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djsocool, girl, from Vancouver, BC, known as IRL as Dj Socool

this week, djsocool has been mostly listening to...

the Lion mix (artist unknown)

about djsocool

Emily Sobool aka Dj Socool used to listen to music on her headphones and fantasize about sharing it with others. Sometimes, it involved hijacking radio stations, other times it involved guerilla attacks on coffee shops. But most recently, it has centered on the commandeering of turntables in order to bring the message to the dance floors. With the aid of the superstar DJ Soo, Socool has found herself descending into the mad depths of vinyl addiction. While her primary love is playin’ in da jungle, she doesn’t like to limit herself to just one genre: her New Year’s Eve 2006 downtempo set featuring the likes of Lou Reed, U.N.K.L.E. & and Aphex Twin is widely regarded as “enigmatically eclectic.”

Speaking of hijacking radio stations, Socool has been holding it down as one of the residents of the Shadow Jugglers Saturday night radio show on CITR 101.9FM (7-9pm, pst) / www.citr.ca. The SJ Crew (MP, Soo & Socool) like to mix it up live on air, playing pretty much whatever is moving them at the moment – from Jungle to reggae, dubstep to downtempo, hip hop to funk, and more.

Socool is all about embracing that which is unique, and isn’t afraid to take risks in her music. She doesn’t play just one genre or represent just one sound, so you never really know what you’re going to get. Sometimes, I think even she might not know. In any case, so far it seems to be working, as Socool was recently voted Best Newcomer DJ from the NWDNB.BC.CA community. DJing has led to producing original music, as it often does. And let me tell you, it is very much true that she enjoys writing songs and having them come to life.

djsocool's influences

radiohead, massive attack, drum’n’bass/jungle, belle and sebastian, aphex twin, to rococo rot, good looking records, squarepusher, autechre, boards of canada, looper, planet mu, asian dub foundation, air, flaming lips, the walkmen, ninja tune, the streets, lemon jelly, hyperdub, hexstatic, photek, portishead, kid koala, dj shadow, unkle, roni size, lamb, elliott smith, warp, dj distance, skream, burial, portishead, alpha, tricky, kode9, flytronix, seba, paradox, easy star all stars