The DJ who makes young and old dance at Christmas (and who came out of ruin to succeed again)

Between the 16-year-old boy who got off with a friend on a motorcycle from Barcelona to the

to the 50-year-old veteran musician who prepares his Christmas session next Monday with the illusion of a child, there is a trip that deserves a movie.

Or a documentary where nothing would be missing.

rise and fall

Success and ruin.

Popularity and oblivion.

Music is the air of

, his vital need.

As excited last Saturday to participate again in the Old Gold, the great electronic party led by his friend DJ Nano, as for what awaits him on the Riviera on the 26th, an appointment that was invented in 2019 so that the parents could dance with their children in a special birthday atmosphere.

Instead of castle of balls, there will be megatron and

will not sound , but

,

,

or many other hymns from the tracks of the 90s and early 2000s that are still in fashion thanks to the boom of the

sound , of which Neil is one of his references.

The 25,000 people that his compadre Nano gathered the last two Saturdays in hall eight of Ifema are the best example of the good health of this genre.

Neil with DJ Nano, DJing together.EM

Next Monday at

, in the evening shift (from 5:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.), like those light sessions, Neil will once again unite generations with a charitable objective.

There will be no shortage of cartoon characters, Christmas decorations, soft drinks and the desire to dance.

"The money raised goes to various associations that help children," says the DJ, very proud to lead this initiative with a lot of personal history behind it.

«After overcoming my cancer, I did not forget the sick children with whom I came across in oncology.

I invented this party for them », he remembers the hardest episode of his life, a dizzying song that came to him when he was getting back on top-level stages, after a period where the sector forgot him.

Neither the hits of the 90s, when he was listed as one of the DJs of the moment, touring all over Spain (star of the mythical

room ), nor the stellar landing in Madrid, with residences in the most important nightclubs, sponsorship contracts and Radio and television programs with millionaire audiences (

, on TVE) avoided its dark cycle.

“I went out of fashion and ended up in ruins.

I went from interviewing Michael Jackson [on television] to having my power cut off due to debts in the apartment in Seseña where I had to go live.

Only my wife supported me, who always trusted me », he recounts in detail and without any shame.

He was given a job in one of his stores by

, another of Madrid's flagship DJs, to whom Neil had given visibility a few years before.

"I earned my living folding T-shirts on Fuencarral street," he tells of that period of personal depression.

Dj Neil, in full session.

Another friend already mentioned (Nano), appeared to put the dishes back on.

In the Old Gold of Christmas 2016, in Vistalegre, DJ Neil started engines again with such force that not even an evil lump could stop him.

He had a life-or-death operation that June 2017, but he asked his doctor to let him play at the

festival , where he was advertised.

He was waiting for the operating room: «He wanted to go on stage, just in case it was my last time.

And it was the best session of my life.

I started to cry while playing

and other topics".

With the energy of the reborn, he resumed the road, bowling, macro-concerts and the microphone, on Loca FM, where every afternoon he makes several generations dance in the car seat, in the office or in the living room, hooked on electronics. vintage.

Born in London and raised in Catalonia, he feels like a cat.

«In Madrid there is a unique creative freedom.

The night has changed, from the late 90s to now, but the desire to party remains the same.

My first time here was on the deck of Leganés.

I hallucinated with the noise that came from the track, wanting to enjoy », he says now, closing a successful 2022.

"I never had as many performances as this year," he admits to explain his happy moment.

DJ Neil's family and charity session, on Monday 26 at La Riviera, from 5:30 p.m. https://www.entradasatualcance.com/tickets-en-familia-by-dj-neil

The money raised will go to the associations Save sight now Europe, Brian O'Kane and Duchenne Parent Project Spain.

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