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Lucien Foort: “‘Mate, you play such unique music'”
Dutch dance pioneer Lucien Foort performed in a gospel choir and as rapper named Crypto D. “We had a new kind of sound.”
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09/06/2023
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Klaudia Gawlas: “I thought I would die!”
In 2016 I asked Klaudia Gawlas about her first gig. “In those days there weren’t many women playing, so I knew that people were going to watch exactly what I was doing.”
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26/05/2023
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Dennis van de Geer: “Studio fuller and bank account emptier”
I got to know Dutch DJ/producer Dennis van de Geer at one of his first Buzz! Events. In November 2015 he told me about his intended debut story. The one that didn’t take place…
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19/05/2023
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Secret Cinema: “Power cut in my ‘live’ set”
Jeroen Verheij a.k.a. producer & live techno artist Secret Cinema is refreshingly down to earth and open. In May 2017 I interviewed him about his DJ debut. “After that first gig, it was ‘live’ or die!”
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12/05/2023
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Rombout: “My first gig was trainwreck paradise!”
Trial & error. Those words apply to the start of Rombout Wagenaar’s DJ career. “No stupid pedestal!”
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28/04/2023
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DJ José: “I was sweating bullets”
It’s 40 years ago since DJ José played his first gig. He told me about it: “My choice of records was appreciated from the start.”
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14/04/2023
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Paul Hazendonk: “First gig in Paul Elstak’s radio-show”
During ADE 2017 we accidentally bumped into each other. Of course, the conversation quickly turned to Paul Hazendonk’s first gig. It all started with a DJ contest.
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31/03/2023
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Max E Groove: “We were extremely eager”
My love goes way back with UK DJ Max E Groove, but I met this super nice man in 2015. Not soon after that, he told me about his first gig. The memory makes him laugh: “We waited by the stage entrance with our records in milk crates.”
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24/03/2023
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Lorenzo: “The man said: ‘Boy, you will go far'”
We met in 2011 and became instant friends. In April 2016 I interviewed Lorenzo about his first gig. He remembers a mistake that turned out as a surprise.
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17/03/2023
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Kipa: “Beautiful break in clumsy set”
What Kipa learned from his first gig? In 2017 he told me. “No liquids near the gear.”
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10/03/2023
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Joe Farr: “So this is what happens at parties!”
In 2017 UK DJ Joe Farr told me about his first gig. “The first time that I took half a pill.”
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13/02/2023
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Hoj: “A bit of a neat freak”
Hoj remisced with me about his first gig in a Californian coffeeshop in 1999. He was 21, so just old enough to drink. To make sure that the vinyl didn’t skip, he wiped each one of them with an old vinyl brush.
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15/12/2022
