DJ Veeva's Interview for Shejay
: Interview (by Miha Shejay)
by Miha Shejay
Melbournes finest new kid on the block to smash her way into the dj/music scene since launching her dj career in June 2005 at Two Floors Up for a private function of 500 people organised and sponsered by Redbull is DJ Veeva. Fusing phat,chunky,big vocal dirty house beats with electro elements Veeva will have you burning up the dancefloor. Watching ...
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New Years Eve - India Dj Rosie Romero
: Rosie Romero - in INDIA New Years Eve 2009
by Rosie Romero Rosie Romero - India - Hyderabad - Touch Club - New Years Eve 2009
1st Floor, Trendset Towers, Road Number 2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
Bathed in a dull red glow, Touch radiates excellence, pearl white interiors, with matching white leather couches that complement every crease on the drapes and ceiling hangings. The place takes your breath away, a touch of class.
All ...
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La Roux
: Beyond the Quiff from Electronic Beats
by Sachi Mahadeo
As can be expected from someone who wore a T-shirt declaring “I’m a c*nt” when inking her record deal, 21-year-old La Roux front woman Elly Jackson alternates between emphatic declarations and an almost clinical self-awareness about her burgeoning musical career. When the band’s addictive debut single “Quicksand” and corresponding video featuring the flame-haired Jackson perched on the edge of a ...
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Bat for Lashes
: Interview From Pitchfork
by PAKLEETS
Natasha Khan is a performer in the truest sense of the word. On her second album as Bat for Lashes, this year's Two Suns, the UK singer and songwriter hitches her real-life tale of a dying trans-Atlantic relationship to one of the oldest tropes in the book-- star-crossed lovers. Then, bolstering her astronomical metaphors with a tragic character inspired by ...
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DJ Miss Divine
: The Lady of Defected Records
by Sachi Mahadeo
The most influential House label of all time, with millions of records sold globally and some of the biggest names in the genre, Defected’s first and only lady, DJ Miss Divine, agreed to do an interview with Shejay while busily prepping for her annual Summer gig at Defected Ibiza.
When did your interest in House music start?
It started in 2003 when ...
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Earlier this spring, I spoke with the Canadian breakthrough singer-songwriter Lights, who was in the midst of a 13-city Canadian and US tour. Lights is Valerie Poxleitner, whom legally added her nickname deriving from her last name, and won both Best New Artist at the 2009 Juno Awards (Canada's Music Awards) and Best New Group/Solo Artist (Mainstream ...
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Dublin's Shejays
: Talking to three of Ireland's top female DJs - an interview by Alex Donald
by Alex Donald
For such a tiny country at the very edge of western Europe, Ireland has had a disproportionately large impact on creative arts across the world. Ireland has produced four winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature, arguably one of the world's biggest rock bands amongst many other notable musicians, some fine Hollywood stars both old and new, and internationally ...
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Bloody in Berlin
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by PAKLEETS
Bloody Mary, France's finest import in the Berlin techno scene has been busy DJing, producing beats, and jamming with her band Gipsy Family. In between breaths, she managed to catch up with Shejay to discuss her work and her upcoming DJ mix compilation "Tanz Mit Mir"...
Ok first off, why Bloody? ;)
One night in london was to drunk because of the ...
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M.I.A.
: 'Paper Planes,' and coasting to fame on 'Pineapple Express'
by PAKLEETS
M.I.A has always known that her unique blend of world music and politically minded hip-hop would be a hard sell. “In the beginning people were like, well, where the hell does this s--- fit?” recalls the rapper who was born in Britain but is of Sri Lankan descent. “When I started off in England, HMV or Tower Records would come ...
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Magda
: Minimal techno Is mainstream
by PAKLEETS
Since her move to Berlin in the early naughties Magda has become one of the world's biggest techno DJs riding the crest of the boom in underground music.
The Minus star takes a break from her insane touring schedule to answer some questions about her life on the road and why minimal is going all 'ticky-ticky-ticky-ticky'.
What do you think about ...
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An Interview with Shortee
: Queens of the Jungle
by PAKLEETS
It would be hard not to label the drum & bass world a boys only club. The leading DJs, label owners and all round scenesters are all guys.
But then again it's easy to look at sub-genres and label them stereotypically, which in our modern day music climate drum & bass often succumbs to.
In actual fact if you've been to a ...
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Anane
: Talks shop with Beatportal
by PAKLEETS
Cape Verdean songstress Anane has been making plenty of waves next to her legendary hubby Louie Vega lately, with accomplishments that include performing with the Elements of Life at the 2007 Superbowl, a single released last week, and a forthcoming debut album, Anane's World to be released on Tommy Boy Records.
Beatportal had the honor of gaining some insight into ...
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House of Hannah
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by PAKLEETS Your latest single is called, "I love America" - of course the name probably says a lot but explain further your thoughts when you to wrote this?
I actually did not write this, this is a cover of a a song by Patrick Juvet and Jacques Morali. Jacques Morali is a fantastic writer/producer, he wrote many many hits in the 70s ...
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You Can't Miss With Bliss
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by PAKLEETS
She entered electronica when it was still a novelty to see a female DJ, let alone a female producer. Just releasing the aptly titled Nightmoves on July 14th, this pivotal member of Faithless is one-third of the world’s only multi-million selling stadium dance band, a constant producer of music (Nightmoves is only one of her mix compilations), and she’s ...
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HACKED REAÄ°S
: One of Montreal's Hottest DJ
by mary velo
Often referred to as one of Montreal’s hardest working DJ, DJ Mini could be considered the “Canadian Lady of Electro Land.” She is known for making instruments out of children’s toys, and has worked with artists including Ellen Allien, Tiga, Miss Kittin, and Laurent Garnier. Her first album, “Audio Hygiene" has been nominated for record sleeve of the ...
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Miss Kittin Interview
: From SONAR 2008
by PAKLEETS
Miss Kittin, the electro pop queen, has been called many things. Shy. Reserved. Cold. Bitchy. Forward-thinking. Cutting-edge. Provocative.
But today sitting down with Beatportal, she’s nothing but sweet, and dare I say it, quite cute.
“Yeah well, you caught me on a good day,” she says laughing, whilst puffing on an elegant white cigarette.
Miss Kittin doesn’t often give ...
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She’s been helping to build Sonar in Barcelona for 14 years (Sonar has only been going 15 years) so if anybody can offer some insight into what Sonar is all about, its history and the meaning behind the Sonar beats, ...
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Annalyzing Anna
: DJ Annalyze
by PAKLEETS
Timing is everything.
Along with having skills like Annalyze. (If you haven't seen/heard what she can do: You Tube her.) Five years ago, I first saw her in Miami while filming a female DJ documentary. I had no idea who she was, but I knew one thing for sure...she was focused, and unbelievably talented for doing this ...
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Mandi Love
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DJ, Percussionist Sacramento,
California, USA
Mandi Love is such an appropriate name for a dj. From 1998 to the present, she has been showing us her love for us and for her music, through deep ...
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