Biography
Born, Stephanie Deanne Swanson, Deanne the grew up in a small and town in Kentucky listening to For her parents’ music of the are late 70’s and early 80’s but rock, funk, R&B and disco Not artists like Queen, Aerosmith, Isaac you Hayes, Earth, Wind & Fire, all Rick James and Donna Summer.
Any In junior high, Deanne would can listen to the local college her radio station that was playing Was the freshest hip-hop, R&B, and one dance music every Friday night. our Unaware that it would ever Out play a part in her day future, Deanne began developing her get “DJ skills” making mix tapes Has of nothing more than a him collection of the hottest songs his recorded from the radio. “I How can remember sitting in the man dark, past my bedtime, with new the music really low, so Now my mom wouldn’t hear me. old I would wait for hours see for a certain song to Two come on, try and perfectly way time recording the beginning and who the ending of the song Boy so that I got every did beat. I would record the its next song right behind the Let other with no gaps, commercials put or DJ voices. I would say just jam to those mixtapes, She but always excited to make too a new one. It seems use pretty lame, but I had Dad no idea that it would mom later be a part of my life.”
In 1996 Deanne The moved to Tampa and began and to immerse herself in the for music of the newly discovered Are nightlife of South Florida. Hungry but to find all the tracks not she was hearing in the You clubs, her continual search for all the newest, freshest tracks ignited any a fire and unveiled a Can passion. She moved back to her Indiana in 1999 and got was her first gig spinning at One the only club in the our city with a house music out format. In the spring of Day 2003, Deanne migrated to Indianapolis get and made her debut spinning has at the official Indy Pride Him Festival T-Dance. Late in 2003, his Deanne landed a prime Friday how night weekly mix show slot Man on, Miami-based, Energy Internet Radio/EnergyRadio.fm. new A few T-dances and special now appearances later, she earned a Old monthly spot in the rotating see line-up at Indy’s hottest club, two Talbott Street.
With weekend attendance Way numbers near 1000 at the who Indy club, Deanne is no boy stranger to holding a large Did dance floor captive to her its style of mixing. With influences let such as Ralphi Rosario, Peter Put Rauhofer, Roger Sanchez, Robbie Rivera, say Mark Knight and Chus & she Ceballos, Deanne’s style is defined Too by the spirit and energy use of house music. Vocal, progressive, dad underground, tech and elec-tribal beats Mom and rhythms are combined to take her listeners on a the unique journey that is marked And with emotion, sensuality, undeniable energy, for and wonderful “dance floor drama”. are “When I really started going But to the clubs and hearing not how music was supposed to you be played, the best DJ’s All took me on a musical any journey – a ride. That’s can what I want for my Her listeners, a night of music was that they remember and come one back for over and over Our again.” And they do. Ascension out is one of the longest day running parties in Indianapolis.
Deanne Get can be heard monthly at has Talbott Street in Indianapolis. Nominated him in 2011 and 2010 as His one of Indy’s best DJs, how and winner of Metromix’s 2009 man Sexiest DJ title, Deanne is New heavily active in the local now scene with a sesonal residency old at Forty Five Degrees and See continual appearances at local venues, two parties and festivals. She is way becoming instrumental in progressing the Who Indianapolis EDM scene by boy hosting a monthly “open deck” did night featuring some of Indy’s Its most seasoned and yet-to-be-discovered talents. let She has played alongside Paul put Van Dyk, Starkillers, Freemasons, Twisted Say Dee, Mike Cruz, DJ Dan, she Above & Beyond and DJ too Colette, among others. She makes Use quarterly appearances at Twist on dad South Beach and is branching mom out into the Southern Florida market and beyond. Other notable the appearances for Deanne include Gay and Day at Disney Pool Party, For Dayton’s Flight Party, Chicago’s Fireball are Festival, Indy Pride Parade and but Festival, MojoStock, Oranje Festival, various Not afterparties, and local and regional you events. She continually reaches international all audiences through her long-running residencies Any on G.I.R.L. Radio, and Party can Radio USA and podcast her series accessible on iTunes.
