Vanavond te gast in Midweek Sessies: Roy El Kei
It all started when he was seventeen years old. The young Leroy Konjanan bought his first turntables and started collecting records from his heroes like Chris Liebing, Marco Carola and the very own dutch Speedy J. It wouldn’t take long before he couldn’t get his hands of his turntables. After years of practice, Leroy managed to book his very first performance for an enthusiastic crowd!
It was 2006 when Leroy Konjanan, now as “Roy El Kei“, participated in a dj contest in Rotterdam at one of the best club nights in the Netherlands and won after crushing his opponents. After winning the contest Leroy knew he wanted more. He participated in several other dj-contests, like Partyflock (Flockers) where he performed for over 20.000 people.. and won! After that he also received the “dj-talent of the year” award at Holland’s biggest dance radio SLAM FM.
From this point on all went fast for Roy El Kei and he was happy to perform in almost every big club in the Netherlands.
In 2009 it was time for a very own techhouse/techno concept, and DEEP at Hedon Venue (Zwolle) became reality. Many national and international acclaimed artists visited Roy’s hometown Zwolle to perform at DEEP. Among them were artists like Michel de Hey, The Advent and Bart Skils.
Now Roy El Kei is working on his releases and his new dj-act with the midi-controller and machines. This summer Roy El Kei is playing at big festivals like Fusion of Dance and will do a small tour in Asia and Australia.
Latest news is that dj gear manufacturer Allen & Heath added Leroy to their team of demonstrators for workshops in the Netherlands starting september this year.
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Midweek Sessies wordt gehost door Bernd Lösing en Justin Kavelaars
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