Digging Deeper with Aidin Caye

The founder of Divas on Decks and Flipside Management, Lady Lea is an icon in the local music scene. Passionate about making music, Lady Lea has been in the music and DJ industry for 20 years after starting out at the age of 14. Since then, Lady Lea has been DJing around the world at various clubs, parties, raves, corporate events, fashion shows, festivals, parades, and sports games. In our conversation we chat about what influenced her to become a DJ, the challenges and opportunities she had being a woman in a predominantly male dominated field and what advice she has for the next generation of DJs.

Euphonik is a DJ, radio personality and property mogul. The weekly radio show he had on 5FM was at a stage the most listened to radio show in the country and was a platform that launched many local DJ & producer's careers. He is most fondly known for his compilations as well as his time as the resident DJ on 5FM's Ultimix @ 6.

In our conversation we chat about where his love for music started, what it was like to drop out of University to pursue his dreams as well as what he thinks of the current state of the South African DJ industry.

Radboud Miedema is a passionate and talented singer and songwriter from the Netherlands. He started writing songs at age 16 the moment he bought his first guitar.Together with Janieck Devy, he co-wrote the smash hit, 'Reality' for Lost Frequencies that went on to achieve 24X Platinum status. 

In our conversation via FaceTime, we speak about advice for DJs / Producers who want to learn more about songwriting as well as his process that he uses to write his own songs.

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Spiro Damaskinos, a.k.a. DJ Spiro, is the A&R Director at Sony Music Africa as well as a legendary South African DJ who was influential in pioneering the local trance and rave scene in the mid/late 90s. This conversation has 2 parts, beginning with his experiences as one of the most in demand DJs in the 90s and early 00s, as well as what it's like to run the dance and A&R division of a major label in South Africa.

Vimo is a pioneer of the South African house music scene with a Djing career that's stretched across 2 decades. Having moved from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg 9 years ago, his brand has sky rocketed, making him one of the most in demand DJ acts in the country currently. 

In this conversation we chat about how he got into DJing at pubs in London, what it was like to play speed garage in Port Elizabeth almost 20 years ago as well as what motivated him to start his record label, Chutney Records - Enjoy!

In this episode I chat to Ricardo Da Costa, DJ, Director of Soul Candi Music and founder of Spring Fiesta, Promoter, Entrepreneur and father of twins. We cover his career as a DJ which has spanned 2 decades, from Fly House to H2O to modern day Truth. If you are an aspiring DJ, there is an abundance of knowledge you can learn from this man.