Dance
is not an answer.
Dance is a question.
‘Yes!’
is the answer!
is basically :
a guy with a bunch of music
who likes to dance
Hit the floor
with
salsa, cumbia, merengue, raï, afro
ethno-techno, world ‘hardfloor’, trance and latin house
Start out the evening with ambient lounge and soft world music.
Then, as the dancers hit the floor, turn up the volume for some
unique club remixes of well known ethno-pop tunes,
blended with an urban disco-house-and-trance beat.
From Shakira to Ricky
Martin
From Buena
Vista Social Club to Marc Anthony
From Safri Duo to Africa
Bambaataa
From Ofra Haza to Dr. Alban
Late in the evening, everything is possible
from disco and pop to oldschool dansktop
To make it happen,
this is what is required for you to organize:
two CD players
a mixer
an amplifier
two loudspeakers
(200W or more,
according to the size of the dancing floor.
The CD players or the mixer must have head phone plugs)
You can read more about the technical side of it here...
If possible:
• one or two video projectors
I often bring along a slide projector to blow
up some tropical images on a wall in the room.
It adds to the atmosphere. Great to dance to!
Price:
For parties of less than app. 100 persons
I have a fixed price of DKK 500 per hour
For larger events: Let’s talk about it
Examples of
places I have DJ’ed:
Samsara
Dance Club, since August 2005
• DGI Landsstævne, June 2006
• Club Banana, September 2005
• ‘Gå Bananas’ dance party at Blågården, August 2005
• FDB, Albertslund Tørvarelager, August 2005
• Køng Idrætshøjskole, August 2005
• ‘Gå Bananas’ dance parties at Blågården, MayJune 2005
• Djembe Dance & Dream Parties, Fuego, AprilJune 2005
• Global Week, Køng Idrætshøjskole, November 2004
Danish
World Awards 2004, Cph Jazzhouse, November 2004
• Earthdance Party 04, September 2004
Samsara
Dance Club, June 2004
Danish
World Awards 2003, November 2003
Global Day, Køng Højskole, November 2003
Images of Asia Ending Party, September 2003
MS seminar, August 2003
• Asian Comments Festival Employee Party, October 2002
Danish World
Awards 2002, November 2002
Planet3, Molevitten, October 2002
Albertslund Tørvarelager, April 2002
Roskilde
Festival, July 2001 (chill-out tent)
Krasnapolsky, September 2000 (six evenings)
Spejlteltet, August 2000, (three evenings)
• Park Café in Copenhagen, March 2000
Ulands-IT seminar in Helsingør 1999
Danidas Kursuscenter Seminar Party 1998
• Göteborg Festival 1998
• Spejlteltet 1996
• Student parties at Borups Højskole in 19951998
...plus innumerous weddings, birthdays,
and private parties...
Andre DJs i København, som jeg varmt kan anbefale:
• DJ Gulliver (Mikkel Hornnes, myspace.com/djgulliver & mikkelhornnes.dk) spreder hotte balkan beats på dansegulvene. Med metal kastagnetter og andre instrumenter, nogle gange også i selskab med en gæstemusiker, skaber han en superfed stemning, alle steder hvor han kommer frem. • DJ Peker (Gazi Peker, peker.dk) har specialiseret sig i 'ethnic lounge', som er en fornøjelse at lytte til - og han spiller også rigtigt godt dansemusik fra hele verden, med tendens til hovedvægt på det mellemøstlige, men også iblandt en del afrikansk, indisk og en smule latinamerikansk og spansk. • DJ Gustavo (Gustavo Caplunik, djcaplu.dk) er i mine øjne en af Københavns førende world music DJs. Han spiller en bred vifte af verdensmusik, som eksempelvis reggae, arabtronic, world house, brasilianske rytmer, salsa, etnisk funk og balkanmusik. Han er ofte DJ på Samsara Dance Club i København, og spiller på SDC i Malmö hver måned. Selv fortæller han: "Jeg forsøger at skabe en fortælling med rytmer og toner fra hele verden, en fortælling som åbner danserne og de lyttende til ny musik..." |
Updated on 6 April 2010