She is one of Wales's hottest young female DJs, with an extensive career to date she has been DJing now for over 4 years, prodominatly playing Eurpoean Hard trance and hardstyle. DJing now for over 4 years she has plays all over Wales and West, a residency at Breathe, sets at Hardcore weekender, Hardhouse Academy, Bionic, Tranz@ction.

Her DJing skills combined with her excellent Hard Trance tune selection, crowd hyping antics and sexy image have already made her Wales number 1 female DJ. It's not hard to see why DJ Frisky is fast becoming a name in Harddance. With sets now coming up at Breathe on the 27th January and Timeless on the 10th February I put some questions to her to find out more......

Hey Frisky, how are you?
Well hellooooo! I’m very good thank you =)

What have you been up to recently?
Well I’m just about getting over the Christmas and New Year celebrations, its amazing how quick it catches up with you! Luckily January is always a quiet month so I’ve had the chance spend some Saturday nights in front of the TV with a takeaway and a bottle (or two!) of wine – I’ve enjoyed it!

So how did you get into DJ’ing and who are your biggest influences?
I first knew that I wanted to get into Djing as soon as I started clubbing really. I loved it so much that I knew “I want to do THAT!!” I then managed to get my hands on a cheap set of Numark belt drive decks and mixer and took it from there. I was then shown the art of 4 4 and it was just practice, practice, practice after that!

With regards to biggest influences, it was the whole scene really that influenced me to have a go, seeing a club full of people go crazy still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. DJ wise, my biggest influences at the moment are definitely Cally & Juice. I see them play almost every weekend and they pull off some tricks which make me think – “what did they just do?!” That combined with their passion for what they do is definitely a great influence.

You are one of the key residents at Breathe along side Cally & Juice, how long have you been playing as resident for Breathe and how did it come about?
I’ve been resident for Breathe for about 3 ½ years now. Juice saw me playing at a house party and offered me a play at Breathe, warming up for Brisk in the main room. That was back in January 2003. Six months later he decided to make me resident!

Your DJ’ing career has been building for quite sometime now, having played hardcore weekend, Hardhouse Academy, Trans@tion and being resident at Breathe and all this while you’re still quite young. What are you hoping to achieve in 2007?
Its definitely looking like things are on the up for 2007. I’m playing my first solo set in London for the mighty Frantic on 10th February and also returning to do the Hardcore Weekender in May which I’m really excited about. I’m just enjoying what I’m doing at the moment; whatever comes next will just be a bonus.

You’ve just brought out your new mix CD want to tell us a bit about it?
Frisky 4 is now out, it’s kind of a ‘Best of the Best so Far’ CD, there are plenty of tracks on there that people will have stomped down to! There are also plenty of new tracks on there too for good measure.

You have made a few remixes what are your production plans for this year?
Well I’m actually yet to release any of my remixes. However, it has been decided that my first release (Time to Burn) will be released on Ourstyle Recordings in March or April. I have plenty ideas up my sleeve so watch this space as they say!

There are only a few Hard Dance DJ’s from Wales who have managed to break out and play in London, why do you think that is?
I think the London scene is very different from the main scene in Wales. To be able to play in the major cities like London the music you play has to appeal to everyone, not just a select number of people.

Does the Welsh scene differ greatly from the rest of the UK?
Yes I think it does. Hardstyle is generally the biggest genre played in Wales. From experience, Wales seems to be one of the only places in the UK where it is that popular. Possibly as mentioned above, this is why it is harder for Welsh DJ’s to crack the London scene.

They say that it is always harder for female DJ’s to get a name for themselves and get recognised in the scene. Do you agree or disagree and why?
I generally don’t agree with that. Personally I think it is easier for girls to get recognised as there is still a small amount of Female DJ’s compared to Male DJ’s. I think that as soon as a girl gets to the decks people are intrigued to have a listen. Maybe its harder for Female DJ’s to be taken more seriously but if you have the talent to back it up no one can argue with that.

Questions from Breathe Group

One question that I was asked to ask you is – where do you get your goth style clothes from. Can you give us any ideas? - Tink
All I can say is keep your eyes peeled on my new DSI group. I will be writing small pieces on what outfits/web sites I think are ‘hot’ and worth checking out at the moment.

How do you cue up a tune so quick? It's impressive to watch! – Mr Ball
I think this just comes from experience. I try to make sure that a tune doesn’t go on for too long before I mix out, just to keep things exciting.

Whose your favourite b2b partner in the whole world, and what have been your best DJ'ing experiences? – Mr Chuck-E
I try to avoid b2b’s as much as I can as from experience you can’t build the set as you’d like to unless its practised before hand. Saying that, one of my best Djing experiences was playing b2b with DJ Chuck-E. We played in room 2 of Bioinc and its just one of those sets that will stick in my mind forever for various reasons. We completely emptied room 1 and it was absolutely rammed in our room from the word go. Needless to say, the set went OFF! Probably one of the best crowd reactions I’ve ever seen, and the fact that we were playing to our home crowd made things even more special.

Quick fire questions: - Estee

Hard Trance or Hardstyle?
Hard Trance

Christmas or New Year?
Christmas – spending time with the family with plenty of food and booze – love it!

Winter or Summer?
Summer!

Vinyl or CDs?
I never thought I’d say this but CD’s – in my experience I just find them more reliable.


Thanks Frisky!

Her next apperence will be at Breathe @ Sin City Saturday 27th January

For more information please check out her group

http://www.dontstayin.com/groups/dj-frisky-regulars