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GEZ VARLEY, Pulzar, MAKING MUSIC ON A BUDGET P2, Moshic, Oldskool Vinyl You Must Have PT2, SAMMY DEAN, DJ CHARTS, Jimster, Music Reviews, SKIRRA, Pascal Kleiman, TECH / SOFTWARE REVIEWS, Robert Haagsma
GEZ VARLEY, Pulzar, MAKING MUSIC ON A BUDGET P2, Moshic, Oldskool Vinyl You Must Have PT2, SAMMY DEAN, DJ CHARTS, Jimster, Music Reviews, SKIRRA, Pascal Kleiman, TECH / SOFTWARE REVIEWS, Robert Haagsma
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Ok we know you are only a young<br />
guy at present, but tell us the story<br />
of how you got into the music and<br />
how did you learn and build the skills<br />
you so clearly have now?<br />
I was mirroring my Dad from being 2yrs old<br />
playing on a pretend set up made from cushions and old<br />
CD’s. When I was 3yrs old I used to stand at the side of the<br />
decks with my Dad watching for hours. I then started to<br />
learn at 3yrs old. When I was 5 my Dad started to cover up<br />
the screens on the CDJs to train my ears. At 6yrs old I was<br />
begging my Dad to teach me vinyl. He started to teach me<br />
vinyl at 7yrs old and by the time I was 8yrs old we were<br />
playing together on vinyl in our home mainly playing<br />
Trance & Hardhouse.<br />
Tell us about your normal life. School,<br />
home, friends. Plans for the future.<br />
What other things do you like to do?<br />
I go to normal mainstream high school I am<br />
halfway through my first year but I am looking at going to<br />
Engineering College when im 13yrs old. I enjoy building<br />
and creating things so I think I will enjoy Engineering<br />
school. I live at home with my older brother and my Dad<br />
and my Stepmom lives an hour away from us. I love BMX<br />
biking and I love fixing and mending bikes and scooters. I<br />
like playing Minecraft and other games on the Xbox and<br />
Playstation. I enjoy going to the park with my friends. I<br />
love collecting Prime bottles and I really enjoy clothes<br />
shopping.<br />
Vinyl, CD or Digital, or a mix, and<br />
why?<br />
A mixture ……. Sometimes I like playing vinyl<br />
because I enjoy the challenge of it but I really enjoy<br />
playing digital too because I can be much more creative<br />
making loops & cuts.<br />
If you use digital or CDJ’s, do you use<br />
the sync button? If you do or do not,<br />
tell us why?<br />
I have never used the sync button I think it’s<br />
cheating. I don’t understand why you would use it.<br />
My first adult gig was at Air Superclub for Wax<br />
Format in Birmingham when I was 10yrs old. I played a<br />
B2B vinyl gig with my Dad but I kicked him off the decks<br />
after the first 20 mins, that was a pretty special gig for me.<br />
I also won the Tidy Weekender competition and I got to<br />
play at the sold out Tidy Weekender which was pretty<br />
awesome because I have been listening to Tidy Trax since I<br />
was little.<br />
Tell us about the clubs you will be<br />
playing in 2024 and beyond.<br />
I am playing for the Hard Trance Europe<br />
Weekender On The Pier, Al-Dente Soundsystem (Techno)<br />
Rave Kids in Doncaster in July & for them again in Grimsby<br />
in August. Higher Frequency, Classix, and the Madhouse so<br />
far. I am also doing my first International gigs which I am<br />
very excited about in Germany. I am performing for<br />
Solarstorm Festival. I have also been selected along some<br />
other talented kids from around the world to represent the<br />
Kids Rave Official brand from Germany. As part of the Kids<br />
Rave Official we are hosting a charity event in Germany in<br />
July to raise money for Rave The Planet (Berlin Love<br />
Parade) And there are a few more which I cant announce<br />
yet.<br />
What style are you most into and<br />
why?<br />
Techno because from a mixing point of view I can<br />
be more technical with loops & cuts and I find it really fun<br />
to mix especially Hard Techno. However I listen too and<br />
love all types of music.<br />
Do you play other style gigs, like<br />
house, etc…?<br />
I love listening to lots of different music. I like<br />
Michael Jackson my favourite track of his is They don’t care<br />
about us. I also love listening to Hardhouse, sometimes<br />
Trance, Bassline, German Trance, D&B I also like some<br />
bands like 21 Pilots. I have played different gigs ranging<br />
from Trance to Hardhouse, D&B and different types of<br />
Techno.<br />
Tell us about the worst gig and what<br />
happened?<br />
I havent really had a bad gig. I have played on a<br />
few dodgy sound systems and set ups but it’s all part of<br />
learning how to manage things and get round them.<br />
Tell us about the clubs you have<br />
played in and what was your<br />
favourite so far and why?<br />
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