DJ Mouskovich played at Amsterdam Vinyl Club on 6 November 2025, but has been a regular at all our shows with Damn Good Records – the incredible Amsterdam record store that sells crates of vinyl treasures at our live events.

Meet DJ Mouskovich on:

• Instagram: instagram.com/mouskovich

• YouTube: @Street_Cinema_Trailers

You can also see Damn Good Records crate-digging for vinyl in Tokyo.

An interview with DJ Mouskovich

Tell us about yourself.
I’m DJ Mouskovich – I’m a vinyl collector and I have a huge collection, mostly 80s, 90s and early 2000s hip-hop. I have a long history in skateboarding, and that was how I got into a lot of different kinds of music – heavy metal, rock, progressive rock, Funkadelic and more.

You’re friends with Ko, who runs Damn Good Records. How did you meet each other?
I was living in Rotterdam, and I first got to know Ko from going to skateboarding parties and other events in Amsterdam.

I moved to Amsterdam, and a few years later I bumped into Ko again. He was running Damn Good Records, and was selling vinyl in markets and fairs. Actually, he was selling all sorts of amazing antiques, comic books, collectibles and other stuff. I started working with Ko at various events – then all of a sudden the whole vinyl hype blew up!

But I’m in it for the love of the music and being around people who share the same interests, the same passion. It’s great to share good music. I was never really a DJ. I did some messy skateboard demos and played at small events – house parties, friends’ birthdays, that sort of thing. I’d just show up with my records.

Back in the day I was doing a lot of backspinning and scratching, and I spent a lot of time learning that – but now it feels so outdated. A lot of people walk away when they hear that shit now! They think it’s too messy and they don’t understand the juggling – times have changed. Attention spans are shorter. You’ve got to drop the music!

I like to play everything, and that’s what I’m planning to do tonight – mixing some old school, some new hip-hop, classic metal, a little Funkadelic. It all blends together nicely.

Are you 100% vinyl or do you use music streaming services?
Streaming services have a lot to discover and you can find music you’ve never heard before. I have YouTube Music, and it’s great for giving you related tracks, similar bands, live concerts, collaborations and more. I’m not against streaming services in any way – but I love the quality that comes from vinyl. You have a turntable, an amplifier, and with that you can change your experience. Compressed MP3 music and streaming music are fine, but they never sound as good as vinyl. It’s just so much better.

What do you love most about vinyl?
With vinyl you can build a nice collection. You can have a lot of different kinds of music.

But, most importantly, playing vinyl makes it feel like an event. You can share it with friends when they come by, and here in Holland you can bring along snacks and some little cheese blocks! You can have a glass of wine, have a beer, then put on a record and take your time to listen to entire tracks. Unlike streaming services, it’s not easy to skip – so you take the time to listen. That’s a totally different experience to streaming music, and you can share your music with people and pick them up. They can pull the plug on the internet, but you’ll always have your records.

As a record trader, do you have any advice for finding your vinyl holy grail?
If you want to find holy grail records, you have to work out a plan. First you need to make a list, find the records, then think about the price you are willing to pay. Records that were not pressed in large numbers are going to cost a lot of money. But there are a lot of record shops and fairs to explore and the records you want are out there somewhere.