humans, cats, cities, continents, planets, 1200s, fashion, computers, sushi, art, flowers, organic vegetables, movies, records, cars, buildings, trees, funky nailpolish, rum, clubs...wow...I still trip out on the fact that I exist....and that if i want to, I can get up from this chair and actually do something about it...or not.....
Music
World: Yelle, Chester French, Camille, Modeselektor, Spankrock, Annie, Kid Sister, CSS, Bonde James Bonde, Amy W, the Beatles, Bondo do Role, Ed Banger Fam, Diplo, Daft Punk, Simian Mobile Disco, Feist, Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer, Aaliyah, MC Solaar, Miles, Bob James, Salsoul, Minnie Ripperton, Quincy, MJ, Prince, Tribe, De La Soul, Biggie, Snoop, Cure, Teki, Bad Brains, Barry White, Meters, Ravel, P-funk, Madonna, Imagination, Bizet, Sam Brown, Sean Paul, Clash, Tiga, Operation Ivy, Debussy, Jazzanova, Bugz, Ubiquity, Stones Throw, SiC, Slum, Marvin, Billie, Sade, Bill Withers, Attica Blues,MAW, Domu, Astrud, Dimlite, Brazilian Girls, Feist, Pieter K, Chopin, Zero 7, Forss, Take, Ras-G, Black Monk, Coleman, Kutmah, Gang of Neon, Sa-Ra, Quantic, Goapele, Beyonce, Roni Size, Middle-Eastern Music, Salsa, 80s classics, Bembe, MdCL, Gilles....
Bosnian: Sevdah, Letu Stuke, Zoster, Edo Maajka, Dubioza Kolektiv, Sikter...
Movies
Kurosawa's "Dreams" (a masterpiece! pls see it!), Bitter Moon, March of the Penguins, Amelie, Baraka, City of God, American Beauty, Some Like it Hot, Gone With the Wind, Dr Zhivago, When Father Was Away on Business, Lost in Translation, Last Samurai, Frida, Emanuelle, The Time of Gypsies, Lacho Drom, Bowling for Columbine, Che, Motorcycle Diaries, Miles Biography, Black Orpheus, Rockers, Eternal Sunshine...
Television
don't have one any more...but if I did, I would watch HBO, BRAVO, VH1, SHOWTIME, DISCOVERY, HISTORY, ANIMAL PLANET, SUNDANCE, BBC.....and would get nothing done.
Books
Lolita, Ishmael, Pilgrimage, Man and Boy, Alchemist, Sidhartha, Miles Autobiography, Tolstoy, Altered States, Generation Extasy, Castaneda, Tipping Point, Culture Jam, Politix of Style, 100 Years of Solitude, Wake the Town and Tell the People, Glimpse after Glimpse, Birth of A Nation ('hood), Bomb the Suburbs, Book of Rap Lists, Bedroom Rockers...Little Prince, Calvin & Hobbes.... :)
About me: Before becoming an avid participant in the Los Angeles music scene, Valida was first a keen observer. Originally from Sarajevo, Valida fled a heavily conflicted Bosnia to pursue higher education from University of California, Los Angeles, where she finished a bachelor’s degree in World Arts and Cultures, and then a master’s degree in Dance Ethnography and Video Production. 2001 marked the release of her feature documentary, Concentric Beats, a “love letter to the drum’n’bass scene,” according to URB magazine.
Creating the film sparked a desire to dig into vinyl crates and learn the art of mixing. Soon after, Valida co-founded what XLR8R magazine aptly described as “one of the most righteous weekly club spots in town,” Proper* at Hollywood’s Star Shoes. For three years, Proper promoted a genre-free night featuring local and international DJ heroes. “There is only one thing worse than someone who doesn’t like to get down,” she said. “Someone who only likes to get down to one type of music!”
Now dubbed by LA.com as “one of the most important figures in L.A.’s nightlife scene,” Valida’s steady rise comes from her uncanny ability to seamlessly blend a variety of music styles that include house, hip-hop, indie rock, b-more/electro, and some classic 80s, disco and pop tracks thrown in for good measure. Since purchasing her first set of turntables in 1998, Valida has straddled the music and modeling arena with skills and ease. Worldwide bookings have brought her musical eloquence to Winter Music Conference in Miami, Mystique in Kuala Lumpur, Budoir in Dubai, Nuphoria event in Tokyo, Candela Party in Puerto Rico, Organic Party in Mexico, Barbados and her native Bosnia. In 2003, she was featured on Los Angeles’ own 89.9 KCRW as part of Chocolate City’s Unsung Heroes program hosted by Garth Trinidad.
Endowed with looks as much as raw talent, Valida scored a Wet’n’Wild Fresh Face beauty campaign in 2006 that graced major fashion glossies like Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Elle. She has also appeared in countless editorials for Lucky, Anthem, URB, Fader, XLR8R, BPM, Music Connection and Lemonade magazines.
When in her home turf, Valida can be spotted commanding select Thursday nights at the Rooftop Bar of the Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Officially, she is the talent coordinator for the hotel’s sister property in Hollywood, booking DJs for its lobby and the Purple Lounge where, with her Mad Mondays crew, she holds the fort every second and fourth Mondays.
For booking inquiry and more info, please visit www.valida.com.
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Yo whats up stranger! I'm finishing a new CD right now and then plan on coming back out late Feb possibly...whats the Standards schedule looking like ;)
