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dj_ferdinand

www.hydestudios.co.uk www.aftershockradio.com

About Me

So here's a bit about me. Born in Holland but moved to England in 1978 Miss England when in Holland and miss Holland when in England but such is life, but then it's not really that far to travel so thats not a problem really.... Well I've always had a link with music as my dad was a classical musician who played all over the world for various Phillamonic orchestra's. Even about as young as 10 I can remember that even when I whent to bed I had to have music on and as soon as I awoke the play button on the tape player had to be hit. Through the 70's I played most styles as a d.j. but very soon had a prefference for Reggae specially Dub and Disco and Soul. When I moved to England in 1978 I got to know Steve who had the biggest mobile roadshow in the south west of England and ended up working with him. By early 1979 I had bought it from Steve and carried on hiring halls and putting on shows. We also put on bands with the roadshow the largest being Steel Pulse. By 1980 Punk had really got popular in the south west. I never really got into the punk thing so I did go back to Holland for a while and there I was playing more Jazzfunk etc. got some good memories from around that time. When I came back to England in '83 life carried on with the roadshow till '86 that's when I sold the roadshow and just did clubs and events. I was also involved with a night club at that time but left there in '88 as my choice in music was no longer the same as the clubs as they where just getting so commercial, I just couldn't deal with that anymore as there was so much good music out there that I found exciting ie: Hip hop - Hip house - Acid - and house. I got asked to play at this club called Oscar's In Exmouth in '88 and that was an amazing place really proper rough looking but with a nice sound system. Still brings a smile to my face thinking about that place with it's low ceilings so incredibly hot in there. But it was the first underground club in the area and by 10 it was full and it was 1 out 1 in. Sadly the owners sold it in 1990 and the new ones didn't like the music i played or the people that came there. But I had allready organised a couple of events next to the club at the Exmouth Pavilion so I had linked with a few other people who did the same, and ended up playing other events such as Positivity and Well helmet etc. I ended with several resedenties playing house as well as hardcore etc. I also played outside of the U.K. in countries like Holland, Germany, Spain and Belgium. Due to family life I stopped for a few years from 1998 but missed that turntable experience and the feeling of mixing so much that I started playing again (thank god). But now it's no longer my fulltime job as I am a tattooist by day. STILL ADDINGProfile Edited by MPS MySpace Editor 2.0Profile Edited by MPS MySpace Editor 2.0
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My Interests

D.J.ing and tattooing and spending time with family and friends

I'd like to meet:

There are just to many to mention really, but here are some of them : Todd Terry - Carl Craig - Derrick May - Kevin Reese Saunderson - Tyree Cooper - Bam Bam - Jeff Mills - Adam Beyer - Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards ( what a fantastic team ) -Candi Statton -

Music:

All types of House ie: Jazzy, Soulfull, Deep, Funky, Banging, Etc so pretty openminded on that but not the cheesy type .... Love all Techno too it is the best music to mix and get totally lost in. I also like Drum & Bass, dub reggae and older reggae and hip hop ( pre '91 )

Heroes:

My heroes are the people who are just having the best time to the music I play......................

My Blog

HYDE CHAT SHOW

HYDE CHAT SHOW... yo peeps new chat show startin up soon on www.aftershockradio.com presenters: jekz lethal ruffstuff morf ferdinand mc funsta+ guests new and old!!! we need you the listeners to wri...
Posted by dj_ferdinand on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:52:00 PST

www.aftershockradio.com

I play every monday from: 14.oo-16.oo Uk time  15.oo-17.oo Europe 6.oo-8.oo Pacific 7.oo-9.oo Mountain 8.oo-10.oo Central 9.oo-11.oo Eastern The playlist goes through all styles of house and tec...
Posted by dj_ferdinand on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:47:00 PST