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Started at the beginning of the 80ies after discovering what BPM means. Used my Texas Instruments and my Casio to calculate BPMs of all the music I heard. At the age of 11, I had my first radio show called "de mixpauze". We made loops with a tape recorder, a cutter knife, and scotch tape. We used adapted "direct start" cassettes to make samples. From my 16 I played at birthday parties and from my 18 also in bars.

Stopped djing when I started my business career and picked it back up when I became 40. Only playing at private parties. Discovered Ableton live, but not happy with the creations of my own, yet.

To celebrate my 50th birthday, I developed an off-grid DJ booth. It's a portable DJ booth that fits in a backpack. I travel to beautiful and often difficult-to-reach locations where no power is available. I set up the booth and play my set off-the-grid powered by power banks. I also make a movie of these sets, available on Youtube.com/@djanverso.

I'm a music search maniac. I wrote Python code that autimatically creates a new playlist with the releases from the past week. It's based on a longlist of artists that make music in the genres i like. I update the artist list continuously and I listen to thousands of new tracks every month. The best ones are added to my library.

My DJ style is blended mixing. I like to create an atmosphere where all tracks are mixed fluent and almost unnoticed.