sound design / music production / deejay
About me
1980 - Born in Amsterdam
1988 - Playing the piano
1992 - Playing saxophone
1996 - Discovering turntables and The DJ
1997 - Saxophone in skaband The Tiny Tones, performing throughout the Netherlands
1998 - First DJ-gig @ Poppodium Gigant, Apeldoorn
1999 - Graphic Design study
2000 - DJ performances throughout the Netherlands. First mixtape
2003 - Organisation Africa In The Picture Filmfestival & Appelsap
2004 - Collaboration w/ MC Oscar Davila & Def P on mixtape Present Revival of Futuristic Classics. Musicolgy study, UvA. Contributing to Black Soil Hiphop Filmfestival. Organizing studytrip musicology to Istanbul
2005 - Winner DJ Competition UvA Cultureel Festival. Organisation benefitnight for Pakistan after earthquake. Start making beats. Travelling in Vietnam
2006 - Playing djembe & percussion. EP Hollands Licht w/ MC Oscar Davila & producer Werner Urban. Contributing to John Coltrane tribute with the Kindred Spirits Ensemble. Giving DJ courses, start organising weekly Hiphopcafe 4 Elementz in Amsterdam, social cultural work. Raising the Intergalactic Ensemble. Performing with Oscar Davila
2007 - Intern @ Kindred Spirits recordlabel, DJ-ing in Paradiso & on Arrow Jazz FM. Electronic Music Production study @ SAE. Travelling in Egypt, Vietnam & Thailand
2008 - Start producing dubstep & hiphop with Werner Urban. Organisation Double Talk Festival ‘Wildstyle 25th Anniversary Special’ in Paradiso & Fusion, Amsterdam. Travels to Sumatra & Laos
2009 - Sound Design study @ Utrecht School of the Arts. Producing tracks with Oscar Davila. Travelling in Thailand
Short overview of DJ gigs
2009
Double Talk Festival Wild Style 25th Anniversary (Paradiso/Fusion), High Voltage w/ Nobody Beats The Drum & Bastian (Volta), Lockdown (Volta), Struttin (Bitterzoet), Break The Funk Live w/ Lefties Soul Connection, Hiphopcafe 4 Elementz w/ ..La Melodia.., Giovanca, Supercharger Records, From Mambo To Hiphop, Spray The Can w/ Blade (NYC)
2008
BeatDrop @ ADE (OneFourOne), Mint w/ Comfort Fit & Portformat (Canvas), Hiphopcafe 4 Elementz w/ Dynamite Soul DJ Team, SP, Shockwave, Lovesupreme, Taco Fett, Neo & Manu, Nul7Negen, die Schallplattenpolizei, Mista Sweet, Cat22, Suez, Serch (Fusion)
2007
Crime Jazz (Bitterzoet), Freestyle Session w/ Kimo (Fusion), 15th Anniversary Just 4 Fun (Fusion), Bboy 2 The Bone Battle (Griffioen), Armenian Disco Night (Akhnaton), Jammin on Beat (Fusion)
2006
Appletree Café (Bitterzoet), Free Fresh Friday (Volta), FF Bijschaven (Toren van Babel), Talent Convention (Paradiso), Kindred Spirits (Paradiso), Getaway Café, de Duivel, New Kids on the Block (Bitterzoet), Lounge of Lyrics (Bitterzoet)
2005
Black Soil Hiphop Filmfestival (De Balie), Opening Shadowfestival (Bitterzoet), Cultuurschok (Sugar Factory), CD-presentation [In Advance] (Pakhuis Wilhelmina), UvA Cultureel Festival (Melkweg), 4 Years RUSH (Supperclubboot), Westergasterras, Springlive Festival (Volta), RUSH (Marcanti Plaza), Overvloed op de Overtoom (301)
2004
Black Soil Hiphop Filmfestival, No Breaks Radioshow (Leiden), De Duivel, de Balie
2003
Nederhopfestival De Hoeve (Hoofddorp), Umfufu, Paradiso (Amsterdam), Nachtschade (Bitterzoet), Uitmarkt (De Balie, Amsterdam), Appelsap (Hotel Arena, Amsterdam), De Rokerij (Amsterdam), w/ Freddie Foxxx & Gangstarr (Paradiso), Bar West, Studio 53 Radioshow (Amsterdam), Black Soil Hiphop Filmfestival (Lantaarn/Venster, Rotterdam)
Performances w/ The Tiny Tones
1996/1997
De Effenaar w/ Bad Manners (Eindhoven), Crawl Festival Tagrijn (Hilversum), Ekko (Utrecht), Gigant (Apeldoorn), Hedon (Zwolle)
