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How is the Kizomba scene in your home now. This is the way to international
country? success I hope ;).

It is big. I don’t really know how big it is Lisa Rose with DJ partner Dani Fernandez
in other countries so I can’t compare, but
in Holland there are Kizomba parties every What has been your most outstanding
day of the week. On the weekends you can experience so far?
choose between many parties. The scene I have two moments that I will cherish
is still young, the Kizomba-‘hype’ started forever. The first was at the Frankfurt
around three years ago, but it has grown Festival. There was the First European
really fast. The amount of artists, DJ’s, Kizomba Championship and I was
dance schools, parties has increased a lot chosen to take care of the music. The
within the last three years and the dancers artists formed the jury and I started to spin
are really fanatic, the dance level has my music. I noticed some artists where
increased as well. I used quotation marks looking over their shoulder at me, some
for ‘hype’, because I don’t think Kizomba surprised faces, some smiles. I just kept
is a hype and its high popularity will drop. doing my thing and before I knew it they
Just look at how many festivals there are… where standing in front of me, bowing,
it’s crazy, but awesome. Some people will cheering, asking my name and just
agree with me on that one, some don’t. throwing compliments about my music
Time will tell (laughs).

Your facebook account dates back to
January 2015, you published your first
mixtape on soundcloud four months
ago, and your first international stage
was Frankfurt Festival 2015. How has
your life changed since spinning in
Frankfurt?

It has changed my life in a way I have never
expected. And I love it! I am very thankful
for the opportunity I got from Rico to spin
at the Frankfurt Festival. I really wanted to
go internationally, but the problem is that
most organizers first want to hear DJ’s live
before they book them, which is completely
understandable. But if nobody gives you
the chance, than nobody is gonna hear
you outside your country. That’s why I was
so happy with this chance to spin at the
Frankfurt Festival and let people hear my
music - and wow, the reactions were just
overwhelming. After this festival I got more
and more bookings on other international
festivals and that’s what’s going on right