I think www.djmorgana.com is pretty cool!

Yep there are! My local awsome DJs:

www.djtotentanz.com

djxfixi8

You may even want to check out this LJ community:

Chix With Discs: http://www.livejournal.com/community/chix_with_discs/

here's a couple more from toronto....

Haz_Mat - http://www.hazmat-infection.com/dj

Razorgrrl - http://www.razorgrrl.com

Yeah, I second DJ MORGANA and RAZORGIRL for sure!

DJ Kittenflug aka Jenn from Ayria - Toronto
DJ Nemesis - Cleveland

I notice from other forum topics that girls seem to have it a lot tougher than the guys as performers. I have a feeling that I would just be look at as a “novelty” and not taken seriously.

Toronto has some fantastic women Djs, I have never personally thought of female Djs as a novelty.

Good luck to you!

Most of our best and hardest DJs in these here parts of the midwest are teh ladeez:

k-y
Siberia
:EYG:

I swipe tracks from k-y and Siberia's setlists all the time:)

Less hard but still damn good:

joolz
Bloodlossgirl
Electrique
NYM

K-Y (aka quewhy) is on side-line too, so maybe she'll see this and post...

I was a dj last year, for me it was twice harder because I incorporated EBM, eletro & industrial music to the playlist , the club only played old school goth and darkwave.

Well I'm canadian but I live in Chile , Southamerica and this kind of music was a novelty down here, so I can be proud that I was the first electro, syth pop, ebm, industrial female DJ .

Good Luck!

oh HELL yeah

i have been djing for over 14 years and each year it seems to be more and more women are djing -- definitley makes me happy :-)


good luck!

http://www.hexentanz.com

i think its an illusion. a good dj is a good dj. im not a good dj. you'll hear what i want you to hear.

Just a quick note:

We had a preparty for a fest today and half the DJs at it spinning were women:

Siberia
The Nurse (formerly Nurse Mengele, outta Conn.)
Kelowna (of DC's Chiarascuro)

They all kicked ass. Gender ain't important. Moving a floor is.:)

Good grief, another Jenna!From one Jenna to another, I say hello!

I've been told that I should DJ goth rock stuff many years ago....only because I got in a huge conversation with some guy about Danse Society....

omg

Francesca from Slimelight London is a very good female DJ (playing things from the noisier end of the spectrum).

Rivetmike

Never been to slimelight but that's set to change although I'm gonna give the club after a miss...see what else is on that night...

there are a lot in los angeles. a few here in san diego too, dj robin roth & dj julie off the top of my head.

DJ LADY WALKIRIA (France) here :
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ladywalkiria/
http://www.trenzhost.com/files/havoc2027/hp_scanDS_4841039129.jpg

I think there are a few in the UK, Katy Kitten is one(I think I have the name right)but I don't know many DJ's personally....

I see that lots of people are naming DJs that they know...

but are there any female DJs actually participating in the forum?

quewhy did.

only one at of this whole forum!?

Myself and Sandrine from Seize DJ sometimes, but we wouldn't call ourselves DJ's if you see what I mean!...

We've never had problems with people thinking we're a novelty because we're female. Not that I'm aware of anyway.

I see that lots of people are naming DJs that they know...

but are there any female DJs actually participating in the forum?
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yeah that is rather weird.
there most definitely is a lot more female dj's now
then there was say 10 years ago.

it is a great thing and i most definitely hope the numbers keep growing!!!

I don't know Katy Kitten personally myself....or any female DJ's actually...

I've DJ'd before. I co-hosted an industrial radio show (on an AM college station) for about 6 months; a couple of club nights here and there too, but where I live the DJ's are predominantly male.

DJ Coppertop (Indianapolis area) is a female... and she kicks ass at DJing... and she's an awesome person! I met her last year at a party and talked to her for a bit... definitely a cool person. :)

Hey Jenna,

Why don't you check out www.shejay.net - it's the largest online resource for female DJs. You can read lots of interesting articles related to women DJs, electronic music, etc...There's lots of helpful advice on the site. You can also post your profile to promote yourself there!

Good luck
Kellilicious

DJ Jenna MHZ:

"I notice from other forum topics that girls seem to have it a lot tougher than the guys as performers. I have a feeling that I would just be look at as a “novelty” and not taken seriously."

Stand up for what you belive in. I am sure it is worth it. And don't let anyone stand in your way.

lorelei:

Is there a club scene in Chile? Never heard of that. Maybe because my spanish is not that good. Any bands worth hearing?

GREATEST FEMALE DJ...

DJ HUMAN CLONE!!! now theres a lass who can spin some good tunes.

Apskaft:

I've been told that the scene in Chile is even bigger than in Argentina...

For those who don't know much about these southern countries. It's like comparing US with Canada..Chile being the Canadians :P.

There are a couple of venues now not only playing goth and darkwave but also EBM, electro and industrial.

There are some chilean bands but more on the Noise side. I 'll see if I can find any links if your interested.


I'll be spinning music again at the end of the month at a party in a big venue :)

ugh.. I am here.. kinda.. I just rediscovered this forum. If you like you can download one of my live demo mixes here:

http://djcoppertop.com/mp3/djcoppertop804.mp3

cheers!

gretchen

dj copper top
Electronic Dance Music DJ http://www.djcoppertop.com (audio MP3 72 minute UP!!)
http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/COPPER_TOP/ (vote for ME! *please*)
http://www.myspace.com/djcoppertop (DJ mix audio snippets UP NOW!)
ALSO>> USA/midwest
electronic music promotions

Dj Hana Solo, is very good, and has been doing it for a long time and has alot of respect :-)

Me, me, me...
:-)

You can check out my playlists here (you better go the playlists of 2004 and ignore the top three playlists there if you're too tough :-p):
http://www.synthpop.co.il/

My specialization is Synthpop & FuturePop but I also DJ EBM when I get the chance... or 80's & 90's commercial music (as you can see at the link above). I like it all... But Synthpop is my real passion.

I'm from Israel & I'm the only female DJ for this music (there is someone who DJ Gothic music, someone who DJ 80's & Electroclash...). I don't think there is a difference between a male or a female DJ- if people like your taste in music- it doesn't matter (two) who's wearing the trousers... ;-)

Good luck to you, Jenna!

DJ Anat Dawn.

DJ Anat rocks!!

and she's the nicest person you'd ever wanna meet....

Ohhhhhhh... :-*)
I'm blushing here!!! Thank you!

Hello everyone,
my name is Christine aka DJ KRYSALIS, I'm from san antonio texas . and ive been djing for 4 years, and now up coming to many future events and making guest appearces. check out my web site. www.djkrysalis.net

also recently played at the 5th annual winter goth/ industrial fest this pas weekend..check out the site.. http://nephilimnetwerk.net/m05/dj.html


links to my mixes will be posted so!!!


ENJOY!!

Christine

"Yeah, I second DJ MORGANA and RAZORGIRL for sure!"

count that as a third

heard them both at many darkraves and ebm parties in toronto.

also listen to razorgirl's radio show too when i remember to

holy. shit. a thread resurrected from 2004.

das bunker just had their annual estrogen night

"Das Bunker’s all female DJ Night! Featuring DJ’s Kyron 5, 5arah, Plastic Disease, //She//, Digital Murder, Kitty, and Das Bunker’s very own Amanda Jones!"

http://www.dasbunker.org/articles.php?id=93

Female radio DJ here! Fifteen years doing Dark Horizons with seventeen years being on the air. I don't know if that counts for this thread that started in 2004.......

Dark Horizons Radio

I heard a could find a date here? hehehehe

@tommyt - The girls probably flock all over you......

erm.. We got 2 ladies down here in Pretoria, South Africa.

DJ Traumtanzer - http://www.myspace.com/traumtanzer_za
DJ Phoenix - http://www.myspace.com/djphoenixrising

Both are rather good. Or we find them to be... ;)

Phoenix is relentless in what she plays (noise and industrial) and Traumtanzer can do everything from the fabled electrogoth all the way through to industrial and noise.

Yay for the resurrection of thought dead threads.

I'm a novelty, too.

There's a large number of female DJs in Chicago, actually. Most of them are absolutely horrible, but that statement holds true to male DJs just as readily.

@ kizzy - cute... additional women artists and DJ's are needed for the scene.

dj anna droid from nyc is awesome, also dj verablue played a kick ass set last time i was in sanfran.

Any DJ, female or otherwise, can request my compilation CD, A Murderous Mix at promo@musicration.com

the rundown of chicago chick (oh ho HO) DJs off the top of my head:
DJ Gremlin
DJ Q-Bot
DJ Cytokine
DJ Nurse Allison (transplant from the east coast, but she's OUR NOW DAMMIT)

um. then the rest? who are not so good. I'm probably forgetting a few good ones.

2nd vote for Annadroid from NYC - i think Domination at QXTs was her first gig about a month ago, and she rocked it better then a lot of the more experienced boys...

In Germany we have only ugly male DJs, suxx

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aw! you all are so sweet :)

razor::grrl: Looking forward to djing with ya at Kinetik!

yes! Kinetik! crazy fun times to be had. i'm tired thinking about it already :) lol

My liver is cowering already. :P

OK, old thread, but I just wanted to give my .02 anyway.
From my experience, it has always seemed that both male and female DJs are on equal footing. I've never had a difficult time because I am female, nor has any other female DJ that I personally know.

i fucking loathe DJs and the fascination with them and the people aspiring to be one.

if you play that combichrist (no offense andy, i own the album) song 1 more time imma fucking choke you!



but seriously. if you wanna be a DJ I'll give you the low down.

1. fake plastic dreads. get em!

2. fancy wielding goggles. wear em on your head, not over your eyes, silly

3. gas mask and/or cyber like medical masks

4. boots that go up to your knees or high with no less than 10 straps, buckles each and a 4 in platform sole. studs and spikes optional

5. skimpy clothing. leather, latex. something fetish like.

6. 100 of the current most popular scene songs. you only need 100 cause you're gonna play the same shit every week.

7. ???

8. Profit! your a DJ

lol jealous

chicks have it harder as musicians, not really DJs.

and the reason for this is because the chicks are always just a "pretty face" and a decent voice. there are some great female performers i really respect though. unter null, she is great for example.

then you have stuff like ayria, i dont think she makes any of the music herself, she's just a voice and image.

it's only harder for us because we are a rare breed!

I think everything past the first Ayria album is written by her. Don't particularly care for it, but credit where credit is due.

If you DJ topless, people will take you more seriously and shit.

yes, everything past the first album has been written by Ayria herself.

not like either of us would know, apparently all we can do is play dress-up and hit play on our iPods.

but that is what i do! my iPod is pink. it matches the streaks in my hair. hee hee. and i have matching charm that i wear on my boots. in fact, my whole outfit when i DJ is based around matching it to my iPod and my hair.

i mean, geez, hasn't anyone noticed?

i'm not talking about writing lyrics, i'm talking about making the music... i heard she does not make her own music?

That's what we're talking about too. As far as I can remember, Shaun from Glis kinda ghost-wrote the first album and she contributed lyrics and vocals, but everything since then has been her doing it solo.

i fucking loathe DJs and the fascination with them and the people aspiring to be one.

DJs are people too man.

:(

Female DJs?

DJ's Batty and Purrrrincess. they are the top ladies behind the booth here in Cleveland, OH.

ayria writes her OWN music. music and lyrics.

i know her, as i live in toronto, so i should know!

have you seen Ayria's camel toe?

that thing is a monster

lol jealous of camel toe

wait, what? what the fuck does this have to do with anything D:

have you seen Ayria's camel toe?

that thing is a monster

i thought that was just a legend!

the DJ hating thing was tongue in check. just kidding guys & GRRRLs.

that beastly camel toe on the other hand is totally true!

ah well thats good. zombiegirl? doesnt write her own stuff, i believe.

i always thought the lyrics were hers and the music was Seb's.

i could be wrong since i don't own the albums or have much interest in them

Purrincess and Batty here in Cleveland are great. DyadFaerie, who was the Sat regular for a couple years here, is pretty cool as well. Then there was DJ Katzen from Toledo/BG, think she's in Michigan now?

In terms of the prominence of women as artists, DJs, etc. I think the goth/industrial scene has actually been pretty progressive...?

I have a feeling that I would just be look at as a “novelty” and not taken seriously.

That might be the case in some rave/techno scenes... I've seen some female DJs who spin topless. But in that case, they are doing it to themselves.

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ayria writes her OWN music. music and lyrics.

I like Ayria, but I still think the first Epsilon Minus album is better than anything Jen or Bogart have done separately since. One gets the impression that wasn't a nice 'breakup', though... :x

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i fucking loathe DJs and the fascination with them and the people aspiring to be one.

There is a difference between people who want to learn the music so that they can DJ... as opposed to those who want to DJ because they love the music and want to contribute to the community.

I think DJs are important in terms of setting the tone of a scene and introducing new music. And many DJs do a lot of other work on the side that you don't see in terms of promotion, web site work, making fliers, keeping up to date on music, etc. Getting to spin in the booth is the culmination of a lot of other hard work, or should be.

But modesty is a virtue. It shouldn't be about your own ego - quite the opposite, really.

I DJ because it's fun. *shrug*

I went to a Unrest recently (Brisbane, Australia), Acidtrixx (occasional Sideline member) did a great DJ set, played Amduscia, Rotersand, Centhron, Schallfaktor etc. As for other female DJs I think thats all I know of in this corner of the world. I don't think gender really is a problem, as long as you play good music and are a good DJ.

The best female dj's in Chicago are Sundance and AmPm.

WHOA OLD THREAD!!!

Of course gender is not a problem. "People won't take you seriously"? Get real, all DJs do is play music. Wether you mix well, beatmatch or not, it doesn't make a difference to most people anyway. People will dance if they like the music, not because you're a guy.
If anything, it'll be easier for you to get "jobs" because female DJs are relatively rare.

i wish i knew how to dj...

i wish i knew how to dj...

When has that ever stopped anyone in this scene?

@TBO: You win!

i wish i knew how to dj...

The chris coreline DJ proficencey test:
1) can you use ONE cd player?
2) do you think you could use TWO cd players?

if 1 = yes and 2 = probably CONGRADULATION you have passed, please select a cleched DJ name and swop some of the vouls for numbers, welcome on bored.

if Mr. Schrödinger stated in his famous equation


then why should we care about the gender of a collection of partcicles (or waves?) who / which
spin some good (or boring) music tracks...??

Of course gender is not a problem. "People won't take you seriously"? Get real, all DJs do is play music. Wether you mix well, beatmatch or not, it doesn't make a difference to most people anyway.

This isn't true at all. I've been DJing with DJ Leslie (who runs what I think is north america's oldest industrial night), and people from out of town who don't know her will automatically assume I'm the DJ and she's just the girlfriend. People wait for me to go back into the booth if I'm not there before making requests, because they think she won't know any of the music, or won't be able to mix it, or only likes the fluffy stuff. When we DJ together, I get the strangers buying me drinks and the strangers yelling for more music after we shut down, not her.

My statement still applies... how is it a problem?

It's just people's prejudices, they don't have ANY effect on your practice as a DJ.

Sumez, people's prejudices have a big effect when you're trying to get bookings.

It may be a North American phenomenon, as well. I can't speak for Europe or anywhere else in the world, but it does seem like being a female DJ is a double-edged sword. On the one hand (as I was actually discussing with DJ Volvox when I was in Boston), you can get gigs purely on the basis of being a cute girl with headphones. On the other, a lot of people won't think you know your shit if you're a chick, since (as we see on this forum every so often) sexism continues to be an issue for the industrial scene. The problem is that neither of these take into consideration the possibility that any female DJ in question may actually be skilled and have a wide repertoire of music.

Also I have no idea who the hell Sundance and AmPm are, but they sound like house DJs anyway... heh, yup. Wrong forum, porkchop.

@Jairus
Are we still talking the industrial scene here??? I can't relate to your reality where DJs get booked by events that aren't local, based on their supposed DJ skills..

at parties, when i dj, i dress up as a man because i dont want to be taken seriously. jk

@Sumez: Leslie (and I) do DJ tours every few years, festivals (Maschinenfest/Kinetik/etc), industrial-techno or hardcore raves, etc. Aside from our weekly event, pretty much every gig she has is one where she's not a local, and gender is definitely a factor when it comes to booking, especially for the harder material.

the way people see you or judge your DJ skills has a lot to do with how you present yourself.
I received very awful anonymous emails insulting me and my skills when I started to Dj in Frankfurt.
this awful email thing seems to be quite normal for a scene girl is my impression, must be even worse for artists...
the consequence was that I had to shut down that email adress beside all the bad feelings I had about it.
plus i stopped to use female nick names in forums...