ARoS Museum Residency

During the month of August I was selected to be an artist-in-residence for ARoS Museum in Denmark via Flux Factory (my other residency), where I developed the music for my next EP, as well as creating a new live set using the Ableton Push and Ableton 10. I also held two DJ 101 workshops, one for teenage girls and one for adults.  Working in a public space, I was able to collaborate with several of the visual artists sharing the space, as well as interact with Danish museum attendees curious about what they were seeing and hearing. Super fun experience! Below are some highlights, and soon you will hear the music I created 🙂

Press:

https://finespind.dk/index.php/artikler-og-billedserier/1007-flux-factory-fra-queens-til-aros-med-fokus-pa-faellesskab

The artists-in-residents I had the luck of sharing this creative space with. I believe there’s at least 7 countries represented here 🙂
Doing the two things I love the most – DJ’ing and teaching
Teaching the teenage daughters of professors at a nearby Danish university
One of the residents made these cards for us all!
On a field trip to Copenhagen

 

The residents at a Danish picnic

New Mixes

Hello from Denmark! I am in the process of updating this website (and working on a new EP) but in the meantime I will leave you with several new mixes for your listening pleasure.

  1. A chilled-out house music mix
  2. A drum-heavy club mix I released on the NYC-based Sweat Equity label
  3. A classic 90s rnb mix 🙂

Winter Tour 2017

Going on tour down south before I move up north next month 🙂

12/7 – Le Bang @ Snug Harbor, Charlotte

12/8 – Mix 4 @ Club One, Savannah

12/9 – WATERPROOF for Internet Friends @ Art Basel, Miami

Moogfest ALWAYS ON Livestreaming Event

Had the opportunity today to livestream a hardware set out of my living room (complete with a cameo from my chihuahua Rico Suave) for Moogfest’s Always On event.  Always On is a 50-hour livestream with continuous performances from women & non-binary electronic artists and beatmakers. Presented in partnership with Tom Tom Magazine, the livestream highlights the abundance of women and non-binary artists actively creating and performing electronic music and beats around the world – from a home-studio in South Africa, to the Moog Music Inc. Factory in North Carolina. 50 artists performing across 17 countries and 35 cities.

For my set, I was using the Moog Sub Phatty, Werkstatt, Korg Electribe and Arturia Beat Step Pro.

Check out the archived video of the performance here: https://www.facebook.com/DJPlayPlay/videos/1641689482559786/

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