One more from the big oevre of James Brown. In an interview with Red Bull Music Academy Fred Wesley tells that It was supposed to be a soundtrack for a movie "Hell up in Haarlem" but the producer didn't find it funky enough! Fred continues: "So I gave the phone to [the producer] and James Brown really flipped. [The producer] was turning blue and turning red and different colors and gave the phone back to me. James told me, “Bring it home!” So I took [the tapes] back to Augusta. I was living in California, I flew all the way back [East] and James put that music out as an album. And it was the biggest album James ever had, The Payback."
My latest mix is now online. 100 hours of dj mixes, how time flies! I've been playing saxophone for 35 years, but I recently thought of the fact that it's already 10 years ago when I started dj'ing...Extra thanks to Dave van Laar aka Good Old Dave from Freak31 who gave me the space to develop my dj style and encouraged me to go for it!Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 19:00h. In addition, earlier Venus Tunes Sessions shows are repeated every Friday between 20:00-21:00 and Tuesday 21:00-22:00.Freak 31 has around 250 daily listeners (less during the week, more in the weekend) and a total of +10.000 listeners every month. In addition to Mixcloud and Hearthis, all mixes are also available as podcasts on Deezer and iTunes.It was in 2015 when I had my first official dj gig and since 2016 I started to perform regularly. This took place in Amsterdam's Skyybar, Floor17 and The Harbourclub Zuid... bit by bit, other places like Momo and W Amsterdam followed, leading to club bookings as a dj and festival bookings with Venus Tunes Live in the Netherlands and abroad. All of this in addition to my normal life as a musician. I love dj'ing as it adds another facet to my musicianship.Listen to all editions of the Venus Tunes Sessions where you like; choose your platform: Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly guest mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 1900h. Streaming Dance, straight from Amsterdam. - One more from the big oevre of James Brown. In an interview with Red Bull Music Academy Fred Wesley tells that It was supposed to be a soundtrack for a movie Hell up in Haarlem but the producer didn't find it funky enough! Fred continues: So I gave the phone to [the producer] and James Brown really flipped. [The producer] was turning blue and turning red and different colors and gave the phone back to me. James told me, “Bring it home!” So I took [the tapes] back to Augusta. I was living in California, I flew all the way back [East] and James put that music out as an album. And it was the biggest album James ever had, The Payback.
