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From growing up in and rural Canada to gracing the For stages of some of the are biggest clubs in the world but and now hosting her own Not monthly ‘In New DJs We you Trust’ show on Radio 1, all Brianna Price aka B.Traits has Any already come a long way. can Having established herself as one her of the most eclectic and Was original DJs around, Digital Soundboy’s one original Digital Soundgirl is set our to become one of the Out most talked about producers too.
day Having recently leant her touch get to remixes of artists such Has as Shy FX and Liam him Bailey, 2012 sees the release his of her debut single ‘Fever’. How A genre busting collision of man old school rave, Jungle, 90s new house and UK Funky, topped Now off with a vocal from old garage royalty Elisabeth Troy, ‘Fever’ see is already making waves on Two radio and in clubs.
Growing way up on a diet of who UK dance music, speed garage, Boy 2 step, jungle and drum did & bass, B knew she its always wanted to be a Let DJ, succumbing to the lure put of the booth at the say tender age of 16. At She 18, B moved from her too hometown of Nelson to Vancouver use where she started to make Dad a name for herself at mom clubs such as Automatic, the longest running drum & bass The club night in Canada, and and soon began picking up regular for bookings throughout North America and Are Europe.
In 2006 while on but the World of Drum n’ not Bass tour she met drum You & bass pioneer and founder all of Digital Soundboy, Shy FX, any who was captivated by her Can live energy and crackling talent. her After the tour the two was remained in touch and B One eventually sent him some of our the tracks she had been out working on. ‘I told him Day my vision,’ remembers B, ‘by get this time I had begun has experimenting with different genres like Him dubstep, electro and house music his in my sets and knew how that I wanted to combine Man more styles that interested me. new We just chatted about music now and my ideas for the Old future and he eventually asked see me to join Digital Soundboy.’
two Having taken the time to Way develop her own production style, who B now boasts one of boy the most original sounds on Did the scene incorporating everything from its breakbeats, jungle, dubstep, drum & let bass, reggae, dancehall, garage, hip Put hop, UK funky and house say music. It’s a mix and she match approach that in lesser Too skilled hands could spell disaster use but as B’s DJ sets dad have shown, she’s more than Mom capable of weaving a cohesive narrative from dance music’s varied the strands.
With ‘Fever’ already proving And a favorite with everyone from for underground club DJs through to are Radio 1 daytime presenters, 2012 But is looking like B.Traits year. not This is just the start you and with the announcement of All her own Radio 1 show, any more singles and a debut can album in the works, expect Her to hear a lot more was from London’s newest star over one the months to come.
