persons --> Ritzi Lee

A statement…

If you try hard enough, eventually you will succeed! These hopeful words are addressed to those who give everything they have got to accomplish something they aim for. The line implies persistency. Whether you succeed or fail depends on the strength of your will to make it. Something that undeniably goes for making it as a techno DJ in Holland as the possibilities to reach the top are very limited. You have to produce some brilliant records, you have to know the right people in the bizznizz or you have to organize your own parties at which you put yourself behind the decks primetime, that are the only options. But are they? There is a fourth way, one that matches the description of the DJ whose biography you are reading. The way of the iron will.

How it all went in the past…

Ritzi Lee is a DJ who wants to make his dream come true. There is nothing he would like to do more than to make a career in spinning, preferably international as well. The graduate math student at the University of Amsterdam has been around in the dancescene for at least 15 years now. As a young scholar Ritzi was captured by the same vibe that caught so many young men and women in the early nineties. Though he was way too young he slipped through the doors of world famous clubs like iT and RoXY to witness the DJs control the new sounds of the nightlife. He watched them play and tried the things he saw out at home on his own turntables. It did not take long before he made his appearance on school parties.

Making choices…

Despite its glamour and attraction, Ritzi soon lost interest in the clubscene. When he discovered the techno, influenced by Steve Rachmad, it became clear to him that this was the kind of music he preferred. Goodbye clubbing, hello underground! Ritzi soon found out that success would not come to him by itself. Hard labour was to be done and he sent out demos and participated successfully in DJ-contests. For instance the contest organized by former dance magazine Bassic Groove in cooperation with Update Magazine. Ritzi won a stage at the famous Dance Valley festival and a performance on the FFWD parade in Rotterdam.

The taste…

Ritzis style of spinning and choice of records has a wide range. He likes to play funky techno but he has no problem whatsoever with putting the needle on deep, harsh and dark records. Whether he is scheduled as opener, primetime or closer of the night makes no difference either, his versatility makes him as complete as they come. Fluently mixing downtempo records or rocking the working tools that only work when handled by a DJ with turntable skills makes no difference to Ritzi, he loves it all just the same.

Ritzi Lee appears on: RTSW1

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