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Premiere: NIKS ‘Riding Senses’

NIKS releases her latest single, ‘Riding Senses’, this Friday. Have an exclusive first listen below. The London-based DJ, producer and Black Artist Database co-founder hits...

Press shots of Amaliah and Niks. The photos are on an abstract purple and orange background in the same style as the 'Synergy' album artwork
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Works in progress: Amaliah and NIKS in conversation

Following the path of so many DJs before them, London’s Amaliah and B.A.D co-founder NIKS have both started to produce their own music in recent years. The former has released invigorating, hybrid club tracks via her Borne Fruits label, Nehza Records and Earful Of Wax, while the latter drops her debut track via the new ‘Synergy’ compilation. Here, as part of our series celebrating the artists on Black Artist Database's debut compilation, they discuss their production journeys

Amaliah: “I’ve only been producing for the past two and a bit years. I’ve been record collecting since my late teens and was heavily into...

Photo of Black Artist Database's Tanya Akinola and Niks sitting on a flight of stairs outdoors. The photo is on an abstract purple and orange background in the same style as the 'Synergy' album artwork
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A new home: Black Artist Database on their label debut, ‘Synergy’

This week, Black Artist Database launches its new label with a compilation of club-ready tracks made by Black women from around the world. Here, kicking off a series of articles and interviews with featured artists, Christine Kakaire speaks to curators NIKS and Tanya Akinola about its inception, and building a new home for Black artists to release their music

Like many of the team calls that take place within the Black Artist Database (B.A.D.) collective, this one needs to straddle a couple of far-flung...

Left to Right: Press shots of artists on the Black Artist Database compilation, Amaliah, DJ Holographic, Lyric Hood, Chmba, Afrodeutsche, rRoxymore, NIKS
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Black Artist Database launches label with seven-track compilation, ‘Synergy’

Black Artist Database will launch its new B.A.D. label next month with the release of its debut compilation, ‘Synergy Vol 1’, on 2nd June. The...

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RP Boo, NIKS, Nazar, more to play Somerset House Studios annual AGM event

RP Boo, NIKS, Nazar, and more artists are set to play Somerset House Studios' annual AGM event – the access-all-areas event at the London institute...

Selections: NIKS
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Selections: NIKS

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, NIKS spotlights ‘90s techno, vocal house and percussive club bangers

NIKS is the co-founder of the Black Artist Database — a website and initiative that promotes Black musicians around the world in all genres, and...