By 2000 we were getting up to 1,600 people. We didn't know anyone else who had those records, so that's how I started DJing. I wanted to recreate that magical vibe in the Netherlands, so we started our own drum'n'bass night in Eindhoven.
We'd go out to as many clubs as we could in one weekend – the Metalheadz night at Blue Note, places such as the Leisure Lounge and Complex – and come back laden with as many records as we could carry. I would go on pilgrimages to London with a friend. I grew up on a healthy dose of house and techno, but when the first Metalheadz and Photek records came out in 1995, that sound really grabbed me.
How does a kid from Eindhoven end up getting involved with drum'n'bass? We know the Netherlands is the home of gabber and trance. It's maybe comparable to somewhere like Manchester – it's an industrial port city, quite harsh, but at the same time it has a lot of cheap places to live, and abandoned buildings that you can use for something. Rotterdam is quite attractive for young artists anyway. For me, it seemed like a good idea to move there. The government put a lot of money into the cultural scene – there were a lot of new clubs and festivals opening up. In 2001, Rotterdam became the European City of Culture. What the rest of the world knows about the Netherlands, that's what you see in the bigger cities.Įindhoven sounds nice. Rotterdam is the real Netherlands, you know? The accent and even the language is different. It's only 20 minutes from the border with Belgium, and the south of the Netherlands shares with Belgium a slower pace of life and a bigger food tradition than the area "above the rivers". Eindhoven is smaller and much more relaxed. What are the main differences between the two cities? You grew up in Eindhoven but moved to Rotterdam as your musical career was taking off. If you don't think any of the above situations apply, you can use this feedback form to request a review of this block.Mobile users, please click here to listen Contact your IT department and let them know that they've gotten banned, and to have them let us know when they've addressed the issue.Īre you browsing GameFAQs from an area that filters all traffic through a single proxy server (like Singapore or Malaysia), or are you on a mobile connection that seems to be randomly blocked every few pages? Then we'll definitely want to look into it - please let us know about it here. You'll need to disable that add-on in order to use GameFAQs.Īre you browsing GameFAQs from work, school, a library, or another shared IP? Unfortunately, if this school or place of business doesn't stop people from abusing our resources, we don't have any other way to put an end to it. When we get more abuse from a single IP address than we do legitimate traffic, we really have no choice but to block it. If you don't think you did anything wrong and don't understand why your IP was banned.Īre you using a proxy server or running a browser add-on for "privacy", "being anonymous", or "changing your region" or to view country-specific content, such as Tor or Zenmate? Unfortunately, so do spammers and hackers. IP bans will be reconsidered on a case-by-case basis if you were running a bot and did not understand the consequences, but typically not for spamming, hacking, or other abuse. If you are responsible for one of the above issues. Having an excessive number of banned accounts in a very short timeframe.Running a web bot/spider that downloaded a very large number of pages - more than could possibly justified as "personal use".Automated spam (advertising) or intrustion attempts (hacking).Your current IP address has been blocked due to bad behavior, which generally means one of the following: