Rikesto

Ricardo Espinel "rikesto" is a young dj producer from Bogota, Colombia who was born on 1985. He started at the age 12 to write and produce electronic and instrumental music. He grew up with the dance music movement with artists like pet shop boys, erasure, depeche mode, new order among many others. When he was 17 he began to prove him at the turntables at the same time he produce. When he bought his first PC and his first Synth he began playing some of his own productions of trance and progressive style. Djs like Sasha, Nick Warren, Digweed, Deep dish and Jimmy Van M have been his influence for the last years. Rikesto began playing their first sets in recognized clubs of Bogota. In 2001, EMI music heard his material and decide to include his first song "Bogota" with the nickname of Ronni on the dance music compilation "AfterClub 3" (2002) and the next year, his song "Volcanic Rock" appears on "Afterclub 4" (2005) and in a cd compilation of EMI and Levis (2005), Rikesto (Ronni) write and produce a song called Casino with the boys of the excellent Yndukana. He has created some remixes for national Pop artists and international artists. In 2010 With the support of Nicholas Van Orton he started to produce music under the label balkan Connection South America. In recent years he has evolved, creating his own style submerged between progressive, techno and experimental sounds. His sounds evoke his life and his way of thinking, being influenced by his personal experiences. His tracks has been supported by artists like John Digweed, Hernan Cattaneo, Nick Warren, Guy J, Moonbeam, Dubfire, Darin Espilon and Kasey Taylor just to name a few.