A DJ is taking the dance music world by storm with his newest addition to Colchester’s nightlife, Swing Sundays.

Max Chapman has just finished his summer DJing in Ibiza but has started his own dance music event closer to home in Colchester.

The former Clacton County High School pupil is now 29 and has not only racked up 20 top 100 entries in the music charts, he has a best selling dance record, La Fiesta.

He has been gigging every week since he was 23 and Swing Sundays are part of his new venture.

He said: “I used to wash the dishes in a family friend’s fish and chip shop at the age of 13.

“I only used to do about four hours every Saturday and earned £2.30 an hour.

“Yet I somehow managed to save up for my first pair of turntables and a mixer, and use a little Hi-Fi in my bedroom to mix on.”

“I never had a real interest in music at school and I didn’t even take it as a GCSE, which I very much regret, although somehow now my life would be nothing without music.

Max has gigged all over the world but before his big break he had a residency set at Rasputins and the Boardwalk in Clacton.

“I would go to London for work at 5am as a plumber, usually get home around 6pm,” he added.

“I would produce music until 2am learning everything I know from YouTube and then go and get some sleep and repeat this daily,”

The Swing Sunday events is a project Max has been working on for a number of years and three events have successfully already taken place since August.

He said: “I don’t have the freedom to do a party on a Saturday as I’m always booked out, so a Sunday was my only option.

“I wanted to bring a little bit of what I do to Colchester.

“My gigs usually have a lot of production, high quality sound systems, crazy lighting, CO2 gas cannons, confetti cannons and so on, which is something that Colchester and its surrounding areas doesn’t have.

“I wanted to show people that there is more to a gig than just playing a record.”

Swing Sundays will be at the Boadicea bar in Haven Road, Colchester.

For more information about the next event head to skiddle.com and search Max Chapman.