MusicThe summer of her life gets a sequel. After successful DJ sets on stagesworldwide, Amber Broos (20) now gets her own show on One World Radio -Tomorrowland’s radio station. At twenty, the youngest DJ in a line-up full ofstars, but certainly not the least. “Twelve-year-old Amber wouldn’t evenbelieve this.”
“Do you have a moment? Then I put my book away”, Amber Broos laughs when weget her on the phone. “I am currently in full exams, and I am studying.” Notthat the communication sciences student from Leuven will soon be less busy, onthe contrary. After all, today it became known that Amber is getting her ownradio show on One World Radio. Every second Sunday of the month she treatslisteners to her unique style in ‘Sorry For The Noise’ – in which techno,house and Belgian retro-inspired music take the upper hand. “I really can’tbelieve I can check this off my bucket list. I started around the age ofthirteen. My dad Joeri has been a DJ himself for years. He also has his own DJschool where I used to practice after school. Not only has he passed on hispassion to me, he is also my biggest fan. Is he not jealous? No, he isgenuinely happy that I get to experience all this. Together with mom, he alsoaccompanies me to every performance. Although they can handle it well, theyare forced to be night owls, because I don’t have a driver’s license yet. Ipassed my theoretical exam during the corona crisis, the practical part willhopefully follow in March.”
Nervous debut in Boom
At the age of sixteen, Amber took the step that would define her career ratherby chance. “I had responded to a question from Studio Brussel. It was aboutthe inequality between men and women in the music industry. One thing led toanother and so I was allowed to work as a resident DJ. That eventually led toits own show with ‘UNTZ’.”
“Of course I was proud of that, but Tomorrowland also remained a dream. Ireally look up to artists like Charlotte de Witte and Amelie Lens, and theyhave played the tiles of the roof so often. As a DJ they are an example. Andthen suddenly it happened last year. When I saw that booking, I was blownaway. And then stress. Before my very first set, I was so nervous that Icouldn’t fully enjoy it.”
Not that she had long to think about it. After her debut in Boom, sheimmediately went to Ibiza. There Amber was allowed to play for the first timein the legendary club Ushuaïa. “I was programmed just before Paul Kalkbrenner.Insanely, and 2023 has started just as nicely. Not only is there ‘Sorry forthe Noise’, but I will soon also be playing on the mainstage of TomorrowlandWinter. I hope to be able to smuggle some of my own music into my set by then.If I could go back in time and tell this to 12-year-old Amber, she wouldn’tbelieve it. (laughs) ”