I’m A Guest On FunkySX radio
Last October in Ibiza, whilst shaking my tailfeather and sipping overpriced vodka limons on the Space terrace, having a ball despite ball-burn (darn those pesky skyscraper heels) and a rapidly-diminishing stack of euros, I spotted a familiar face across the packed dancefloor: Eve, my glam ex-next-door neighbour from my past life in Romford. Squeezing through the jostling crowds of hands-in-the-air party people, we hugged, laughed and danced and she introduced me to her pals, one of whom was fellow fun-loving filly Tania Fisher aka @msssgym.
Back home in Blighty the parties came thick and fast and I bumped into Tania again on New Year’s Day, getting her groove on at LWE with Carl Cox and friends at Tobacco Dock. We became Facebook buddies and she started reading my blog. Tania is a veritable powerhouse of positive energy: an uber-fit personal trainer, fitness instructor and body-builder, as well as dj and presenter on Funky Essex: a legal urban radio station for dance music lovers in Essex and the surrounding counties.
Spotting an opportunity for us to have some fun, Tania invited me onto her show to spin some tunes and shoot the breeze; chatting about my current writing projects, clubbing, Ibiza…and those old goosebump-inducing tracks that really get us reminiscing about days gone by….
Here’s a little taster of some of the things we spoke about:
TANIA: Tell me about yourself…
SAM: From the Deep Heat cassette tapes of the late Eighties to the current Knee Deep In Sound podcasts on iTunes, I’ve always loved vocal house, deep house and techno. Aged 17, I had my first taste of Ibiza on a Club18-30s holiday with my 12 female BFFs, returning religiously each year before settling on the White Isle aged 21 to work the summer season of 1997 and star in the Sky1 fly-on-the-wall documentary Ibiza Uncovered alongside my pal Kez Wells. It was this programme, the first-ever reality TV show, which spawned a whole new genre of guilty-pleasure television. This led to various TV appearances, magazine and radio interviews as well as several documentary follow-ups. We loved living in Ibiza so much that we did the same stint in ’98.
Tania is live on FunkySX 103.7fm on Mondays and Thursdays 3-5pm. Click here to listen to Funky SX or go to www.funky.sx
Sam x
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