This is my entry for the Beat Collective Challenge of 29-06-2025 in which we are given two samples and invite to incorporate them into an original track. This month the samples are :- Sample 1 - Guitar chords in G minor Sample 2 - Lofi Rhodes piano in G minor (or B flat major) I used sample 1 as a rhythmic element throughout the track, pitching it down two semi-tones. I put sample 2 into Ableton's Simpler and played a melody with it, then created two additional melodies for the breakdown. and th...
Jun 29, 2025•6 min
It’s been a while, but welcome back to Draw The Line Radio Show with me, Jacki-E. This is the first in an occasional series of DTL Extra, the show that celebrates music made by female and female identifying DJs and Producers. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s Caroline Valença aka Amethysta a DJ, Producer and multi-artist from Brasília with a B2B set with her husband, Benicci. The B2B ranges from techno to indie dance and every track is by Amethysta or Benicci or is a collab between the pai...
Jun 14, 2025•2 hr 2 min
This is my mix for The DnB Takeover Podcast of May 2025. You can also watch the mix on You Tube:- https://youtu.be/F_DhLjy1X-4. Or listen on Mixcloud:- https://www.mixcloud.com/TooTsTunes/the-dnb-takeover-010-jacki-e-may-25/ Track list:- 1. Bcee – Little Bird (Monrroe remix) 2. SerenI7 – Take It Back 3. SerenI7 – Chasing Stars 4. Mitekiss, Mark Menzies – Those Eyes 5. Nostre – Reverse 6. B4sstee – Days Go By 7. Sequent – Through Your Love 8. Technimatic – From Within 9. Nostre – Rosepatch 10. S....
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr
This is my entry for the Beat Collective Challenge for May 2025 in which participants are given some samples and asked to incorporate them into an original track. This month's samples are from the Ableton May newsletter's featured artist quickly, quickly and are called entertheroom, loopme & urfreakingmeout entertheroom I used the first part of the sample as a riser at various places in the track. loopme I converted the melody to a new midi then used that melody with a Serum patch to create ...
May 25, 2025•6 min
My DJ set recorded live at Ro-Loz, Oswestry, 31st January 2025 1. RL Grime – Pressure ft Anna Lunoe (Valentino Khan remix) WeDidIt. 2. Miss Mad – Tell Me Your Story (original mix) GaGa Records. 3. Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler (original mix) Wichita Recordings. 4. Noir – All About House Music (Marc Spence bootleg) 5. Hannah Wants, Chris Lorenzo – Girls (original mix) Food Music. 6. Helen&Boys – Topic (original mix) Monotonik Cutz. 7. Beth Lydi – Spilled Beans (original mix) SNOE. 8. Missy, G...
Apr 06, 2025•2 hr 5 min
This is my entry for the Beat Collective Challenge of 23rd March 2025 in which participants are given two or three samples with the challenge of including them in an original track. This month's samples provided by Gary Frank (aka Gairaigo) Beats - A collection of percussion sounds - starts with a showcase of each sound, then a few bars of them arranged in a pattern. Some of these sounds are cut from DSI Mopho samples. Hi hat sample based on a noise patch from ANA 2 VST synth. Kick is a couple o...
Mar 23, 2025•6 min
This is my latest mix for Midnight Express FM. Thanks to Eve Novoa for inviting me to do another mix for Midnight Express. Track list:- 1. ROBPM - D4 Damager (T78 remix) 2. Richard Reynolds, Ozgm - Techno Music (original mix) 3. Lysa Chain - Concrete Angel (original mix) 4. Mha Iri - No Return (original mix) 5. Authenticity - Flashback (original mix) 6. Domek - Past (original mix) 7. Maurice Burgbacher - Scream ft Alosoul (original mix) 8. Wambli - Politico (original mix) 9. HI-LO, Kasablanca - ...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr
This is my entry for the Beat Collective Challenge for 16th Feb 2025 in which participants are given three samples and the challenge id to incrporate those samples into a new piece of music, any genre. This time the samples are from Senor Picante and comprise:- Sample 1 - Synth Pad Sample 2 - Glitchy Drums Sample 3 - Rolling Snares I incorporated all three samples in the two breakdowns and in addition I sliced the Rolling Snares to midi and made separate hits from them which I used as fills at v...
Feb 16, 2025•6 min
My mix for Wan Deep Session, the leading techno podcast in the Czech Republic managed, presented and curated by Quantom. It's a high energy, driving, peak-time techno mix. I hope you enjoy it. Track list:- 1. Mark Reeve – All We Have (original mix) Terminal M. 2. Redge – 100 Thou (original mix) Kashla Records. 3. Paul van Dyk, The Yellowheads, Jairo Juarez – Back 2 The FVTR (original mix) Vandit Alternative. 4. Karla Blum – Time (original mix) Set About. 5. Justus Reim, Silsan – Essence (origina...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 5 min
My entry for the Beat Collective Challenge Dec 2024.
Jan 12, 2025•7 min
I'm pleased to present my mix for Techneck NRG Radio which was first streamed as part of their Techno Tuesday segment on 10th Dec 2024 and repeated on 24th Dec. It's a Peak Time/ Driving Techno set and I hope you enjoy it. Thanks to Techneck DJ for inviting me to take part. Track list:- 1. Deneem - Booster (original mix) Sounds of Meow. 2. Chriss Jay - First Trip (original mix) Phobia Music. 3. Gonzalo F - The Music (original mix) Enter Audio. 4. Wuki, Dave Summer - Smoke (original mix) Tomorrow...
Dec 31, 2024•1 hr
A three track EP of pulsing techno sounds with catchy melodic hooks, fizzing top lines and dark undertones. Released by UPUK Records on 18-11-2024. Beatport:- https://www.beatport.com/release/thoughts-from-a-small-universe/4799551 Spotify:- https://open.spotify.com/album/4lHdUHt2TyAtpI5cnuxCnX?si=xcJ_dOAXR46WKNKwzPcIag
Nov 18, 2024•6 min
A three track EP of pulsing techno sounds with catchy melodic hooks, fizzing top lines and dark undertones. Released by UPUK Records on 18-11-2024. Beatport:- https://www.beatport.com/release/thoughts-from-a-small-universe/4799551 Spotify:- https://open.spotify.com/album/4lHdUHt2TyAtpI5cnuxCnX?si=xcJ_dOAXR46WKNKwzPcIag
Nov 18, 2024•6 min
A three track EP of pulsing techno sounds with catchy melodic hooks, fizzing top lines and dark undertones. Released by UPUK Records on 18-11-2024. Beatport:- https://www.beatport.com/release/thoughts-from-a-small-universe/4799551 Spotify:- https://open.spotify.com/album/4lHdUHt2TyAtpI5cnuxCnX?si=xcJ_dOAXR46WKNKwzPcIag
Nov 18, 2024•6 min
This is my new mix for Midnight Express FM. Track list:- 1. Konstantin Sibold, KAF3R – Lost in Space (original mix) 2. Justin Reim, Silsan – Essence (Tim Taste remix) 3. Kaufman – Weird Flex (original mix) 4. Shadym, Tximelata – Amethyst (original mix) 5. Vintage Culture, Fancy Inc. Meca – Electricity (original mix) 6. Lucy Snake – Golden Teacher (original mix) 7. Walker & Royce, VNSSA – I Don’t Remember (original mix) 8. Casmalia – Calling Out (Redux Saints remix) 9. Fly With Us, Deijuvhs –...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr
This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s Madeleine Minfalk who’s from Stockholm in Sweden. Madeleine has a passion for music and loves the melodic sound of house and techno. This is the fourth time she’s been on Draw The Line and was a real pleasure to invite her back for our final show. Links for Minfalk- Soundcloud:- https://soundcloud.com/minfalk Mixcloud:- https://www.mixcloud.com/madeleine...
Nov 01, 2024•2 hr
This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s Lexa Voltz who’s from Montreal, Canada and is now based in Nelson, British Colombia. She curates unique tech house sets by exclusively sourcing tracks from women-identifying producers and this is her way of taking a stand in an industry still grappling with gender inequality and overlooking women's significant contributions to electronic music. She has a...
Oct 30, 2024•2 hr
This is my entry for the Beat Collective Challenge of 27-10-2024 in which participants are given two or three samples and are challenged to make an original track (any genre) utilising the samples. This month the samples were provided by Increment and are:- Sample 1 - Bass Thump (a one shot could be a nice kick or bass). Sample 2 - Delayed old creaky door - a little creepy but Halloween is upon us. Sample 3 - Vocal_nightcall_C - another unsettling sound is in in the key of C. For Sample 1, the B...
Oct 27, 2024•5 min
This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s Luisa Houseworks aka DJ Luisa, a DJ, promoter and music producer based in El Paso in Texas. Originally from the state of Jalisco in Mexico, her career developed from DJ-ing at underground house parties. Her style transcends genres as her sound follows an inner spirit and groove that can surprise with switches from house to techno and from techno to jungl...
Oct 23, 2024•2 hr
This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s Žaneta Planeta aka Waves of Pleasure who’s from the Czech Republic and is now based in Berlin. Driven by a passion for sonic exploration and a deep-rooted love for music, she fuses house music with a wide variety of genres to create enchanting and engaging sound journeys. With her performative DJ sets she sets out on a mission to spread love and joy thro...
Oct 16, 2024•2 hr
This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s Kate Hex from Budapest, Hungary. She’s a relative newcomer to the scene but in a very short space of time she’s made quite an impact, signing her tracks to Mainground Music, Set About, Nova Collective, Pure Black and many more. Her entry in the recent Drumcode Mha Iri remix contest was runner up and her tracks have been played by artists like Kevin de Vr...
Oct 09, 2024•2 hr
Rave Chant was released by Mavic Music on 27th August 2024 as part of a Various Artists EP entitled "Impressions Vol 3.' It's a driving techno track which was first created for the Beat Collective Challenge of April 2024, in which participants are given three samples and the challenge is to create an original track in any genre using the three samples in any way you wish. The samples for this Challenge were:- The Gregorian Chant which I used in the Intro and the breakdowns. The Plucked Melody wh...
Oct 03, 2024•6 min
This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s FSJ who are from Phnom Penh in Cambodia. The set is called "On Beauty." It’s a live set created specifically for the Draw the Line. Deeply moved by the show’s support for female musicians, their live set draws inspiration from Kahlil Gibran's poetry collection "The Prophet," using the chapter ‘On Beauty’ as a vocal sample to convey the message that every...
Oct 02, 2024•2 hr
This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s Adriana Dyakova from Cologne in Germany. She’s DJ’d at renowned clubs such as Odonien, Silq, Kowalski, and Club Zimmermanns, and she proudly holds a residency at Data Transmission Radio. Specializing in TechHouse and Latin Tech, her sets are an electrifying mix of hybrid performances and three-deck DJ sets. Her music is deeply inspired by legendary artis...
Sep 25, 2024•2 hr
This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s O.P.Groover, a London based DJ & VFX artist. She’s DJ’d at various events all over London & Sheffield and been a regular at Glastonbury Festival Cornish Arms & Broke Britain bars the last few years. Earlier this year she made her international debut at Bass Boomtown in Tallinn. Her first track, a collaboration with breaks & dubstep produc...
Sep 18, 2024•2 hr
This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s Fiona who is now based in Berlin. Driven by a passion to help people connect, share experiences, and escape the outside world she promoted her own parties in Jerusalem's underground scene, uniting diverse communities. After a year of success, she moved to Berlin to immerse herself in techno and electronic music and she fell in love with acid and trancey ...
Sep 11, 2024•2 hr
This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s Eisheth, a Techno DJ and Producer based in Berlin. She holds a Residency at Klub Verboten in Berlin and her latest EP ‘Inside the Black Hole’ is released this week as a free download on her Bandcamp page. Links for Eisheth:- Bandcamp:- https://eisheth.bandcamp.com/album/inside-the-black-hole Soundcloud:- https://soundcloud.com/dotdashdbd Instagram:- http...
Sep 04, 2024•2 hr
This is my entry into the Beat Collective Challenge for Aug 2024. In this challenge participants are given two or three samples and are invited to make an original track utilising the samples in any way they wish. This month it's a unique sample provided by Melbourne based composer/producer Foxquel Pope which contains the acapella vocal to an entire track "Not the Rain." I chopped the vocals up and then fitted them to my track to., I hope, tell a story.
Sep 01, 2024•5 min
This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s Yagmur Yegin aka DJ Intensa, a young DJ from Turkey now based in Tilburg in the Netherlands. She learnt to DJ just two years ago and applied to DJ at a couple of clubs in Tilburg and as a result got her first few gigs. Her style is hard and fast techno. Links for DJ Intensa:- Soundcloud:- https://soundcloud.com/dj-intenso-731972520 Instagram:- https://ww...
Aug 28, 2024•2 hr
This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs. Helping me Draw The Line this week it’s Caroline Valença aka Amethysta a DJ, Producer and multi-artist from Brasília. Her Amethysta project is based on Techno, mixing elements of Driving, Peak Time, Acid, Hard and Psy Techno. Her mixes highlight the dichotomy between Techno and Trance, the visceral and the spiritual, resulting in the yin and yang present in her work. Amethysta is a fusion of t...
Aug 21, 2024•2 hr