MUSIC: DJ Selly Interview

For over a decade DJ Selly has been championing indie music and progressive sounds in clubs throughout NYC. In this interview we discuss her history with the famed Ubiquita NYC party, her passion for underground artists, and her June U People mix.

For more on DJ Selly, checkout U People Podcast #31: Last Night A DJ Saved My Life in the U People podcast archives!

Kristi Lomax
Host/DJ: Restless Soul (KPFK 90.7 FM)
Monday nights: 10:30 pm – 12 am
www.lomaxwax.com
www.myspace.com/kristilomax
Aim: Radio Rezoul

DJ Rimarkable talks shop

DJ Kristi Lomax interviews DJ Rimarkable-
Our series of interviews with the U People DJ Allstars, jumps off with Detroit’s own DJ Remarkable. Our conversation included a discussion about hip hop vs. house music, religion and music from her AUGUST mix for U-People.

This multi-talented selector, also spoke about her evolution from DJ to music producer, composing original tunes for Bay area artists like Valerie Troutt, and the perils of leaving the club with no phone numbers.

Get turned on to music and a new DJ.

DJ La Femme Mixes Sep. 2008

The Fall is upon us and summer leaves bitterly. But here in Brooklyn a loan DJ spins just for U People.

Here is just a taste of the sweet bitter end of summer with DJ La Femme.

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3 Questions: DJ Lynnee Denise

I first came to know the music of DJ Lynnee Denise in the Bay Area while loosing track of space and time on the dance floor of one of her legendary Wildseed parties. Every Wednesday there would be a pilgrimage of the devoted from Oakland to a small little Brazilian restaurant in Frisco. There we would dance and soak cheek to cheek, hip to hip, boy and girl, girl and girl , boy and boy, person to person. The windows were fogged and in them were messages written backwards for the outside world to see “Dance My People Dance”. This is one reason why I asked DJ Lynee to spin the February U People Mixtape and thought she also could answer these three questions:

1. When was the first time you experienced the sensation of love (outside the context of a lover). Tell the story of when you experienced love in the way that it defined it for you?

One of my first memories of love came when I discovered my parents album collection. I thought i was deeply in love with hip hop, but when I discovered that hip hop’s parents were–rock, soul, jazz, reggae, blues…I was truly in love with all of these sounds. I felt like i was finally being allowed to participate in the larger conversation of music as a universal
language.

2. What is the heaviest thing you ever carried and when did you put it down?

The heaviest thing i’ve ever carried was guilt about past mistakes. I put it down when i began to trust the idea that I, like all other humans, had the ability to learn, change and grow. I’m lighter now.

3. When did you accept the title artist and how have you defined that for yourself?

When i turned 30 years old, something happened. I became more aware of the discipline, focus and balance it required to truly hear my voice as an artist. Before then I felt like I had a voice, but that it was an echo of someone else’s voice. I accepted the title artist about two years
ago. I define artist as a person who is not only paying attention to the details of what’s happening, but developing new tools and forms of expression that help us all unlearn and reapply what we’ve known for centuries….something divine lives within.

More info on DJ Lynnee Denise

Check this snippet of DJ Lynnee Denise’s eclectic mix for the February U People Download Card.

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February Track List
1. A La Ronde Jianda.
2. Do You Mind Hanifah
3. Always Nice Jianda
4. Free Prelude Jill Scott
5. happily ever after
6. Aqurarium Meshell Nedege O’cello
7. The Hours lynnee denise–featuring malena perez
8. obsession battle groove
9. nights over egypt the jones girl
10. human behavior bjork
11.paper thin mc lyte
12. Estrellas (Re-Bound) lynnee denise
13. the women gather nikki giovanni
14. starr people ebb mix fertile ground
15. Where I want to go Tarray Reynolds
16. Believer Onliest
17. I want More Cassandra Wilson

DJ Reborn

DJ Reborn is the first DJ to be featured on the U People Mixtape Download card for January 2008 and rightfully so. She has made an amazing mark on the NY scene as 1 of teh 3 DJ’s of Ubiquita NYC. Check her bio, a snippet of her mix for U People with tracklist. Get your U People Card here.

Chicago native DJ Reborn has been pleasing crowds for over a decade with her mellifluous blend of Soul, Hip-hop, Reggae, House, Afrobeat and more. Now residing in Brooklyn, NY, this creative soul is not just a party DJ. Her sounds have been heard everywhere from corporate gatherings for Armani and Calvin Klein, to MTV’s post awards party for Lauryn Hill, as well as a private birthday bash for Maxwell.She has worked with The Bronx Museum and is a resident DJ for “Uptown Fridays”, a popular monthly event at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Throughout her career, Reborn has been the opening DJ at live shows for such renowned artists as The Roots, India Arie. Common, CaronWheeler, Talib Kweli, Saul Williams and most recently John legend. In the summer of 2003, she provided the music for the Russell Simmons annual Art for Life benefit. A highlight of the year was being selected as the DJ for the 2004 Urban Word Teen Poetry Slam Competition in New York, hosted by Kanye West. Another highlight has been Reborn’s four appearances on BET’s Rap City.

She has been featured in SCRATCH,TRACE, URB and NRG magazines. Reborn was the Musical Director and live onstage DJ for the Off-Broadway Hip-Hop Theatre hit, Flow, starring Will Power. Flow continues to tour around the US and abroad and has been so successful that an excerpt from the production was featured on NBC’s Carson Daly Show. In March 2004, Flow won the Best Theatre award at the prestigious HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. While on hiatus from Flow, Reborn was the 2004/05 international tour DJ for Russell Simmon’s DEF POETRY JAM.

Reborn’s strong belief in community is what motivates her to continue her work as an educator. She facilitates creative writing and DJing workshops for New York City youth and other teens while on tour. DJ Reborn also lends her various skills to many non-profit organizations and their events. DJ Reborn’s musical versatility and enduring reputation is what makes her one of today’s most respected and sought after talents.

Track List for U People Mixtape Card January 2008 w/ DJ Reborn

FIGHTING RIGHTS TOGETHER- CLIP

FOREVER-LITTLE DRAGON

IS LOVE THE REASON? -TOSHI REAGON

SOUL SPACESHIP-ME’SHELL
ROSES-MARY J
COMPROMISE-SKIN
WE ARE THE LIGHT-HANIFAH WALIDAH
EARN MY AFFECTION-AMEL LARRIEUX
ICE COLD-JADE ROSS
DO YOU MIND-HANIFAH WALIDAH
LOVELY LOVELY-ME’SHELL
HONEY-ERYKAH BADU
PASSING-CLIP
AFTER THE RAIN-LITTLE DRAGON
GROWN WOMAN-KANDI COLE
WORK THAT-MARY J
HOLD YOU DOWN-HONEY LAROCHELLE
MESSAGE FROM A SOUL SISTA-VICKI ANDERSON
LATIFAH’S HASD IT UP TO HERE-QUEEN LATIFAH
PULL UP TO MY BUMPER-GRACE JONES
ENCORE-CHERYL LYNN
BLACK GIRLS-SHELLEY NICOLE/BLACKBUSHE
GIVE ME YOUR LOVE-SYLVIA STRIPLAND
I NEED YOUR LOVIN-TINA MARIE
CONSTANT SUPRISES-LITTLE DRAGON
SEE-LINE WOMAN-NINA SIMONE