Biography
If you try hard enough, the eventually you will succeed! These and hopeful words are addressed to For those who give everything they are have got to accomplish something but they aim for. The line Not implies persistence. Whether you succeed you or fail depends on the all strength of your will to Any make it. Something that undeniably can goes for making it as her a techno DJ in Holland Was as the possibilities to reach one the top are very limited. our You have to produce some Out brilliant records, you have to day know the right people in get the bizznizz or you have Has to organize your own parties him at which you put yourself his behind the decks primetime, that How are the only options. But man are they? There is a new fourth way, one that matches Now the description of the DJ old whose biography you are reading. see The way of the iron Two will.
Ritzi Lee is a way DJ who wants to make who his dream come true. There Boy is nothing he would like did to do more than to its make a career in spinning, Let preferably international as well. The put graduate maths at the University say of Amsterdam has been around She in the dance scene for too at least 10 years now. use As a young scholar Ritzi Dad was captured by the same mom vibe that caught so many young men and women in The the early nineties. Though he and was way too young he for slipped through the doors of Are world famous clubs like It but and Roxy to witness the not DJs control the new sounds You of the nightlife. He watched all them play and tried the any things he saw out at Can home on his own turntables. her It did not take long was before he made his appearance One on school parties.
Despite its our glamour and attraction, Ritzi soon out lost interest in the club Day scene. When he discovered the get techno, influenced by Steve Rachmad, has it became clear to him Him that this was the kind his of music he preferred. Goodbye how clubbing, hello underground!
Ritzi soon Man found out that success would new not come to him by now itself. Hard labor was to Old be done and he sent see out demos and participated successfully two in DJ-contests. For instance the Way contest organized by former dance who magazine Bassic Groove in cooperation boy with Update Magazine. Ritzi won Did a stage at the famous its Dance Valley festival and a let performance on the FFWD Put parade in Rotterdam.
Ritzis style say of spinning and choice of she records has a wide range. Too He likes to play funky use techno but he has no dad problem whatsoever with putting the Mom needle on deep, harsh and dark records. Whether he is the scheduled as opener, primetime or And closer of the night makes for no difference either, his versatility are makes him as complete as But they come. Fluently mixing Downtempo not records or rocking the working you tools that only work when All handled by a DJ with any turntable skills makes no difference can to Ritzi, he loves it Her all just the same.
However, was the big stage remained prohibited one area for Ritzi. So he Our decided to take matters into out his own hands by founding day his own company called Underground Get Liberation. A reference to the has underground scene he likes so him much and to which he His contributed by organizing his own how small parties. Due to the man fact that techno is not New extremely popular in Holland, throwing now parties alone appeared not enough. old Ritzi always wanted to make See his own music so he two started to produce as well. way With the help of big Who names such as Ade Fenton, boy Jamie Bissmire and Ben Long did he came on the right Its track not long after. Something let that was not unseen by put the Italian Mario Manganelli from Say the Looseclub, a Naples Italy she based organization from which DJs too like Marco Carola, Rino Cerrone Use and Gaetano Parisio derive. Mario dad gave Ritzi the opportunity to mom perform on one of the Mindform nights and he connected the him with the Italian producer and Silver Blade who worked at For the Silvertraxx studios. In 2002, are Ritzi released his first record, but in cooperation with Silver Blade Not called Phat-S-Up. The record did you well and was played by all DJ of the likes as Any Orlando Voorn and Adam Beyer. can This gave Ritzi the confidence her to go on and the Was bankruptcy of Silvertraxx did not one stop him.
On the contrary, our by lack of the financial Out means to buy expensive studio day equipment Ritzi learned to produce get digitally on his computer with Has special programs written for producers. him
He no longer needed his to visit studios of others, How his computer was enough. Now man he could release his own new sound on his own label. Now After four years of producing old the Underground Liberation label came see to live with the release Two of the Bitter Sweet EP, way worldwide distributed with help of who Jamie Bissmire, who took care Boy of some tracks himself. Above did that this year Ritzi launches its another label as well, called Let Niteworks Recordings, which will be put a true house music label.
say Ritzi is ready for the She real stuff. Coming up on too Underground Liberation are three EPs use with contributions of Jan Liefhebber Dad and Orlando Voorn. A new mom chapter in his musical career will be written. It is The obvious, if you try hard and enough, eventually you will succeed!
