Kozee (pronounced cozy) was born in Lansing, Michigan and started her love affair with music early. At the age of 7, she compiled her first mixtape, inadvertently on the path towards creating her own music one day. Her family would relocate to Sacramento, California, and in the early 90’s she started collecting vinyl and building hip hop mixtapes (through those she landed an opening slot for DJ Maseo of De La Soul fame). As the times shifted so too did her musical tastes, as the sounds of UK Jungle/DnB became the focus, but what she would realize later on she was just, like many of us, waiting for Dubstep to come along. “It really took a bit of time from when I first heard Grime & Dubstep for me to get into it, but once I did I couldn’t stop, it was definitely the music for me!”
As the sounds started to permeate the streets of San Francisco, Kozee banded together with Ultraviolet to start the legendary “Redline / Makeout Sessions” bringing the future sounds to San Fran. Now in its 3rd year the night is a a staple in the local scene, always drawing a diverse, energetic crowd but with a musical focus locked on Dubstep!
With current and forthcoming releases on Badman Press and Badman Digital, she shook up the dubstep world and gained serious attention from artists like Starkey, Crookers, Rusko & more!
Having performed back to back with Silkie, MRK1, and more while touring the UK and Europe - she continues to share the stage and draw inspiration from many other prominent North American dubstep producers including members of San Frans thriving Dubstep community which includes worldwide recognized producers and DJ’s DZ, Djunya, Juju, DJG, Ultraviolet, AntiSerum, Babylon System, Kush Aurora, Sam Supa & many countless others!
Always one to leave an impression, the demand continues to rise for her performances! Not one to be afraid of meshing diverse sounds, we will be hearing more from this original rudegyal for years to come!!!
“As the leading lady in dubstep, you killed it last night. Never have I seen a female dj perform with such confidence and precision, mad style and attitude. Seriously more ladies need to realize that we don't have to be sexual and sexy to be successful in the dj world. It’s too bad your set was short, but in my mind you were 100 times then any Uk/Usa/Canadian dubstep artist that has graced Calgarian ears.”
-Peyote De Leon
i was upset to hear i missed you drop the pon de floor remix on halloween. i knew you'd be there and i knew i was missing out. are you going to be back in oakland anytime soon? you know what venue im talkin about girllllll. i heard Joker is playing a set there on the 27th will you be there too?