Shroombab - DnB mix - Jun 2003

Biography of Shroombab

Shroombab started listening to drum'n'bass around 1996 when she discovered
the sound of her heart during a trip to UK. At this time she was already
writing for different music magazines (e.g.'Breakbeat Magazine') when she
was invited to start her own radio show ('Electronic Vibes') at Radio FRO
back in 1998 on a Saturday night. Many guest DJs appeared on her show and
their sound gave her the inspiration to start dj-ing herself. At the
beginning she mixed in the studio of the Austrian non-profit Radio FRO. In
spring '99 it all started, Shroombab had her first public performance at an
open-air party. The rest is history: She got a residency at Donau, a large &
very well-known Vienniese bar where many local DJs started their career and
which consists of a very nice architecture and central setting. More and
more people listened to her sound and liked it, so she got her first
bookings at some Vienniese clubs like Kunstwerk and Subzero, and she got
invited for many local radio shows @ Radio Orange and national radio shows
at FM4. Shroombab also made the 2nd place at a 'DJ Contest' in 1999. Apart
from that, she started writing party reviews for Austria's largest
event-webpage (club.at) and reviewing drum'n'bass-records for the 'Breakbeat
magazine'.

In 2000 Shroombab met MC Terra and together they founded the Junglistic
Sistaz, a female Drum'n'Bass-collective. Their crew soon became very
popular, and many club promoters invited the girls to play. Together with MC
Terra, she started to run the clubnight 'BASS LAND' which established itself
as a fixed institution in the scene - many local and international DJs
played at their Friday night sessions. Apart from numerous national bookings
to the best and most established clubs all over Austria alongside
established acts like DILLINJA, DOM&ROLAND, DIESELBOY, DJ STORM,
BAD COMPANY, CYANTIFIC, SKYNET, MAKAI, DYLAN & ROBYN CHAOS,
MICKEY FINN, APHRODITE, EVOL INTENT, RASCAL & KLONE, ALLEY
CAT, DJ SPICE, COUNTERSTRIKE, ILL.SKILLZ, DJ MARKY, MATRIX,
PANACEA, RESONANT EVIL, ADAM F, JOHN B, MC JENNA G, MC RAGE,
or mostly as a headliner herself, Shroombab also got a growing number of
international bookings since 2001. Especially in 2003 and 2004 she played at
lots of clubs and festivals all over Europe. In November 2003 she attended the
'Red Bull Music Academy' in Cape Town (South Africa), and was
chosen as a participant from more than 2000 entries. Nowadays, Shroombab is
a truly international dj, playing abroad nearly every second weekend, and
she's also well-known for her online mixes that are currently downloaded by
more than 4000 people monthly.

Highlights for her are a rave called 'Nature One' in Germany, where she was
co-headlining alongside DJ Storm in 2002; Counterstrike's clubnight in South
Africa, where she was playing in front of 600 South African DnB-Headz in
2003; and her two appearances at Sophonic Sessions in Liverpool/UK in 2002
and 2004, the Junglistic Sistaz Night at the cosy but well-respected club Herbal,
London/UK in 2003, as well as nearly all of her seven gigs in Slovakia,
because the crowd there is always blazin!

Additionally to DJ-ing, Shroombab always had a big interest in music
production, and it was also back in 2000 when she started producing. Since
this time period she collaborated with Mr. Polarity from Germany, Tomkin
from Trickdisc Recordings and since 2003 she also works on solo tunes.
Shroombab & Polarity already finished a numerous amount of tracks and in
March 2002 - after perfectionizing their production skills - they founded
the drum'n'bass-label 'High Tension Recordings' and put out their first
release 'Stronghold/Rolling Thunder'. It received a very good press.
Meanwhile their tunes get dropped into sets by L Double, Andy C, Nicky
Blackmarket and many more big name DJs. In 2003 the tunes 'Double
Trouble'/'Bad Motions' got released on Aphrodite's and Mickey Finn's imprint
Urban Takeover, and was included into a mix-cd by Aphrodite for V2. In 2003
and 2004 the lady also had various releases on labels like Urbadon Rec.
(USA), Protogen (GER), Giana Brotherz (GER), Trickdisc (A), and Phunk
Fiction (GER) etc. For early 2006, she has plans to bring back her own imprint,
High Tension!

Shroombab is now known for spinning the freshest drum'n'bass with
dancefloor-orientated rhythms, wicked basslines, melodic hardness and
atmospheric breakdowns. Never expect exclusively a 'greatest hits'
selection, because she is spinning a lot of more diverse nasty breakz with
some complex beatz in it. Her mixing is fast, and tight. Getting productions
and promo-vinyl from Austrian and international artists, she has established
herself as one of Austria's most booked drum'n'bass djs, and definitely as
Austria's first lady of drum&bass. Her current favourite labels are Human,
Project 51, Subtitles, Metalheadz, Cargo, Signal, Breakbeat Chaos etc.

Apart from establishing herself as international dj & producer, she also
devoted her love for drum&bass to another project: She launched the website
http://www.junglistic-sistaz.com as an international data:base for female
junglists with a daily growing number of female artists. Meanwhile seven
Junglistic Sistaz events took place internationally at some well-establsihed
clubs in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Russia and UK. Apart from that,
Shroombab launched Junglistic Sistaz Radio, first at
http://www.dnbradio.net, now at http://www.bassdrive.com that currently
represents DJs from 15 different countries.

In 2004, she got a residency at D.Kay & Rawfulls newly opened clubnight
'Beat It', at Vienna's most well-known club 'Flex'. Shroombab also continues
to work on new productions and does not intend to stop DJ-ing at all. So you
better keep an eye and ear on her!

Played in: Austria, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia,
Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Russia, Poland,
Estonia and South Africa.