DJane Meenakshi loves the dark side of psy trance! She dedicates her dj sets to the gods of night, playing pushing tunes woven into a mystical atmosphere… Her sentient and melancholic nature can be felt through her musical style - dark, strong, psychedelically-spiritual, fast (preferably ~148 to ~160 bpm). She plays the sound that touches and moves her most – taking us on a spherical, hard but sensitive journey into the deepest of our inner self, making us never want to return… ;-) Her sets always tell a story. Besides that, it is her main aim to stay constantly active (mixing!) while playing, to carry you through her magical worlds filled with (female!) energy and touch your soul.
Since 2008, she is also a label dj for Helicon Sound Systems Records, Greece. The pushing and mystical sounds of this label meet her musical taste more than well.
DJane Meenakshi has been part of the psy scene for more than 15 years now. She was born 1974 in Switzerland. Already as a young girl she used all her pocket money for records. She went through different musical styles like heavy metal (Testament, Anthrax, …), punk (Berurier Noir, New Model Army, …), reggae and the good old sounds of the 60’s (Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, Velvet Underground…). Music and dance have always been important to her. For 8 years she was doing classical (south) Indian dance, Bharata Natyam. Turning more and more to electronically influenced sounds (Young Gods, Orbital, The Orb, …), she got infected with the psychedelic virus during her first techno / trance party in 1993. After visiting many parties, in 2002 she stepped behind the decks and mixer, bought her first psy trance vinyls. The mixing became her passion. She used to combine the DJing with organising parties (and chaishops) together with the Maya Avatar project (until this group split up) and later with the SomaTribe party label. During those vinyl years, she went through different styles, like the psy trance of the old days and progressive. But even back then, there was always a touch of darkness in her sounds...
She started to play night / dark psy on stage about 4 or 5 years back from now, beeing one of the pioneers and also the first female dark psy djane in Switzerland. She fully sticks to that style until today, filling the floors with dancing people freaking out, travelling to her trippy sound worlds all over Switzerland. If you’d meet this petite lady on the streets – you’d never think of her being a highly skilled djane playing the grim sounds :)
...go for the dark female energy!
Past Sets:
28.06.2003 Smilinc: mit de Elfe am Tanze, Gibswil
17.07.2003 Maya Avatar: Heidewiibliloch, Unterehrendingen
15.08.2003 Maya Avatar: Stonecircle, Steinbruch Untersiggenthal
01.02.2004 Monday Waters: Merkker, Baden
10.04.2004 Smilinc: d’Progi-Elfli, Kaserne, Zürich
24.04.2004 Magic~Lounge: Freudentanz, Schiffsmühle Turgi
22.05.2004 Maya Avatar: RingelTringelReihe, Lengnau
21.08.2004 Maya Avatar: Birthdance, Schützenhaus Zurzach
19.09.2004 Maya Avatar: Der Sonne entgegen, Rüfenach
30.07.2005 Psy Bar: Aures Praebere, Eidberg, Winterthur, w. DJ Imox
14.08.2005 Smilinc: Street Parade After Hours, Schiffbau, Zürich, w. Imox
10.11.2005 Psy Bar: Winterthur, with DJ Imox
24.11.2005 Hexadez: Hexaclub, Zürich, with DJ Imox
15.01.2006 Psy Bar, Winterthur, with DJ Imox
11.02.2006: Smilinc&Zwerchfell, 5Uhr Tee der Seele, Schiffbau Züri w. Imox
11.03.2006 Staerneschii & Medifa, Spiritual 2, Planet M, Balsthal, w. Imox
25.03.2006 Smilinc & Zwerchfell, Balance, Planet M, Balsthal, w. DJ Imox
06.05.2006 Psy Bar Party, Winterthur, with DJ Imox
13.10.2006 Hexadez: Hexaclub, Zürich
27.10.2006 Maya Avatar: Tanz der Ringe, Döttingen
04.11.2006 Sven’s B-Day im Zauberwald, Kulti Wetzikon
24.11.2006 Maya Avatar: ... Döttingen, with DJ Imox
08.12.2006 Hexadez: Hexaclub Zürich, with DJ Imox
23.12.2006 DMT Dance Music Tribe: 72 h, Glasshouse, Bülach, Chillout Set
24.02.2007 WhyPsy Radio, Interview + DJ set, with Imox
04.05.2007 Hexadez: Hexaclub, Zurich, with DJ Imox
26.05.2007 Traintown Psy Syndicate: Twilight Zone, Finstersee, w. DJ Imox
01.12.2007 Hotzenplotz: Hotzenplotz ir Räuberhöhli, Liestal BL
01.03.2008 SomaTribe: Purpur Magenta, Wetzikon ZH
21.06.2008 Waldklang I, private outdoor birthday party
12.07.2008 Mind Distortion, by Mad Art, Reinach AG
18.07.2008 Somuna Festival, Marbachegg LU
01.11.2008 Vortex - Halloween Party by Biolive, Biberist SO
12.12.2008 Hotzenplotz: Midgardsomr - Das Schiff, Basel BS
25.12.2008 DMT Dance Music Tribe: 72 h, Nordstern, Bülach ZH
21.03.2009 Rumpelgeburi Beni & Lukas, Im Wald, Schafisheim AG
12.04.2009 Hotzenplotz: Psychedelic Experience II, Kulti, Wetzikon ZH
31.10.2009 Hotzenplotz: Dance with the Zombies!, Das Schiff, Basel BS
14.11.2009 Aphonix: Psychedelic Carneval, Palais X-tra, Zurich ZH
12.12.2009 Mythos Prod.: Royal Back Flash 2, Dynamo, Zurich ZH
I han öpe am 8ti am morge gsoundet a de party....de besch du glaubs scho gange gsi...? Spass hani emo emmer no sehr a dere sach, han letscht weekend metem beni zäme chli uflgeit =)
hey ho jaa das weissi mengmal selber nid so recht;) me hed sicher mal d chance es shwätzli z halte, heisst ja sho bald ab ufs shiff ga s tanzbei shwinge:D freui mi sho jenes druf! na en liebe guess vo de yara sell de usrichte!:) booom
high danke, me stönd halt na ganz am aafang mit produziere^^ mag dini mix mega gern! a de vortex hesh mi bsundrs gääch vershüblet:) danke!:D wär kuul wens shafsh sus gsedma sich sicher es andrsmaal. stay dark booom
ohla bella! was kann ich mach das dir die 6 stunden fahrt zur der party ChangaBang angenehm werden?diese Party wird dir sicher gefallen!! bitte komm!!!
hey priska, danke für din liebe comment:) ja dwält isch rächt chli! ich schaffe sogar ufm sunnedeck, aber sheisst jetz triebguet! wer weiss, vilicht spili wökli mal det....chum doch mal verbie eis go näh im summer!
Hey nice Lady,
geiiiiiil isch es gsi dis Set...het mer gfalle, hesch mi und d Lüt zum tanze bracht. Schööne Darkpsy. ;D
Wünsch der viiiiel Spass bim sounde und gell Womensenergieeee hahaha ;D
Liebi grüess ela
