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DJ Miss Monica as a DJ :
DJ Miss Monica was born on the 12th of March 1971 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands . Growing up in the biggest harbour city of the world, she started to go out in the house-scene in 1989 and discovered something that would change her life... HOUSE-MUSIC!!! She started DJ-ing in 1992. Thanks to her musical talent, she learned very fast. In 1993 she was asked to become a resident DJ at “NIGHTTOWN†(one of the finest dance clubs in the Netherlands at that time, cap. 2000). In 1994 – 1998 she got her own club-night, every first Saturday of the month at NIGHTTOWN, which was a huge success and she made the party people go crazy !!! She was asked to perform at different clubs and parties all over the Netherlands and her DJ-career was getting bigger and bigger. In 1996 she decided to stop working as a medical analist at a hospital laboratory, to become a professional DJ.
In 1996 she became one of the most popular DJ's in the Netherlands (3 - 5 performances a week), thanks to her excellent DJ performances (with very fine mixing skills !!) and her mixed compilation CD's. Check her biography @ [Miss Monica's BIOGRAPHY]
As a result of her success in the Netherlands she got international recognition and has performed at clubs and parties all over the world like: France (Including performances at Club REX and Club QUEEN in Paris), Ibiza (Pacha), Belgium (Café D'anvers), Switserland (MAD), Turkey (Club 2019), Israël (Haoman17), Spain, Mallorca, Curaçao (Mambo Beach), Germany and so on.
In 1997 – 1998 she got a second resident club-night at NIGHTTOWN, on Wednesday called: “FRESH UPâ€. Funky grooves and solid sounds to enjoy the party people. The party people responded enthousiasticly to “FRESH UPâ€.
In July 1998 the unexpected happened. She became very ill with Mononucleosis, and even worse, she was diagnosed CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). Because of this very serious illness she was not able to perform as a DJ for 5 years. In July 2003 she miraculously recovered from CFS and can live a normal life again.
In December 2003 she won the BG Dance Awards 2003 “Encouragement Awardâ€
Miss Monica started her comebacktour in February 2004. The kick off was at the award winning club (BEST CLUB) Club Las Palmas in Rotterdam. All other respected clubs/parties followed : ASTA in Den Haag, Mainstage (Chemistry) in Amsterdam, Global Kitchen by FCA Music at Winkel van Sinkel in Utrecht, De Rechter in Eindhoven and many more. In the summer of 2004 she also performed successfully at Extrema Outdoor Festival and Dance Valley Festival. (Check “PHOTOBOOK†on her website for all pictures and “VIDEO†for great video’s). Since February 2004 she had resident clubnights at Club Las Palmas in Rotterdam and ASTA in Den Haag.
In 2004 she got a lot of media attention (check MEDIA on her website for more details), and she was a guest DJ and performing live mixed DJ-sets at several national radio shows : Radio 538, ID&T Radio, 3FM Radio and Fresh FM Radio.
In October 2004 Miss M. was rewarded with the 58th place in the DJ TOP 100 at the Dutch DJ Awards ; being the 2nd ranked female DJ in this TOP 100.
In March 2005 Miss M. won a “Gouden Kabouter†Award, the incredibly unofficial annual underground in-crowd oscar for the clubscene, as “HERO OF THE YEARâ€. A big reward for her fantastic comebacktour in 2004.
In 2005 she is had 2 – 3 performances a week, and performed at respected clubs and parties etc like : Award winning (best club) Club Las Palmas in Rotterdam, Award winning (best new club) Club Poema in Utrecht, Off Corse in Rotterdam, De Rechter in Eindhoven, Lunapark Parties in Rotterdam, Global Kitchen at Winkel van Sinkel in Utrecht, Club Now & Wow in Rotterdam, etc etc.... She also performed on radio shows and had lots of interviews for all kinds of media.
In August 2005 she gave a DJ-clinic using the NUMARK 5000FX mixer at the “DJ-EXPO†in the RAI in Amsterdam.
After 7 years, her former clubnight “Fresh Up†got a follow up : Since September 2005, she rocks her large fanbase @ “ABSOLUTELY STEREO†; her own very popular clubnight, every 3rd Saturday of the month @ Off Corso in Rotterdam ; with a wicked 4 hour set, performed together with one of the finest vocalists : MC Miss Bunty. Inviting national and international guest dj’s like : Luciën Foort, Erick E, Honey Dijon, Secret Cinema, Marysol, Paul Hazendonk, Benny Rodrigues, etc, etc....
In October 2005 she was ranked in the TOP 100 of the “Release Dance Awards†on 57, being the 4th ranked female DJ in this TOP 100.
The last weekend of October 2005 she was a participant at the Amsterdam Dance Event 2005 at Felix Meritis Centre in Amsterdam. On the D3-day, Miss M listened to demos and did a mini-clinic of her favourite NUMARK 5000FX mixer.
2006 was a very busy year (with 3 – 4 gigs a week), after the build up in 2004 and 2005, lots of gigs, including many festivals this season : Dance Valley, FFWD Dance Parade (truck and closing party), Frequence Outdoor, Defqon 1 Festival, Decibel Oudoor Festival, Slick Oudoor Festival. Performing often with Holland’s leading vocalist MC Miss Bunty. And “ABSOLUTELY STEREO†- clubnight being Absolutely THE BOMB ; with every edition sold out untill now! ; celebrated the first anniversary in September! Closing the year at the Discotheque Party @ Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam with an exlcusive 5 hour set on 31st of December.
2007 everything just goes on and on. Performing at al leading parties and clubs in the dutch dance scene ; 2 - 4 gigs a week ; she still rockes the crowd massively! In the summer she kicks-off (besides having her solo performances) with the new performance act : "ABSOLUTELY STEREO" together with vocalist MC Miss Bunty ; due to the succes of their monthly ABSOLUTELY STEREO clubnight. They perform @ Bevrijdingsfestival Zuid Holland, Slick Outdoor Festival and BeachBoom Festival.
In 2007 the Miss herself kicks some ass too @ Gigadance Festival ; Mysteryland Festival ; Wooferland Festival, and the afterparty of the FFWD Dance Parade pumping the beats after Ferry Corsten and Marco V ; And the major events : HouseQlassics @ Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam and In Qontrol @ RAI in Amsterdam. In September she celebrated the second anniversay of her very popular ABSOLUTELY STEREO clubnight ; that's still going strong. In October she's also attending @ Amsterdam Dance Event.
DJ Miss Monica doesn't limit herself to one style of music!!! Her style is from: club / tech / groovy / tribal / latino / pumping / energetic / filter / electro house sounds to : funky / rhythmic / energetic / pumping / party / soulfull / tribal /electro and minimal techno sounds. Because when she is there, the party is there!!!
With her original choice of music, her flawless mixing skills and her ability to make a great party on any dancefloor, it's fascinating to see DJ Miss Monica behind the decks and to feel the energy. Her DJ-sets are always full-filling for the party people, and 300% ENTERTAINMENT!!!!
Thank to her excellent performances and skills, she has spinned the wheels with national and international DJ's such as : Lucien Foort, Honey Dijon, Marco V, Ferry Corsten, Benny Rodrigues, Michel de Hey, DJ Remy, Erick E, 100% Isis, Miss Djax, Laurant Garnier, Mr. C, DJ Djulz, Paul van Dijk, Feddy le Grand, Jack de Marseille, Sander Kleinenberg, DJ Roog, The Divas Show (DJ Roussia and singer Hanna Hais), Gene Farris, Don Diablo, Gregor Salto, DJ Jean, Secret Cinema, Marysol, Paul Hazendonk, and many many more !
DJ Miss Monica as producer :
CHECK Miss Monica's STUDIO @ [Miss Monica's STUDIO]
Allready started her studio in the beginning of 1998, Miss M. has started producing seriously in December 2004. She works on her productions, completely by herself and without an engineer.
In April 2005 her first record deal/contract was a fact. The popular techno producer and labelowner : "HERTZ" from Sweden ; signed and remixed the first record of DJ Miss Monica, for his label Q-records. The record : DJ Miss Monica - Bossamonica (Q-record 018) (a tribal track with a big latin flavour on phatt beats in the grey area between house and techno) was released in August 2005. Bossamonica was supported by many DJ’s like : Laidback Luke, DJ Preach and Cristian Varela. And had high ratings in the “sales charts†of several (online)-recordshops, including a number 1 position, in the “techno sales chartsâ€, at Holland’s most popular online recordshop www.4djsonly.com.
In April 2006 her second release was on “TSUNAMI SPECIAL BLEND†label (of Purple Eye Entertainment) ; The record :†DJ Miss Monica – Rich Day†; has a detroit/soulfull techno sound with European influences. It will also a “HERTZ†remix of the “Rich Day†track. Again, “Rich Day†had high ratings in the the “sales charts†of several (online)-recordshops.
In 2007 she made 2 remixes for :
NIELS DE VRIES - SUENO
Label : ZZAP-RECORDINGS (Cat: zzap-024-06)
Release date : January 8th 2007
DJ Miss Monica remix on the B1 side
witch was ranked 1 in de Dutch Dance Charts
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AL KONKI & GREG KOBE - TOUCH ME
Label : ROBOTS
Release date : May 2007
DJ Miss Monica remix on the B side
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Working at her own studio more releases and remixes are coming up.
Miss M's Studio Setup : with the Access Virus TI synth, Emu Orbit and Yamaha 01X digital mixer, on a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz PC, using Cubase SX, several VST plug-ins, and 3 Universal Audio UAD-1 DSP cards with all Universal Audio plug-ins!. Two TFT screens (19") being nice for the eyes and two KRK Rokit 6 nearfield monitors with the KRK Rokit 10s subwoofer being very nice to the ears. Ultrasone PROline 2500 as studio headphones. In the back a complete DJ-booth with two Technics SL1210 MK2 turntables and two Pioneer CDJ1000 cd players, on the awesome Numark 5000FX mixer. Auralex Mopads, Gramma and Xpanders provide better acoustic for nearfields, subwoofer and microphone.Room acoustics are greatly improved (and optimized!!) by the two Primacoustic Razorblade Quadratic diffusers provided by Helios.
DISCOGRAPHY : Mixed Compilation CD's :1995 : Welcome to Miss Monica's Party (Basic-beat Recordings)
1996 : Welcome to Miss Monica's Party 2 (Basic-beat Recordings)
1997 : Welcome to Miss Monica's Party 3 (Basic-beat Recordings)
1997 : Mega Music Dance Experience (Sony Music Media)
1998 : Welcome to Miss Monica's Party 4 (Basic-beat Recordings)
12 inches/singles :
August 2005 : DJ Miss Monica - Bossamonica (Q-records 018) including "Hertz" remix.
May 2006 : DJ Miss Monica - Rich Day (Tsunami Special Blend) including "Hertz" remix.
REMIXES :
January 2007 : Niels de Vries - Sueno (ZZAP-Recordings)
May 2007 : Al Konki and Greg Kobe - Touch Me (ROBOTS)
Official website : [www.djmissmonica.nl]