At the age of 14, Koen discovered his love for House music and decided to buy a midi controller (which he still owns).

Playing on this machine for hours a day he discovered his passion for funky, tropical & latin house beats. From that point on he played at several Latin-Ibiza House party’s in Holland and Curacao. In the meanwhile his friend Peeke got interested in DJing as well and bought a Pioneer XDJ R1.

After doing some houseparty's and all-night mix sessions together they decided to form a duo. Playing around and having fun during their sets is essential for these grown up kids and one day they found 2 flamingo's beneath the booth of Club Fiji in Amersfoort where they are residents for over 2 years now. By using these animals as a way to entertain the crowd (and each other) people started calling them the Flamingo's and since then De Flamingo's were officially born!