Hello,
Welcome to my blog, I should have done this ages ago but I guess better late than never.
Right now I'm having a morning coffee, which actually is more unusual than it sounds as I'm a tea drinker...my Mum is a tea drinker and my Dad is a tea drinker...we are all tea drinkers...1st choice is PG Tips..but in Australia I have to make do with Tetley. Brewed for about 4 minutes, give the bag a little squeeze and add milk (full cream) and 2 sugars, then stir well...anyway I digress, I'm sitting at my desk at my day job having my morning coffee...I'm not sure which is stranger getting up in the morning to go to a day job or having the coffee...wait I should probably introduce myself just in case...
People call me Lotek, but my Mum calls me Wayne, the name Lotek was given to me by my eldest brother Simon as I was always trying to make the most out of what little sound/music equipment I had. At the time it was an 8bit sampling module plugged into the back of a Commodore Amiga running Noisetracker. I've upgraded a few times since then but the name has stuck...partly because I was making music with 3 or 4 other Waynes at the time and I had named my group Lotek HiFi....people began to refer to me as Wayne Lotek.
Its not the best name in rap history but it has served me well over the last decade or so. The only real incident was a few years when I received a Myspace message from someone claiming to be "the real Lotek". I saw the funny side at first but soon after I got a few phone calls from people asking me if I was playing at Noise Bar in Melbourne, a few of them told me I was playing!! So I Googled it and in big letters on their latest poster it said "LOTEK" I called them to ask what was happening (OK that wasn't the exact words I used) they told me not to worry as it was another Lotek! turns out it was the Myspace guy...he was doing a DJ set (Ironically his name was Shane, clearly there being a Wayne Lotek and a Shane Lotek was not good for business) After a few "discussions" with him and the venue the gig was pulled and there remains, much like Highlander, only one real Lotek.
Anyway, where was I, ah yes...I'm Lotek (or Wayne if you prefer) I'm a Producer/Vocalist ( I used to refer to myself as a Rapper/Beatmaker but turns out they make way less money than Producer/Vocalists) I have previously produced for Roots Manuva (also directed his live tour for Run Come Save Me) and more recently have just delivered the Speech Debelle album to Big Dada. That album was recorded in Melbourne, Australia where I am currently living with my girlfriend Florelie who is also a vocalist. I am in the final stages of my own album "Rebel Hifi" but right at this minute I am sat at my desk at my day job selling advertising on the Internet....drinking a coffee....which is now stone cold.
Welcome to my blog, I should have done this ages ago but I guess better late than never.
Right now I'm having a morning coffee, which actually is more unusual than it sounds as I'm a tea drinker...my Mum is a tea drinker and my Dad is a tea drinker...we are all tea drinkers...1st choice is PG Tips..but in Australia I have to make do with Tetley. Brewed for about 4 minutes, give the bag a little squeeze and add milk (full cream) and 2 sugars, then stir well...anyway I digress, I'm sitting at my desk at my day job having my morning coffee...I'm not sure which is stranger getting up in the morning to go to a day job or having the coffee...wait I should probably introduce myself just in case...
People call me Lotek, but my Mum calls me Wayne, the name Lotek was given to me by my eldest brother Simon as I was always trying to make the most out of what little sound/music equipment I had. At the time it was an 8bit sampling module plugged into the back of a Commodore Amiga running Noisetracker. I've upgraded a few times since then but the name has stuck...partly because I was making music with 3 or 4 other Waynes at the time and I had named my group Lotek HiFi....people began to refer to me as Wayne Lotek.
Its not the best name in rap history but it has served me well over the last decade or so. The only real incident was a few years when I received a Myspace message from someone claiming to be "the real Lotek". I saw the funny side at first but soon after I got a few phone calls from people asking me if I was playing at Noise Bar in Melbourne, a few of them told me I was playing!! So I Googled it and in big letters on their latest poster it said "LOTEK" I called them to ask what was happening (OK that wasn't the exact words I used) they told me not to worry as it was another Lotek! turns out it was the Myspace guy...he was doing a DJ set (Ironically his name was Shane, clearly there being a Wayne Lotek and a Shane Lotek was not good for business) After a few "discussions" with him and the venue the gig was pulled and there remains, much like Highlander, only one real Lotek.
Anyway, where was I, ah yes...I'm Lotek (or Wayne if you prefer) I'm a Producer/Vocalist ( I used to refer to myself as a Rapper/Beatmaker but turns out they make way less money than Producer/Vocalists) I have previously produced for Roots Manuva (also directed his live tour for Run Come Save Me) and more recently have just delivered the Speech Debelle album to Big Dada. That album was recorded in Melbourne, Australia where I am currently living with my girlfriend Florelie who is also a vocalist. I am in the final stages of my own album "Rebel Hifi" but right at this minute I am sat at my desk at my day job selling advertising on the Internet....drinking a coffee....which is now stone cold.
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