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DJ Slamma<br />
Commercial/Tribal House/R ‘n’ B<br />
MOST INSPIRING RECORD?<br />
All night long - Mary Jane’s Girl<br />
BEST SONG OUT NOW?<br />
3 minutes to explain - Fedde le Grand<br />
& Funkerman<br />
HOW DID YOU START?<br />
I was inspired by watching Princess<br />
Julia at “Queer Nation” and Queen<br />
Maxine at Heads... Girl Power!<br />
TIPS FOR WANNABE DJS?<br />
The best DJs are able to mix anything,<br />
but play the music you like most, and<br />
create your own identity and style.<br />
PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE?<br />
If you believe in it, you will get it. Also<br />
that things happen for a reason.<br />
DJs at Passion Pit and iCandy<br />
(Candy Bar), Hours (Colyceum),<br />
Discotec, Profile and Strike<br />
KathHarding<br />
Tech/minimal/techno<br />
MOST INSPIRING RECORD?<br />
Throw – Carl Craig & The Plastic People.<br />
BEST SONG OUT NOW?<br />
Nomads (the Matthias<br />
Tanzmann Remix) – Clé<br />
HOW DID YOU START?<br />
With a dash of ignorance and<br />
a heap of passion.<br />
TIPS FOR WANNABE DJS?<br />
Always remember your crowd,<br />
they’re the reason you’re there!<br />
PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE?<br />
move through life with lightness,<br />
touch hearts without leaving a mark.<br />
DJs at WiSH, Smack, Dirty Red Ball<br />
Miss Bailey<br />
House/rare grove/funk/soul/experimental electronic/pop/rock/disco<br />
MOST INSPIRING RECORD?<br />
Keep It Up – Milton Wright<br />
BEST SONG OUT NOW?<br />
Chicken Licken – RGBs<br />
HOW DID YOU START?<br />
I was persuaded by friends to get out<br />
there as I was so into music. I had my<br />
first gigs in the mid-90s at Shugs and<br />
Club Ashae.<br />
Nikki Lucas<br />
Ragga/disco/R ‘n’ B/various<br />
MOST INSPIRING RECORD?<br />
Anything – Alice Coltrane<br />
BEST SONG OUT NOW?<br />
Under Mi Sensi Mashup – Dubstep<br />
HOW DID YOU START?<br />
On the moon.<br />
TIPS FOR WANNABE DJS?<br />
Get some headphones<br />
PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE?<br />
Kia Kaha<br />
DJs at Bootylicious<br />
Photograph by:<br />
Patricia Niven<br />
TIPS FOR WANNABE DJS?<br />
Develop your own sound. Become a<br />
cottage industry making mix CDs and<br />
get them out to as many folk as<br />
possible.<br />
PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE?<br />
Don’t take or give sh*t.<br />
DJs at Bootylicious and Sunday<br />
Happy Day<br />
Vicky Lester<br />
Electro/House/Retro/Rock ‘n’ Roll/<br />
Disco/ Indie/Pop/Punk<br />
MOST INSPIRING RECORD?<br />
Our Daughter’s Wedding – Lawnchairs<br />
BEST SONG OUT NOW?<br />
There are too may to list just one…<br />
HOW DID YOU START?<br />
I Started at The Faversham in Leeds in<br />
the early 90s. A friend thought I’d be<br />
good at it and he gave me a Friday slot<br />
playing whatever set I wanted.<br />
TIPS FOR WANNABE DJS?<br />
Listen to as much music as you can,<br />
new and old and see where it all<br />
connects. I think you can tell when a<br />
DJ knows their music.<br />
PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE?<br />
Know your own philosophy!<br />
DJs at Rudgirls, TG, Marvellous,<br />
Heaven, Wotever<br />
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Pop Singer turned acclaimed female DJ, Sonique told the<br />
BBC that mixing is harder than it looks<br />
DJ Minx<br />
Funky and soulful House/Electro<br />
MOST INSPIRING RECORD?<br />
Never Give Up – Soul Avengerz<br />
BEST SONG OUT NOW?<br />
Blind (Frankie Knuckles Mix) –<br />
Hercules & Love Affair<br />
HOW DID YOU START?<br />
I used to live with two DJ’s and one of<br />
them used to let me play around in<br />
the clubs and try and mix.<br />
TIPS FOR WANNABE DJS?<br />
Never give up, you may get a few<br />
knock backs, but keep going. Push<br />
those mixed CD’s of yours, you never<br />
know where they will end up<br />
PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE?<br />
Life is what you make it!<br />
DJs at Shadow Lounge, Candy Bar,<br />
Box Bar, Escape, Nobu
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