Neil Kemp on DJing at the World’s highest altitude for charity

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The world’s highest DJ set and the story behind it

In 2018, a team from Last Night A DJ Saved My Life made dance music history.

Alongside Nightmares on Wax, the LNADJ crew climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and performed what was, at the time, the highest-altitude DJ set ever recorded, all to raise money for children in need.

The challenge raised thousands of pounds, funded a new housing unit for a special-needs children’s home in Tanzania, and has since been turned into a full two-hour documentary titled Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.

In this episode of The Dexter Jones Podcast, I sit down with Neil Kemp, the LNADJ filmmaker who climbed alongside the team, carried the cameras up the mountain, battled 10 per cent oxygen, freezing temperatures, and exhaustion, and ultimately brought this record-breaking moment to life on screen.

This conversation goes far beyond the headline.

We talk about the realities of filming at extreme altitude, the technical and physical challenges of DJing on a mountain, the emotional moments that unfolded during the climb, and how a charity-led idea turned into a powerful piece of dance music history.

The record itself has since been surpassed, but the purpose, impact, and legacy of this climb remain unmatched.

This is not a hype story.
It’s a story about commitment, creativity, and using dance music culture to create real-world change.

🎧 Take your time with this one.

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We talk about:

• 🎚️ How the 2018 world-record DJ set happened

• 🏔️ The technical nightmare of DJing at extreme altitude

• 🧠 Mental and physical challenges on the climb

• ❤️ Raising money and creating lasting change in Tanzania

• 🎬 Turning a near-lost project into a feature-length documentary

• 🌕 The next challenge: the world’s highest full-moon party in Nepal

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Chapters:

00:00 DJing on Mount Kilimanjaro – World’s Highest DJ Set Intro
02:18 Last Night a DJ Saved My Life – The Moment That Sparked Everything
05:41 How a Broken Microphone Changed the Direction of the Journey
09:12 Clubaholic TV and Filming Dance Music Culture
13:04 Falling in Love With House Music and DJ Culture
16:38 Why This Kilimanjaro DJ Set Had to Be Documented
20:11 Preparing to Climb Mount Kilimanjaro – Training and Planning
24:07 Life on the Mountain – The Reality of High Altitude
28:19 Summit Night on Kilimanjaro – Mind Over Instinct
32:02 Sunrise at 5,895m – Above the Clouds
35:08 The DJ Set on Mount Kilimanjaro – The World’s Highest Performance
39:14 Descending Kilimanjaro – The Hardest Part of the Climb
42:03 Raising Money for Charity in Tanzania
46:08 Turning the Kilimanjaro Climb Into a Documentary Film
49:32 What Happened After the 2018 Kilimanjaro DJ Set
52:14 What’s Next for the Charity and Future Projects
54:40 Final Thoughts on the Kilimanjaro Experience

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