DJ/VJ/MUSIC PRODUCER/SONG WRITER/ARTIST. KO IS ONE OF THE FEW DJ'S THAT HAS THE TALENT TO PRODUCE, SING, WRITE SONGS, DJ/VJ AND VIDEO EDITING. INFLUENCE: HOUSE/ELECTRO/FUNK/SOULFUL HOUSE/HIP HOP/POP/LATIN REGGAE/80s/ROCK. HOMETOWN: NEW YORK. LABEL: PUENTE RECORDS, PRIMETIME RECORDS, AND EMI LATIN RECORDS. RAISED IN NEW YORK, HE HAS ALWAYS HAD A LOVE FOR MUSIC AND CULTURES OF ALL TYPES. HIS NATURAL ABILITY AS A PERCUSSIONIST HAS GIVEN HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE HIS OWN BEATS AND MELODIES. NOT TOO LONG AGO, KO TEAMED UP WITH THE SON OF THE LATE, GREAT TITO PUENTE. TITO JR AND KO (FORMERLY KNOWN AS "RIO", LEAD SINGER OF THE 80s GROUP "RIODIEGE") JOINED TOGETHER TO RELEASE A DANCE REMIX CALLED "OYE COMO VA" A SONG ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY THE LEGENDARY LATIN SUPERSTAR TITO...DJ/VJ/MUSIC PRODUCER/SONG WRITER/ARTIST. KO IS ONE OF THE FEW DJ'S THAT HAS THE TALENT TO PRODUCE, SING, WRITE SONGS, DJ/VJ AND VIDEO EDITING. INFLUENCE: HOUSE/ELECTRO/FUNK/SOULFUL HOUSE/HIP HOP/POP/LATIN REGGAE/80s/ROCK. HOMETOWN: NEW YORK. LABEL: PUENTE RECORDS, PRIMETIME RECORDS, AND EMI LATIN RECORDS. RAISED IN NEW YORK, HE HAS ALWAYS HAD A LOVE FOR MUSIC AND CULTURES OF ALL TYPES. HIS NATURAL ABILITY AS A PERCUSSIONIST HAS GIVEN HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE HIS OWN BEATS AND MELODIES. NOT TOO LONG AGO, KO TEAMED UP WITH THE SON OF THE LATE, GREAT TITO PUENTE. TITO JR AND KO (FORMERLY KNOWN AS "RIO", LEAD SINGER OF THE 80s GROUP "RIODIEGE") JOINED TOGETHER TO RELEASE A DANCE REMIX CALLED "OYE COMO VA" A SONG ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY THE LEGENDARY LATIN SUPERSTAR TITO PUENTE, LATER BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE BY ANOTHER LATIN SENSATION, CARLOS SANTANA. THEN IN 1996, THE REMIX HIT THE CHARTS AND BEGAN TO PLAY AROUND THE WORLD! THE RECORD FEATURED: LATIN GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SINGER LA INDIA, RIODIEGE, AND TITO PUENTE JR ON VOCALS, AND BOTH TITO PUENTE AND JR ON PERCUSSIONS. TO THIS DAY, THIS SONG HAS BEEN RE-MIXED TIME AND TIME AGAIN USING THEIR VOCAL SAMPLES. KO AND TITO, JR. ARE PRESENTLY IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON A NEW MEGA RE-MIX HIT. DETAILS ARE BEING KEPT VERY SECRETIVE AT THIS TIME! BEFORE RE-LOCATING TO MIAMI, FLORIDA, KO HAS BEEN A DJ/VJ IN NEW YORK AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. HE HAS PERFORMED IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING BRAZIL, MEXICO, CANADA, GERMANY, BELGIUM AND HOLLAND. KO HAS PLAYED IN SOME OF THE TRI-STATE AREAS HOTTEST NIGHT CLUBS INCLUDING THE LIMELIGHT, THE RED ZONE, THE DRAGON CLUB, CLUB 1018S, CLUB 800S, THE CHINA CLUB, MIRACLES, THE CLUB HOUSE, STREETS, VERTIGO, THE O ZONE, THE UNDERGROUND, THE TUNNEL AND MANY MORE! DJ KO HAS RECENTLY RELOCATED TO MIAMI, FLORIDA WHERE HE IS NOW ESTABLISHING A REPUTATION AS A WORLD-CLASS DJ/VJ! HE HAS BEEN SEEN PLAYING IN THE VICTOR HOTEL, THE PRESIDENT HOTEL, HOTEL CASANOVAS, KARU & Y, GROOVE JET, SKY BAR, PRIVATE MANSIONS AND YACHTS OF FAMOUS CELEBRITIES. HIS UNIQUE WAY OF SPINNING (BEING ABLE TO MIX A WHOLE NIGHT OF NON-STOP, OPEN-FORMAT...NOT ONLY WITH MUSIC BUT ACTUAL MUSIC VIDEO) HAS PUT HIM IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN! KO IS ONE OF THE FEW DJ/VJs THAT HOUSES OVER 90,000 MUSIC VIDEOS OF ALL GENRES INCLUDING ROCK, HIP HOP, HOUSE, POP, LATIN, CLASSICS, TRANCE AND MORE! KO HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED A PRODUCTION COMPANY CALLED "KO PRODUCTIONS". THIS ALLOWS HIM TO TAKE HIS SHOW ON THE ROAD DOING PRIVATE EVENTS SUCH AS CORPORATE EVENTS, PRIVATE PARTIES, AND LARGE CONCERT VENUES CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING PLASMA TV AND VIDEO SCREENS OF ALL SIZES. VIDEO PROJECTORS, STAGING, INTELLIGENT LIGHTING, SOUND EQUIPMENT, HD VIDEO CAMS AND CREW! "THERE IS NO JOB I WON'T DO, BIG OR SMALL, AS LONG AS THE MUSIC'S PUMPING, I'M THERE!" FOR BOOKING INFO EMAIL DJKOLIVE@HOTMAIL.COM
My VirtualDJ Mix
Wed 9th Jul 2014