We speak with the N'Dulge's hip-hop DJ Masterstepz on spinning the decks on his birthday and why he moved to Dubai from UK.
On Friday you will be celebrating your birthday by DJing at No1 Fridays in N'Dulge. You like working on your birthday?
I don’t mind working on my birthday in a nightclub because of the atmosphere. No1 Fridays at N’dulge is a great place and I’m a resident there and this week to celebrate an old friend is in town, MC Kie, so together we are going to put on a show!
When did you first begin DJing?
I first began to DJ many years ago. Before Serato, laptops, CD,s. It started from my school days.
You formerly lived in the UK. What brought you down to the UAE?
I wanted to do something different in my life and I had been to Dubai a few times and liked the vibe. I always said that I would move to another country. It was between New York, Miami, Jamaica, and Dubai. Dubai won.
What is your take on the UAE's DJ scene?
I'm excited to see so many different DJ cultures coming together as it adds a a lot of diversity to the club scene.
What kind of music should people expect from your sets?
For people who haven't heard my set they can expect to be very entertained. Playing a mixture of house, garage, hip-hop, R&B, and dance-hall.
What songs do you play for yourself when you are at home?
I like to play slow jams at home to chill out to and I like to go through my new music to keep me up to date with what's new.
What was the most outrageous track you spun on stage?
Hmm, that's a hard. It has to be when I played in Holland for a massive festival with 13,000 people. It was a real house event. And I mixed in Jay Z's Big Pimping. This was in 2000 when it was unheard of to mix hip-hop at a house event.
DJ Masterstepz and MC Kie are playing on Friday night at N'Dulge, Atlantis The Palm, Dubai. 10.30pm - 3am. For Tables and reservations call 00971 55 200 4322
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How green is the expo nursery?
Some 400,000 shrubs and 13,000 trees in the on-site nursery
An additional 450,000 shrubs and 4,000 trees to be delivered in the months leading up to the expo
Ghaf, date palm, acacia arabica, acacia tortilis, vitex or sage, techoma and the salvadora are just some heat tolerant native plants in the nursery
Approximately 340 species of shrubs and trees selected for diverse landscape
The nursery team works exclusively with organic fertilisers and pesticides
All shrubs and trees supplied by Dubai Municipality
Most sourced from farms, nurseries across the country
Plants and trees are re-potted when they arrive at nursery to give them room to grow
Some mature trees are in open areas or planted within the expo site
Green waste is recycled as compost
Treated sewage effluent supplied by Dubai Municipality is used to meet the majority of the nursery’s irrigation needs
Construction workforce peaked at 40,000 workers
About 65,000 people have signed up to volunteer
Main themes of expo is ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’ and three subthemes of opportunity, mobility and sustainability.
Expo 2020 Dubai to open in October 2020 and run for six months
Ain Dubai in numbers
126: The length in metres of the legs supporting the structure
1 football pitch: The length of each permanent spoke is longer than a professional soccer pitch
16 A380 Airbuses: The equivalent weight of the wheel rim.
9,000 tonnes: The amount of steel used to construct the project.
5 tonnes: The weight of each permanent spoke that is holding the wheel rim in place
192: The amount of cable wires used to create the wheel. They measure a distance of 2,4000km in total, the equivalent of the distance between Dubai and Cairo.
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Director: Tushar Hiranandani
Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Bhumi Pednekar, Prakash Jha, Vineet Singh
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