About

  • ARTIST NAME: DJ Denise
  • PREVIOUS ALIAS: DJ D (1998-2001)
  • DJ SINCE: 1998
  • PRODUCER SINCE: 2005
  • GENRES: Hard house, funky house, disco house, electro house, tech house, techno, breakbeat, etc.
  • AFFILIATIONS: Mizumo Music, First Base SF, Sound Asylum, Thirsty SF
  • MOTTO: “Keep on listening and I’ll keep spinning!”

 

Biography

DJ Denise is no stranger to electronic music. She first cut her teeth in the San Francisco underground scene in the late-1990s. A natural talent behind the decks, she was instantly recognized for both her technical abilities and unique energy. Her nonchalant fader flicks and mixer tricks combined with seemingly effortless beatmatching skills were intriguing to many trainspotting fans. Word of her success spread quickly and soon she was being booked for gigs spanning the San Francisco Bay Area and across North America and Hawaii. In the early 2000s she worked as a vinyl buyer for Skills DJ Workshop, which has evolved into one of the most successful EDM production companies on the West Coast.

In 2004, eager to develop as an artist, Denise began engineering her own music. She launched a vinyl record label in 2006 named Mizumo Music, and within the first year, Mizumo had established itself as a quality brand for house music. Always one step ahead, Denise transitioned the label from vinyl to digital format in order to keep up with the ever-changing technology in the industry. This Bay Area homegrown label currently boasts over 160 releases from local and international artists including Donald Glaude, Angel Alanis, Calvertron, Stupid Fresh, Mike Balance, SpekrFreks, The Sloppy 5th’s, Robert Ortiz and many more. Mizumo Music has naturally also become a home for many of Denise’s original productions, remixes and collaborations. It is evident that her talents in the studio successfully equate to her ability for moving dance floors.

In addition to managing Mizumo Music, Denise has steadily refined her production and engineering skills and has releases on over 50 international labels including but not limited to:  Cubic (UK), A-Squared Muzik (US), CRUX (US), Clubstream (Sweden), Champion Beats (Canada), Electrotypo (Spain), Industry of House (Brazil), Big Poppa (South Africa) and Sequential Sounds (Australia). DJ Denise’s music has been selected by well-respected and top EDM artists including DJ Shortee, Simply Jeff, and SOS (from the British super-club Ministry of Sound), who have all licensed songs for mix compilations. In an original collaboration with the legendary DRC, “Sassy Frass” was selected for release on Epiphyte Record’s “LovEvolution,” the official 2009 CD for San Francisco’s street festival modeled after Germany’s famous Love Parade.

At present, you will find Denise delicately balancing her time between DJ bookings, the production studio, and managing the Mizumo Music label. She continues to perform in venues – both intimate and massive – in the San Francisco EDM community, as well as at major camp-outs and festivals such as Burning Man (Nevada desert). For her tour schedule, free downloads, merchandise, photos, and more, please continue to browse this site, www.djdenise.com.


Event Production & Promotion

2011

  • Mizumo Music 100th Release Party (6 Oct 2011 – Public Works, San Francisco)
  • Rocko Dynamite & Mizumo Music present Accelerator:  G-Force Edition (21 Apr 2011 – Icon Lounge, San Francisco)
  • Rocko Dynamite & Mizumo Music present Accelerator:  G-Force Edition (17 Feb 2011 – Icon Lounge, San Francisco)

2010

  • Mizumo Music presents Champion Beats (24 July 2010 – Shine, San Francisco)
  • Decibeat (23 April 2010 – Ruby Skye, San Francisco, CA)
  • Mizumo Music at Temple (16 April 2010 – Temple, San Francisco)
  • Mizumo Music presents Sharooz (22 January 2010 – The Triple Crown, San Francisco)

2009

  • Purebassed: Mizumo Takeover (9 December 2009 – Shine, San Francisco, CA)
  • Decibeat (20 November 2009 – Ruby Skye, San Francisco, CA)
  • Decibeat (23 October 2009 – Ruby Skye, San Francisco, CA)
  • Trauma: Mizumo Takeover (27 August 2009 – El Rincon, San Francisco, CA)
  • ZumoBeatz: A Free Party in the Park (25 July 2009 – McLaren Amphitheater, San Francisco, CA)
  • Mizumo Music & Rocko Dynamite present Pineapple Express (13 June 2009 – The Bordello, Oakland, CA)
  • Purebassed: Mizumo Takeover (8 July 2009 – Shine, San Francisco, CA)
  • Mizumo Music presents Angel Alanis (25 April 2009 – Shine, San Francisco, CA)

2008

  • Vibration (24 July 2008 – Supperclub, San Francisco, CA)
  • Thirsty (27 June 2008 – Matador, San Francisco, CA)
  • Thirsty (23 May 2008 – Matador, San Francisco, CA)
  • Thirsty (25 April 2008 – Matador, San Francisco, CA)
  • Thirsty (28 March 2008 – Matador, San Francisco, CA)
  • Thirsty (28 February 2008 – Matador, San Francisco, CA)
  • Thirsty (24 January 2008 – Matador, San Francisco, CA)

2007

  • Thirsty (27 December 2007 – Matador, San Francisco, CA)

2006

  • Sound Asylum 10 (11 August 2006 – The Gingerbread House, San Francisco, CA)
  • Sound Asylum 9 (20 May 2006 – StudioZ, San Francisco, CA)
  • Sound Asylum 8 (19 May 2006 – StudioZ, San Francisco, CA)

2005

  • Sound Asylum 7 (8 July 2005 – StudioZ, San Francisco, CA)

2004

  • Sound Asylum 6 (20 August 2004 – StudioZ, San Francisco, CA)
  • Sound Asylum 5 (26 March 2004 – StudioZ, San Francisco, CA)

2003

  • Sound Asylum 4 Take 2 (8 November 2003 – Alpha Zone, Sacramento, CA)
  • Sound Asylum 4 (6 September 2003 – San Francisco, CA)

2002

  • Sound Asylum 3 (27 September 2002 – Broadway Ave., San Francisco, CA)

2001

  • Sound Asylum 2 (24 August 2001 – QZar, Vacaville, CA)

2000

  • Sound Asylum (17 November 2000 – Castro Valley, CA)

 

 

Other Notables

  • Guest panelist at Pyramind’s Test Press, Thursday 1 May 2008
  • Guest panelist at Pyramind’s Test Press, Thursday 30 May 2013
  • Committee member of Pyramind’s Test Press, 2012 – current