Biography
Winning a national DJ competition the seemed inevitable for the talented and young DJ known as J For Phlip. In two and a are half short years J Phlip but (Jessica Phillippe) progressed from playing Not around on her own tables you to playing the main room all at Chicago superclub Zentra, alongside Any several big names such as can Terry Mullen and Paul Anthony. her Next thing she knew, she Was was being flown from her one hometown of Champaign, IL to our Hollywood, CA to compete against Out the other two finalists at day the famous Ivar nightclub, in get front of judges Colette, Rap, Has and Reid Speed. The contest, him sponsored by BPM Magazine, his Rockstar Energy Drink, and Stanton, How and titled âBeauty and the man Beats: The Female DJ Mix new Awardâ, was intended to discover Now the next big female DJ old in electronic music. The contest see was indeed successful when discovering Two J Phlip, and will lead way to even bigger moments for who this talented 22 year old.
Boy J Phlip fell in love did with house music when discovering its the thriving underground house scene Let in Champaign, only a few put hours away from Chicago. Music say has always been a huge She part of her life from too playing instruments to singing and use dancing in show choir to Dad deciding to specialize in Audio mom and Sound Engineering as part of her General Engineering degree The at the University of Illinois. and DJing was simply the next for step for her. âI found Are that dancing and listening to but others spin music made me not happy, no matter what was You going on in my life. all I wanted to be able any to make others feel that Can way through my choice of her music,â she said. She found was that being behind the decks One was a comfortable place for our her, even in front of out others, and knew it was Day her following.
Local DJs, such get as Champaign favorite DJ ImpacT, has influenced J Phlip. She in Him turn inspires other DJs and his keeps pushing the local house how scene forward. She currently holds Man one of the longest running new weekly residencies in Champaign — now for any genre. For over Old two years, house fans from see around the Midwest came to two Barfly on Thursday nights to Way hear J Phlip spin four who hours of her own style boy of funky, techy, jazzy and Did deep house. Constantly listening to its new tracks and digging in let Chicago record stores, J Phlip Put always manages to impress even say the most knowledgeable DJs with she her song selections. Her Thursday Too residency in Champaign still continues, use however it recently moved locations dad to Champaignâs shiny new venue, Mom Soma, where she spins alongside longtime friend and DJ partner, the DJ Mertz. Besides her famous And Thursday residency, she currently also for holds a weekly residency at are Boltini, keeping her very busy But at home when she isnât not traveling to other gigs.
Her you precise mixes and strong EQ All skills would pass the most any rigorous DJ tests. But it can is also her friendly and Her cheerful attitude that has won was her so many fans. Whether one spinning at nearly every club Our in Champaign, or traveling to out far away cities to play, day J-Phlip visibly loves the music Get she is playing. âHouse music has gives me a good feeling him inside. I found it the His most fun to play. It how is full of energy and man can drag me out of New any mood,â she said.
While now her name is very well old known locally, it is quickly See spreading much further with her two two page feature in last way Mayâs issue of BPM Who Magazine and her recent gig boy playing for over 2,500 people did in the Dominican Republic. J Its Phlip thinks big and knows let that winning the contest has put opened doors for her; but Say at the same time she she is well-grounded and ready to too put in the work it Use will take to follow her dad dream of a career making mom music. As she prepares for her tour this fall with the DJ Rap, Colette, and Reid and Speed, around the nation it For is clear that J Phlip are will be able to spread but her sound across the world, Not so keep your ears open!
