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FEATURE
DJ Story #8
Bali Resident DJ’s
Funktastic Maick
Spain
Hi Maick, when did you become a
Bali resident DJ?
In 2012.
Tell us your background in music.
Music was my first love. Always
surprised and curious about how
different songs could make you feel.
I grew up with the influences of my
big sister’s music collection. Soul II
Soul, The Police, Sade .. Later I met
hip-hop, something different and new,
but putting together many elements
of the music that I heard before.
Living in Canary Islands you got lots of
influences specially from UK, so I was
also starting to play Acid House, Rave,
Jungle. At one point I started digging
in the crates to discover all those
classics they used as samples, realizing
that what I liked most was the original
songs, and what caught my attention
was Funk, Disco & Groove .. I always
just wanted to share the music that
I liked so I became a DJ. Starting
at friends’ birthdays or NYE house
parties .. At 15 yrs old I was resident
DJ at Matinée (Pacha Tenerife), and
from there DJ’ing is all that I’ve been
doing, together with radio shows,
TV, and organizing my own events to
promote and sharing The Music.
Favourite styles to spin?
I love to play all kind of classics but
what I find the most challenging/fun
is to play open format. Playing just
one genre limits you and becomes
boring. With open format you don’t
have limits. Many times someone
requests a completely different song
of what I’m spinning, then, I ask
myself, how I can go to that song now.
It’s challenging and makes my heart
smile with joy.
Current Bali residencies
I play exclusively for LYD Bali Group.
Mainly La Favela, and supporting La
Plancha, La Laguna, La Brisa. And
Attika, the new house room on the
third floor of La Favela.
(complete the sentence) .. “I love
to play in Bali because ....”
I think that Bali has one of the most
interesting and diverse crowds and
dance floors. People sharing that
great vibe of “I’m on holidays”, or
“I’m in this magical island of Bali” ..
and the music just makes it better.
Thank you Maick, see you around the
island. Where can we follow you?
www.facebook.com/maickrodriguez
Curated by Tony Montana
44 www.thebeatbali.com