Twync
What motivated you to start DJing/presenting?
I was circulating mix tapes around the mid-eighties to friends and anyone interested when a club DJ heard one of my Chicago House mixes. I got offer the opportunity to join him like a trainee and ended up with a residency which lasted nearly 3 years. I also filtered towards Pirate radio which was then the natural progression for many underground club DJs in the late eighties. During the mid-nineties I was mainly DJing around the London underground scene. I then started a residence on Premier FM based in Essex which really catapulted my name across the underground scene and co-promoting MUNCH, a hugely popular trance club night that ran for over 5 years.
What styles do you play?
My early days was with house and club classics, before migrating to Trance around 1994. I then would play out played every style of trance over a 12-year period. Around 2006 I crossed over into minimal techno, using my real name Colin Newbery to differentiate my music change which I did until 2014 when I took a forced break from music. Since 2000 I’ve balanced radio shows with my club gigs, so in 2017 I returned to radio with Dance UK, once again as Twync spinning Classic Trance. After an 18-month break to move home and set up a new studio, I’m returning to my Techno pastures, but I will still be providing classic trance shows.
Do you mix or scratch or both? Or are you more of a presenter?
Purely mixing for me, I’m an avid vinyl collector so I use my Technic 1210 turntables regular. My shows are a non-stop mix with the emphasis on taking everyone on a musically journey. I also like to offer an incite when presenting the shows, striking a balance between music and the microphone.
Do you play on just one of danceradiouk.com’s stations or both?
Just Dance UK at present, maybe Box UK one day.
Outside of danceradiouk.com, who are your favourite DJ’s, bands or music artists and how have they influenced your style (if they have)?
I’ve always had a secret love for eighties early electronic music. I was a huge Electro fan during the breakdance era. I never really had a favourite DJ coming through the scene, but I certainly admired Carl Cox 3-deck mixing skill, Darren Pearce and John 00 Fleming from my London underground days and good friends who broke into the scene and lived there dreams.
What other interests do you have besides DJing/presenting on the radio?
Collecting music and finding out the history of the dance scene has always been my passion. I want to expand back in to music production when time allows, but having move home to a beautiful part of East Anglia, I expect I will be exploring more of the places and scenery on my doorstep. We still have our old Golf GTI sitting in the garage so more time spent on the restoration.
Favourite things?
My wife and my home and being a season ticket holder at West Ham.
Sum yourself up in a sentence?
Still got fuel in the tank and places to go!
Your desert island discs?
Wow tough call. I’ve always thought burning the ‘Now That’s What I Call Music!‘ back catalogue to keep warm as Desert Islands do get cold at night. But their value on Discogs has skyrocketed, so I will have to rethink that one. Seriously, I would have the first Sasha & Digweed Northern Exposure release, Oakenfold’s 1995 ‘The Goa Mix’ and the early Journeys By DJ and Global Underground releases.
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