KiDG

02/09/2024

Thrilled to be part of an amazing lineup of DJs for this month’s at all thanks to for scheduling. I’ll be on deck duties on 7th Sep (Sat) 3-6pm playing you an eclectic selection of balearic grooves.

30/08/2024

Catch me knob-twiddlin’ at the following dates & venues for September! Also note the change for my days at KPO (now it’s Mons, Tues & Thurs).

02 Sep: 6-11pm
03 Sep: 6-11pm
05 Sep: 7pm-12am
07 Sep: 3-6pm
09 Sep: 6-11pm
10 Sep: 6-11pm
12 Sep: Private event
14 Sep: Phil’s Studio 10pm-3am
16 Sep: 6-11pm
17 Sep: 6-11pm
18 Sep: 7pm-12am
19 Sep: 7pm-12am
21 Sep: 8:30pm-12am
22 Sep: 12-3pm
23 Sep: 6-11pm
24 Sep: 6-11pm
26 Sep: 7pm-12am
28 Sep: .sg 9:15pm till late
30 Sep: 6-11pm

27/08/2024

36 years ago today, Singapore organized its first street party that’s Swing Singapore on 27 Aug 1988. Planned in just 17 days, the event attracted around 250,000 folks. There were enough sound systems to power 50 discos, with EMP lighting enough to light up 400 HDB flats, 13,000 m of cables and 1.2 km of cloth to become what’s the largest outdoor party ever held on the island. Were you there? 😅

So when are we ever gonna attempt something this bold again?

#1988

19/08/2024

Twilight Soul returns to Vertigo 26 this 24 Aug with its brand of downtempo sublime tunes ranging from exotica to soul, indietronic to deep house, all nicely selected for your unwinding pleasure.

Book a table with your friends and loved ones and enjoy a night of tasty drinks and great music!

14/08/2024

Interesting gigs are hard to come by, that’s why I jumped at the chance when asked to play at Rumours Beach Club this Saturday 17 Aug to celebrate Indonesia’s Independence Day! Together with Matty Wainwright of The DJ Dispensary we will bringing you some Nusantara balearic vibes from 4-10pm (I’ll be on deck duties from 4-7pm & Matty 7-10pm).

Bring your swimsuits and let’s Tiko Disko!!

12/08/2024

You can now catch me DJing regularly every week at KPO on Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays, playing you an eclectic selection ranging from trip-hop, R&B, funk & soul, to throwback pop, indietronic, dance remixes and many more.

Mondays I’ll be playing from 6-11pm, while for Thursdays & Fridays it’ll be from 7pm till midnight.
Drop by if you’re in the Orchard Rd area!

Video by the amazing Philip von Grave👌🏼

10/08/2024

Can’t stop myself making a DJ meme with these fellas…

08/08/2024

“DJing is not just about playing bangers”
You’re damn right…

05/08/2024

New Mixtape: Twilight Soul 2024

Twilight Soul will be returning to Vertigo 26 on 24 Aug. Both Redmund Law & I are excited to present you a night of sublime tunes for your listening pleasure. It will be a great time for unwinding and chilling to tasty drinks and sweet tunes.

To get an idea of what you’re in for, here’s a short teaser mixtape!

Link: https://www.mixcloud.com/kidgospel/twilight-soul-mixtape-2024/

PS: this works too as background music if you’re trying to get into the mood of making babies 😅

29/07/2024

If you like your pop music mashed and remixed, come for BLITZKRIEG POP on 31 July at Moonstone where 5 decades of hits get blended into a messy stew fit for your grooving pleasure! Entry is free too!

27/07/2024

Come & shake your rump with me this August at these following spaces…

01 Aug: 7pm-12am
02 Aug: 7pm-12am
03 Aug: 3-6pm
04 Aug: 11am-3pm
05 Aug: 6-11pm
07 Aug: 7pm-12am
08 Aug: 7pm-12am
10 Aug: .sg 8pm-12am
11 Aug: 12-3pm
12 Aug: 6-11pm
15 Aug: 7pm-12am
16 Aug: 7pm-12am
17 Aug: 4-7pm
17 Aug: 10pm-2am
19 Aug: 6-11pm
22 Aug: 7pm-12am
23 Aug: 7pm-12am
24 Aug: Twilight Soul 8pm till late
26 Aug: 6-11pm
29 Aug: 7pm-12am
30 Aug: 7pm-12am
31 Aug: 8pm till late

17/07/2024

Come 31 July I’ll be wrapping up month’s end with BLITZKRIEG POP over at Moonstone bar, playing you 5 decades worth of pop nuggets all mashed and mixed in a messy stew! Event will kick off from 8pm till midnight, early enuff for ya to catch the last ride home to be nicely buzzed and equipped for the next day! Free entry! For table bookings pls get in contact with Moonstone direct!

16/07/2024

Rest in peace, Michael.
Thanks for laying the groundwork for what’s the Singapore music scene is today.

On 12 July 2024, our music scene lost one its pioneering mavericks and staunchest advocates, Michael Cheah. Sadly, the beloved publisher passed away due to heart complications at the age of 68.

05/07/2024

Looking for motivation but something doesn’t add up? 😅

03/07/2024

I’ll be on DJ duties alongside Adrian Wee / weelikeme for EATMEPOPTART on Sat 13 July at Moonstone! Come and dance the night away to a shameless selection of pop music from the past years!

Entry is free but if you’re coming in a group, you can book a table here:
https://www.eatmepoptart.com/events/empt-130724

01/07/2024

Orbital once again killing it at this year’s Glastonbury with this brilliant remix of Spice Girls, and featuring live vocals from Melanie C!

Warning: Contains Flashing Images.Orbital performs Spicy feat. Mel C at Glastonbury 2024. Watch more highlights on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer...

28/06/2024

Gettin’ down & dirty for July! Catch me at the following dates & venues for the month!🤘😎

01 July: 6-11pm
04 July: 7pm-12am
05 July: 7pm-12am
06 July: Phil’s Studio 10pm-3am
07 July: 4-10pm
08 July: 6-11pm
10 July: 7pm-12am
11 July: 7pm-12am
12 July: Scape 8-10pm
13 July: Moonstone 8pm-12am
14 July: Bubbles Fiesta, Sentosa 11am-3pm
15 July: 6-11pm
18 July: 7pm-12am
19 July: 7pm-12am
20 July: 9pm-12am
21 July: Kitchen Table 12-3pm
22 July: 6-11pm
24 July: Private event at Cargo 39 5-9pm
25 July: 7pm-12am
26 July: 7pm-12am
27 July: 9pm-12am
28 July: Bubbles Fiesta, Sentosa 11am-3pm
29 July: 6-11pm
31 July: 8pm-12am

26/06/2024

Please take care of your ears, coz having tinnitus isn’t fun.

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24/06/2024

Playing one more time at Vertigo 26 on Friday 28 June. Come enjoy their loud speakers while the music pours outta them.

Sadly, this will be the end of my monthly stint playing there as come July onwards my Fridays will be occupied elsewhere. So head down to Vertigo 26 if you’re up for a great end to the month of June!

22/06/2024

Last night’s EATMEPOPTART’s Whatever was a musical throwback journey from the 90s to the 2000s. Thanks to everyone who turned up to dance their hearts out! Always appreciative and grateful for the warm support you’ve shown us! See y’all at our next party in July!

21/06/2024

Erol Alkan pretty much nailed it in this interview on what DJing is, and it’s always about the music, sharing it with your community and introducing new tunes. It’s what drives me all these years.

Unfortunately, times have changed quite a bit. Music isn’t seen as that defining anymore. Don’t you think?

13/06/2024

New mixtape out (Iink below)
Titled “Surfin’ Channels”, it’s a blend of modern pop, electronic, indie, hip-hop, soul, bossa & yacht rock disco. Pretty much like going on random channels, all mixed into one audio stew. This was recorded live when I was on duty one day at KPO.

Link: https://www.mixcloud.com/kidgospel/surfin-channels/

12/06/2024

A very good read for all DJs. It certainly resonated much with me. Thanks Phat Phil Cooper.

This is a big and lengthy post and has come from various conversations with people I have run into online and in real life and some of the questions they have asked. These are entirely my own personal thoughts and feelings about something I am very passionate about, no right or wrong, I just wanted to share my thinking, create discussion, and possibly transfer knowledge from my experiences.

𝗔 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗗𝗝𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲...

Listen to music, all of it, consume it like a Phat kid in a sweet shop, try it all, all genres, all eras and remember, there are only two types of music, music you like, and music you don't like! Music is subjective so you will never please all the people, all the time.

Seek out the holy grails, find tracks that set you apart from the rest, curveballs, balearic belters, eclectic ammo, these will help you more on your long journey as a career DJ then any turkey teeth, instagram images if you are looking at being long in the game that is! If you are after your 15 minutes of fame and a life of reality TV, fake t**s and tans then go for the turkey teeth insta route.

Don't fake it (you won't make it), if you don't know a piece of music one of your peers has played, say so, discuss it rather than try and wing it, no one is judging you, except perhaps yourself. Prime example, when I worked in Potato Head in Bali, we bought Gilles Peterson over to play, and after his set Indonesian DJ, Dea went on, Dea is a massive digger and Gilles turned to me and said he didn't know any of his music and was genuinely blown away, so even the big boys in the game don't know it all, off the back of that set Gilles invited Potato Head to host a stage at his Worldwide Festival in Sete, France, an experience I am forever grateful for and myself Dea and Jonny Nash flew the flag on that!

Go down musical rabbit holes, discover the drummer from your favourite jazz album has created ten of his own albums, seek them out, listen and learn. With streaming sites and YouTube it is so much easer to access so much amazing music, use these tools and open your mind.

Remember, trends may come and go, but true class remains timeless, don't limit your music to whats currently 'hot' or 'on trend', be different!

Vinyl v digital debate, I honestly believe the ritual of buying an album, opening it up, handling it, putting it on the turntable, listening while reading the sleeve notes connects you more to the music, you have invested money, time, and energy into it. Of course its much easier to carry a USB and Digital DJing opens up a lot of different ways to play. For me, my vinyl / records are my private art collection, its the thing I can be tactile with, it also helps me connect the dots when I see certain musicians playing on other peoples music, you can't do that with an MP3. No right or wrong except there is a special place in hell for those who don't agree hahahahaha.

Be emotionally attached to the music, it it ain't moving you, it certainly won't move your dancers or listeners!

Remember music in the right context will always work, for example, hearing for the first time a trashy euro pop record being played in the frozen food isle of your local ASDA will sound sh*tty, but stumbling out of a club at 6am in the Balearics or Adriatics with the sun on your face and heading to a beach and hearing the same track will have a much different effect, and I guarantee when you hear the same track again in the ASDA frozen food isle you will be grinning ear to ear.

Take time to listen, REALLY listen, enjoy the experience, take the music in, in its entirety and as the artist laid it out, it is easy to skip through music, this is a good / bad habit from years of DJing, and owning and running record shops, binging / skimming through the music to see if it makes the grade, but there is something magical about taking time out, putting on an album and listening, uninterrupted and focussed only on the music.
I have an audiophile set up in my old bedroom at my Mothers house and when I visit I can close myself away from the world and really listen, I find it healing, inspiring and connecting. Doing this a few times a year allows me to reset as even a Phat kid can binge too much on music sometimes!

Be aware and understand the energy in the music, this allows experimentation and eclecticism, not everything has a 4/4 kick so feel out the breakdowns, areas in the music where you can transition in and out from, also 'space' in music and DJ sets is powerful and can work to your advantage especially when soundtracking sunsets. Shift tempos like gears in a car, move up and down on the journey. Life is not linear, nor should your DJ sets be! And on that sunsets note, remember, you are not the star of the show, that big yellow and orange ball of fire in the sky is, you have the honour of following her journey over the edge and putting her to bed, be mindful and remember sunsets have been happening since the dawn of time, and from my personal experience of chasing them around the world, there is nothing more powerful than watching this majestic act of nature so when you get the opportunity to soundtrack it, please bare that in mind. For some reason we are all emotionally connected to its power and I have seen the biggest and hardest men alive be moved to tears when the sunset and soundtrack are in perfect sync!

Back to the energy thing, many years ago I was touring UK and Europe with Roger Sanchez as his warm up DJ, and every night I would finish my set, hand over to Roger and study his set, I soon understood that he would play a lot of the same tracks but in the smaller, deeper sounding clubs, he would play the track in its entirety, smooth, long mixes, building tension and the groove and then when we hit the bigger venues the energy was different, shorter mixes, utalising the energy part of the track, doubling up copies of the vinyl to extend that energy and much faster transitions whipping the crowd into a frenzy, understanding and controlling the energy is key!

Over the years of DJing as a career I have transitioned from a club DJ to a sunset selector, it happened naturally and I completely aligned that with my journey of ADHD discovery. I loved clubs when I was younger, everything was there in one space that fed my ADHD, drink, party supplies, flashing lights, sound and crazy party people all fuelled my need for stimulus which is what ADHD feeds off, music being my first love and understanding that I could create these crazy journeys by stringing different pieces of them together to narrate the story of the evening had me hooked, and as I got older and hopefully wiser, I found 'good' stimulus from playing music and telling the story in front of the sun, removing all the 'bad' stimulus and leaving me in a harmonic state both physically and mentally, music has always been a healing force, and something I turned to in bad time, I guess I am trying to say your health, especially mental health is important, and needs to be looked after. Life on the road playing clubs a few times a week can have a negative impact, eating the pit stop fuel foods in bleak motorway service stations, or super rich hotel food, copious amounts of booze, no regular exercise, poor sleeping habits will all come home and smack you hard in the face if not regulated and kept in check... Look after yourself!!!

Rest your ears - very important if you a jobbing jock, in my days in Bali I was doing two, sometimes three sets a day, 8 to 12 hours of DJing, 6 days a week and it can take its toll, so having a day off and only listening to the sounds of mother nature is a good way to balance the pummelling.

Make sure your equipment is fully functioning and up to date, this probably applies more to Digital DJing, I played in Portugal a couple of years ago and had not updated my RekordBox software on my USB, so when I plugged in, I could only see the music files and had no way of quickly searching to find the tracks I wanted and also non of the playlist structures I had created, it made for an interesting evening of DJIng, I winged it, but it wasn't fun thats for sure! I always carry a spare emergency USB with a 'get out of jail' back up set of music in a separate location to my main USB incase of loss or theft, I also carry spare headphone jacks and even take another set of 'cans' if I have space in my bag when touring. The odd occasions I travel with vinyl for gigs I always carry my own slipmats and cartridges and needles, you would be surprised at how many shows over the years I have played where these have been in a bad state or non existent. And something which is so boring but so essential when touring abroad, have full colour scans of all your important documents (passport, visas, flight tickets, hotel reservations) saved to a USB incase of loss or theft.

Learn how to deal with people, as a self confessed geek and someone who is actually quite shy, its taken me a long time to learn, and I feel I am always learning about people, having to interact with the good, the bad, and the ugly takes skills, patience and humility, something I know in the past I didn't always have or understand. In a nutshell, don't be an ar****le, be nice, but don't be a pushover, stand your ground respectfully if the situation arises.

Thanks for reading, hopefully it doesn't come across as 'teaching your grandmother to suck eggs'...

10/06/2024

Last Saturday’s EATMEPOPTART was a nice shot in the arm, and what a great crowd it was! I’m always grateful for the community Adrian Wee / weelikeme has built up over the years, and being able to participate in it by sharing & playing music for these beautiful folks. It’s been both exhilarating & inspiring seeing each new generation coming for the parties. Never lose that feeling indeed!

Thanks Karan Singh Randhawa for taking these videos!

07/06/2024

Pay to play.
AKA the end of the music industry as we know it.

Explore the debate over DJs paying 5000 euros for a dj spot in Ibiza Global Festival and its effect on the industry.

30/05/2024

The place where I feel alive is usually behind the decks at a party. So for the month of June, come & catch me at the following venues & events:

01 Jun: 9pm-12am
02 Jun: 6-10pm
03 Jun: 6-11pm
06 Jun: 7pm-12am
07 Jun: 4-5:30pm Tanjong Pagar Community Green
08 Jun: 9pm-12am
08 Jun: Cineleisure 12-3am
10 Jun: 6-11pm
12 Jun: .sg 8pm-12am
13 Jun: 7pm-12am
14 Jun: 11am-3pm
15 Jun: 9pm-12am
16 Jun: 12-3pm
17 Jun: 6-11pm
20 Jun: 7pm-12am
21 Jun: Hard Rock Cafe 10pm-3am
22 Jun: 9pm-12am
23 Jun: 11am-3pm
24 Jun: 6-11pm
26 Jun: 7pm-12am
27 Jun: 7pm-12am
28 Jun: .sg 8:30pm till late
29 Jun: 9pm-12am

23/05/2024

Gotta admit. That NYT comparison click-baited me too. But yeah, how can the two be compared? One’s a Content Creator, the other are musicians. 😂

Cheers to Rick Beato for his views on this.

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