From her first time playing out, to now DJing everywhere and producing monthly parties and weekend festivals, watching Copeland grow from a late-night house party DJ to resident with two crews in Seattle (Viva Recordings and Reflect) has been amazing! We're so proud to claim her as a Booty!!

Getting ready for the burn, and decompressing after, caused a pause in putting out DBR mixes, but we’re back!! Now we’re getting ready for Seacompression on 11/12, where you can catch Copeland live! Get in that dusty mood listening to her set from our DBR pre-playa party from July!

DBR ❤'s: Copeland- Live @ DBR Pre-Playa Party 07-15-22

Erika discovered Seattle’s underground electronic music scene in 2008, and quickly became a regular patron of the dance floor. Once she had become a part of the community, Erika understood the importance of giving back, and could often be found volunteering at the local club events and festivals. Originally influenced by the more bass-driven sounds of Drum n’ Bass and Hardcore, Erika’s taste in music as a dancer expanded to techno and the many sub-genres of house. After over a decade of making the dance floors of Seattle’s clubs, lofts, rooftops and abandoned warehouses her home, Erika decided to dive further into electronic music and began DJing as Copeland in 2021. Because of her many years of dancing and feeling the music, Copeland has an intuitiveness to her DJing style that cannot be taught. As her confidence behind the deck has grown, so has her energy and movement, which feeds the crowd and sets the vibe. Rarely sticking to one genre in her sets, you’ll hear everything from Classic Chicago/Detroit House, Funk & Disco, to Minimal, Deep & Psychedelic House, Afro House and Organic House; paired with sensual and soulful undertones. Copeland has had the opportunity to DJ and produce several summer festivals such as Sun Worship, Afterglow, Cascadia, Panacea, Audible Bicycle Day, and APOG, plus local events for her burning man camp, The Dusty Booty Ranch, the infamous Train Car House Party, Flammable, Uniting Souls, and Hunt & Gather. Copeland has DJ'd at Monkey Loft, Lo-Fi, Madame Lou's, Substation, Nectar, High Dive, The Woods, The Seattle Art Museum, Timbre Room, The Hiyu boat, Cherry, Chop Suey, and more! Copeland is also a resident of the 25-year old House label, Viva Recordings, where she is learning about the business side of throwing events; bringing her full circle back to where she started, focused on the well-being of the Seattle Dance Community that has become her chosen family.

The Dusty Booty Ranch is a playa outpost where misfits fit.

A California native raised in Seattle from the age of 13, Julie Herrera considers the NorthWest home and Seattle takes pride in claiming her as their own. Music has always been a source of inspiration for Julie. Her older sibling’s collection of 70’s and 80’s soul, disco and R&B records, coupled with her own tastes for new wave and dance artists of the 80’s, set the foundation for her future in music.

In the early 90’s Julie was instinctively drawn to Seattle’s underground dance music culture. With her passion for the art of DJing, a ferocious appetite for varied styles of music and unbridled soulful style, once Julie took to the decks in 1996 she quickly made waves. Her residencies with the Hitgirl Collective and HotBox shows had an important and long-lasting impact for her as an artist and the Seattle nightlife community, elevating herself and a host of other emerging female talent at the time.

With a career now past the 28 year mark, Julie is active as ever, holding down residencies with revered and respected crews such as Flammable, Noise Complaint, one half of the beloved WonderTwinz and her Burning Man camp, The Dusty Booty Ranch. 

Julie’s ability to take you on a journey from classic to modern house and techno stylings, tech-house, disco, Latin  and afrobeat is unmatched! A true artist with a captivating presence both as a DJ and performer, she is as much fun to hear as she is to watch. Beat by beat, Julie will leave you with an electrifying, soulful and uplifting dancefloor experience.

I just want to shaman epic parties

In 2013, I found house music at Desert Hearts, a festival rooted in the desert of Southern California.  This dusty, kick drum-filled festival was the opening of a new expression.

Now—as a MIND at LARGE resident DJ and 50% of Milk & Honey. You can find me on the West Coast playing an eclectic mix of melodic, deep and tech tracks centered around drums and introspection—an homage to the culture of the SoCal house scene and the desert I still call home.