“I grew up in Yorkshire playing a whole host of instruments but mainly focusing on classical and jazz piano! Upon going to university in Manchester, I discovered electronic music and developed a love for trance music, melding my love for classical harmony and melody with electronic euphoria.
I started DJing in lockdown and collecting records shortly after to grow my trance collection with a focus on records not available digitally to make my sets unique. I now DJ regularly up and down the country and also produce music – I am starting a label to self release my debut EP: Kitsta – Get Ready was be released out on Megababes on the 4th August! I’m also super passionate about creating space and opportunities for DJs from underrepresented groups having cofounded The Beatriarchy which is a collective centred around this. Alongside some other amazing creatives, I host Open Decks, Panels, Workshops and curate Stage Takeovers amplifying underrepresented DJs .”
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Each week we will be taking a dip into the crates and minds of some of the digging scenes most prolific collectors.
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Name a record that sums up your happiest memories, and where does it take you back to?
“Mix Factory – Take Me Away (XTC Come Hard Mix). Takes me back to first discovering raves before I even started DJing, happy times at the White Hotel in Manchester <3”
Name a record that sums up your happiest memories, and where does it take you back to?
“Mix Factory – Take Me Away (XTC Come Hard Mix). Takes me back to first discovering raves before I even started DJing, happy times at the White Hotel in Manchester <3”
Who are your biggest musical influences?
“The queens of the current resurgence of techy trance and hard house such as D. Tiffany, Roza Terenzi and THC. More local influences to me in London are KT and Lora Mipsum, would love to be able to mix vinyl like them! Gotta keep practicing…”
Number 1 guilty pleasure record…
“Deadmau5 – Strobe, an extremely guilty pleasure but I absolutely love it”
Who is the person that knows your collection almost as well as you do?
“My partner in life and mixing n_o ! We share our digs together and when we play b2b we often pull for the same track.. annoying but I love it! Check out the label he has just started called Manual Smiles, not wax but great tunes nonetheless.”
