Ziki

Ziki can refer either to 1) A young, Czech trance producer, who's real name is Tomáš Zíka. He released his debut, "Ziki EP", on Trance All-Stars Records in late 2009. This has been then followed by maxis "Our Beautiful World" and "When I Lived" (both on the same label), in 2010, "Memories" with Ronny K. on Defcon Recordings, also in 2010, and "Never Ending Story" on Only One Records in early 2011. Coming from a small town of Roudnice nad Labem in the northern part of the country, he's concentrating his output on the melodic, uplifting and progressive forms of trance music, preferring longer and developed forms over short and concise radio edits. He is one of the representatives of the latest (as of 2011) trance revival in Central and Eastern Europe. 2) A head of Japanese leading label and booking agency, Noga Records, has been an active figure in the global and Japanese electronic music scene for over 10 years now. Born in 1977, Ziki has been playing trance music since he was 17, and since 1996, he has been performing on various stages in Japan and all over the world. In 2001 after releasing 2 compilations through Shem Records (Israel) he formed the label True Trance Records, and released 2 compilations as well. In 2004 Ziki, gives birth to his new label Noga Records, a true reflection to his personal professional evolution and direction of sound. 2005 brings Noga records debut compilation, V/A Tokyo Tel-Aviv, to life, and turned into an over night hit in Japan and all over the globe. A year later Ziki releases V/A Tokyo Tel Aviv Vol.2 CD, which took the world by storm, placing Ziki as one of the most important figures in the Japanese scene. These days Noga Records acts as records label representing new acts and dj and is also considered as Tokyo hottest booking agency, exclusively promoting top acts various label such as: Com.Pact Rec, Trancelucent Productions, Utopia Rec, and more... Noga Records is also heading the Japanese distribution side of the above mentioned labels. Ziki has recently released his debut studio album release ・"Eliminator", which took the world by storm, and included his current wicked Live act set. Ziki music style can be best described as a mixture of pure energy and power, blending in middle-eastern sounds loaded with emotional melodies to top it all. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.