His royal highness of disco soul, Nicky Siano, has been popping up in North Brooklyn recently, having just DJ-ed Good Roof at Dobbin St (64 Dobbin St) this past Sunday. He’s thrown down the funk all over the world since he was 16 years old: he was an original resident DJ at Studio 54, helped launch Grace Jones’s career, and these days he’s still killing it on the dancefloor. You…
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The one thing I always wondered why Nicky Siano never mentions Duke’s Dilemma (Cafe Wah). This is where I first heard him spin. He had an eclectic taste in music when he mixed. From James Brown, Baby Huey, Eddie Kendricks, Maryanne Faithful to The Doors “The End” closing with The Beatles “Good Morning”. It was through Nicky that I also discovered a record he produced, Dinosaur’s Kiss Me Again. This same record also was the center of a verbal confrontation with Bleeker Bob that got me banned from the store (though I did go back on the last business day of Bleeker Bob’s). I just wanted to thank you for my introduction the underground experience in its early days. Great memories…