Cayman’s night life scene has just had the heat turned up by a couple of degrees with the return of everyone’s favourite Disc Jockey, the incomparable DJ Alexi.
After leaving the Island for just over a year to set up a restaurant in Canada, the DJ - who is also a trained chef, says he has returned to Grand Cayman to reclaim the scene, which many will agree that he ruled without challenge.
“I knew I had left a pretty serious market and I wanted to come back to the place where people had shown me so much love,” exclaims the DJ, adding that, “Most chefs are usually artists at heart and at the end of the day it’s all about the senses. People always need to eat and it is almost as important to have a good time.”
It was about 1998 when Alexi started his odyssey in DJing in his home country of Canada, where he would spend every pay check collecting music. However, he says he was able to really find his groove in the Cayman Islands and “things just really took off. The reception has been amazing and quite frankly I am always in awe of the warmth shown to me by patrons all over the Island.”
Currently the DJ is getting re-acclimated to life in the tropics and organising his busy schedule, which will undoubtedly see him coming to a venue near you, wherever you are in Grand Cayman.
In fact, the DJ has now hooked up with TITAN Entertainment and local entrepreneur Matthew Leslie to provide several new nights of action on the scene. These include several at the new nightclub “Elements”, set to open on 11 November, just above the popular Vivendi revue at The Strand on the West Bay Road.
Of the nights planned, party-goers can expect How Sexy Thursdays, Anthems Wednesdays, and Digital Saturdays. In addition, Mojito Fridays will be offered every first and third Friday of the month at Abacus, as well as a happy hour set at the Green Parrot on Fridays. There is also an evening at the Royal Palms, referred to as Earth, Wind and Fire on Saturdays from 2pm to 6pm.
“Like chefing, being a DJ is rewarding, but the effect of a DJing is more instant and the interaction, as well as the gratification are instant. It hits that feel good spot,” says Alexi.
“I’ll play anything but my bloodline is house music because it moves at 128 beats per minute, as does the human heart and if you play it well and use the right levels, you can send people to a really happy place.”
You can find DJ Alexi at Tdotboys.com. WH