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Because some of the closest friends of this dj know more about this character, I can only begin to scratch the surface of this introvert but still outgoing personality known on the Island of Aruba as "Pecao!". We will try to to extend a hand to the knowledge of this figure of happiness & cool, and try to explain his purpose on many subjects of interest. Fasten your seatbelts & enjoy the ride.... Where it all began... It all began when he was a kid. Believe it or not he didn't like music, he found it to be loud & had no use in society. Then one day, he had a cousin over from St. Maarten; Monica. She was a teenager in her late teens & always had the radio on.  It was hell, as he couldn't study & it was getting on his nerves. Eventually when he was getting ready to sabotage the radio, he was hit by a tune: it was Le Freak(-out) by Chic. It was groovy catchy tune & he liked what he heard. The only problem was that he couldn't hear it as often as he liked, so there grew the knowledge & the love for vinyl.  He would play the 45's & lp's over & over on a old Philips radio/turntable setup  which belongs to his grandma. Eventually he drove everyone at home nuts. To maintain this addiction means, he had to go & work to get a cashflow to ease his addiction to music. It wasn't going to be easy. His first gig was at Copa Cabana bar in the mainstreet of San Nicolas.Charge for the night: Awg 25,-($15,-) He would go on to play at home parties(with his storming kit),Club Scaramousche & then the Infamous "club Visage".  It was great times, he was the dj for different dance groups(See breakdancing) & provided the music for their dance routines.He also danced in his own group: Soul Sonic Dancers(which consisted of Carlyle Brown, John Gario,Glenn & DJ Medusa known then as "Fats"). The love for the art of DJ-ing. What can he do with this new found love?  Money was on a all time low & records(vinyl) was pretty expensive for a student with no income. So he set out to wash cars & do odd chores, like cleaninig yards, maintaining gardens, cleaning peoples shopwindows & kitchens & taking care of animals at a petstore. After making some cash he would scoot over to the recordshop in down town: the now defunct "Galeria Moderna" just to buy the latest lp's from "the Police", Micheal Jackson, Africa Bam baataa & the Soul Sonic Force. Then he discovered that there was a thing called going out to a house party which realy meant a party at someones house: a communion celebration , birthday party, wedding reception, etc. What he noticed that people would put on a record & let it play on one side until it was over, then maybe come and check on the music when the guest complained:"What happened to the music?". What he start doing was commandeering the 3 in one stereo which was a stereo set consisting of a Am/Fm radio, cassette player & a record player. He would switch from records to cassetes while cueing for the next song on whatever medium that was available at the moment. So hence begon the journey for Pecao in the wonderfull world of entertaining people sonicly. A friend (Clyde Burke) used to tease him about walking around with a Adidas sportbag with records & tapes in it. Clyde called his stuff "Fats & his Storming Kit". Storming came from the slang abrubtly walking into a ongoing party without invitation, taking over the kitchen goodies & taking charge of the music section. Pecao was the biggest stormer around; sometimes storming 3 parties on one given night!!! By the age of 15 he, was allready a full blown Hurricane, playing all over the island & getting in trouble with his grandmother about his curfew times.... The move to the clubs.  By now he was a clubber, hitting all the clubs & hotels, mainly doing the breakdancing bit. He joined forces with some schoolfriends & had a dancing group: The Soul Sonic Force. They danced in competitions, at hotels, schools,nightclubs & all over the damn island where was possible. When dancing for pleasure he befriended different dj's who would be spinning at the clubs. Juni Dorothaal @ Foxy Lady club in San Nicolaas. Then there was Clyde Burke at Contempo. Then the was Rene Wild & Robert Spencer at Scaramouche, then eventually the Mother of all clubs on Aruba: Visage. Before all of that Pecao started spinning at Copacabana: a bar on the mainstreet in San Nicolaas, it paid 25 guilders a night!!! BUT IT WAS WHERE HE STARTED & IT WAS ONLY UPHILL FROM HERE! But well worth it.

Practise what you preach! Being so young as he was he had to prove himself over & over. But usually he likes to play in the background, not for the fame & not to much lights shining on him. He learned from every DJ he came in contact with, then he just had to find his style & niche in the market. Once he graduated from dancing to spinning at Scaramouch, he got the chance to play at Visage. it was a wicked gig, there was one problem: he worked in the day also. It was full -time & it was taking a toll, but he decided to stick with it. He got canned eventually, but that didn't stop him from coming to the club & getting some spinning time from Rene or Robert. The main dj who worked there was Edson Tromp, but that's all we're gonna dedicate to that fella. THE ONLY WAY TO GET GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO IS PRACTISE , PRACTISE, PRACTISE & STILL KEEP ON PRACTISING. iT'S AN ARTFORM THAT NEEDS YOUR TIME & EFFORT TO BE GOOD AT WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH: TO WHIP THE CROWD INTO A FRENZY! PLAYING ABROAD In 1993 Pecao got a break to study in the Netherlands. There he was submerged in a totally different vibe of music. The people there was into all sorts of genres & he had to find his place in the music society. House & "hakkuh" was the main vibes, but also R&B and Hip hop was largely consumed. He had the hip hop and reggae flavor but he had to hone in on the garage, drum & bass, breakbeats & ska. After awhile he hooked up with some guys who accepted him for his flavour; DJ EKA & DJ Ali Khan. These guys were into the Hip Hop scene & were making beats by the pound. They had a radio show in Arnhem: Beatz of Boom at Stads Omroep Arnhem (STA) on the Spijkerstraat. It was crazy off the hook shit, you could play obscene records & there was nobody to tell you shit about it. What a revelation. The U.S.of A. always has these restrictions on word usage, but in Holland it was cool to curse. So Pecao started playing allot of underground beats & artist, dark & edgy, but found his style & audience. So was born the itch for traveling & playing what moves the crowd at the moment. He also played at skate parks & clubhouses. He played for the Underground of the Bijenkorf, Men @ work & all the America Today shops in Arnhem & Eindhoven. He was happy playing anywhere & his only sole intention at the moment was to earn respect from the hip hop community in Holland. He bought his records @ the Waaghals, Rhytm Import & at any shows or conventions that were held in Holland or Germany. Vinyl lives & if  you have the time to look for your tunes, they will jump into your arms. That's why digging in the crates itself is an artform. Patience & dedication is called for to sniff out that elusive vinyl with tha wicked beat. His last gig was at the papaya club in Arnhem, then he had to travel back to Aruba to assist the burial of his beloved grandmama. After that he took on the name DJ Medusa & started doing his thing in Aruba & now is getting ready to hit outside of this island. Also one to organise parties & fets, DJ Medusa is getting ready for a "Year End all out Marathon" party. Keep it locked on this website for more info!!!   Still want to travel & spin! Now DJ Medusa resides on Aruba, but sometimes he still plays in the US & Holland.  His biggest dream is to have playouts & gigs in the exterior with his favourite DJ's like Carl Cox, Afrika Bambaataa & DJ Santos(of  Puerto Rico) or with the the Crystal Method music production crew. He had the honor to see lots of  dj's on tour (Jam Master Jay & Run -DMC,Afrika Bambaataa & DJ EviL E, just to name a few)) & at home (DJ Theo Sanders, DJ Yeimy, DJ Angelo Perera). He's currently working on his own studio & a cd. More on that in the update "what's new" page in August 2005.