When you go to a club you can talk intimately to strangers you have never met before. And they will tell you things that will be shocking to hear. Because, on the whole, people behave honestly in this situation. At the same time they can be very false.
When you hear the music of these celebrated Dutch superstar-DJs nowadays. . . my God, I wouldn't even feed their music to my dog. I don't consider that to be my sort of dance music.
I like to move. Because that's where the action comes from.
The latest trend seems to be these DJs doing pre-recorded sets, in perfect pitch with the lights & acts on stage. Everything is centred around the action from the stage. It doesn't even demand action coming from the crowd! Passive consumerism or something. Mayhem with an overwhelming sound that isn't actually good music. More like diarrhoea.
I think that is a great, great thing, to create your own identity and foster a true family spirit.
I was born in Belgium and moved to Amsterdam when I was 17. I am not a Calvinist Dutchman but a Catholic Belgian. I think that makes a big difference.
Most of this innovative new music doesn't make money so it's regarded as uninteresting for the business people and considered as "underground".
Sometimes I happen to be the right guy in the right spot at the right moment.
I don't like to sit and count my money and be a "happy entrepreneur".
I remember a discussion with a panel of experts, I asked a question to one of the moderators: "Why is it so difficult for a foreign DJ to play in a club in London?" And you know what the guy said? "Get better than the English. "