Nummer van de week Week 18 2026 - DJ Rikstar Special: First 4 Vinyls

Angel City, Benny Benassi, Kanye West & Cassidy

I remember being 12 years old and all I wanted was some DJ decks for my 13th birthday. I'm not sure where I first saw it, but there was a beginner DJ package called DJ in a Box 2, which included the kit below.

Now these were belt drive, so they always needed a little nudge when hitting play, haha. Just out of curiosity, who else had these back in the day?

Once I got this DJ in a Box beginner package, I headed straight into the middle of Manchester to HMV to get my first ever 12-inch vinyl. I ended up buying four records, which are the songs below.

I learned with the first two dance songs, practising beatmatching and all that before I started playing the R&B songs below. For a few weeks I was locked in, just mixing the same songs over and over.

After that I went back to HMV and copped some more records, then a shop in Northenden opened so close to home. DJs in Manchester know exactly what I'm talking about.

The reason I'm doing this is to drop a bit of history and bring the nostalgia back for the DJs who see this. I know many DJs will always remember the first tracks they purchased and practised with.

That's enough talk. Here they are below. Once I felt I had the dance songs down, I moved onto R&B within those first couple of weeks before I got more records. Also, Angel City was a hit heavily sampled from 1995 Robert Miles Children. You can't tell me nothing.

Do You Know - Angel City

De eerste in de stapel. Dit is een van de vier die ik kocht bij HMV in Piccadilly, Manchester, VK.

Satisfaction - Benny Benassi

Dit is de andere danceplaat die ik kocht. Deze kwamen allemaal uit rond 2003 tot 2008 denk ik, dus ik kende ze goed, maar gebruikte ze gewoon als oefening.

Through The Wire - Kanye West

De derde van mijn vier vinylplaten. Ik besloot er twee R&B/hip-hop te nemen, en dit was mijn volgende. Het is ook een klassieker.

Hotel (Official Video) ft. R. Kelly - Cassidy

De laatste van de vier was Cassidy's Hotel. Die was veelvuldig te zien op MTV Base en af en toe op Channel U.

Dus ja, zo is het allemaal begonnen. Toen ik 15 werd, liet ik het DJ-gedoe een beetje los, maar onlangs heb ik het weer opgepakt.