Nikhil Sahni also known as DJ NYK is an Indian DJ,

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, VJ, music career coach, and label owner at Play Life records. He is widely known for his Bollywood remixes, mashups, and his live sets in locations like

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Early life

Born and raised in New Delhi, India, DJ NYK completed his education from Delhi University and started his journey in the clubs of the Indian capital. He was influenced by music at an early age and started producing songs as well as remixes in high school before getting into DJing.

Career

DJ NYK started DJing in 2003 and he got his first job as a resident DJ at Club Moets in New Delhi in 2004. While he continued to resident at other clubs in the city as well, he simultaneously worked on producing remixes, which he kept uploading on the internet on two popular music platforms called coolgoose.com & djluv.in. DJ NYK landed his first professional gig at the age of 20. His big break came in 2006 when an organiser in Hong Kong invited him to perform as a guest DJ for their event. Through the Electronyk Show, NYK asserted himself as the first artist to introduce Video-DJ’ing (VDJ’ing) in India. His incursion into

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was one of the principal breakthroughs in his career when he did a remix for Shah Rukh Khan starrer "

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". Since then, he has commissioned several official remixes for over 20 different Bollywood films. NYK has also done official mixes for Danish Pop duo

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. His official remix of Aye Khuda from the movie " Paathshaala" was no.1 position on the domestic radio charts. NYK's remix of the hit track "

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" sung by international pop star

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's PlayStation, which made him first Indian DJ to REMIX a track for PlayStation video game. DJ NYK hosted his own radio show called 'Rock The Party' on 94.3 MY FM back in 2011 and then another show, 'Saturday Night Fever with DJ NYK' on Fever 104 FM that aired pan India in 2018 and 2019. NYK’s first official international remix – "Haze" – was released on Gold Records (Canada), and drew support from international superstar Gareth Emery who featured it on his weekly podcast. His original productions have been released internationally on Progressive Groove Records (Canada), Pearlicks Records (Miami), and LAD Records; and have also been aired and featured prominently on the

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. DJ NYK also performed alongside

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for their Dabangg Tour concert in New Delhi. He also played at the Club MTV party and MTV Bollyland in India. On 24 December 2021, DJ NYK performed at Dubai Expo 2020 held at th
Dubai Millennium Amphitheatre

Discography

Original Singles

Bollywood Remixes

Pop/Indie Remixes

References

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