Movin' On Up - Issue 4 - January 2014 - 1 | Page 30

DJ
Rhiannon

Getting Personal
With
When and where did you realize that music is
what you wanted to pursue? I never really knew

told,

I

gave

up

piano

and

dance lessons to play soccer. I always knew I loved
music though - collecting it,

organizing it, engaging

Five artists that you would say influence
you and your music: I don’t know if these

actually very organic. As a kid, for example, I didn’t know

that I have really enjoyed their music and it’s

I was “making a mixtape”, I was just choosing my

likely that they inspired me to take risks and do

favourite songs, putting them in a particular order,

something different on my own journey: Deee-

and

Lite,

onto

a

cassette

I said cassette tape, I’m a lady

Who would you say have
biggest supporters? It’s a

of

tape.

the 80’s)

been

your

(Yes

I would like to think that my home country supports
me the most but man, Latin Americans sure know
how to make a person feel welcome! Mexico has been
my biggest market so far. Thank goodness I took
to learning Spanish in school! I’m now fluent and I
know that it’s a huge asset to my work. I really
enjoy being able to communicate with Spanishspeaking fans both live on the mic at shows and
on my social media profiles.

What do you think sets you apart
from other DJs in the industry?

Peaches,

Die Antwoord,

Borgore,

Diplo.

How long have you been in the
industry and what has been the
most memorable experience of

toss-up between

my fans in Latin America and my fans in Canada.

your career?

Technically I’ve been DJing for 14 years

now. I purchased my first set of Technics 1200 turntables
in the year 2000. In fact, I still own the same pair. I played
pure 12” vinyl for 7 years straight until the digital age
took over and I had to adapt to keep my career alive. Up
until that point my gigs were mostly local in Vancouver,
BC anyway but in 2007 I s \