed Galea to their in-house label One-Eighty Records. Nearly instantly, the success he was renowned for at home became apparent globally. Requested to officially remix the re-release of One Brother’s timeless hit “Under the Water”, Galea crafted a take that didn’t butcher the original – a feat to be recognised in this day and age – resulting in plays from Pete Tong, Tiesto, Chris Lake, Robbie Rivera and NO__ID. At the same time Galea’s bootleg of Bjork’s “Hyperballad”, which was originally created as a special tool for his warm-up DJ gig for Sasha, continued to go from strength to strength. En route to the impressive 40,000 YouTube views it has amassed, Above and Beyond, Moguai, Sharam, James Zabiela and Dave Seaman supported this crowd favourite. The innovative sounds of the respective remix and bootleg proved to be the perfect precursor to the worldwide release of “In My Life”. Introducing the now-prominent vocals of Amba Shepherd to the world, the single placed sixth on DMC’s Buzz Chart amidst support from Judge Jules, Tom Novy, Third Party and Morgan Page. Whilst Galea’s biggest solo hits had been crossover productions, by no means was he to be pigeonholed as a one-trick pony. In Australia for a tour, DJ Michael Woods met Galea who passed on a USB of tracks. “Conductor”, a unique main-room club tool with an orchestra breakdown, caught the ears of Example’s co-writer on “Change the Way You Kiss Me”. Days later, Woods premiered the track at one of his gigs and received a ruckus reaction. It prompted him to include “Conductor” on an edition of his podcast. As fate had it, Woods was managed by Three Six Zero Group who promptly contacted Galea in a move that led to “Conductor” being released on Woods’ Diffused Music imprint. Carl Kennedy, a man known for exceptional talent spotting having worked with an emerging Dirty South and Tommy Trash, chose Galea as a musician he wanted to produce alongside. On Kennedy’s Wasted Youth label the pair released “Out Of My Mind”, a track that found its way to front of Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold, Danny Howard and Roger Sanchez’s DJ wallets. Then there was Galea’s bootleg of Eric Prydz’s timeless classic “Pjanoo” alongside American Francis Derelle. Inspired by deep house, the duo’s edit worked so well in Galea’s sets that he sent it to a host of big DJ’s. The result was Laidback Luke, Thomas Gold and Moguai all supporting the bootleg in their monthly podcasts during 2015. June 2016 will mark the release of Galea’s exciting new single “Take A Trip” alongside legendary vocalist Barbara Tucker, who was recently sampled on Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo album. A big-room ode to the grooves of house music from yesteryear, expect this Zero Three Music (Toolroom) release to be a timeless summer smash. In recent years the popularity of dance music has skyrocketed and numerous artists have come and gone. But Galea’s world-class ability, both in terms of producing in the studio and DJ’ing to large crowds, has importantly assured him of respect and longevity in a cutthroat global industry. Website https://www.facebook.com/groups/844410508905891 Twitter www.twitter.com/nickgalea Bookings : AUS / NZ / ASIA Hayden@djnickgalea.com