Nico grew up in a small village Leopoldsburg in Belgium. He was born on 11 January 1975. At the age of 16, Nico wanted nothing more than to become a sportsman. Foot were his passions until injuries made it impossible to continue and Nico soon had a new obsession House Music. After developing an interest in this style of music from an early age, it took Nico to enter his twenties, before he started DJing in 1996. His dj style is very similar to the music he produces, Progressive House,Tech House. However, his first break DJing was at the well respected and legendary Club Atmoz home of Dj Pat Krimson., which set the foundations for good luck and fortune to follow his musical path. After a year of extensive DJing, the natural progression for Nico would be to enter to the world of production, which he did with open arms, and his first demo was sent to the prestigious Antler Subway (EMI) and instantly signed up. This was the atmospheric 'Deep Breath' on Antler Subway's Atmoz label (dedicated to the night club).
After some own releases Nico started to produced some remixes for Dj’s such as Yve De Ruyter , Mike ,Marcel Woods,Pat Krimson.Many aliases were used for Nico’s productions as , Hoshiko,Aqualords,Parisi & Woods, Liquid-D, Parisi and Delvino, The most successful of this was the 'Aqualords' alias (which he produced alongside of Regi Penxten, of Milk Inc. The Aqualords guise produced many singles and remixes, the most successful of which were the tunes 'Children Of The Demon' and 'Witches'.
These were licensed to many labels and compilations, with numerous DJs worldwide playing them in their sets! This opened up a whole new world for Nico, who was then asked to DJ at some of the best venues in the world. In 2006 Nico decided to team up with rocking producer Erik Hubo to create a track called Metro. This release would soar in population and be championed by Armin Van Buuren, and many more . Armin Van Buuren played the track on his A State of Trance radio show as nr1 release and featured it on his Radio 1 Essential mix and Tance Energy live mix 2006 which many producers could only dream of. This release launched Nico on his own label Danza Records imprint, which he started in 2006., and thrives on releasing quality music.