DJ Colette is one of the hottest DJs and producers. She sings her own smooth, mesmerizing vocals over the music that she spins. Her songs have a powerful and energetic groove. The juxtaposition of her beautiful voice against the hard house beats is so overpowering that it simply draws the crowds into a trance.

She has taken classical voice lessons when she was nine and opera training as a teen. She began her career in house music when she was eighteen, bought her first turntables when she was twenty, and began to mix her beats. She released her first solo work "Try Her For Love" and completed her first US tour with SuperJane, a group of four female DJs. Soon she was in Spin, Urb, XLR8R, Time Out and other publications. Since then she has released two albums "Into the Sun" and "Our Day." DJ Colette has become one of the hottest deep house DJs ever, and has opened shows for The Chemical Brothers and for Fatboy Slim, St. Etienne and RunDMC.

Interview by Mauricio Saravia

ARTIST INTERVIEWS: You spin and mix your vocals. Your voice is spellbinding. Can you tell us about the recording of "In the Sun" and "Our Day"?

DJ Colette: My first mix CD "In the sun" came out the summer of 2000. It's a vocal/turntable session that covers a mix of tech-house and deep house. It was recorded similarly to how I do my live show, so you get the sense of being in a club. In my new CD "Our Day", I wanted to focus more on the singing and have the songs sound like original recordings. Angel Alanis did an amazing job mastering this CD. All the songs relate to different stages of love, carrying on a story through the records.

AI: What was your experience performing with Fatboy Slim and The Chemical
Brothers?

DJC: Opening up for Fatboy Slim and The Chemical Brothers was interesting in the fact that their audience was most ready for them and not anyone else. The crowd could have cared less who was playing before them and proved that by standing motionless until Fatboy Slim got on the decks. A few of us went to play in the hallway of the auditorium during the main show and were amazed by the positive response we got there. Everyone who had ignored us in the main room earlier were now downstairs dancing up a storm. It ended up being a great night beyond it's shaky beginnings.

"I see house music continuing to expand,
definitely hitting the pop market more and more."

AI: You have traveled from Hawaii to Tel-Aviv. Do you have any unusual experiences that you would like to share?

DJC: Touring has got to be the most surreal experience ever. First off, you rarely sleep so everything that happens occurs in some sort of dream state. We flew everywhere, so everyday pretty much went like this: 1) wake up after 3 hour nap 2) fly to next city 3) check in hotel 4) inhale food 5) run to venue 6) play records 7) go back to hotel 8) repeat. We would do this 5 days out of the week for a month. It was insanity! An experience like this teaches you so much. If you don't love what you're doing, there is no way you'll survive something like that. I learned so much about music and my friends on this tour, it was an eye opener on many levels.

AI: How do you see the house music scene in 2002?

DJC:I see house music continuing to expand, definitely hitting the pop market more and more. What's great about house music is that it's always there, regardless of what other music is in the spotlight. It's not a fad for it's listeners ... I think that's what gives it it's staying power.

AI: What's on your stereo now?

DJC: The best of 1980-1990: U2

AI: What's a day in the life of DJ Colette like?

DJC: When I'm not touring on the weekends, (spending every free minute in the airports) I'm usually working at home. I work in the studio or in my office. There is always something involving music going on in my day! If it's not making music, it's having a meeting about making music. I don't ever have a day off, but I'm pretty okay with that for the time being.

AI: What are plans for 2002?

DJC: I'm working on my Nettwerk album right now, something I've been waiting to do for a long time. I'm really excited for it, the people that are working on it are amazing! Angel Alanis, CPEN, and Home & Garden to name a few. SuperJane is also going on mini tours of Europe this year, so that is something to look forward to as well. 2002 is hopefully going to be more of the same, lots and lots of music!

AI: Thank you so much, DJ Colette!

DJC: You're welcome!!

You can visit DJ Colette's Official Site at: www.djcolette.com