HE may not be able to leap over buildings and stop bullets, but Uitenhage-born nightclub favourite DJ Superman will be hoping to use his powers to keep audiences entertained throughout the festive season.

The DJ, who is known as Danny Williams to his friends and family, has been a fixture on the Nelson Mandela Bay club scene for more than two decades, first getting behind the decks when he was still a school pupil.

“When I first started, I was just deejaying at school parties, using tape decks.

“It was only later I graduated on to vinyl,” Williams explained.

“I got my first big break at Rhythms Dance Club in Motherwell, which used to attract people from all over Port Elizabeth.

“In those days it was quite rare to see people travelling from the Northern Areas to party in Motherwell, but they did at Rhythms,” he added.

The list of venues where DJ Superman has been resident reads like a history of the local nightclub scene.

He played at Club Xtacy and Fat Boys in Uitenhage, Rascals (where La Dee Da’s now stands), Oxide, Nine Yards and Here Groove Lounge.

“Now I don’t want to do any residencies. I am concentrating on being a freelance DJ, playing at different clubs to different audiences,” he explained.

However he still has one regular gig, and that is performing at Bay United’s home soccer matches, where he keeps the atmosphere going before kick-off, during half-time and after the final whistle.

“I’d love to play all over South Africa as a national DJ,” he said.

“But first I’d need to release a CD.”

Another aspect which has counted against Williams becoming a household name nationwide has been his reluctance to leave the Eastern Cape.

“When YFM started up I was offered the chance to DJ for them, but that would have meant moving to Johannesburg,” he said, adding that he did have radio experience, having played on the now defunct Ubuntu FM and Bay FM back when it was still called CBFM.

He also finds travelling a bit difficult, as he has a nine to five job as a special events manager for a soft-drinks company.

“It’s quite a balancing act between the two (his main job and being a DJ),” he said.

“My ultimate aim is to be recognised nationally, but still based in Mandela Bay.”

During the festive season, Williams can be seen at a number of high profile events.

The first is this weekend, as both DJ and MC at the Uitenhage Carnival tonight and tomorrow.

On December 16, fans can catch him in action at the Springs Music Festival in Uitenhage.

He’s then part of the Nelson Mandela Bay International Music Festival between December 18 and 20, being one of only two Eastern Cape DJs taking on the national stars in a battle of the DJs on the middle day of the festival.

On December 26 he’ll be one of the DJs at the big party at Three Pools at the Willows Resort and then on December 31 he’ll perform at the New Year’s Eve party at Wells Estate.

Other commitments during the festive season include performances at The Godfather nightclub on December 10 and 15, as well as a gig at Hillside in Knysna on December 12.