About Me
Ariel Gandolfo - Aka Nicholas Van Orton
While growing up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ariel first got involved with music at the age of 16, singing in hardcore metal bands. At the age of 19, bought his first hardware and started producing dance tracks under the "Zero Reality" nick, getting great support among local djs.
Ten years after , having played live for more than 20.000 people in his country and recorded three studio albums with his band "il phantasmo" (smokinghome records, 1999, 2001 and 2003), he co-produced kozmic3..s second album "hallucigenia" (ksk records 2005), and then decided to work as a solo artist and started producing under the alias Nicholas Van Orton. His tunes had a great welcome at the house scene, and are supported by many international and local djs such as hernan cattaneo, andy moor or anthony pappa, to name a few.
Ariel now spends his time producing different styles of music, djing and vjing, as well as running "SmokingHome", his graphic design lab, where he works as a free-lance 3d animator and sound designer for movies and TV. Some of his clients are FOX, MTV, AXN, Converse, etc, and some samples of his work are shown at his studio site www.smokinghome.com.ar
Besides from his releases at prestigious labels around the world, Ariel helps in the production of KSK radio nigths, and also hosts the following radio shows
GROOVES FROM THE PIT – Hosted by NVO
Every 1st Tuesday 7AM PST – Frisky Radio www.friskyradio.com
DIGITAL BLACKOUT – Hosted by Gerardo Boscarino, Buenos Aires Deep and NVO
Saturdays 9PM - Buenos Aires – KSK RADIO 101.9 FM www.kskradio.net
NU GEN – Hosted by The Defender Droids (White Rhino & NVO)
Sundays 10PM Buenos Aires – KSK RADIO 101.9 FM www.kskradio.net
THE BALKAN CONNECTION – Hosted by Ogi Gee Cash & Synchronized
Guest Host NVO
e/4th Monday 12PM East – Proton Radio – www.protonradio.com
Nicholas would like to thank all djs, producers, promoters, radios and magazines, labels and friends around the world who helped him in many ways along these years.
DISCOGRAPHY
luckysouth (kaya records)
moscas (kaya records)
triplets (Pure Substance Digital)
sick of my life (Pure Substance Digital )
tremble (Pure Substance Digital )
elephunk (Pure Substance Digital )
evil forces and maniac behaviour (existence records)
lava (existence records)
cactus (augenring recordsTBA)
nicholas van orton feat Cream Sound - gravity - (Carica Deep TBA)
unpacked (Carica Records)
bones messiah (mushroom recordings)
fantasmas - (mushroom recordings)
8 bit drum machine - (mushroom recordings)
ninita (on ward records TBA)
the dharma initiative (carica TBA)
Cluster Headache (system recordings)
Rechargeable Batteries (system recordings)
REMIXES & COLABORATIONS
Dfuzhion – My Utopia – nicholas van orton remix (Augenring Recs TBA)
Python – Amsterday – Nicholas Van Orton remix (Bellarine)
Jacco @ Work - Patrull - nicholas van orton remix (Ballerine)
4mal pres. Square Coil - Black Tube - nicholas van orton remix (Flash)
Facu Cruz & Nicholas Van Orton – Stereodust (Kumquat)
OGC & Synchro - The Hype – nicholas van orton mix (Carica)
OGC & Synchro - Can u count - the defender droids mix (Carica)
The Defender Droids - Formentera (Acute TBA)
Monojoke – Horizontal Glide – NVO Rmx (Carica Deep TBA)
Ogi Gee Cash & Synchro – Aquatic – NVO remix (Pure Substance)
Mr Rogers & Facu Cruz- Harmonic Disfunction–NVO Rmx (Existence)
The Defender Droids - Boxing Day (Headrush Music TBA)
Ogi Gee Cash & Synchro feat nvo - Slave Carve - (Pure substance)
Ogi Gee Cash & Synchronized feat nvo - Average Mungos
Mauricio Duarte – My Master – NVO Remix (Underground Lessons)
Niko Fantin - save me - nicholas van orton remix (dubcoast records)
Lesvicon Soul - Forget the future - nicholas van orton remix (Xela)
Ogi Gee Cash - Tokio - nicholas van orton remix
Ruh - through my eyes - van orton remix (Sundown Records)
Gerardo Boscarino - Cecilya - nicholas van orton remix (Acute)
Sound Xperience - Dark side of my soul - nicholas van orton remix
Cream Sound - always - nicholas van orton remix (Carica TBA)
ifrolov - cloudy - nicholas van orton remix
alucard & code - beautiful midnight - NVO remix (SAC)
deepmariano & somnus corp. - inner fields – nvo remix (SAC)
bs as deep - no identity - nicholas van orton remix
dj tarkan and dammex - in a dream - nicholas van orton remix
tom sawyer - too expensive - nicholas van orton remix
kozmic3 - hallucigenia - nicholas van orton remix
totem pole & kozmic3 - generations
ALSO APPEARS IN:
dub safari compilation - (as dubagroova soundsystem ) - 2006 (delish music)
kozmic3 - hallucigenia - 2005 - (ksk records)
karmasutra - (with Dj Axion as Rocco and Co.) 2004 - (Pataya records)
the growing process - become a frog - 2002 - (smokinghome records)
il phantasmo - disco de saturacion digital - 2003 - (smokinghome records)
il phantasmo - disco tasmo original .fruta - 2000 - (smokinghome records)
il phantasmo - disco de presentacion - 1999 - (smokinghome records)
ban this - humanware -1996 - (draf records)
FOR COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY PLEASE PROCEEDE TO THIS LINK
GROOVES FROM THE PIT ALBUM - 9 new tracks and 2 remixes by Ogi Gee Cash & Dimiz, and Luke Porter, plus Amazing Exclusive Artwork by Matias Vigliano (www.parquerama.com)
OUT NOW @ BALKAN CONNECTION !!!!!
NVO @ Plazma - Plovdiv - Bulgaria - Dec 2007
NVO @ Dorian gray - Cordoba - Argentina - Dec 2007
NVO @ Amerika - Buenos Aires - Argentina - Jan 2008
