David Labeij started dj-ing in 1998.
As soon as the minimal scene emerged in Europe, David was one of the first to start promoting the "clicks and cuts" full heatedly in the Netherlands, through spinning, and organizing the infamous "Berlin Underground" nights in Amsterdam, with appearances by Richie Hawtin, Zip, Magda, Ricardo Villalobos, Sammy Dee, Tom Clark and Ata.
Simultaniously he started producing his own material.
As a result of sending out demos during 2003 he was asked to spend some time in Junkie XL's studio so he could improve and develop his production skils, after which David spent most of his free time producing in his own studio set up.
What is your Koh Phangan story?
I have been coming to Phangan since 2002 and for reasons known to a lot of peeps here I keep coming back.. for me it is the ultimate island!!
Where on Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, Bangkok and others… did you play?
So far I’ve been playing at Loi Lay, Maya Party, Jungle Exp, and the Techno Temple
How was it?
JUST GREAT!!
What do you think about Koh Phangan music and party scene?
I think it is getting better and better, the music is getting more underground and cool and there's a lot of cool small club vibe party’s going on. And I can see that more and more International artists are coming over which is great, plus the locals are doing a great job playing and putting heart into the scene.
What do you feel you brought to the Phangan scene?
Well for sure another nice dj form the scene in Europe.. which is good for the overall scene on the island and I hope some good music and vibes!
How do you spend your free time on the island?
EAT, CHILL, BEACH, HANG OUT WITH MY LOVE AND MY SWEET DAUGHTER, SLEEP.
What are projects are you currently involved with / What are your next projects?
I’m working on two really cool projects at the moment, Polder and MFD.
MFD is my collaboration with Julien chaptal, its our label and we make music and perform under that name. Next up for MFD is full hardware live show at Frieda's buxe in Zurich.
Polder is a project I do with Lauhaus and we got two ep's coming out in the coming months. One on AMAM and one on Danceclub!
How did you get to where you are today?
A lot of music spinning, making music, clubbing and releasing!
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
NO IDEA and totally comfortable with that.
What is your life philosophy?
Try to enjoy it as much as you can even though it is super heavy/hard sometimes!!!
Thank you for your time and excellent music!!
We hope to hear much more from you here on Phangan!
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