I'm Henry Banks. I've been DJing for over 20 years and I love it as much now as I did the first time. Beach festivals in the Seychelles, club nights and stages across Australia, National Day celebrations, weddings, private parties, boat parties on the canals of Amsterdam — music has a habit of taking you places if you let it.
The moment that sums it up: Melbourne, 2018. White Night. I was playing on UKi — a giant art car built to look like an insect, with one of the best sound systems I've ever heard. When the official event wrapped at 7am, we got permission to drive through the Exhibition Gardens to the Museum.
When we stopped, a dance troupe was waiting to rehearse. What happened in the next fifteen minutes was one of those things you can't plan. You just have to be ready when they happen.
That's what I'm chasing every single time. I cook, I mix drinks, I've done a bit of acting. But it all comes back to the same thing — dedication, energy, and genuine care for the people in the room.