Miss djax biography of michael j

Techno was created and developed far away from the mainstream. The underground sound got its deserved popularity in the past few years but there is a lot of movement in sound with sub-genres and a lot of talent you may not hear about. We believe underground producers and labels deserve special recognition, so we will be dedicating this feature to a true legend on the techno scene, Miss Djax.

Michael James Dearborn was born October 7th, in Chicago Soon after, he received a call from Saskia Slegers a.k.a.

For more then 33 years now, she has stomped on the face of techno and acid with hard punishing beats and radioactive sounds. The ferocious releases on her Djax-Up-Beats label helped Chicago and Detroit sounds gain foothold in Europe, as Djax Records was one of the first European labels to put out techno in the early nineties.

Miss Djax started her DJ career at the age of sixteen. Her musical roots can be traced back to disco, funk and new wave.

Michael James Dearborn was born October 7th, in Chicago Illinois, USA. Soon after, he received a call from Saskia Slegers a.k.a.

That triggered her to start her own label and in Djax Records was founded. Miss Djax had her international breakthrough when she played at the notorious MayDay rave in Berlin In the following years her name was always in the international top 10 rankings. In that same year Saskia went on a 2 week trip to Chicago and Detroit to meet her favourite producers in person and to see with her own eyes were it all had started.

Four years in a row, from to she took part in one of the major techno happenings: The Love Parade in Berlin. In Djax even had the privilege to start at pole position! Miss Djax also played two times, in and , at the Love Parade end manifestation at the Victory Tower in front of millions of people. Besides the worldwide respected releases on Djax-Up-Beats, Djax Records is also known for being the first company to release Dutch spoken rap-music, later called Nederhop.

In Saskia discovered The Osdorp Posse that soon became the most popular rap-band of the Netherlands! In they won the Dutch Popprijs for being the most innovative Dutch band!