The journey is key in Ecstatic Dance. I like to create a cathartic musical journey, which adds up to more than the sum of the individual elements. Enjoyment is integral, but having a transcending experience; the music guiding body and soul to unusual places, is what makes a true Ecstatic Dance special.

My feel for the journey stems from my own adventurous spirit, always yearning for the wonderment of seeing a mountain glistening in the sun, or a lake on a windless day, or the Pleiades in the night sky for the first time. My main influence growing up was progressive rock, the great concept albums of yore, incredible journeys in their own right. Then progressive house at the turn of the millennium: those magnificent euphoric ramps and drops for ever and ever cascading into the future. And the spirit of Africa where I was born and raised, the drum which is the heartbeat of our bodily existence.

My choices are very eclectic as is part and parcel of the core qualities of a DJ, to bring you that personal melange you wouldn’t be able to find anywhere else. Always staying close to music with a core which reflects the pure energies embodied in us: crown, heart and hips, light and dark. Deep earth and volcanic eruptions, euphoric peaks in the stratosphere. And a cello to touch you gently. All genres and styles are building blocks or tools to use in the journey – this is the incredibly vast creative beauty of this medium.