My name is Erik and I'm from Amsterdam (born and raised).
My biggest affinity is music, always had it around me, from since I was a child.
It all started with the old stuff my parents listened to, for instance the Beatles, Neil Young, Cat Stevens (before the name change), Queen and Mike Oldfield. After this I started to get my own taste, but it stayed with rock-based music, in the likes of Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Bettie Serveert, ... I could make a very big list here, but you get the point.
When I was younger I really disliked electronic music, because I missed the human element in it. This all changed when I was 17, completely by accident I heard an Infected Mushroom which really changed my opinion about this type of music. (I feel obliged to say that it was a real old track by them, if I would have gotten into contact with some later stuff by them I still wouldn't listen to this stuff).
After some browsing on the internet I found out that IM was psytrance and from there I learned that Amsterdam had a pretty nice scene around this music. After going to a few parties I already knew that I found a scene that would really stick to me.
Now 5 years later I am still partying, even harder than when I started. Besides going to parties I also help a couple of organisations with throwing them and I really like being on the other side of the curtain.
