Mike Humphries: “Felt like a baby in that world”
In December 2015 I asked UK techno artist Mike Humphries about his debut. “My first performance happened by accident.”
In December 2015 I asked UK techno artist Mike Humphries about his debut. “My first performance happened by accident.”
Dutch dance pioneer Lucien Foort performed in a gospel choir and as rapper named Crypto D. “We had a new kind of sound.”
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!”
In 2017 I interviewed Chopstick & Johnjon about their first gig. Chopstick: “The pressure not to mess up and the many drinks beforehand, due to me being nervous, had made me a bit tipsy as well.”
Buddy Suwijn was a late-bloomer. In 2015 we talked about his first gig, where Buddy Suwijn unexpectedly was the only DJ.
In 2016 ZaVen told me about his first gig. When ZaVen saw how the crowd was dreaming away, it tasted like more.
Wesdex is also known as ‘the green designer’. In 2015 he told me about his first gig. He found out that the sound in a DJ booth was quite different than his bedroom sound.
Uner started performing at a very young age. From piano he went to dance music. In 2015 we spoke about his DJ debut.
In 2015 Roberto DaVinci told me his intriguing coming-of-age-DJ story. At that age, being nervous was not an issue.
When Paride Saraceni had his first gig, he had no idea what was coming his way. For starters, he had to deal with an ‘applause meter’.
In 2017 Dutch blackhouse-pioneer Natarcia Ommen told me the story of her DJ-debut. She started underground.
Mark Reeve was only 16 when he played his first gig. His parents had to give their official permission.
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Marcy Goes Wild = Marceline Geelen. I’m a Dutch dance journalist who had numerous interviews with international dance producers and DJs. Read their personal and unique stories!