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We all have our first times. Want to know that special moment of Charlotte De Witte, Enrico Sangiuliano, Nicole Moudaber, Secret Cinema and many others? Maybe I interviewed your favorite dance icon about it. Check it out!
Paul Sparkes: “Audience didn’t care about the music”
The British DJ/producer Paul Sparkes had been Amsterdam-based for quite a while. In 2015 he told me about his first gig. “The venue stunk of stale beer and ashtrays.”
Greencross: “It felt like a dream”
We met during ADE 2014 and became friends. In 2016 Daniel Gavilán aka DJ/producer Greencross even stayed at our house during ADE. Of course, in the meantime I had interviewed him about his DJ debut. “I wanted to impress every single girl.”
Vortex: “Everybody lit up starlets”
We met in 2011 and we became friends. Pim Verhaagen aka DJ Vortex’ first gig took place in 1999. In 2014 he told me the story of his DJ debut. “Everybody lit up starlets.”
Kiki Toao: “My fingers were half-frozen”
In 2011 Kiki Toao and I met during the Cannabis Liberation Festival in Amsterdam. In 2014 we spoke about her first gig.
Dennis Price (1972-2017): “Addicted to mixing”
Dennis Price and I go back to 2010. Unfortunately Dennis passed away in 2017. In the years before we built a friendship and in 2014 he shared the story of his first gig with me. “Everything was right, this was god’s house.”
Nomar: “The first sounds, the intro, the beat, wow!”
It hasn’t been that long since Ramon Brouwer aka DJ Nomar won the YWSTD DJ contest. In 2014 he told me the story of his first gig. “Finally, this was my moment! I was ecstatic!”