:: DJ Balkanetic - Auckland DJ ::

:: Dance  ::

DJ Balkanetic plays a highly infectious, uplifting blend of Balkan beats, Klezmer, Gypsy music and organic global grooves.

DJ Balkanetic has been entertaining audiences at festivals, parties and weddings around New Zealand for the last couple of years. Last summer he played at the Big Bay Out, Culturefest, AK07, Submarine, The Famous Spiegeltent and the Womad afterparty with Mr Scruff. He has also supported his good friends The Mamaku Project, The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band and the Jews Brothers.
More recently he has played at Prana, Jambalaya, Splore and the Cross St Carnival and has just finished a 20 date national ‘Gypsy Fever’ tour with the BBB Band as well as once again being invited to play at the WOMAD 08 afterparty.
Balkanetic aka Nigel Braddock came from a musical family and studied piano from the age of five. At the age of twenty he graduated from Otago University with a Bachelor of Music in Classical Piano. After several years traveling he started his DJ career as DJ Lotus in the late 90’s playing at outdoor dance parties such as The Gathering and Visionz. He set up his own record label, Monkey Records, in the year 2000 and began djing. Following a trip to Europe in 2006, Nigel was inspired to invent another DJ persona, Balkanetic, aimed squarely at the dancefloor, and since then has been in constant demand as NZ’s most popular Global Dance DJ.


 

LOCATION: Auckland

PRICE RANGE: Affordable (whats this?)


SET LIST
Alili (Shantel remix) - Fanfare Ciocarlia
Carolina - Bucovina Club vs Taraf de Haidouks
Bulgarian Chicks - Balkan Beat Box
Kibori - Mahala Rai Banda
Coco Briaval - Les Yeux Noirs
Wedding Song - Boom Pam
Siki Siki Baba - Kocani Orkestar
Terk - Amsterdam Klezmer Band
Dimineata - Shantel
Kri-Sta (Remix) - LC Rulez

 

ARTIST LINE UP: DJ



:: DJ Balkanetic REVIEWS ::

 
Heidi Hughes - Jambalaya Festival Director
With an upbeat eclectic mix of music from around the globe, DJ Balkanetic manages to span the music tastes of a wide audience while keeping his own unique style and gypsy flavours. Very uplifting and excellent dance music.
 
The Mamaku Project
DJ Balkanetic has brought back the most danceable energy beats on the planet. We have hired Nigel to play alongside our shows since the beginning and it has been a sure-fire recipe for success and good times.
 
The Jews Brothers
DJ Balkanetic wove his magic at a special party in the Spiegeltent for the performers at the Auckland Arts Festival. The dance floor was buzzing with professional dancers, singer, musicians and actors , all able to express their creativity totally while dancing to his exuberant mix... other DJs seem tame and boring in comparison.

Linn Lorkin - The Jews Brothers, French Toast