Nicole Otero

NICOLE OTERO As Label owner of Lovebreak Music and DJ/Producer, Nicole Otero is marking her sound in the dance music industry. It has been eleven years since she has begun her DJ career playing all over the NYC area and overseas. As a native New Yorker with Ecuadorian and Bolivian roots, Nicole has been seriously involved with music since day one. Studying classical piano since the age of 6, and being influenced by all the dance music in the 80’s and 90’s, it was only a matter of time before she auditioned for The Music & Art & Performing Arts H.S. (also known as FAME) where she was accepted for voice and piano. Later Nicole decided to enroll in the Music Technology Program at NYU, where she studied sound engineering and electronic music. While studying sound production at NYU, Nicole started playing all the records she was buying and began a radio show at WNYU called “The Move”. Within a couple of years of Djing out, Nicole was playing major NYC clubs and in Europe. During this time Nicole was working along side Jon Cutler at Distant Music were she was Label Manager for two years. With the experience she got from working at Distant, Nicole was inspired to someday start her own label where she could debut her music as a producer and song writer. That day finally arrived with her first release on Lovebreak called “Sunshine Song”. “Sunshine Song” caused quite a stir when played by The Scissor Sisters on Pete Tong’s show on Radio 1 and was quickly signed to the prominent UK label CR2 Records. Nicole currently has her debut EP “Lovebreak Series I” out on digital online stores such as Itunes, Traxsource.com and Amazon.com. Nicole Otero has established herself as a female DJ/Producer/Song Writer in a very male dominated industry so expect more from this budding artist. “OOH I LOVE IT The Lovebreak party, named for the Salsoul Orchestra classic, features Nicole Otero on the ones and twos.” Time Out – New York “Yeah, Nicole is good….she plays better than most of the guys in New York.” Jon Cutler/Renowned DJ/Producer “Label Manager of Distant Music poses as DJ at posh pub APT. playing her gorgeous deep beats…” Time out – New York Residencies: SubMercer, Soho, NYC DJ Scratch Academy (Various Fashion Events throughout NYC Area) Radio Mix Shows: WNYU The Move WNYU BPM 88.6 FM/London, UK Unknown FM/UK Internet: Axiom Radio Di.fm ClubRadio.net Shejay Sessions/SSRadioUK TV: Music Choice Clubs: SubMercer Soho, NYC RF Lounge NYC Philosophy Store in Soho (Fashion Week) Greenhouse NYC Thompson Hotel NYC Hudson Terrace Zink Magazine Party (NYC) Soulogic/Bar 54 London, UK The Box NYC Not Fade Away Gallery NYC (New York in the 70’s Book Party) Armani Bar Hong Kong/China The Muse Nantucket, MA (with Alison Tara) Rose & Crown Nantucket, MA Cooper Hewitt Design Museum NYC (Jeannie Hopper from Liquid Sound Lounge) Label Bar NYC Kimono Lounge NYC Purple NYC The Whitehouse South London, UK 5 Ninth Ave. NYC (with Lisa Shaw) Sol NYC Rhone NYC Le Souk NYC Cro Bar NYC Cielo NYC (with Ben Watt, DJ Disciple) St. Augestine Hotel Miami/Florida (WMC) Sullivan Room NYC (with Tony Humphries) Lotus NYC Naime NYC (with Benji Candelario, Eric Kupper, Todd Gardner 66 Water Street DUMBO/NYC (with Gotan Project) Parque de Piles Oviedo/Spain Lime Bar @ Club Maze Miami/Florida (WMC) Karma Fort Lauderdale/Florida Bull Dog Fort Lauderdale/Florida Centro Fly/We and the Music NYC Saphire Lounge/Mondaze NYC Sample Line/Fashion Show Dop Dop Salon/SoHo NYC APT NYC (with Neil Aline, Todd Terry, Francois K., Seiji (Bugz in the Attick), Mateo & Matos, Jon Cutler, Joeski, Matthias Heilbronn, Benji Candelario, DJ Deep, Pal Joey, Alix Alvarez) Cheetah NYC Expo Forum, Label Night Gent/Belguim La Mela Naples/Italy Open Air NYC (with Todd Terry)