History
After his first attendence at Sanctum, he soon started to discover and frequent other virtual parties and events, where he discovered a vibrant and diverse community of music lovers and creators. Merlz’s introduction to DJing in VR happened by chance, when he was inspired by another VRchat DJ named GeeKaz to dust off his old dj controller from the basement and try it out in VR. On a Saturday, July 2nd 2022, he set up his equipment and opened up a public instance of Club Orion where he played a mix of Hardstyle- and Hardcore-music for anyone who joined. To his surprise, his lobby attracted a lot of attention and soon reached a peak attendence of approximately 50 people. Merlz ended up playing a 5-hour-liveset, telling all of his friends about his thrilling experience, the positive feedback and the fun he had. He then decided to turn DJing in VR into a regular hobby.