Hey Party People! I am sad to bring you unfortunate news of the closing of Roka, the place that has been Party People’s home for three years now. 44 Stanley Roka was the only place that gave Party People a platform to present these events that some of us have fond memories of.
I can still remember the first event on 01 July 2006, there must have been 80 people present or even less but damn we all had fun and people wanted more ... we had finally found a home and an event we can call our own ... this is when I was playing by the DJ booth in the dark" wait till the DVD comes out, we always had sound glitches, thank God those have been far from our problems these days ... if you were there at the first event "put your lighters up" and if you own the unofficial party people mix tape ... remember that one? maybe ill do a goodbye Roka one ...
There have been people who’ve helped me build these events and without them we wouldn't be here ... Hempza handled all the art work (I remember we were in a taxi with his entire pc trying to get to his place to retrieve one of the flyers) and he was the sound man too. Makgabe my man was Mr everything ... from driver to doorman etc. Before and after them there has been countless other people, they know who they are.
I remember when some of the hard core party people family started complaining when the event grew bigger.
Understandably so, there were " new members" joining in. The event had become like a world they only were privy to, I had to make them understand that there had to be growth...
The event grew from just a party, from hosting quality local acts to international acts. I took every event as if it was the last one, Took all the stress that came with every event from the organizers and Dj point of view ... I need to mention that its not as easy as it looks and there’s no getting used to it as the problems that arise every month are different" even after all of that I still have to pull off a long set...
Well there’s a compilation for you to hold on to the memories, the Party People Vol 1 compilation CD. Look out for Vol 2! Also look forward to the Party People DVD that will come soon...
The Masta Ace gig must have been the most memorable one ... but to me all events had their special moments ... ya I know ... didn't see it coming ... or remember when MXO didn’t show up on the night he was featured Yaaaa Ne!
Would like to thank everyone for the support, from my ordinary friends who come through every month without fail, the media support, venue owners, bouncers and the Roka staff who all work on these nights as if they are their own.
See you at a venue near you …
Nuff said my keypad is kinda wet now, plus I hate typing, rather be surfing through tracks...
DJKenzhero
Good Times @ Roka
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