Name: Monica F.
Alias: LADYMONIX (@ladymonix)
Pronouns: She/her
Location: Detroit, MI

Influences: An ever growing list..... Deee-lite, 90s everything, deep soulful funky jazzy diva vocal dub house... that should cover it. But seeing my friends and peers get their shine in this industry gives me infinite inspo.

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects:
Frizner Electric - friznerelectric.bandcamp.com
Grace @ Temple Bar
Maybe Tonight @ Motor City Wine

Favorite Quote:
I only move forwards, never backwards, darling. - Grace Jones

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:
- Do you! Easier said than done in a world of social media. Your lens is unique and the creative energy you bring is valued.
- Uplift newer djs/producers coming thru. We all have so much to learn from each other.
- Be kind!

With this mix LADYMONIX asks to please learn more about and consider donating to: 
Underground Music Academy (UMA)
A major project being built by Waajeed to create a more inclusive global dance music community that’s more aware of its roots.
(www.undergroundmusicacademy.com)

Tracklist - https://bit.ly/LADYMONIXtrax

Daisychain

Daisychain 233 - LADYMONIX

This is my 4 hour opening set from the December edition of Group Therapy in Copenhagen (@grouptherapy_cph). I was really sick in the week running up to this party and very nearly pulled out but am so glad I made it. 

The party was a world AIDS day fundraiser raising money for AIDS-Fondet and “Ungegruppen”. It was also the first party in their new venue Den Anden Side. The vibes were incredibly special and I was honoured to play the first songs in their new home. This was my love letter to everyone we lost to AIDS and a chance to play some of my most cherished records. 


x

Midland @ Group Therapy - Copenhagen [03.12.22]

Tracklist: https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-21st-december-2022

Moxie on NTS Radio 'Best Of 2022' (21.12.22)

Salon NYE '22

Olive T... IsBurning #117

We’re very excited to present the first Live & Direct of 2023, courtesy of our Pittsburgh-based residents Honcho. 

This one was recorded live at Nowadays on the first weekend of January, to a room of smiling faces for whom the festive nature of the new year had clearly not worn off. It's two hours of the crew in pure form, with all three DJs locked into the same irresistible groove. George, Aaron and Clark have a knack for uniting their own unique styles to present a cohesive vision of chugging, sexy house music, and here it is on full display. Big thanks to Honcho for letting us share this with the world!

In addition to the killer music from both Honcho and Father Dukes, this night was especially memorable thanks to everyone in attendance contributing to the friendly and joyful vibe, from the dancers to the staff and everyone in between. A big thanks is due to you all as well!

Nowadays Live and Direct 015: Honcho

Live recording taken from Moxie and Leon Vynehall’s 5 hour b2b set at KALA Festival 2023.

https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-21st-june-2023

Moxie B2B Leon Vynehall @ KALA Festival 2023 210623

Part of the NTS family since day dot, Moxie has held her Wednesday show since the stations first broadcasts. Inviting esteemed guests for interviews & mixes and breaking new, unreleased music, she’s got your Wednesday afternoons covered... Tune in to hear anything from Soulful House, Garage, Afro beats and all the way through to rolling techno.

https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-5th-july-2023

Moxie 050723

Like most multi-genre music fans, London-based Ruby Savage approaches DJing through a wide-angle lens. Whether she's touring, playing her post-punk disco party, In Flames, or hosting her monthly show on NTS, the Amsterdam native opts for warm, bouncy tunes that traverse dub, jazz and '80s proto-house. As she once Mixmag, she isn't beat-matching but "heartbeat-matching." For her, a dance is a means to feeling the full spectrum of emotions in a healthy way.

Years spent behind-the-scenes at influential institutions have added to her understanding of energy and flow. She's worked the counter at Honest Jon's Records, managed Theo Parrish's Sounds Signature label (plus created the Wildheart Recordings sister label) and Gilles Peterson's Brownswood imprint, in addition to helping the Worldwide FM don launch Arc Records. When she's not DJing, Savage is spearheading community initiatives like Don't Be A Creep, an educational platform about club safety, as well as Artist Recovery Club for creative growth among music-makers.

For her RA podcast, the vinyl enthusiast crafted a house music odyssey through soul, disco and gospel-inflected cuts like "Glory" by Waajeed and Dames Brown. It's an uplifting excursion through joy, catharsis and self-affirmation, relayed straight from the heart.

@kwasiba3000

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/895

RA podcast

RA.895 Ruby Savage

People in Los Angeles usually remember the moment they first saw Colored Craig DJ. He cuts a memorable figure: throwing down records on the turntables and dancing like he's in the crowd, not behind the decks. He's one of those rare selectors who's almost as fun to watch as he is to listen. But the rest of the world should be listening. Over the past few years, Colored Craig has become one of the LA area's most in-demand DJs, not just because of his considerable skills, but because of his old-school, loved-up ethos. He plays classic house records with a verve and style that you can't really teach or learn. You just have to have it.

A choreographer by trade, everything about Craig has to do with movement, the joy of it, the energy you both gain and lose through dancing. His RA Podcast, recorded in his living room (a sort of nightclub in itself) gets across the infectious, uplifting energy of his sets, blazing through tracks from Kerri Chandler, Masters At Work and Chez Damier, and even including a disco house track that samples the Price Is Right theme. You might call this sound nostalgic, but it doesn't feel that way coming from Colored Craig, who is obsessed with the now, and the power of the moment. That outlook is all over this mix, and with any luck, you'll be hearing and watching him DJ around the world outside of LA sometime soon.

@coloredcraig

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/898

RA.898 Colored Craig

Sometimes words of comfort need something behind them to lift us up - good inspirational music is often the remedial choice and works most times to uplift and bring us as people together. With this tribute dedicated to the displaced and left behind families of the horrific Grenfell Tower fire in London, it is my prayer that who ever listens to this will in time be comforted; to be healed will take time for those affected.  
In 2 Corinthians 4:8 says We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
Restoration, love and peace is a process that is much needed for every individual in the hope of moving forward - may the set go some way to set things in motion. Amen. 

Isaiah 40:31
Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. 

Original FULL length Live video ► https://youtu.be/5uwVpDz7T3I  

#grenfelltower #tribute #2decksanavestaxmixer #vinyl #live #mix #eclectic

Grenfell Tower tribute: 2 Decks and A Vestax Mixer #3 | by Marcia DaVinylMC

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One time jazz dancer, Marcia Carr is a woman of many talents with many years of industry insider experience. A deejay of long stature and also a member of the Ladyz™ collective she indeed has many a string to her bow.

She has graced the decks at many events and social soiress over the years to recent haunts like Is It LIVE, Mind Fluid, Whistle Bump, Southport Weekender, Right Area, Shelter, Back II Basics, Southport Sessions, House Huntin, Weekending amongst others. Playing regularly on the international circuit too Marcia's a well renonwned figure within the realms of quality underground Dance.  Having spun with some honorary names over the years that include Kerri Chandler, Phil Asher, Paul 'Anderson, Frankie Valentine, Norman Jay MBE, Larry Heard, Jeremy Newall, Seamus Haji (Big Love Music), Orin Walters (BITA), Teddy Douglas (The Basement Boys), Marc Mac (4 Hero), Ricky Morrison (M&S Productions), Bert Bevans (Studio54), DJ Paulette, Kevin Beadle (Mind Fluid), Neil Pierce, Johnny Reckless (Cybersoulmusic.com), Kaidi Tatham, Jazzie B, Cosmo, Rachel Aubern and many others.  On a night off Marcia still has a yearning to take to the dance floor. 

Her deeper, inspirational, soulful, jazzy, gospel styles encompassing tech house, broken beat even dubstep have graced the airwaves of a variety of radio stations as far flung as Sri Lanka to our European neighbours - Estonia, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Ireland, Greece, Spain and in the UK recently, at venues like the Ministry Of Sound on-line alongside the likes of Bob Sinclair, David Morales and Masters At Work. 

With over 30+ years in the area of radio, Marcia has amassed various skills and taken her work for a number of leading stations; presently host, producer and presenter of Marcia's MixedBag on http://mi-soul.com every Monday; 3pm-5pm.

She's also fitting in freelance contributions to publications such I-DJ, TheSoulSurvivors.co.uk, Basic-Soul.com and Soulm8online magazines. 

Marcia heads up talking Music Productions PR which has assisted many distinct record labels and artists like The Basement Boys, Phil Asher, Kajmere Sound (The Rebirth), Peven Everett, Judah & Secret, Souled, The Royal priesthood and others, as well as turning her hand at producing and remix work in the studio and music consultancy which also keeps her schedule busy. 

It's no wonder then that her diversity and knowledge perfectly illustrates exactly why she very much in demand; she IS the DJ's DJ!

Grenfell Tower tribute: 2 Decks and A Vestax Mixer #3 | by Marcia DaVinylMC

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