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We met in 2010 and a couple of years later I interviewed Misja Wielings aka Dutch DJ/producer Misja Xampl about his entrance in the dance scene and his DJ debut. “After three months of spending sixteen hours a day behind the turntables, I was able to mix perfectly.”
“In 1988 I had just turned 17 and had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. In the period when I was searching my purpose, one night I ended up at a party. I was fascinated by the DJ. Not by him as a person, because honestly, I don’t even remember who it was, but by what he did.”
Hangover
“The following morning, I took myself and my hangover to the Waterlooplein in Amsterdam and immediately bought two old beltdrive Technics. Then I started practicing.”
Club iT
“After three months of spending sixteen hours a day behind the turntables, I was able to mix perfectly. I knew the owner of the legendary club iT, Manfred Langer. He gave me the opportunity to play.”
Feeling
“Of course, I was terribly nervous for this first gig, but in the end, I instinctively followed my heart and my feeling. This has always been my personal best teacher: my gut feeling.”
Liberating
“It felt liberating to play in a club and take people to an ecstatic euphoria with the music that I had chosen. This, combined with the extravagant, partying iT crowd made the evening to a perfect event. Manfred was also satisfied and made me resident on Fridays and Saturdays.”
“Since then, I’ve played in the best clubs worldwide. Recently I even did a tour through China, Indonesia and the Philippines. Besides that, I am a board member of the foundation Don’t Blow It. I will be able to tell you more about this soon.”
This interview with Misja Xampl is originally published on DJMag.nl in 2016.
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Misja is one of the most talented DJs/ producers the Dutch house scene has ever known! Born in Amsterdam in the year 1971 Misja started collecting records in 1989 as a hobby, and after that the dj-ing started! In 1990 Misja became resident dj at the infamous club iT on Fridays and Saturdays, and got himself a regular quest spot at RoXY’s hard Wednesday events by Steve Malenka.
In the mid 90’s he won 2 awards for best dj in England and Amsterdam and soon after that Misja Xampl started focusing on producing. His first track, “The Journey” on Orange Records, was released in 1996 and later remixed with DJ JP.
At the end of ’96 he started his own label Xampl Records. Under Xampl he released several cd’s and tracks.