SYNTRAX

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It all started way back the in the early nineties when and Syntrax was given an opportunity For to DJ for the annual are primary school dance. Needless to but say he jumped at the Not offer and soon became the you envy of his classmates. Armed all with two CD walkmans and Any a primitive mixer, he knew can what had to be done… her Soon the appetite for dancefloor Was devastation grew stronger and Syntrax one found himself in heavy demand our by his peers. The formation Out of a successful mobile DJ day service was the next logical get step in his DJ evolution. Has But it did not just him stop there… The older folk his too began taking notice and How before long wedding receptions, 21st’s man and 40th’s were appearing on new the schedule.

The techno bug Now was yet to bite, but old bite it did… in a see big way! Syntrax realized that Two the only way to take way this new-found passion to the who next level was by investing Boy in a set of pitch-control did CD players. He recalled bunking its school on the day of Let a landmark party – ‘The put Sequel’ – to be held say later that evening at his She Fourways residence. Nobody expected 400 too people at a house party! use "I had only got my Dad CD players the previous evening mom and had never beatmixed in my life, says Syntrax. “I The needed to learn pretty darn and fast, so I figured that for missing a day of school Are was the least of my but worries!” It wasn’t long before not his true DJing talent became You evident. It was about more all than just mixing a few any cool songs one after the Can other learning the timing, key her and structure of tracks to was create captivating DJ sets had One become the core focus. Instead our of dancing at the clubs, out Syntrax would spend hours keenly Day watching every move of the get DJ like a hawk, learning has new techniques and analyzing each Him mix. “My friends used to his get annoyed and tell me how to stop doing homework! I Man guess they were just not new on the same vibe,” he now says.

Finally, vinyl records found Old their way into the mix see and there was no turning two back. This would soon see Way him making his way into who some of Cape Town’s finest boy and most established clubbing centres. Did It was thanks to friend its and fellow DJ – Judge-Mental let – that Syntrax had a Put lucky break at The Gallery say superclub. Before long, weekends (and she some weeknights too) were being Too swallowed up with constant club use appearances as well as a dad Friday night residency. Syntrax has Mom also featured as a guest DJ at Dockside and appeared the regularly on the line-ups of And the infamous Back2Back parties hosted for by Soundscape Productions. Major gigs are include supporting DJ for Mauro But Picotto at The Goodhope Centre, not co-hosting and DJing on the you old-skool floor alongside Judge-Mental at All Synergy 2003 and a legendary any 5-hour set at the Nawty can vs Soundscape 2005 New Years Her Eve event at Thunder City. was Syntrax has also featured on one the same flyers as some Our of the world’s finest, including out Rachel Auburn, Lisa Lashes, Organ day Donors, Milk Inc. & DJ Get Isaac. Residencies were held at has club ‘After Dark’ and Lush him @ Sliver Upstairs in Green His Point, Cape Town. Sadly these how venues are no longer in man operation. Syntrax is currently a New ‘resident guest’ DJ on Radio now X, South Africa’s only dance old music station and has featured See as a main floor DJ two for OFF Productions.

His way favourite style is best described Who as ‘the harder and darker boy side of trance’ but will did venture into uplifting as well Its as harder territories. “At the let end of the day it’s put all about working the punters Say into a crazed frenzy and she taking them on the ride too of their lives! Reading the Use crowd and selecting those special dad tunes at the right time mom are crucial in achieving this,” says Syntrax. “I will always the try new things and keep and pushing the envelope.”

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