China Daily

Nicky Romero

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Date: Feb 18 — 10 pm Venue: M2 Club, Shanghai Price: 280 yuan Fast-forward to today and Nicky Romero is now paying forward this experience as a youngster through his own burgeoning Protocol brand. Championin­g up and coming artists like Deniz Koyu, Arno Cost, John Dahlback, Vicetone, Kryder, Michael Calfan and Volt & State, With Protocol Radio (a weekly show syndicated to more than 60 radio stations on FM) boasting an impressive 55 million listeners tuning in every week. With early notable output including ‘S.O.T.U.,’ a single released on Steve Angello’s label Size Records, Nicky is now most widely appreciate­d for worldwide hit ‘Legacy’ with Krewella; solo singles ‘Symphonica’ and ‘Toulouse’‘Let Me Feel’; his UK #1 collaborat­ion with Avicii ‘I Could Be The One’; smash hit ‘Feet On The Ground’ featuring Dutch superstar Anouk and most recently ‘Lighthouse’ — the first in a musical trifecta which has already reached double platinum status, amassing over 13 million streams on Spotify alone. Further testament to his production prowess, Romero has remixed for pop royalty Madonna, One Direction and Ellie Goulding, as well as producing music for Rihanna as well as two tracks for Britney Spears. Strike up a conversati­on about the current state of electronic music and it won’t be long before Nicky Romero gets an emphatic mention. And quite rightly so — because at the age of just twenty-seven and in the space of only a few prolific years, the Amsterdam-based superstar has managed to build nothing short of a remarkable musical empire. Contact: 010-6655-0000

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