The panel in front of Qmusic DJ Mattie Valk is the lifeblood of the most popular morning show in the Netherlands: while colleagues are chatting, he always operates the buttons. Those who did not watch via webcam yesterday morning initially had no idea what was happening in the studio. “Oh cunt, cunt, cunt, my goodness,” Mattie only scolded. “Sorry, this is all wrong here.”
The DJ, who turned 38 yesterday, had received a basket full of 38 “typical Mattie Valk breakfasts” from his colleagues as a birthday present, or 38 times a can of energy drink and a protein bar. During a phone conversation with a listener, Mattie seemed to want to read the label of a candy bar, but forgot that he also had an open can in his hand.
LOOK. During the broadcast yesterday, the Dutchman accidentally poured a shot of energy drink over an important mixing console, which broke three slides
“Joe, we need paper,” the Dutchman quickly told producer Joe ‘trainee of the show’ Stam, who was clearly quite shocked. “I don’t know if we’re still broadcasting at the moment.” “It looks like it’s on fire.”
The splash of energy drink light had worrying consequences. According to the DJ, the buttons on the panel eventually went out slowly. The show was forced to be completed in another studio.
“Yesterday I became a year older, the technical department of Qmusic has become ten years older in one fell swoop”, the Dutchman looked back this morning. “It really wasn’t fun. Do you want to know the damage? There are three faders, as it is called, those slides on the mixing console, broken. Do you want to know what a slider costs? 2,500 euros. Yesterday I made 7,500 euros worth of damage. Terrible.”
