DJ Nico

DJ Nico has been collecting music since she was 16, frequenting record fairs in legion halls in her hometown of Toronto, Canada. This started a lifelong obsession with learning about artists, music scenes, zine culture, collecting vintage furniture, ephemera, vinyl, cassettes, and CDs.

Music retail was next, helping pay her way through university – the girl in the record shop literally, HMV to be precise when it first opened on Yonge Street. She nerded out as a volunteer for newly developed music festivals in the city (NXNE, Canadian Music Week).

Her stint in radio started as a volunteer at CIUT 89.5FM in 2006. Sound teching various shows led eventually to hosting, programming and producing a long-standing popular program called Vinyl from the Crypt. Since then, she has produced one-off shows for WFMU’s Rock n Soul Radio, Boss Radio ’66, and Soho Radio London. She now hosts her monthly radio show Girl About Town broadcasting on Totally Wired Radio out of London, UK and The Face Radio in Brooklyn, NY.

Nico has been hosting a monthly 60s soul dance party since 2013 called “With It” at the venue The Piston welcoming local and visiting guest selectors from around the world. She also helps run the collective Toronto Soul Club.