Matt BooM!

Groningen, netherlands

I have been a trance dj for about 5 years now, but a couple of years ago I abandoned my vinyl collection in favour of playing 100% unreleased tracks from DAT. I feel that this way enables me to be on the cutting edge of psychedelic trance music, and also a chance to test drive the latest signings to our label. Although DAT players are not equipped with pitch as on Technics turntables, I have devised a system based around the BPM which allows beat mixing as opposed to just playing one track after another. In the last years I have collected several hundred hours of unreleased music on DAT, and every week I receive new tracks from all over the world. I generally prefer playing night time sets as my music is mostly in the 140 - 150 bpm range and I like powerful sounds and sweeping melodies.

Here are my current Top 10 favourite DAT tracks :

1. Ubar Tmar - " Cosmodrome" (Japan)
2. Cosmoon - " Plankton travelling " (Holland)
3. B.o.t.f. buddhas - " Its Spooky out there " (Sweden)
4. Sandman - " Nostradamus - Van Halen rmx" (Israel)
5. Dogma - " Lokkvom " (Croatia)
6. Fripic Bounce - "Clerkdrive Phanwiz" (Sweden)
7. MK Ultra - " Shivaratri " (France)
8. Trinity - " Guru " (Japan / Croatia)
9. Quadra - " Alien Prophecy 2 " (USA)
10. Hux Flux - " Perceptor" (Sweden)

If you are also a DAT dj and would be interested in swapping some unreleased tracks with me, click here to mail me ! I am always interested in new contacts for trading . Also, if you make music yourself and are looking for a contract, please send us a demo / DAT / CD-R for consideration.

[ Here is a photo of me spinning a DAT set on the Alien City label party last year.
Technics make such good DAT-stands! ]


[Here is a photo of my DAT temple at home. I use a Pioneer DJM - 300 mixer, two Sony DATmans and a full size studio DAT.]



[Here is a picture of me in Denmark after a particularily sweaty but enjoyable 5 hours set !]
Bookings Diary 1998:

New Year /1 January : Bom Shankar, Vienna (Austria)

10 January : Trilogy Party, Innsbruck(Austria)

14 February : Private Valentine Party, Groningen (Holland)

21 March : Odense (Denmark)

28 March : Antwerp, (Belgium)

10 April : Roothanhuis, (Amsterdam)

12 April : Index, Groningen (Holland)

23 May : Tilt Party, Schiermonnikenoog Island (Holland)

13 June: Trois Rivieres, (Canada)



This page last updated on 25 February 98.

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