While viewers are used to seeing BBC journalist Ros Atkins discussing serious topics on the screen, he recently provided his followers with a personal insight into his teenage years – and the contrast is shocking.
The broadcaster – who was recently praised for his explainer video over the Downing Street party – shocked his Twitter followers as he revealed he was a heavy drum and bass enthusiast in the 90s.
Atkins uploaded a detailed timeline on Twitter, sharing the history behind his love for the genre as well as where he performed across the country.
He tweeted: ‘Now here’s a story. Back in the 90s, along with lots of teenagers in Cornwall, I started going to raves & listening to hardcore and drum & bass.
‘I also started to DJ. Inspired by @therealLTJbukem @DJHYPE_PLAYAZ @KennyDJKen @RAYKEITH1 and others I started to buy a lot of D&B and, through my 20s, in a very amateur fashion, I DJed a range of music in London, Cornwall & Cambridge. This is at a night I ran in Brixton.’
Fans and celebrities alike were taken aback by the revelation as TV chef Nigella Lawson simply replied: ‘Fabulous.’
One person wrote: ‘Legend. What a thread! Thank you,’ while another joked: ‘I saw a turntable when you were broadcasting from home when you had the virus. I wondered what kind of music. I had you pegged for a country fan.’
The Outside Source presenter has returned back to his music passions for one night only as he has created a special mix, which was played at BBC Radio 6 Music’s Desert Island Disco All-Dayer.
Speaking to The i, Atkins said: ‘I caught the rave bug growing up in Cornwall in the early 90s. When I was at University I thought “maybe I could play this music myself as a DJ?”‘
He said the tunes he selected were inspired after some ‘brilliant pre-COVID nights’ spent at the Electric Brixton music venue.
‘This is an unexpected and exciting development for me, Atkins added.
‘I had some brilliant nights playing at a backstreet club in Brixton where the DJ booth was high up in the ceiling.
‘But I haven’t DJ’d for 16 years so when 6 Music asked I said “yes, please.”‘
He added: ‘I loved dancing to legends like DJ Storm, Dillinja, and LTJ Bukem.’
Credit: Original article published here.You can read this post on My Celebrity Life.
While viewers are used to seeing BBC journalist Ros Atkins discussing serious topics on the screen, he recently provided his followers with a personal insight into his teenage years – and the contrast is shocking.
The broadcaster – who was recently praised for his explainer video over the Downing Street party – shocked his Twitter followers as he revealed he was a heavy drum and bass enthusiast in the 90s.
Atkins uploaded a detailed timeline on Twitter, sharing the history behind his love for the genre as well as where he performed across the country.
He tweeted: ‘Now here’s a story. Back in the 90s, along with lots of teenagers in Cornwall, I started going to raves & listening to hardcore and drum & bass.
‘I also started to DJ. Inspired by @therealLTJbukem @DJHYPE_PLAYAZ @KennyDJKen @RAYKEITH1 and others I started to buy a lot of D&B and, through my 20s, in a very amateur fashion, I DJed a range of music in London, Cornwall & Cambridge. This is at a night I ran in Brixton.’
Fans and celebrities alike were taken aback by the revelation as TV chef Nigella Lawson simply replied: ‘Fabulous.’
One person wrote: ‘Legend. What a thread! Thank you,’ while another joked: ‘I saw a turntable when you were broadcasting from home when you had the virus. I wondered what kind of music. I had you pegged for a country fan.’
The Outside Source presenter has returned back to his music passions for one night only as he has created a special mix, which was played at BBC Radio 6 Music’s Desert Island Disco All-Dayer.
Speaking to The i, Atkins said: ‘I caught the rave bug growing up in Cornwall in the early 90s. When I was at University I thought “maybe I could play this music myself as a DJ?”‘
He said the tunes he selected were inspired after some ‘brilliant pre-COVID nights’ spent at the Electric Brixton music venue.
‘This is an unexpected and exciting development for me, Atkins added.
‘I had some brilliant nights playing at a backstreet club in Brixton where the DJ booth was high up in the ceiling.
‘But I haven’t DJ’d for 16 years so when 6 Music asked I said “yes, please.”‘
He added: ‘I loved dancing to legends like DJ Storm, Dillinja, and LTJ Bukem.’
Credit: Original article published here.You can read this post on My Celebrity Life.
