Record-breaking DJ Obi charms local partygoers

24 October 2016 - 08:56 By LEONIE WAGNER

DJ Obi has given new meaning to the phrase "all night long". The Nigerian broke the world record for the longest DJ set after playing for 229 hours and 58 minutes at a cafe in Lagos, Nigeria. Fighting sleep deprivation, hallucinations and swollen feet, DJ Obi beat the previous record, set in November 2014 in Dublin by Polish DJ Norbert Selmaj, who played for 200 hours.DJ Obi played for 10 days with his set beginning on June 22 ending on July 2.Some of the rules were that he could not sleep or take any form of energy supplements.In addition, there had to be people dancing throughout his set and he could not repeat the same song within four hours of playing it."I didn't know how difficult it would really be until I started . my feet started swelling and my blood pressure went up. I only found out afterwards that it could have been life-threatening," he said.Local partygoers got to experience just how this Guinness World Record holder played for 10 days and kept people on the dance floor when he performed in South Africa this weekend.Having begun his DJ career in 2005, he has played across the world from Spain, UK, US, Portugal, Ghana, Lebanon to South Africa.DJ Obi said: "The plan was to get my global DJ brand to the world . once you break a world record everyone wants to find out more about you."It's important to think outside the box. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something," DJ Obi said.Asked how he kept people dancing to his set for almost 230 hours, DJ Obi said that while music was universal, it was important for a DJ to be aware of the crowd, and it also helped that he had almost 18 000 songs on his set list...

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