She's a Dancing Machine
This is DJ Magda's first full-length mixed release for Minus. Evolution is a fuzzy thing when it comes to electronic dance music, especially when left in the hands of certain DJs. From experimental to disco to pop to house and everything in between and to come, the mutation is the now and new. Known for mutations of her own, DJ and producer Magda brings her influences and creations full circle in this runway soundtrack act She's A Dancing Machine. There are 16 indexes on the CD, which are made up of 71 original tracks of classic and fresh-as-hell dance burners. The selection and style is reflective yet reactive to what "minimal" music and mix albums ought to create. From robotic hustles to disco house sprinkler moves and electro-tech windmills, Magda turns the years back to phuture. Equal parts perspiration and inspiration, She's A Dancing Machine delivers with micro-edits, custom loops and lofty effects, born out of her DJ ascension from beating the bits out of her Final Scratch in clubs. The mix has the range you'd expect with top shelf artists included such as Metro Area, Ricardo Villalobos, Marc Houle and Robert Babicz and sets up some surprises from decades past by dropping in Larry Heard and Portion Control. Amongst personal favorites from The Persuader (Jesper Dahlb„ck), she's not afraid to loop in her own productions from Minus and her new label (along with Marc Houle and Troy Pierce), Items & Things. She's A Dancing Machine paints the experience and attitude from a night with Magda in control at the decks. Magda has taken the chosen path of a DJ with a mission -- searching, finding and carving her own way from being a slave to the rhythm.