> I think D.May was living in Amsterdam at the time? > and I think, but can't remember, was there a dutch dj called dimitri? - did > he own outland/spiritual and was d.mays hook up in Amsterdam?
John: You lived in Amsterdam for a while. Why exactly did you choose to live there? Derrick: "Eddy De Clercq! Eddy De Clercq was the reason that I moved to Amsterdam. Eddy brought me to Amsterdam to play my first party in (continental) Europe ever. I played in London for the very first time one month before that. When I flew to Amsterdam it was my very first time in (continental) Europe in my entire life. When I got of the airplane this guy picked me up. He was a nice guy. He took me to this nice little hotel. I'll never forget the very first time I saw Amsterdam, that very first day. It must have been designed for me to come that day to make me fall in love with the city. It must have been one of the very few days in Amsterdam history where it was over 30°C. The sun was shining, it was beautiful! It was just too unreal! It was like the city of enchantment, the gingerbread city; it wasn't real. I remember that I said that very moment: 'I'm going to live here.' I said that immediately at that moment. I played a party at the Roxy that night and that would be one of my very first experiences playing clubs. In Detroit I had played only four or five parties in clubs. I played in London and a few small clubs in England, but I hadn't played any proper clubs outside the Music Institute, which had only just closed. No wait, the Music Institute was still open at that time. So to come to Europe and play a party in a major club like the Roxy, that was an event for me. That was monumental stuff. Back in that time you didn't approach a nightclub with the idea you were only going to play two hours. I didn't even know about that concept of two hours until I went to Germany for the first time. I was playing and the guy said to me: 'Ok, it's my turn now.' I said: 'What do you mean, it's my turn? I never heard about anybody having a turn. I'm the guest and that means that I have the right to play as long as I want.' It should be. Unfortunately it's not. You've got local guys who want to play after you. It's ridiculous. I didn't understand that. That was what made me fall in love with Amsterdam, it was the way Eddy treated me, the way he made me feel comfortable. He showed me around Amsterdam, just everything. He was just the nicest guy you could possibly imagine. It completely changed my whole perspective of the way I lived my own life and the way I wanted to live. Eddy De Clercq was that important to me at that moment and he became a good friend of mine too. That's why I moved to Amsterdam." (c) 2003 Technotourist.org I don´t know if the outland was owned by dj dimirti.. but dimitri did some really great sets in those days. Cheers, Maarten
