Biography
STORY CHARMAN ——————————————————— When your dream is to reach out to people and inspire them through sound, it’s time to start living it! Charman’s (real name Rodney de Jong) love for music started at a very early age. When he was 3 years old he already had a vinyl record in his hands. Not a big surprise, because music always played a major role in his family. His uncle is a professional singer in a band and other family members were collecting long playing records. While listening to different styles of music during his youth he created –big- interest in underground music. Also the lofi hip- hop tunes got his attention. Nowadays Charman play minimal & tech house, so history repeats. Charman decided to buy his first professional dj-gear at a very early age; with help from his father he bought his first dj-set when he was only 7 years old! This was the start of the next phase: the beginning of Charman’s dj-career! He played, tried different things, failed, tried again and again and again. Charman kept practicing and was unstoppable. At a certain time even the neighbours were dancing in front of Charman’s childhood house! Charman was not only working from home. When he was a bit older he started to follow music lessons. Charman fell in love with drums, and especially the djembe. The djembe is a rope-tuned drum you can play with bare hands, and is originally from West Africa. It can produce a wide variety of sounds, making it a most versatile drum.