Does the world need a all-girl DJ competition? You might think so, if you look at the ranking of the top 100 djs in the world for 2009,. The list is completely dominated by men. “I was really shocked to see so few female DJs featured in the annual Top 100 DJ chart in DJ… Read More Where The Boys Aren’t – The Next Girl DJ Competition
Charissa Saverio, aka DJ Rap is the latest in our series of Chicks that Mix – some of the exceptional women of electronic, dance and experimental electronic music. DJ Rap has been voted Shejay’s #1 female DJ in the world. She owns, records for, runs and A&Rs two labels Proper Talent and Improper Talent. She’s a producer, recording… Read More Chicks That Mix: DJ Rap
It’s been awhile since we highlighted any Chicks That Mix. There’s probably no better way to remedy that situation than drawing your attention to Little Boots‘ Victoria Hesketh. Hesketh is the former lead singer with Dead Disco, and now she does her own electronic dance music as Little Boots. “Little Boots is just me, Victoria,”… Read More Chicks That Mix: Little Boots’ Victoria Hesketh
Liz McLean Knight, aka Liz Revision, describes herself as “a multi-websited busybody, experimental electronic musician, and jewelry designer, with a love of all things technologically innovative and geek-chic.” We found her site while checking out some dj-geek wear and were impressed. Knight’s got one of the coolest portfolios of projects that we’ve seen: Produces experimental… Read More Chicks That Mix: Liz Revision
The latest in our series of Chicks That Mix is DJ Viktoria Rebeka. Originally from Croatia, Viktoria Rebeka is known for mixing house tracks, ranging from progressive house to electro-house. From her official bio: When about 16 years old, she discovered electronic music and was mainly listening to a local electronic music radio. Just then,… Read More Chicks That Mix: Viktoria Rebeka
The latest DJ in our series of Chicks that Mix is producer, model and actress DJ Loli. Loli has multiple intersecting careers, including acting in television and films, music and film production, modeling and DJing. You can get a taste of Loli’s electro style with her free DJ mix, below, from Voodoo Radio. [display_podcast]
DJ/producer Reid Speed began career in the New York City drum & bass underground in the nineties, when it was still a bit of a novelty for a woman to be DJing. She quickly built a reputation, though, in the word of drum and bass. Since then, she’s toured the world spinning drum and bass,… Read More Chicks That Mix: Reid Speed
The latest DJ in our series of Chicks that Mix is 23-year-old Montreal native Vivie-Ann. Vivie-Ann says her sets cover everything house with a hint of ping or pong – anything that makes hands fly in the air. When asked to describe her sound, Vivie-Ann says it’s “bump in the night with a little dynamite,”… Read More Spend Two Hours With DJ Vivie-Ann
Dj Anastasia was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1985. Since she was a child, she has loved music, dancing, playing piano and guitar. When she was 16, Anastasia fell in love with electronic music and made her first attempts to mix vinyl. Since then, DJ Anastasia has played with Felix da Housecat; DJ Diamond, Dj… Read More Chicks That Mix: DJ Anastasia
Amber Nixon is a San Francisco-based techno and tech-house DJ and producer with a taste for driving beats and aggressively risky mixing. Aggressive and risky is good. Her unique approach to mixing is featured on her three CD releases, Live with Friends and Family (2004), Gold (2002), and CityDweller (2001), and her latest track, Your… Read More Chicks That Mix: DJ Amber
