FRIDAY 2 |Omid 16B (real name: Omid Nourizadeh) is considered one of the pioneers of tech house, alongside Carl Craig, Vince Watson, Craig Richards, Mr C, Steve Bug and Francois K. “Some DJs and producers have their finger on the pulse. Omid 16B is the pulse. Music runs through his veins,” gushes DJ Mag of this Londoner of Persian extraction. Influences include Jimi Hendrix, The Cure, Depeche Mode, RIDE and The Mission. In 2002 he set up SexOnWax Recordings and has since been signed by Ministry of Sound, among others. Says the man himself: “I love music: how it can make our emotions flow; how it can change the way we think; the way we love; the way we express ourselves.”
WHO: Omid 16B
WHAT: Monster remixing
WHERE: Pontoon, Street 172
WHEN: 11pm May 2
WHY: “Some DJs and producers have their finger on the pulse. Omid 16B is the pulse. Music runs through his veins” – DJ Mag