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CHARMAN’S (REAL NAME RODNEY DE JONG) LOVE FOR MUSIC STARTED AT A VERY EARLY AGE. WHEN HE WAS 3 YEARS OLD HE ALREADY HAD A VINYL RECORD IN HIS HANDS. NOT A BIG SURPRISE, BECAUSE MUSIC ALWAYS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN HIS FAMILY. HIS UNCLE IS A PROFESSIONAL SINGER IN A BAND AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE COLLECTING LONG PLAYING RECORDS. WHILE LISTENING TO DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC DURING HIS YOUTH HE CREATED –BIG- INTEREST IN UNDERGROUND MUSIC. ALSO THE LOFI HIP- HOP TUNES GOT HIS ATTENTION. NOWADAYS CHARMAN PLAY MINIMAL & TECH HOUSE, SO HISTORY REPEATS. CHARMAN DECIDED TO BUY HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL DJ-GEAR AT A VERY EARLY AGE; WITH HELP FROM HIS FATHER HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST DJ-SET WHEN HE WAS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD! THIS WAS THE START OF THE NEXT PHASE: THE BEGINNING OF CHARMAN’S DJ-CAREER! HE PLAYED, TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS, FAILED, TRIED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. CHARMAN KEPT PRACTICING AND WAS UNSTOPPABLE. AT A CERTAIN TIME EVEN THE NEIGHBOURS WERE DANCING IN FRONT OF CHARMAN’S CHILDHOOD HOUSE! CHARMAN WAS NOT ONLY WORKING FROM HOME. WHEN HE WAS A BIT OLDER HE STARTED TO FOLLOW MUSIC LESSONS. CHARMAN FELL IN LOVE WITH DRUMS, AND ESPECIALLY THE DJEMBE. THE DJEMBE IS A ROPE-TUNED DRUM YOU CAN PLAY WITH BARE HANDS, AND IS ORIGINALLY FROM WEST AFRICA. IT CAN PRODUCE A WIDE VARIETY OF SOUNDS, MAKING IT A MOST VERSATILE DRUM. THESE VERSATILE DRUMS BROUGHT CHARMAN TO THE NEXT STEP: PRODUCING MUSIC!