VJ Yantra (NL): “‘Eh, ma’am, are you the VJ?’”
One of the people I met in The Recycle Lounge Gallery Club in Amsterdam is VJ Yantra. Not soon after that she told me about her first VJ gig. “Would I be able captivate the crowd’s attention all night long?”
Celeste (NL): “Learned to play at Dano’s house”
In 2014 Dutch DJ Celeste told me about the beginning of her DJ career. “Dano and Dimitri taught me how to play.”
Will Wee (FRA): ”Amazing interaction with the crowd!”
We met in the JD Williams Whiskey Bar in Amsterdam during ADE 2016. Not long after that Will Wee told me about his first gig. ”I prepared the set down to the smallest detail.”
A.Paul (PRT): “This issue totally sabotaged my set”
Portugese DJ/producer A.Paul’s first gig didn’t quite work out as planned. “For a moment, I was horrified.”
The Boy With the Broken Record (NL): “‘How hard can it be?’”
From the moment I met Rens Mors aka DJ The Boy With The Broken Record I was charmed by this young man. In 2017 he told me the story of his DJ debut. “I had to beg for headphones.”
Monde (NL): “Like a bat out of hell I picked a record”
In 2014 Monde told me about his first gig. “Neuv said: ‘I have to take care of something, fill in for me’. And he was gone.”
Sander Bottaio (NL): “I still prefer vinyl”
Dutch DJ Sander Bottaio is a true techno lover. In 2015 I asked him about his first gig. “The VJ thought that my set was the best of the evening.”
DJ Jurgen (NL): “Still in love with this amazing music”
In 2014 Dutch DJ/producer Jurgen told me the story of his first gig. “I had no clue what records I would find in my flight bag.”
Ricky da Dragon (NL): “It was in a church, of all places”
In 2016 Ricky da Dragon told me his coming-of-dance-story. “Wow, that must have been 38 years ago.”
Pat Baker (NL): “As ready as I could be!”
Pat Baker has been professionally around for many years but Dancefair 2016 is where we met. Of course he told me the story of his first gig. “A huge stage on Liberation Day.”
Tom Hades: “I’m a child of new wave”
An inspiring conversation with Tom Hades about dreams, experimenting, passionate people, ‘the shit-solver’, the game computer, his ‘sugar sound’ and and his biggest icon Frank de Wulff.
Orlando Voorn (NL): “I received a standing ovation”
Orlando Voorn is one of those rough diamonds with a big heart. In 2015 this legendary house pioneer told me the story of his first gig: “Johnny was literally crying.”
