Identity (dj)
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IDENTITY is a leading American
hard dance
DJ
.
An established and popular underground DJ in the United States hard dance scene, Identity is the leading hard house dj in New England, as well as most of America. For a genre that was developed in the UK during the 1990s, Identity has educated and displayed the variety of it, and its sub-genres all across the country. Identity plays styles including hard house, hard trance
, techno, drum and bass
, hardcore
, and hardstyle
. She is known for her original and explosive mixing style and turntablism, as well as her dedication and drive to keep hard dance
alive and kicking in her home country.
In 2000, Identity formed the New England Rave Union, which was created to maintain the underground movement and educate newcomers to the history behind the American rave
scene. Her goal was to team up with other underground promoters to throw quality, and most often, illegal raves
. She, as well as other promoters involved, were willing to risk prosecution and jail time, in order to keep a family, that Identity called her own, alive.
With the creation of the New England Rave Union, Identity herself started to gain notice in America. She had released a series of mix tapes since her starting point in 1998, bouncing between the many genres, and incorporating new styles into her mixed sets. She gained radio play across the globe, interviews, as well as international newspaper display. She played strictly for the music and the people and was often praised by her willingness to volunteer for events, as well as cause events to raise money for disasters or cancer research.
Identity had nearly gone broke offering her services for almost nothing to perform for events for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
, Breast Cancer Research, St. Jude and Hurricane Katrina
. She was always dedicated to providing a quality show, for a good cause, while still interacting with her fans. She has also played at some of America's biggest dance festivals including, DEMF in Detroit, WEMF in Canada, MEMF in Chicago, as well as all of the Shawnee Cave Amphitheater Underground Sound events in Illinois. She has also played in every major city on the East Coast, Midwest, and Quebec
Canada,.
To this day, Identity still manages to play, although her day to day job as a E.M.T makes her availability slender. She is focusing more on original production and hopes to take her style a step further with her creations.
United States
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hard dance
Hard dance
Hard Dance is an umbrella term that refers to a group of Hard electronic dance genres which aren't hard enough to be classified as hardcore. The term usually includes genres such as Hard House, Hard NRG, Hard Trance, and Hardstyle...
DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
.
An established and popular underground DJ in the United States hard dance scene, Identity is the leading hard house dj in New England, as well as most of America. For a genre that was developed in the UK during the 1990s, Identity has educated and displayed the variety of it, and its sub-genres all across the country. Identity plays styles including hard house, hard trance
Hard trance
Hard trance is a subgenre of trance music that originated in Western Europe in the mid-1990s as the breakbeat hardcore production community began to diversify into new and different styles of electronic music, all influenced by UK hard house, happy hardcore and jungle/drum & bass...
, techno, drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
, hardcore
Hardcore dance
Hardcore dance can refer to:*Hardcore dancing, a dance to hardcore punk; see also moshing*Hardcore techno, a genre of electriconic dance music....
, and hardstyle
Hardstyle
Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre mixing influences from hardtechno, hard house, hard trance, hardcore and rave music. It is between 148 and 157 bpm in speed and is written in 4/4 time....
. She is known for her original and explosive mixing style and turntablism, as well as her dedication and drive to keep hard dance
Hard dance
Hard Dance is an umbrella term that refers to a group of Hard electronic dance genres which aren't hard enough to be classified as hardcore. The term usually includes genres such as Hard House, Hard NRG, Hard Trance, and Hardstyle...
alive and kicking in her home country.
In 2000, Identity formed the New England Rave Union, which was created to maintain the underground movement and educate newcomers to the history behind the American rave
Rave
Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties people dance and socialize to dance music played by disc jockeys and occasionally live performers...
scene. Her goal was to team up with other underground promoters to throw quality, and most often, illegal raves
Raves
Raves can refer to:* Rave party* Raves, Vosges, a commune in the Vosges département in France* Raves , a 1980s power pop group from Atlanta, Georgia, United States...
. She, as well as other promoters involved, were willing to risk prosecution and jail time, in order to keep a family, that Identity called her own, alive.
With the creation of the New England Rave Union, Identity herself started to gain notice in America. She had released a series of mix tapes since her starting point in 1998, bouncing between the many genres, and incorporating new styles into her mixed sets. She gained radio play across the globe, interviews, as well as international newspaper display. She played strictly for the music and the people and was often praised by her willingness to volunteer for events, as well as cause events to raise money for disasters or cancer research.
Identity had nearly gone broke offering her services for almost nothing to perform for events for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society , founded in 1949, is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. LLS's mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of...
, Breast Cancer Research, St. Jude and Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
. She was always dedicated to providing a quality show, for a good cause, while still interacting with her fans. She has also played at some of America's biggest dance festivals including, DEMF in Detroit, WEMF in Canada, MEMF in Chicago, as well as all of the Shawnee Cave Amphitheater Underground Sound events in Illinois. She has also played in every major city on the East Coast, Midwest, and Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
Canada,.
To this day, Identity still manages to play, although her day to day job as a E.M.T makes her availability slender. She is focusing more on original production and hopes to take her style a step further with her creations.
Discography
- 2000 - A.D.D. Volume One
- 2003 - Kitchen Stories
- 2005 - A.D.D. Volume Two
- 2006 - The Fevah
- 2006 - Hard House Domination Volume One
- 2006 - Live @ UGS
- 2007 - Surviving Winter
- 2007 - The Grey Albulm
- 2007 - Hard House Domination Volume Two
- 2008 - Harder, Faster, Stronger
- 2010 - Hard House Domination Volume Three
- 2010 - Show Em' Something