RVA RADIO : VIKING “APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS”

by | Jul 5, 2010 | MUSIC

With literally millions having listened to his tracks, Richmond’s own VIKING has blazed a trail and brought a national spotlight to our cities club scene. Having just played RVA’s RVALUTION a few weeks ago, we hope to have him back sooner than later.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO VIKING

VIKING (aka Philip J Ceconi II) is a key figure in the growing electronic music scene in his hometown of Richmond Virginia, where he has been polishing his DJ skills for a couple of years now. He made a name for himself on a national level with a bootleg remix of Kid Cudi’s little-known track “Dat New New”. The track took on a life of it’s own, being featured in over fifty music blogs and countless youtube videos and has been played millions of times online.
Since then VIKING has completed remixes for (among others) The Sounds, Cazals and Terror Dactel, Cut Copy, Amanda Blank and Shwayze (see below) – winning a lot of friends on the blogs (he has hit #1 on the hype machine most popular chart at least three times now)

A rigid recording schedule has allowed for only a handful of high profile shows, supporting The Sounds on the East Coast leg of their live tour, Music Festivals in Brooklyn and Canada, and a string of shows at New York’s ‘Girls and Boys’ party (at Webster Hall), playing alongside artists such as Data, Sinden, Dave 1 from Chromeo and Wolfgang Gartner.


With literally millions having listened to his tracks, Richmond’s own VIKING has blazed a trail and brought a national spotlight to our cities club scene. Having just played RVA’s RVALUTION a few weeks ago, we hope to have him back sooner than later.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO VIKING

VIKING (aka Philip J Ceconi II) is a key figure in the growing electronic music scene in his hometown of Richmond Virginia, where he has been polishing his DJ skills for a couple of years now. He made a name for himself on a national level with a bootleg remix of Kid Cudi’s little-known track “Dat New New”. The track took on a life of it’s own, being featured in over fifty music blogs and countless youtube videos and has been played millions of times online.
Since then VIKING has completed remixes for (among others) The Sounds, Cazals and Terror Dactel, Cut Copy, Amanda Blank and Shwayze (see below) – winning a lot of friends on the blogs (he has hit #1 on the hype machine most popular chart at least three times now)

A rigid recording schedule has allowed for only a handful of high profile shows, supporting The Sounds on the East Coast leg of their live tour, Music Festivals in Brooklyn and Canada, and a string of shows at New York’s ‘Girls and Boys’ party (at Webster Hall), playing alongside artists such as Data, Sinden, Dave 1 from Chromeo and Wolfgang Gartner.

1. Yuksek – Tonight
2. The American Dream Team – Money (VIP Remix)
3. VIKING – Blood Candy
4. The Bloody Beetroots – We Are From Venice
5. Digitalism – Taken Away (Disco Trash Music Remix)
6. Usher – Love in This Club (MSTRKRFT Remix)
7. T-Pain Ft. Chris Brown – Freeze (VIKING Remix)
8. Kanye West – Homecoming (Discotech Remix)
9. Empire of the Sun – We Are The People (Jimmy2Sox Remix)
10. Futurecop! – Transformers (Ghosthustler Remix)
11. Hot Pink Delorean and Fantastadon – Party Favour
12. Fukkk Off – Rave Is King (Le Castle Vania Remix)
13. Cazals – Somebody, Somewhere (Blamma! Blamma! Remix)
14. Designer Drugs – Back Up In This (Le Castle Vania Computer Club & Rrrump Remix)
15. Kid Cudi – Dat New New (VIKING Remix)
16. Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars
17. Feed Me – The Spell
18. Fake Shark Real Zombie – Designer Drugs (Designer Drugs Remix)
19. Kap10Kurt – Dangerseekers
20. The Bloody Beetroots – Warp 1.9 (VIKING Tag Team Edit)
21. Akon – So Damn Beautiful (VIKING Remix)
22. Cut Copy – Lights & Music (Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix)
23. Junior Boys – In the Morning
24. Daft Punk – Something About Us

R. Anthony Harris

R. Anthony Harris

In 2005, I created RVA Magazine, and I'm still at the helm as its publisher. From day one, it’s been about pushing the “RVA” identity, celebrating the raw creativity and grit of this city. Along the way, we’ve hosted events, published stacks of issues, and, most importantly, connected with a hell of a lot of remarkable people who make this place what it is. Catch me at @majormajor____




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