I have always enjoyed walking my own way but I do like to broaden my horizon and work together with other inspiring people.
Like I love to spin together with DJ PolyEsta! (See top of Friends list), my long time friend.
I sometimes have joint ventures with Project Twilight, Psytech and NRcake party collectives.
And maybe with you as well? Let me know something!
I also organise and perform other stuff, such as a monthly jam session, a drumcircle, theme parties and theater.
I like to experiment by mixing different disciplines into something new.
Some projects are in the make!
For more info on the non- DJ-related stuff, you could check out my other website.
Influences
Some of the many musicians that make my heart beat faster are...
Fanfare Ciocarlia, Africanism, Shpongle, DelaDap! Boo!, Karsh Kale, Said Mrad, The Shrine, Femi Kuti, Shantel, Future World Funk, Punjabi MC, Dhol Foundation, Issa Bagayogo, Bollywood Brass Band, Mamou Sidibé, Värttina, Zap Mama, The REG Project, Shantel, Goran Bregovic, Besh O Drom, Tony Allen, Musique de 1001 Nuits and of course the World Music Street Orchestra I played in called "Toeters en Bellen" and Rudi's band Sâlt.
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Sounds Like
Grooves from all corners of the world.
Bollywood, Balkanbeat, Afrobeat and funk as well as Arabic, Latin, ska and dance.... as long as it makes you jiggle 'n jump.
I don't like to categorise as a person, so with music I also like it mixed.
A chameleon flaring rainbow coulors, taking people on a real trip adventure.
Let me surprise you with beats from far out places, varying from party music with a fairly organic feel to real up-tempo electronic etnobeat!
Although multi-culti is great, I'm also up for theme events such as African, Balkan/Gypsy, Oriental only or otherwise... Challenge me!
"Oh troops of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words"
Rabindranath Tagore
Well, I guess I am a vagrant as such..
Having travelled to places, mainly busking, juggling in the streets, I have come to love different countries, cultures, languages. Every culture, language has it's own feel, rhythm and temperament, just like music.
I like to cook them up, bit of salt, lots of pepper, stir it up.. whooohoo.. this is HOT! Get your feet off the floor!
A lot of western music I find like a teabag that's been used lots of times. That's why I like to find new grooves, something I haven't heard before.
However, not all world music is easy listening to for people who are not familiar with it.
That's why I like multi-culti-crossover grooves. A mix of ethnic traditional with western dance beats. As long as it grooves 'n moves!
I love this music so much, I feel the whole world should hear it!
That's my main motivation, my passion to spin the decks!
Being a percussionist as well, I have always had an interest for non-western grooves from a wide range of backgrounds.
Late 20th century I owned a shop with stuff from all over the world, as were my customers. I liked to create a positive vibe by playing and selling world music and instruments.
There were spontaneous jams and interesting meetings with people from all around.
In this period I got into world music even more, searching for new stuff together with my friend Esta (www.myspace.com/djpolyesta).
While she started flowering as a great, renewing DJ, I was still mainly busy with other stuff, like making music and organising events at Bar en Boos (www.barenboos.org), where I DJ on a monthly basis since 2005.
Esta encouraged me to develop the DJ-ing more. Thanks for that!
Apart from being a resident DJ for Bar & Boos and NRcake parties, I have played on several multicultural events, African Nights, International Women's Day and a number of underground dance 'n trance parties around the country.
I tune my style of music to the character of the event; at world music events I tend to spin a lot more organic sounding party music than I would on a trance party. On trance parties I like to spin uptempo electronic etnobeat.
Hoi dj Miss World Dankje wel por aceptar y por tus palabras. We already play in the Netherland three weeks ago at 1 Ander Festival in Schijndel. Sorry... Ojalá te veamos en nuestra próxima visita. Grootjessss
yes, we play to earlier @ the roots!!! but always good to play, we enjoy terrakota from portugal but we left quickly to take the plane to vilnius in baltik countries so nice people there too!!! hopo to meet you next time!!! love from massilia!
Thank you for your very nice comment, we really appreciate !!! Sure, the mp3 quality on myspace isn't good enough to use the tracks on stage, so you have to buy our cd ;-)) (wich is wave quality and well mastered by R. Jonin, try his name and mastering on google...) Keep in touch All the best HappY-T & El Calife
Thank's for the add ;-)) Good tracks here too !!! Our NEW CD is now available,you can also download for free 3 new tracks on our page, hope you'll enjoy ;-) Greetings from South of France Peace and Groove HappY-T & El Calife
Greeting Miss World! Thanks for remembering Knackers! It was a strange but very enjoyable evening back in 2003.. Hope things are going well for you in Holland. Best wishes, Knackers.
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Good to hear from you...thanks for the message on my space. So what's the story, are u spinning a lot lately, and did you make any new mixes I most definitely need to hear?
Oh and btw I still say your profile pic looks great...if you are able to spin records like that with all 4 limbs, you really earn that DJ MiSS WorLD title! :)
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