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Dj, producer, record label owner, and genuine lover of music
in it’s simplest essence.
Known also as Maximus for his productions on the legendary
Frankie Bones’ labels, Marty Petza became known as Mickey
Nightrain in ‘03 and since then has been been quite busy and
for good reason. His recent productions "Ten Grains of Sand",
"Axum" and "Ignatius II" have already received support from the
likes of Laurent Garnier, Josh Wink, Donald Glaude, D.
Ramirez, SIster Bliss and Nick Warren while his earlier works
"The Path", “Crossover”, Meno Mosso” and “The Contender”
initially brought his sound to international audiences while
scoring high on the sales charts. He not only produces tracks
but is able to play them LIVE through his p.a. setup of harware
keyboards, samplers and drum machines making him one of
very few in the business. On top of that he’s a true mixologist
juggling beats, basslines and vocals to make truly unique and
random realtime edits with his records. The Nightrain sound
is a genre bender of bass heavy house, techno and broken
beats which look to the future but never forget the past mixed
in both fast and furious pace or long and drawn out depending
on the mood of the floor.
No stranger to the media, Mickey was recently interviewed on
CBS News Miami and has celebrated his debut mix album
release on the 29 year old’s Nightrain Music imprint which is
about to celebrate it’s 100th release before the end of the year
in less than two years of opening shop. Needless to say he is
constantly either working on his own productions or
consumed by label duties, all while performing 3-4 nights a
week in cities across the US and soon the world for his ‘09
tour.
The more interesting story starts in the summer of 1995 in an
abandoned south east Baltimore warehouse. After a brief
Introduction to hardcore techno, MIckey felt that it was finally a
music that he could understand and he wanted more. A fiend
for mixtapes and weekend raves, Marty had become a non-dj
music guru, screaming out the name of the tune just by the
first 32 count of the record. In 1996 he decided to try his hand
at a mix just out of benign curiosity, failing miserably at first but
this intrigued him and so it was. Dj Maximus was born and he
eventually got his first club residency at Baltimore’s famous
Club 1722 back at the turn of the century. The years in between
today and then have been quite a ride for the now Miami
resident and there is no end in sight for his rise to popularity.
The future looks very bright for this hard working music
enthusiast and if you catch a gig from him you’ll know what the
hype is all about.
www.facebook.com/mickey.nightrain
www.myspace.com/djmickeynightrain
www.nightrainmusic.com
in it’s simplest essence.
Known also as Maximus for his productions on the legendary
Frankie Bones’ labels, Marty Petza became known as Mickey
Nightrain in ‘03 and since then has been been quite busy and
for good reason. His recent productions "Ten Grains of Sand",
"Axum" and "Ignatius II" have already received support from the
likes of Laurent Garnier, Josh Wink, Donald Glaude, D.
Ramirez, SIster Bliss and Nick Warren while his earlier works
"The Path", “Crossover”, Meno Mosso” and “The Contender”
initially brought his sound to international audiences while
scoring high on the sales charts. He not only produces tracks
but is able to play them LIVE through his p.a. setup of harware
keyboards, samplers and drum machines making him one of
very few in the business. On top of that he’s a true mixologist
juggling beats, basslines and vocals to make truly unique and
random realtime edits with his records. The Nightrain sound
is a genre bender of bass heavy house, techno and broken
beats which look to the future but never forget the past mixed
in both fast and furious pace or long and drawn out depending
on the mood of the floor.
No stranger to the media, Mickey was recently interviewed on
CBS News Miami and has celebrated his debut mix album
release on the 29 year old’s Nightrain Music imprint which is
about to celebrate it’s 100th release before the end of the year
in less than two years of opening shop. Needless to say he is
constantly either working on his own productions or
consumed by label duties, all while performing 3-4 nights a
week in cities across the US and soon the world for his ‘09
tour.
The more interesting story starts in the summer of 1995 in an
abandoned south east Baltimore warehouse. After a brief
Introduction to hardcore techno, MIckey felt that it was finally a
music that he could understand and he wanted more. A fiend
for mixtapes and weekend raves, Marty had become a non-dj
music guru, screaming out the name of the tune just by the
first 32 count of the record. In 1996 he decided to try his hand
at a mix just out of benign curiosity, failing miserably at first but
this intrigued him and so it was. Dj Maximus was born and he
eventually got his first club residency at Baltimore’s famous
Club 1722 back at the turn of the century. The years in between
today and then have been quite a ride for the now Miami
resident and there is no end in sight for his rise to popularity.
The future looks very bright for this hard working music
enthusiast and if you catch a gig from him you’ll know what the
hype is all about.
www.facebook.com/mickey.nightrain
www.myspace.com/djmickeynightrain
www.nightrainmusic.com
Catch Mickey's Radio show "The Rain Mix" on Sense.FM Radio
every 2nd and 4th Sunday at 4pm EST
every 2nd and 4th Sunday at 4pm EST