Lisa Lashes Biog.(2/2) By Lisa Lashes

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My job has also enabled me to play all around the globe, and I think I'm really lucky to be able to travel the world like I do. I get to go to the most amazing places, greatest clubs and meet loads of different people. I've toured the United States, Canada and Australia, while making appearances in Brazil with Guess Clothing, Tenerife and Corfu.

Travelling is tiring and it can take a lot out of you. But I wouldn't change it for anything. I get to play the music that I love in front of crowds of clubbers who are passionate about what I do. Each gig is unique. In China, on the Slinky in Heineken Tour, I became the only female DJ to have played to a crowd of over 5,000 in that country. Actually, my best club memory was also a massive gig abroad: I played in South Africa in front of 33,000 people.

It's the best feeling ever to perform in front of huge crowds like that.

The most amazing project I have ever been involved with was the launch of the Lashed parties in Ibiza in 2003. I had already held residencies for several years on the island (Godskitchen, Judgement Sundays, Slinky and Tonic); but I wanted to create something completely unique on the summer's hottest location. I wanted to put the fun back into the party. Lashed is a more exciting way for me to celebrate my furious brand of music with legions of clubbers.

I still can't believe the success of Lashed in Ibiza. It has enabled me to take it a step further and bring it to an even greater global audience. This only became possible thanks to the help of everyone at Ornadel Management. I will never thank you guys enough. Their hard work helped to cement Lashed as a premiere dance event and therefore me as a top world DJ. We've taken the parties to China, Korea, Canada, New York, Miami, Holland, Russia, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, without deserting the UK & Ireland where we regularly sell out shows.

2006 was another massive year for Lashed. We released a groundbreaking album on Resist that I'm very proud of. I mixed hard dance with techno, trance and even breaks, and it is the first time it has ever been done. In the summer, we organised a one week Lashed holiday in Ibiza which was great fun it must be said! Then we embarked on a colossal world tour where I got to play in more than 30 clubs in 10 different countries in only 2 months! Again, this has never been done before and is definitely one of the greatest highlights of my career.

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So far, my DJing career has been phenomenally successful, I am happy to say. I'm the first and only ever female to be considered among the top ten DJs in the world by DJ Magazine. I don't like to give too much importance to rankings but it is an important achievement for me. And because my mixed albums, Hard House Euphoria (2002) and Extreme Euphoria Vol.2 (2003), have become the highest selling hard house compilations in the world, I've been nicknamed the Queen of Hard House! It's very flattering but this is probably due to the fact that I don't constrain myself to DJing alone.

Production-wise, my three most successful Tidy releases have been: Unbelievable, and Lookin' Good. My latest productions have come out on more underground cutting edge labels that correspond to the direction my style is taking. Desire was a release on Gravity Trap in collaboration with hot hard dance producer Ingo and has received great critical-acclaim. My other track Temptation on Riot! is another favourite amongst the best Djs on the hard scene with its break beat feel I've been getting sucked into since the last year.

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I have gained my worldwide reputation for playing hard dance but am now being recognised for my skills in the breaks style. I have performed my dirty breaks sets at my Lashed nights alongside people like Freq Nasty, Rennie Pelgrim, Leeroy Thornhill and The Freestylers but also in some of the world's leading clubs - Godskitchen in Birmingham, Turnmills in London, Bar M in Ibiza. My soon to be released breaks material is getting great feedback and is regularly played by some of the best DJs of the genre like Krafty Kufts.

So there's a lot more to expect from me in that particular because I just love it! Rest assured that whatever I do, I do it hard and dirty; it's my favourite way! For more info go to www.djlisalashes.com or www.ornadel.com

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