Rony Seikaly

Rony Seikaly Rony Seikaly is known for his spinning moves around the opposing team's defense on the basketball court. These skills garnered him the nickname, "The Spin Doctor." In the last few years Seikaly has become known for a different kind of spinning: Music. The former NBA superstar is not new to music or DJing. Since the age of 14, Seikaly has had a music room in any home he has lived in. Here, Seikaly plays music for friends, parties, gatherings, birthdays. Any type of event, and Seikaly… Show more is the one behind the decks. The more friends and friends of friends were exposed to Seikaly's talents, the more he was encouraged to share his DJing skills and selection with the public. Two years ago, Seikaly was convinced to play out for fun, and the DJ rollercoaster ride has not stopped."Sports will always be my love. But music will always be my passion," Seikaly--now an in-demand DJ and producer--states. Seikaly's music background is diverse. This is apparent n his DJing style. Growing up on everything from the Police to Genesis to KISS, Seikaly's family regularly exposed him to classical music. Seikaly has moved with the times embracing disco at its peak during his teenage years, moving to R&B and early hip hop from LL Cool J to Kurtis Blow in the '80s and early '90s, and developing a kinship for electronic music through all its developing stages. Speaking knowledgeably about various musical eras, Seikaly has an inherent understanding for the music that has inspired him and influenced his unique style. Dubbed "Rony Style" by such electronic music heavyweights as Erick Morillo, Seikaly himself loosely defines it as "happy underground.""It's underground in the sense that it's not music you are going to hear on the radio," Seikaly explains. "But it is also not music that is going to scare you away. It is happy, sexy club music." Driving, high energy, and most of all uplifting, Seikaly's passion for the music is threaded through his seamless mixes. Drawing from all the genres he is intimately acquainted with and the DJs whose methods he admires, Seikaly brings in the best of the best. Touches of trance-inflected melody lines, dynamic tribal rhythms, subtle yet memorable vocals, a soulful vibe, and an ever present body-shaking beat all figure into Seikaly's sets. In the course of an evening, one can experience a little bit of Morillo, Danny Tenaglia, Pete Tong, Sven Vath, Behrouz, Paul Oakenfold, Sasha, and Digweed in a Seikaly helmed nightclub.

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