Biography of Dacha |  | | Real name / | Danilo Radakovic | | Moniker(s) / | Dacha / Danylo / MFM |
In 1994, Dacha is invited to play music that he listens to and passionately collects at the only progressive radio station at the time, Radio Danube. Along with his best associates he starts the first independent chart called TOP 40 CHART. The 2nd radio station where Dacha moved onto was Radio Spin. It was 1996, and the editors of the first private radio station have decided after all disastrous variations of rock, post-rock, neo-rock, pop-rock and other rocks to call people who created the most listened to program from Radio Danube. At the same time, Dacha gets his first DJ residency in the first underground club in Novi Sad "CONTRAST" after having just one rehearsing gig! This was the only club that was playing club music from all over the world. Sometimes he played for four days a week, sets long for six to eight hours to the crowed that has labeled this period as "golden age of Contrast". In 1997, Dacha decides to accept again an offered position of a Head Music Editor at freshly opened, but already fallen Radio IN (106.3 MHz) where he stays until the year of 2000. Naturally, he finds the same problems: uninformed, uneducated people and loads of prejudices. He immediately starts to gather the only group of people that are capable of creating a very unique radio IN's identity and capable of showing the Novi Sad audience what an urban radio really is. As a Head Technical Manager there were days when Dacha worked from 16-20 hours a shift! There was a lack of staff due to the fact that Radio IN was not very popular at the time. Having great motivation to continue with the program during NATO air raids part of the crew have managed to do exactly so. Radio IN has organized with the help of generators a serial of successful parties, which despite catastrophic situation in the country and every day bombardment achieved its main goal - the celebration of life. Great success that Radio IN enjoyed right after the war has partly contributed to better status of some DJs then present on the club scene. Dacha gets his residency at still the best equipped club in the country, called Paradiso. DJ Dacha played throughout the season, every Friday night the most progressive sounds. After this residency and endless number of crowded discotheques Dacha needed another kind of recognition to convince himself that he's on the right track. At the first (ever) YUGOSLAVIAN DJ competition Dacha wins the first prize - a Gemini mixer. The competition was held in the Underground club, in Belgrade and lasted for two days. This event has undoubtedly started a new chapter on DJs in our country, and for Dacha it created an opportunity to make an appearance on Belgrade scene. In 2001, just by listening to the radio, Dacha learns about the existence of RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY. It gives him new energy and a burning desire to be recognized by world music circles. It was a chance he wouldn't want to miss. He filled in the application form and sent it along with his CD MIX to USA. On his birthday, the 4th of July, he received an e-mail saying: "congratulations! pack your records; you're going to NY!" He was chosen amongst 1600 applicants worldwide. It was time to celebrate! At the same time, some older DJs present for some time on the scene and feeling like change is desperately needed, came to Dacha with an idea to make an organization that will officially protect the interests of DJs and music producers. He liked it and when asked he accepted to be a President only because a great number of domestic DJs wanted to be together, in an association called DJ UNITY. It was (of coarse) the first official and registered association of DJs and music producers on these grounds. Its main objectives defined by its statute and law are promotion and affirmation of young, talented and unknown DJs and producers in the country and abroad. Unfortunately, years of destructive and lawless way of life in Serbia have shown that people are undoubtedly damaged and that greed is not seen in uneducated and rich only. Some DJs thought that all that club needed to do is make money by immediately dropping the quality contents and not letting young DJs to play. To create popular teenage and local mafia hang out place in order to make money was a compromise that DJ Dacha was not willing to make. Now, he started (with his best mate Buttke) new organization / record label called "Deep Link". More info on www.deeplink.org
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