Musical ‘journey’..

During my younger years (age 15), I got into electronical music because of friends who were older and were, at that time, exploring the legendary Belgian club scene. Almost every week I got the chance to listen to new mixtapes (yes, tapes), recorded at clubs like The Globe, Cherry Moon, Illusion, Carat, LaRocca and so on. Back then it was the typical rave underground House, Trance and Techno. As a bedroom DJ' ( however I was pushed into the basement by my parents because of the noise ), I had to do some jobs during the weekend to earn the money to 1. Buy records, 2. Start my clubbing ‘career’. So that DJ stuff was something I really was interested in. Crossing Belgium in all sorts and forms of clubs and festivals, it was hard to get a foot in the door to get to play at bigger events. Somewhere age 19 I started to fiddle around with music gear and software. My goal, was to try to expose myself as a producer and from that pov to try to get some bookings along the way. As a complete idiot, I started my ‘working’ life with all the whistles and bells ( kids, house, marriage…) so the DJ thing was kinda: case closed. The production passion however only kept growing; and now, 20 years later it’s still burning and itching like hell. HA! Fast Forward…

In 2018 I released my first bits online ( due to a friend ), and quickly I came in contact with David Flores ( Truncate). As a fun thing to do, I applied for a remix contest during the pandemic and since then I had the chance to release some EP’s on his label. Later on I kinda got picked up by Mark Broom for his label Beard Man. Very cool projects so I think this might count as a great achievement coming from 0, no help, no cash injections, no botox..

Now 2024, honestly… The producer passion is still active ( probably will last a lifetime) but… the energy to keep putting content online has become soul eating for me. Of course we all know, the majority of artists and so called Insta-DJ’s have created this giant fake world around their profile trying to keep up with an algorithm that’s impossible to keep up with. Godspeed to those. I’m not running the ratrace. Life on its own is already tough enough.

So, when not playing the game as it should, you will get pushed into some kind of corner. I’m actually really done with this. I like to produce tracks, i enjoy spinning tracks but if all it takes nowadays to make steps, is to absolutely make no music, have 0 talent and whatnot, this society has become utterly low to the ground. Boosting fake profiles, manipulating numbers, everything glitch and glamour.. and the club and festival promotors ONLY checking these fake numbers, it has become a sad scene. True passionate artists and dj’s won’t get their faire share into this bubble.

Anyway, the people who know me already, know by now, the point of view I have towards this all. I’m often on repeat on this topic. The only thing I can do for myself is to keep going and try to not to forget the reason nr.1 why i started this all. Music, ..music making out of passion.

I’ve had some opportunities to play at events but quickly I started noticing how many leeches there were in this scene. The worst experience was a set at the Ostend Beach festival for Materia. The complete vibe at this event was on a very low level. My first thought was, that I could be proud ton have the chance to play there. Afterwards, I really had a bad feeling about everything that happened that day. I’m actually complete anti-festivals, this day just confirmed this once more. Electronic music belongs in cozy clubs, not sell-out festivals.

Music must be the starting point, what they’ve made of this scene is just overhyped dj acts, overhyped festival setups and the worst part: money grabbing, cash machines.

No one knows where their path leads to, i’m no exception. I’ll just keep doing my thing and will never bow for anyone.