Saturday Nights
10pm-Midnight
The deejay is always the first to arrive and the last to
leave. But for DJ D'Lemma, he always woke up the day after
a gig wanting to do it all over again.
The good times that he gave to people through music,
brought him back every time. And it all began when he first
witnessed a deejay by the name of Ben Saunders move the
crowd back in 1986. Then known as DJ DeeVise, he progressed
from a turntable without any pitch control and a Radio
Shack mixer to a Gemini and complete sound setup through
the money earned from his deejay group Beyond Ultimate
Music Productions (BUMP). "My experience from the old
school days has really made me a humble Dj. My focus now is
to keep the crowd pumpin and make it fun for everybody. I
don't play for myself." Although his prized 1994 Jeep
Wrangler and Lowrider shows captured much of his attention
throughout the 1990’s, his calling came when he least
expected it. At the start of the new millennium a friend of
D’Lemma’s started up a club night and asked him to come out
of retirement. Contemplating the alternative of the
inability of his friend deejaying, D’Lemma eventually
agreed. "My first night I got into the Dj booth, I looked
at the Denon cd players and was overwelmed by technology.
Wishing that I could grab my 1200's, I grabbed a drink
instead." Though he originally used CDs at the night,
D’Lemma returned to vinyl and now has progressed to using a
combination of vinyl and Serato Scratch Live. With new and
old technology combined, D’Lemma can take any club or party
to a higher level. D'Lemma's new accomplishments has been
heard on the radio. Since late 2004 Dj D'Lemma's mixes have
been heard on Seattle's own Hot Jamz.
Having come full circle as a deejay, one thing has never
changed. D’Lemma still wants to do it again, even if he is
the first to arrive and last to leave.