Christine Moritz - Variety Is the Spice of Life (website)
Christine's radio show has returned to WMUC. Each week, you can download the current archived show from this page . To catch the show live, tune into wmucradio.com on Sundays from 12 noon to 3 p.m. U.S. ET.
Listen online to Christine's DJ mixes and more archived radio shows .
Some recent mixes:
DJ set at the Irie Vibes event (Mar. 6, 2008)
DJ set at Club Five (Jan. 12, 2008)
DJ set opening for Koop (Nov. 3, 2007)
DJ set at "Beyond," June 2007
June 2007 mix (a.k.a. Mystery Mix for Purple Radio)
DJ set at "Chuffed," Jan. 2007 (Jan. 27, 2007)
DJ set opening for Brazilian Girls (Nov. 23, 2006)
DJ set at D'n'B Sessions event (Oct. 25, 2006)
DJ set before/after Sergio Mendes (Oct. 12, 2006)
Second DJ set opening for Massive Attack (Sept. 29, 2006)
First DJ set opening for Massive Attack (Sept. 28, 2006)
DJ set opening for Rainer Trüby (Sept. 9, 2006)
Since making her club debut at the Buzz event at Nation in 2001, Christine Moritz has been intriguing clubgoers in Washington, D.C. and beyond with her sound, which ranges from haunting, cinematic downtempo to upbeat, funk-influenced tunes.
Her November 2002 warm-up set for Thievery Corporation at the 9:30 Club caught the ear of Thievery's Eric Hilton, leading to a highly-coveted yearlong residency at Eighteenth Street Lounge. She has also held residencies at Bossa, Gazuza, the outdoor summer event Air (at the invitation of 2003 DMC U.S. champion DJ Enferno), IndeBleu, Alero, and Cue Bar.
Christine has played with such artists as Massive Attack, UNKLE, Koop, Jazzanova, Rainer Trüby, the Orb, Zero 7, Gotan Project, Groove Armada, and Brazilian Girls. In August 2006, she performed at the UK's highly regarded Big Chill Festival, a three-day outdoor event with 30,000 attendees. In March 2007, she DJ'd in Bristol, England at the invitation of Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja. Christine has also graced the decks in London, Prague, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Baltimore as well as at numerous D.C.-area venues.
A seasoned radio DJ, Christine is the host of the acclaimed show "Variety Is the Spice of Life." Airing weekly from 1998 to 2006 on the University of Maryland's WMUC (88.1 FM and online), its strong, diverse selection and informed commentary drew a devoted base of listeners and made it the station's most-downloaded program. Starting in January 2006, the show moved to the varietyisthespice.com website and was also mirrored on the noted downtempo site Properly Chilled. In mid-2007, Christine began doing "Variety Is the Spice of Life" on the UK-based Purple Radio online station. In February 2008, "Variety Is the Spice of Life" returned to WMUC.
Christine has been featured in such publications as the Washington Post and the Washington City Paper (see the press section of Christine's website), and was nominated for a Wammie (Washington Area Music Association Award) in the Electronica DJ category in 2003 and 2005.
Also a talented music journalist, Christine has written for the downtempo magazine RE:UP, the Ubiquity Records website, and the now-defunct D.C.-based dance music magazine Innerloop. (Selected articles are reprinted in the music journalism section of Christine's website.)
