RA.833 Nick Leon

Published: May 22, 2022, 10 p.m.

b"Nick Le\\xf3n is part of a newer generation of Miami producers who infuse modern-day club music with sounds from around the region, everything from Miami bass to reggaeton. In Le\\xf3n's case, his most recent\\u2014and most exciting\\u2014music has focused on beats inspired by reggaeton and its sub-genre perreo, but with a musical palette that speaks to a love of electronic music from Aphex Twin to Burial to music on labels like NAAFI and TraTraTrax. (This is a predilection he shares with DJ Python, whom Le\\xf3n just launched a new party with.) \\n\\nIt's on the latter label he released the Rompediscoteka EP, one of the canniest genre fusions he's done yet, meant to hark back to the feeling he had when he first discovered reggaeton. (It came with eye-opening remixes from Maral, Kelman Duran and Henzo, producers whose personal-but-global approach mirrors Le\\xf3n's own.) He also head a head-turning EP on Future Times, which threw Miami-style electro into the mix, with an ambient touch.\\n\\nLike his productions, the young Miami DJ's sets can range from slow and low to high and tight, and his RA Podcast captures Le\\xf3n in peak-time mode. It's a Latin-spin on everything from techno to tech house to cool-kid club music, with selections from Nico, Simisea, Siete Catorce, Ricardo Villalobos and MM adding up to a vibrant and rhythmically restless hour that soars across genres and scenes.\\n\\nRead more: https://ra.co/podcast/833\\n\\n@NICKLEON"