
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.”
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.”
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 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.”
In 1990 Marcel Neuvel aka DJ Neuv had a strong opinion about the dance scene. “I was known as a criticaster.” In 2014 he told me the story of his first gig.
Portugese Ines Ninna Ramada aka techno DJ/producer Ninna V remembers her first gig very well: “Honestly, I was a train wreck.”
In 2014 American DJ/producer Gino Lightner told me the story of his DJ debut. “I convinced them that a DJ was more cost-effective.”
In 2016 I spoke with Niels Schilder aka DJ/producer Malbetrieb about the gig he remembers most. “Every track was received with open arms, climax after climax!”
We met at an ADE network event in 2014. That same year Italian DJ/producer Enrico Sangiuliano told met the story of his first gig. “For the first time I realized the real meaning of the word ‘amazing’.”
In 2016 I interviewed Lisa Lashes about her DJ debut. “Unknown to me, two promoters were on board.”
We met in 2016 at a beach party in Noordwijk (NL). Of course, I seized the moment and asked Spanish DJ/producer Marc Dosem if I could interview him about his DJ debut. A few months later I did. “We rented a ‘secret’ house halfway some mountain.”
In 2015 I met the legendary Café d’Anvers DJ Prinz (Vincent Buss). Not long after that he told me about his debut. “Models, gays and party people.”
In July 2017 Canadian DJ/producer Kasey Riot told me about her DJ debut. “I was incredibly nervous about messing up.”
The woman behind Marcy Goes Wild is Marceline Geelen. Marceline is a dance journalist who had numerous interviews with dance producers and DJs. These interviews were mainly in Dutch published on online platforms as DJMag.nl, thisisourhouse.nl and decodedmagazine.com. The main focus of this website is directed towards the stories of artist’s DJ-debuts. Marcy Goes Wild is de the world’s largest platform of the feature My First Gig.