29/08/2024
Hello everyone 👋 so this is not my usual type of post and I’m not used to doing things like this but I have to address this for my own sake as it’s very easy for people to assume things and hear false information.
Last year I got made a resident for BackToBassix. For me this was a huge thing as in my early days of raving I’d always go to bassix events and sneak behind the decks and just watch the DJs and chat to people. I’d always be trying to find a way to get past security and after I’d done it so many times they kinda gave up and just let me chill behind the decks.
Bassix to me was the first proper collective where I was like wow this is so sick I wanna be a DJ. I wanna do what they are doing and play for people. Obviously I got turned down so many times but that’s a huge relief as I wasn’t ready 4 years ago.
When I got made a resident I was super excited but soon after being in the group chat and heard hearing things it quickly went downhill. Me being a 21 year old and loves playing out and is just fully in love with Dnb and DJing I was gagging for sets. Wanting to play on every event every lineup. Not for “clout” or “to get big” but only because I absolutely love playing Dnb out to all of you beautiful people and feeling the raw energy. I never wanna stop. But after asking for more sets came the stigma.
For so long I felt so left out and such an odd ball with bassix as there was a bit of an age gap and an obvious difference with thoughts about social media, promotion, content creation, watching other DJs push themselves, collaborations, changes in the sound of Dnb and everything inbetween. Felt like I couldn’t have an opinion about anything without it being shut down by “social media is killing Dnb” and “I hate now the scene is now I wanna quit” just as I’m getting into my stride and finding my sound to my sets.
Long story short I have some absolutely brutal screenshots from chats, from someone in bassix who everyone knows and I just don’t need this s**t anymore. Any suggestion any comment any event opportunity any support to help out gets shut down immediately. Being spoken to like I’m a child. Being talked down to. It’s toxic and it’s horrible. Thank god I’m not salty enough to public say names as my intention on this post isn’t to public shame or expose people but to spread awareness on how difficult it is for youngsters in the scene to actually push forward positively when there’s so much negativity and stigma around.
All I wanna do is play on events, play my style of mixing out for a positive impact. I have almost found my click with Dnb and I am super excited about it. I don’t want to be in a position where I have to change my style and what I feel about Dnb because of certain people continuously talking down on it.
I am stepping back from Back to Bassix and will be doing it solo for a bit unless anyone wants to sn**ch me up and put me on their events for a positive and productive impact in the scene. I won’t be spoken to like a child and almost being told what I have to play on events.
Believe me there isn’t any intention to cause harm in this post. I tried to word things the best I could but I am so done with the negativity and stigma around it all. Always peace love and unity Dnb is a community and we are a close tight nit community down here in Pembrokeshire. Please don’t let your opinions change peoples dreams ❤️
Big love
UNITE-A
