Thursday 17 November 2011

Back in Kyiv, Ukraine November 2011 until.... who knows

The trip has started once again! Was not nice being back in the UK since July. Really didnt enjoy work at Amelco, far too much politics, egos and lies happening for my liking. Is no need to go into details but I wasnt happy with twisting things to try and make sure externally things were being done right. With that in mind I started writing an objective report of things within the company, improvements that could be made that would make the working environment and culture much better. I sent that to my boss last week when I made it clear I didnt want to be in the office any more. If that meant I left or continued in a support role from here didnt make any difference to me, as the longer I stayed in the UK the worse my money and morale was getting!! Sounds crazy but it was true!

So once again the Drum and Basslines party in Kyiv was my gateway to get away from all the shit and enable me to build up my wounded morale and inside happiness.

So the party here in Kyiv on friday... well yet again it will be something that I wont forget for a long time. It was fantastic to be able to bring Ruskal, Breakneck, Inertia and So-Low over here and they have all gone back wanting to come again. Topping things off bringing Aleksandr from Mutated Forms here for the first time and Chris (Raiden) back and having someone as famous in the DnB scene as Raiden sms me saying it was one of his favourite parties this year gives me a lot of satisfaction. The Drum and Basslines parties have not been organised me alone however.. Fade and Mnial both put in a huge amount of effort to organise everything from booking Cinema Club, arranging a list of top quality Ukranian DJs, and doing virtually ALL of the local promo as well. I couldnt have asked for anything more from them as they really did work hard. Not to forget Alina who did a brilliant job of sorting out all the accomodation for us and looking after us while everyone was here.

After 5 days of entertaining everyone I wasnt as nervous seeing the uk djs go back as I was last time. Guess im really feeling at home here now. It hasnt taken long but already I am getting promoters calling me with bookings and also I got some work to do for a voiceover for a commercial so im laughing so far !!! Early days yet, I might get nothing for the next month so we will see....

More soon......