Around 1987 Vanriksem got introduced to club music from london and within a year he got hooked to house music. With close friend Dj-DaVinci he started exchanging music tracks. DaVinci also showed him what properly mixing actually was. The name Rikkert was changed to Vanriksem and next to playing at various events and parties he also hosts his own podcasts on soundcloud. The ‘Vanriksem podcasts’ always have 3 ingredients: it’s Deep, Groovy and you will always find a pianotrack.