SICK ELEKTRIK

Taking influences from a varied and eclectic past, Ben OʼConnor & JonVerde AKA Sick Elektrik combine to produce quality, underground, electronic music right across the board from hands up House to groovy, chugging Tech House and Techno.

Fast rising stars Sick Elektrik are riding high off the back of their début releases The Sunrise and Sax Offender which had massive support from the likes of Denis Ferrer, David Tort, Jonathan Peters and featured along side Afrojack, Laidback Luke and Steve Angello on Summer Clubbing 4 for Nervous Records NYC.

The pairs next single ʻGypsy Kingsʼ, a house monster sampling the classic ʻBamboleoʼ, charted high amongst the big hitters in the Beatport top 100 and hit the number 1 spot on the Nervous Records beatport download chart as did the remixes EP a month later! Gypsy kings was a 2010 summer anthem getting huge support from Oscar G, Theo, Jonathan Peters and Denis Ferrer, the track has seen itʼs fair share of bootlegs and thousands of hits on YouTube and has raised the roof at Pacha Ibiza and Pacha NYC!

The duo proved they had plenty more up their sleeves too with a huge remix of Space Ibiza Resident Elio Risoʼs ʻCuriosity Killed the Saxʼ on Oliver Langʼs Dojo Music followed by ʻTwisted Carnivalʼ then ʻVexedʼ on Sonny Whartonʼs Whartone Records the latter getting airplay on radio shows across the globe, most notably on Roger Sanchezʼs Release Yourself Show.

Its not just production that Sick Elektrik are quickly gaining a reputation for either… Clubbers have also seen the pair raise the roof at various events and festivals from the Wickerman festival in Scotland to the Residents Terrace at Creamfields 2 years in a row!

This along with summers of travelling the UK and Europe have seen the duo play on the same bill as Pete Tong, ATFC, Steve Lawler and more.

An amalgamation of 3 deck mixes and mind blowing use of the Pioneer EFX 1000, DJM 800 and Native Instruments Maschine set Sick Elektrik apart as a highly technical act with an infectious enthusiasm that cannot be ignored.

DISCOGRAPHY
Gypsy Kings (Nervous Records)
The Sunrise (Nervous Records)
Sax Offender (Nervous Records)
Re-Bound (Quadrophonic Recordings)
Gypsy Kings – The Remixes (Nervous Records)
Curiousity Killed The Sax – Elio Riso – Sick Elektrik Remix (Dojo Music)
Twisted Carnival (Whartone Records)
No Justice (Whartone Records)
Boru – Sonny Wharton – Sick Elektrik Remix (Whartone Records)
Maybe Baby (Nervous Records)
Vexed (Whartone Records)
Pop Em In (Deeperfect Records)
Till The Morning (Dojo Music)

GIGOGRAPHY:
Sick Elektrik have performed at some of the biggest clubs around including:

Sankeys
Space Leeds
Gatecrasher Discotheque
Rehab
Area 51WHP (Retro)
Creamfields
Pacha London
Pacha Ibiza
The Egg
Garlands
Eden
Tall Trees
Dirty Disco
to name but a few!