{"id":1104,"date":"2016-03-10T20:31:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T04:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/invisible\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2016-04-14T20:40:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T03:40:00","slug":"3-latina-djs-you-should-be-listening-to-instead-of-uproot-andy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/invisible\/2016\/03\/10\/3-latina-djs-you-should-be-listening-to-instead-of-uproot-andy\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Latina DJs You Should Be Listening to Instead of Uproot Andy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A friend of mine was recently at a bar in New York City, when she met a nice white guy who bought her a drink and wanted to talk to her about music. After a few drinks, he humbly outed himself as Uproot Andy, DJ from Toronto, Canada, and based out of Brooklyn. She called to tell me about this because one of our favorite songs is an Uproot Andy remix of a song originally by the panamanian dancehall duo Los Rakas (based out of Oakland).<\/p>\n

It was weird. I have seen his name all over so many tracks by black and brown artists, and it just didn\u2019t occur to me that this would be a white man. This isn\u2019t to discount his music or talent, but it is to highlight the fact that some of the biggest names in electronic music right now–artists like Diplo, Uproot Andy, and Snakeships, get a lot of credit for remixing black and brown music.<\/p>\n

Their success highlights a divide in creative labor in the U.S. music industry–as white DJs profit off of black, Asian and latinx music. It is also indicative of the whitening of the music industry. Remixes of \u00a0black and brown musical styles often make them more palatable to a white audience. It is also no secret that the most famous electronic DJs are overwhelmingly white men, which we know is never an accident.<\/p>\n

With all of this in mind, it is important now and again to explore soundcloud and bandcamp to get a dose of women and POC DJs who are creating interesting and bumping beats that come from their own communities. Below are three latina DJs I love who are making mixes that are at the intersection of new digital music technology and latinx music traditions. There are, of course, hundreds of more artists from various communities that are also creating amazing stuff, and that is why this is only the tip of the POC women\u2019s DJ iceberg.<\/p>\n

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  1. Maracuyeah Collective:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n