Olav Basoski

Olav Basoski (born 1968 in Haarlem, Netherlands) is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. He is best known for records such as "Windows" (1991), "Don't turn your back on me" (1993), "Opium Scumbagz" (2000) and "Waterman" (2005). Originated from a musical family, he was pushed to play the violin and the piano. In the mid-80s, he was listening to the radio at night and heard a disco record, when suddenly he realised he was listening to a different record, this was his first experience of mixing records. At the age of 13, a friend of him, showed him what mixing was all about, using two turntables, which was what got him into DJing. With a loan from his parents he bought equipment to start producing. He started making mixes for a number of local Pirate radios. One day he sent in a selfmade mixtape to Ferry Maat's radioshow the Soulshow. Ferry was so enthusiastic about his mix, that from that moment on Ferry Maat started the Bond van Doorstarters (a weekly 15-minute mix item in the Soulshow). In 1988 he made his first production, together with Sander Hoeke, under the name of Baze & Hucke with "Pitbull Terror".