Dj Selekta

VERY FRIENDLY,EASY GOING,ARTISTIC,AMBITIOUS,SENSE OF HUMOUR,AFROCENTRIC IN STYLE,VERSATILE,FUN LOVING...SOUTH AFRICAN(SOWETAN) BY ORIGIN,FROM A VERY MUSICALLY PRAGNANT BACKROUND, (SOWETO,PRETORIA,AND DURBAN).IN PRETORIA ITS WHERE MATURITY CAME TO BEING,AS I STUDYIED AND WORKED THERE FOR ABOUT 13YRS.DEEP US HOUSE MUSIC SNEAKED IS SOUTH AFRICA,THROUGH NORTH WEST PROVINCE(RADIO BOP),THEN RADIO METRO AS IT WENT NATIONALLY.IN THE EARLY 90s,DURING THE DYING YEARS OF APARTHEID REGIME,CLUB GEMINI,WICH WAS NEAR MY UNI(MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF S.A),WAS WHERE MOST FUN LOVING BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS WERE INITIATED IN2 HOUSE MUSIK,AND I'M GLAD I WAS THE VICTIM(not of apartheid but house) AS WELL.MY GR8TEST INFLUENCE THEN,were THE LATE,IAN SEGOLA,EVIDENCE KEMP(FORMER RADIO METRO DJs),THEN THE LIKES OF DJ VINNY,GLEN LEWIS,OSKIDO,AUDREN MOGOTSI,CHRISTOS,BOB MABENA,etc EMERGED. LI'L LOIUS VEGA,MR FINGERS,STEVE'SILK'HURLEY,FRANKIE KNUCKLES,TONY HUMPHRIES,BASEMENT BOYS,ARE THE CULPRITS WHO DID THE DAMAGE IN BRAIN WASHING BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS WITH HOUSE MUSIK.HOUSE/DANCE MUSIK FROM THESE DJs/PRODUCERS KEPT US HOPING AND GOING,DURING THOSE HARD TIMES OF APARTHEID.I REMEMBER TUNES LIKE 'SWEAT' BY LENNY WILLIAMS(BIG BEAT RECORDS,UK)... I WAS PASSIONATELY & HEAVILY INVOLVED IN STUDENT BODY'S ENTERTAINMENT WHILE @ UNI.I WAS ALSO A CAMPUS DJ,WHERE I 1st HAD 1ST FEEL OF DECKS.WHEN OUR UNI(MEDICAL INIVERSITY OF SA),USE TO ROCK IN THE 90's, I WAS PART OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE.AS MY STUDIES WERE GETTING TIGHTER AS YEARS PROGRESS,I HAD 2 HIBERNATE TO COMPLETE MY STUDIES... 2003,AFTER COUPLE OF YEARS WORKING IN PRETORIA,SA,I DECIDED 2B ADVENTUROUS AND MOVED 2 MANCHESTER,UK.IN 2004 I ENROLLED PART TIME FOR A 6MNTH COURSE, WITH WORLD REPUTABLE,MANCHESTER's SCHOOL OF SOUND RECORDINGS,FOR A DIPLOMA IN 'DJ TECHNICS,EVENTS MNGMNT,& INTRO TO DANCE MUSIC PRDCTN'.IN THE PROCESS,I WAS HOOKED UP BY MY MATE IN LONDON,TO THE COMMITTED GUYS WHOM WE HAD ALMOST SIMILAR PASSION,BACKROUND & INTERESTS(ZANDI,KINETIC-P & KG) IN MUSIK,WE FORMED 'SLICK MANAGEMENT'.THIS MOVEMENT WAS MAINLY TO CHASE BOREDOM,STRESS,& HOMESICKNES AWAY,TO MEET AND SHARE OUR PASSION & EXPERIENCES OF DEEP HOUSE WITH OTHER PPL FRM ALL OVER THE WORLD.LONDON & UK IN GENERAL LACKED THAT SOUTHERN AFRICAN STYLE/TASTE OF HOUSE/DANCE MUSIC,SO THATS WHAT WE WANTED TO SHARE & GIVE TO OUR REVELLERS...for the rest check: www.slickmanagement.co.uk