Bio

You find it difficult to make out the shadowy figures springing upon you at arms length as you navigate blindly through the dense fog which flashes in colors synchronized to the vibrations rushing through your feet and up your legs. The setting is 1992, at Club Orpheus in Baltimore's Little Italy district. Genderless silhouettes take the form of the underworld's most Gothic creatures of the night, in pale white skin with streams of black dripping down their faces. Screaming into your ears are German industrial techno mavericks Front 242 hunting your head, and Nitzer Ebb coercing you to join in the chant.

This was Leko's first exposure to the sheer power of electronic music. With none of the bureaucratic constraints of pop music applied by government regulators and know-it-all corporate executives, the freedom to explore, create, combine, and influence was limitless. The undead, who emerged at night seeking out transcendence, scoffed at society. This was the underground. And the underground was a deeper experience, of which the music was just a part.

Inspired and encouraged by resident DJs Joey Jamm and Donnie, crafting their wizardry with two Technics 1200 turntables on a platform suspended in the air by a system of chains and bungee cords, Leko began learning the intricacies of the legendary Urei rotary mixer.

Fast-forward to the present.

Having emerged from the Baltimore underground scene to infect dancefloors across the USA and around the world, Leko has enlisted with superstar Bryan Cox and his Crux Records army of the world's premier jackin' fidget maximal house producers. With fidget's heavy Baltimore club music influence, Leko carries with him a unique and deeply-ingrained perspective to the genre.

Through his own label, Tharsis Records, Leko stays true to his personal roots in progressive, industrial, breakbeat, tech house, and techno, while introducing his favorite new artists and collaborating with heavy-hitting names you already know.