professional drummer/vocalist and recording artist from the netherlands

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Annalisa’s passionate love affair with music began at an early age. Being the eldest daughter of the legendary James Corrigan, who was the first person to launch a variety club in the UK during the 1960’s. He was also responsible for being the first to book highly acclaimed global music artists such as Louis Armstrong, Shirley Bassey and Eartha Kitt amongst many other famous artists and introducing them to live club audiences in the UK.  The famous ‘Batley Variety Club’ became a unique music venue that was the very first of it’s kind and which he personally built into a historical benchmark from the foundations upwards. So it would be fair to say that music and an influence of Show Business has surrounded Annalisa’s life since the day that she was born.
First learning the art of mixing on vinyl back in 1994, it wasn’t long before she secured her first DJ club residency in London, UK, at just 16 years of age. There she was required to play a wide range of genres, which gave her the opportunity to really master the art of DJing properly, including learning how to read a crowd and structure a set.  It wasn’t long before her popularity began to attract attention and she started to receive bookings from around the UK whilst gaining a large following. At the time it was very unique to walk in to a venue and see a young girl behind the decks with real talent!
Despite being in high demand during the mid to late 1990’s, Annalisa took a break from her DJ bookings for a few years to concentrate on her other musical related skill, as a fully qualified dance teacher. Her natural musical rhythm and ear for music helping her to become very successful and as a teacher of dance and she is still in popular demand today.
Her decision to step back behind the decks was actually quite accidental, although some may say that it was meant to be. During a holiday in Ibiza Annalisa was asked to play a short DJ set at a bar on the beach. The crowd reaction was so immense that it attracted the attention of several promoters on the legendary dance music island. For the rest of her week there she was invited to play at Mambo, Kanya, Hed Kandi and several other major gigs. She returned to the UK with a revived passion for DJing in clubs and it wasn’t long before bookings at some of the most major clubs in the country started to come rolling in. Since then she has never looked back.
Annalisa is quickly becoming a popular female DJ within the UK dance music scene and is now taking her unique sound around the world with recent bookings in countries such as Thailand, USA, Ibiza and Canada. Her distinct undeniable passion for the music and interaction with the crowd have slowly gained her a loyal following and well earned respect as one of the most entertaining female DJ’s in the industry.
Annalisa will always play for the crowd, so likes to adapt her style depending upon where she is playing. But you can always expect trance, progressive and upbeat house to be most prominent in her sets.  Head to Mixcloud.com to check out some past and present DJ set recordings or hunt her down on Facebook and click ‘Like’ to be kept up to date with her adventures.
In 2011 Annalisa joined forces with UK based DJ, Rob LoCo.  Together they launched a new club brand called ‘Shaken Up’ which instantly made a big impact within the London club scene.  Since then ‘Shaken Up’ has become known for it’s unique themed parties and amazing atmosphere, where the clubbers dress up and really get involved with the theme of the night. Its aim is to inject some fun back into a club scene that was feeling a bit stale and unimaginative.
Alongside her DJ career Annalisa is also the co-presenter of a weekly peak-time radio show called ‘Nocturnal Vibes’, alongside Rob LoCo. This 2-hour show features the very best in trance and progressive and has become popular with listeners on a Friday night as a warm up for the incoming weekend. The DJ duo now perform regularly in clubs worldwide using a combination of decks, effects and other electronic instruments to create a really unique and visual dance music performance.
The best way to sum up this exciting female DJ is in the words of one clubber who watched Annalisa perform recently “It is a real breath of fresh air to see a good female DJ behind the decks - especially one that really gets involved with the crowd and has such an obvious passion for the music. I am going to make sure that I never miss a single set that she does”.
 


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