JAS NASTY

Jas Nasty, aka Jasmine, is definitely an eclectic dj, to say the least. In a club setting, she most often spins booty/ghettotech, Miami Bass, Baltimore club, breaks, and electro. She also plays dubstep, grime, 2-step, ragga, dirty south, hip-hop, 80's electro, new-wave, freestyle, and rock. Her roots as a dj were playing dub and roots reggae, trip-hop, hip-hop, and funk, and her love for these sounds can always be heard in any set.

As a DJ, she has had the pleasure of playing alongside or opened for: Kool Herc, Kode 9 (UK), Skream (UK), Shackleton (UK), Starkey & Dev 79 (Slit Jockey/Philly), The Syrup Girls (NYC), Ghislain Poirier, Lynne T (L.O.E), Pheek, Killa Jewel, Dj Mini, Jordan Dare, Sean Kosa, Dj Bliss, One Speed Bike, Alice & the Serial Numbers, Black Market, Krinjah, Maysr, VANDER, Dj Mana, Dj Static, Dj LUV, Dj Kobal & Sarcastic.

Jasmine's DJ adventures began in 2001 at Trent Radio, the Trent University college radio station in Peterborough, Ontario. Holding down various weekly music shows, she became a part of the community radio team for years to come. Her favorites were her dub and roots reggae show, as well as Mixed & Twisted, which was an experiment in simultaneously mixing and layering as many sounds as humanly possible. Regularly playing parties and bars in and around Peterborough, Jasmine moved to Montreal in July of 2004, entering a new world of musical possiblities. She founded, designed, promoted, and was a resident dj for Women on Wax Montreal , along with Cyan and Rue, since March 2005, contributing greatly to raising the profile of a number of talented new and veteran female dj's from Montreal and abroad.

Besides the Women on Wax events, Jasmine has played a number of key events and venues in Montreal including Under Pressure 2006, The Sala Rossa, Academy, Blizzarts, Blue Dog, Salon Daome, Zoobizarre, Cafe Chaos, Buddha Bar, Station C, Saphir, The Green Room, Boa, Chez Roger, Centre Fractal, and Missy Bar. In Ottawa, she has played at Barrymore's Music Hall, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Cafe Dekcuf, and MTL Nightclub.

A consistent involvement with independent circus artists, and circus cabarets/parties has also led her to collaborate with Cirque Du Soleil, Carnaval Carmagnole, and Duo Hoops, to name a few, often making personalized musical mixes for artists' performances. Whether DJing in urban clubs, graffitti conventions, or underground loft parties, Jasmine's love for collecting and playing music continues to propell her into new and exciting environments, and her ability to meet the challenge of varied audiences has gained her widespread respect throughout both Canada and the U.S.

(partial credits for bio due to Steve Lalla/ Sarcastic and Cyan)

myspace.com/djgreenspace

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CYAN

Cyan hosts modular_systems, an electronic music magazine show focusing on local artists, djs and events. Cyan has been active in organizing events with the phoniq.net, Robo/tek and Women on Wax crews.

Cyan loves detroit techno, dub & its electronic offspring, electro, acid sounds à la wink/mcbride, chicago house, kraftwerk, and so much more. Her sets explore the intersections of many genres and can venture from the hard and slamming to the raw and jacking to the minimal and abstract. She djs regularly at events around Montreal, and has played at festivals and events in Toronto, Ottawa and France.

modular systems is broadcast on sundays from 1300-1400 est on CKUT 90.3 fm or online at www.ckut.ca

myspace.com/dj_cyan

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DJ RUE

DJ Rue loves drum and bass enough to be willing to destroy it. Born Camille, she was given a pair of hand-me-down turntables at 14. With a disregard to the politics surrounding DJ-ing, Rue began to mix samples from pop music and everyday life into the fragmented noises that her heroes were producing. Raised in the 4-4 heavy city of Chicago, Rue took the soul of house and combined it with the funky and urban sounds of DNB, switching from ear-bleeding hard-step to techno-phile electro-step without missing a beat. Rue gives her audience a constant feeling of “Oh-no she di’int” and “Ooh lord, yes she did!” Now 20 years old, her mixing skills have been honed, her tech 12s are brandished, and her love of experimentation is entirely changing the every day kicks and snares we are used to. Now living in Montreal, she is willing to take on conventional drum and bass and is taking no prisoners. Rue is an individual determined to take drum and bass to the next level – a place where all sounds come together harmoniously and flee chaotically.

myspace.com/teerue