The Swarm

BIO -
Lisa's journey into music began after an introduction to techno at a young age which quickly evolved into a lifelong passion . Her style is a blend between hypnotic and the harder side of techno and is heavily influenced by her love of techno from the 90's to early 2000's. After making the steps to teach herself how to make music back in 2018,  her breakthrough moment came with the release of her debut EP, which hit the number 1 spot on the beatport hard techno charts,  earning recognition from industry giants such as Ben Sims, DJ Rush, James Ruskin, A.Paul and ANNE' plus many more all playing her tracks over the years.

 Back in 2021 she was invited by Ben Sims to be on his Synchronicity EP on Symbolism and she then had her own solo release on Symbolism with 'Hypnotics' in 2024. She has also had various releases on Naked Lunch Records and her track 'The Swarm'  ended up being the highest selling track on Naked Lunch for several months. She has also had releases on Apex , Black Out Audio , Compound , Shadow State , 3MOON plus many more. 

As a DJ, she has previously warmed up for Ben Sims and more recently was the support DJ for Phil Hartnoll from Orbital, she has performed and been on line ups alongside legends such as Slam , Player, Gez Varley (LFO), Dextro , Hemka , A.Paul,  Tommy Four Seven, Mike Humphries, Neil Landstrumm, CJ Bolland, Dave Clarke , David Meiser, Gaetano Parisio, Lady Machine plus many more. She’s also contributed to respected podcasts including Mastertraxx, Naked Lunch Records, and now has her own Podcast series called Rotations which airs on  DI.FM radio once a month.

It’s ⛓️ DEWIACJA ⛓️
Hard, groovy & sexy 🪭

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The Swarm

Lisa Oakes