This is another one of my very good friends, Dirk Oxen. Our history goes back at least six years, when we started to run a local sound system "Rasta Academy", which main purpose was to educate people about social and spiritual issues. Although the sound and inspiration were arguably Rastafarian, they certainly were uplifting. A few years later, we developed "Lovers Hi Fi", "the sweetest sound around". Triggered by personal issues in both our love lives, we decided to give the crowd a selection of the best loversreggae we could find. I remember me and Dirk have spent days in his forest home selecting stuff on minidisc to play in the nearby youth club. Next to all this, we have invented a genre called "reggae comedy", closely linked to Lovers Hi Fi; as we would put on small sketches on stage (a betrayed husband, a fight over a girl) while the music was playing. At last, Dirk fell in love and married an American girl and now practices his other passion (next to Sonya) as a shepherd somewhere close to Vancouver. I hope we can meet again soon. Fond memories, reasoning by the fireplace ... All best Dirk!
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