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🇨🇦 Toronto based
🇺🇸 Carolinas born and raised

Some might call her Saint Kiki? Others know her as Kiki LeFreak, a beloved DJ and event promoter in Toronto. Keeks has been raving since 1995, she often says “that my life has felt like one big rave” and that’s definitely why her events Shango and Love Tempo are so good!  In the last year she has shared the stage with Marcellus Pitman, Mark Farina, Move D, Holographic, Mike Servito, Ladymonix, Coco & Breezy, Haitrus, Nick Holder.  Plus her own Party Shango has had the honour of hosting Mr. Gene Hunt, Eddie C, Dee Diggs, Deon Jamar, VITIGRRL, Peter Croce and Heidy P.  Kiki LeFreaks DJ sets embrace her knowledge of the past, present and future. No parking on Kiki’s Dancefloor!

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Some DJs want to challenge and confound you. Heidy P just wants you to have fun. Currently splitting her time between her native Montreal and New York, the rainbow-haired, riotously dressed DJ has a personality that’s just as vibrant, on and off the decks. She plays music that sparks joy  — mostly uplifting house and disco spanning the ‘80s til now, with an emphasis on the classic Chicago, Detroit and New York house music that is her biggest inspiration.

Heidy’s infectious sets have won her primetime sets at Good Room, Le Bain, Sunday Sunday, Nowadays, House of Yes, Piknic Electronik, Movement Festival and Lisbon’s Lux Fragil, and supporting slots for the likes of The Blessed Madonna, Jellybean Benitez, Bob Sinclar, Mystery Affair and Andrew VanWyngarden. Her productions are as feel-good as her DJing, from her romantic re-edits of ‘90s classics like Sophie B.Hawkins’ “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” to her recent “Elevate” EP released on Rocksteady Disco, a glorious summery house jam supported by Laurent Garnier and Move D and featuring remixes by the Carry Nation and Pontchartrain. 

Heidy’s musical journey kicked off in her early 20s in Montreal, where she hosted a weekly radio show and learned to DJ on the job at various residencies around the city. Indie music was her first passion, but the electroclash movement of the mid ‘00s led by artists such as Miss Kittin and DJ Hell was the portal through which she had her mind blown by club music. She played in bars around Berlin during a short stint living in the city, then headed back to North America and went to Detroit’s Movement Festival for the first time, where she saw legendary DJ Claude Young mixing records with his elbows and fell hopelessly in love with classic house music. 

Other overseas stints followed in Paris and in Lisbon, where Heidy became a regular at the city’s most famous club, Lux Fragil, and would spend her weekends DJing, dancing, and absorbing lessons in how to make a crowd move. Playing at all manner of bars and clubs around the world on a variety of equipment has taught Heidy how to adapt to the most challenging of situations. When thrown a curveball, she’s likely to knock it out of the park. 

In the past few years she’s been back in North America, Heidy’s seen some of her wildest dreams materialise, including performing at Detroit’s hallowed Movement Festival in the VIP area, playing the main room at one of Mexico City’s best clubs, Sunday Sunday, and regularly DJing at fabled New York venue Le Bain, against the twinkling backdrop of the Manhattan skyline. 

Recently, she played one of her favourite sets ever – a back to back with Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT. Sharing the decks with one of her heroes as an indie-loving twenty-something was a pinch-me full circle moment for Heidy, but the opportunity came as no surprise to those who know what she’s capable of. Her rapturous selections, charisma and joie de vivre are a genuine gift to dancers serious about having a good time, and her unabashed commitment to the pursuit of pleasure inspires everyone in the club to do the same. Like a sprinkling of technicolour fairy dust beamed through the speakers, Heidy’s  magical energy is something you’ll want to experience again and again.

B sides and demos from the band Skinny Finger as well as the artist Gvtterfly

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Pillow Talk w/ Isabella Disblassio & Cruce (Detroit) [Nov 23 2019]
Pillow Talk - 2 Year Anniversary: The Return of The Shamps [Sept 21 2019]
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Sounds of Love Montreal w/ Immigrant Muscle, Julia Dickens, Emissive & silktits [Aug 24 2019]
Trance Dance with silktits, Roberto S, Ensoul @ SoSo Food Club [June 21 2019]
Julia Dickens & Ensoul @ The Embassy [June 15th 2019]
Diving Deep w/ Tender Buttons & Ensoul @ The Red Light [May 25 2019]
w/ Roberto S @ Mr. Flamingo [Feb 23]
Love Dose w/ Wasserman @ The Red Light [March 2 2019]
Colour Theory (Ensoul & Emissive) @ The Red Light [Feb 2 2019]
Pillow Talk w/ Kaspr & Tender Buttons at Soso Food Club [Jan 26 2019]
Sounds of Love NYE Party @ Top Secret Location [Dec 31 2018]
Colour Theory (Ensoul & Emissive) @ The Red Light [Dec 15 2018]
Lo:bo Research Presents. Connect 4 @ Lo:bo research facilities [Fri Sept 7th 2018]
Step 2 This w/ Raf Reza / Ensoul / Area 85 [July 26th 2018]
Coastal Rhythms with Aqua Marina (MTL) & Ensoul at Bambi's [July 19th 2018]
Cosmic Quest Boat Cruise w/ FunkinEven [July 7th 2018]
FunkinEven & Ensoul After Party at Bambi's [july 7th 2018]
Pillow Talk with Cam H & Tender Buttons at DDL [June 8th 2018]
Invisible City Dundas West Fest at Flamingo's Patio [6pm - June 1st 2018]
Dundas West Fest at Royale's Luncheonette [1.30 pm - June 2nd 2018]
Pillow Talk w/ Raf Reza & Tender Buttons [Mar 16 2018]
Step 2 This w/ Area 85 at Dundas Video [Feb 22 2018]
Telemorphisis w/ Korea Town Acid, Object a at Embassy Bar [Feb 13 2018]
Sadar Bahar at TBA [Jan 20 2018]
Why Can't You w/ Miles Caswell & Lauren Raham at Bambi's [Dec 16 2018]
Theorie w/ Adam Feingold at Bambi's  [Nov 19 2017]
Francis Inferno Orchestra at Secret Location [Oct 28 2017]
Invisible City Sound System at Secret Location [July 15th 2017]

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