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As
a core member of the DELTA 9 crew Sparkle was heavily involved
in organising their early Nottingham house parties and it
was this that tempted her to try her hand on the decks. She
made her debut in June 1999 in a DELTA 9 chillout room - providing
an antidote to Jungle/Drum & Bass that dominated the scene
at that time.
Her then unique selection of ambient electronica, hip-hop
and 60s psychedelia proved popular enough to gain her numerous
party bookings, swiftly followed by a weekly residency at
the notorious Lenton club (in the heart of Nottingham student
land) just 3 months after her first appearance. Sparkle's
atypical track selection, intuitive mixing and resolute attitude
won her regular slots at Nottingham venues including The Bomb.
Currently based in London, Sparkle co-hosts DELTA 9's weekly radio show on WWFM, runs the DELTA 9 Plastics label, helps organise DELTA 9's London events, and looks after DELTA 9's website
as well as maintaining
a hectic DJ Schedule. Though now, having having focused more on electro and minimal techno she's probably better known
for rocking the dancefloor than getting headz nodding.
Her guest DJ and radio appearances in the UK and abroad include
appearing on Ninja
Tune's Solid Steel show, opening at the 2002 Warp
Christmas rave @ Aquarium (photos),
playing at the Dedbeat
Festival 2003 (photos),
at Seed
Records' infamous Tube Station parties (photos Nov02|Aug02),
her residencies at Spectrum
ZX - Kinky Voodoo's legendary west-end electro night - and Bang Face. She has played alongside artists
including Cylob, Ed DMX, Strictly Kev, Plaid, Cursor Miner,
Intricate, Person, Ardisson, Posthuman, Paul Blackford, Kschzt,
Gescom DJs, Machine Drum, Debasser, Lektrogirl...
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