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“Based on the initial single’s death-disco guitar scratch, thumping beat and disembodied, echoing vocals, Prynn’s album is one to look for.” 
- TIME OUT NEW YORK (re ‘Can We Go Wrong’) 

If you haven’t heard her alt-favourite Hesta Prynn’s brand of post-hipster-art-pop you’re about to. In the same manner that Andy Warhol and The RZA artistically tore up the Big Apple, Hesta Prynn is a maverick in the classic “New York” sense of the word. Walking the line between exquisitely pretty and totally hardcore, the former Northern State MC remains an artist with a chic sense of style and a visionary take on all things outside the norm. On her first solo EP “Can We Go Wrong” she constructs an aural enigma that could only come from an old school Nintendo-playing, horror movie fanatic who’s got a keen fashion sense.

The first time Star Eyes touched a turntable was at the age of 15, when she decided she wanted to take up Djing. Sick of listening to rave DJ’s with bad taste in breakbeats, she began buying jungle with the intention of playing to her bedroom walls. After giving out tapes to her friends and having her mixes featured on L.A.’s Underground Source info line, friends began asking her to play out at local jungle events. At that time, she was the only female junglist playing out in the Los Angeles area. In 1995, Star Eyes moved to the Bay Area to attend UC Berkeley. Star Eyes’ name would soon become synonymous with the San Francisco jungle sound. Founding the B.A.S.S. Kru with original members DJ Abstract, Flux, and Hak from San Jose, she helped throw a series of weekly clubs and one-offs (Bass Instinct, Audio Impact, etc.) that would establish S.F. as a hotbed for drum and bass to this day. Star Eyes also released Ruffage during this time, a tape which has passed through ravers hands from the West to East Coast and back again.

For Gina Turner being in a male-dominated field isn’t bothersome one bit. Instead, she embraces the minority status she possess as a female DJ and claims she’s just one of the boys, hanging in the same circles with the likes of Junior Sanchez, Diplo, Switch, Laidback Luke and more. The New York-grown Turner has been involved in music all her life. With a strong passion for radio, Turner’s skills first began as a radio station disc jockey before she transitioned to the big leagues after she moved to the City of Angels. 

Now a global musical force that is highly noted for her various podcast radio shows, amazing production prowess and high-energy sets, Turner may be one of the few females powerhouse DJs out there, but she’s certainly making an impression on the electronic dance scene and its legion of fans. She’s not afraid to be herself and not conform to anyone’s standards but her own, providing the rest of us with some insane sets and shows, amazing productions and an inspiration for other soon-to-be DJs (men and women) as she continues her calling to provide the world with exceptional tunes and feel-good vibes! 
 

DJ Catskillz’s passion for music blossomed in high school from listening to her twin brother’s rap collection: Run DMC, Ice-T, and the Beastie Boys, and from stealing her parent’s hip album collection of The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Cars, The Monks, Blondie, and Prince. She started DJing on commercial radio at 19 and also spun vinyl at her college campus bar that same year in her native homeland Canada. She’s also DJed while working as an executive in the music business in Toronto for 8 years and the last 10 years here in New York. She has regular nights spinning at Heathers and Idle Hands in the east village and also spins occasionally at various music events in New York and elsewhere including after parties for the music festival Lollapalooza in Chicago the past two years. She spins an eclectic mix of new & vintage rock, new wave, punk, electro and hip hop.

DJ EKO (SF/NYC) is a sound ambassador with a penchant for cutting edge sound movements that dates back to a decade-running radio show where she broke artists and garnered gold plaques on her walls (D’angelo, Mos Def) being a MD in her Bay Area hometown and a music journalist for URB Magazine. Along the way she was branded a taste-maker connoisseur and in 2003, invited on the Sprite Liquid Mix tour alongside swashbuckling mischief makers N.E.R.D., The Roots and Talib Kweli. 

Staying true to her passion of seeking out the newest sounds in production while working outside the mainstream has paid off and garners her invites to play at Coachella, Michael Franti’s Power To The Peaceful, BurningMan, GirlFest-Hawaii & East Village Radio (NYC). She’s taken that ethos to the live platform playing beside a huge spectrum of djs and producers like Bassnectar, Bodega (LA), Center, Chief Boima, Cumba Mela, Dhundee, J-Boogie, Nickodemus, ?uestlove, Rich Medina, The People (OAK) & Waajeed. 

Eko’s current pastime is finding the intersection between indigenous music and electronic music as well as the intersection between future soul and electronic elements. Known for being eclectic and versatile, Eko is a lover of bass and a master of moods who deliver sets that paint energy frequently criss-crossing genre boundaries. You are likely to find her at night clubs, fashion shows, art galleries, festivals, silent discos, concerts and renegade soirees alongside regularly working with several retail clients (H+M, Saks Fifth Avenue, Adidas, Sephora, Top Shop & LuluLemon). 

Eko lives in NYC with frequent cross-country and international trips out and about to dj. 

.:beats.soul.tropical.afrobeat.downtempo.ukfunky.dancehall.latin.house.love:. 

For mixes and downloads: www.ekogirl.com