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?”
In 2014 Dutch DJ Celeste told me about the beginning of her DJ career. “Dano and Dimitri taught me how to play.”
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.”
Portugese DJ/producer A.Paul’s first gig didn’t quite work out as planned. “For a moment, I was horrified.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
In 2016 Ricky da Dragon told me his coming-of-dance-story. “Wow, that must have been 38 years ago.”
Michel Becks started playing at an early age. “Because we were too young, clubs were a no-go for us.” In 2014 I talked to him about the early start of his DJ career.
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.”
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.”
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.
