Submitted By: goconlaci

Genre: Jungle / Drum and Bass

Date of Set: Jul 19th, 2002

Filesize: 52.18 MB

Total Downloads: 3

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, YANTIFIC, SKYNET, MAKAI, DYLAN & ROBYN CHAOS, MICKEY FINN, PHRODITE, EVOL INTENT, RASCAL & KLONE, ALLEY CAT, DJ SPICE, OUNTERSTRIKE, 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 www.junglistic-sistaz.com as an international database 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 www.dnbradio.net, now at 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, oland,Estonia and South Africa.