Many Of You Still Don't Really Know ... Who Is D-VINE aka ELLi?
HELLO YA'LL!
I just realized today, although writing an introductory post here on Steemit ( it's been 9 month ), many of you still don't have the slightest...
So I decided to put it all together <3
Let me give you a little insight into who I am & what I do.
My name is Denise, I am a female Dj, Producer & Audio Engineer & am located in Germany at the moment.
I am a true mutt & am super proud of it!!
Thanks to my uncle, he is deep into ancestry, I found out I have Irish/Scottish/Swedish/ Cherokee blood from my dad's side of the family, my mom was born in Upper Silisia.
My musician alias is DJ D-VINE or just D-VINE
To clarify, NO, I am not full of myself to call myself D-VINE. I am a joker, love to engage people, don’t judge at first glance!
I came up with this name because when I was about 10 years old, I saw a video of the artist Divine
He became an inspiration to me with taking the step to come forward, to stand up for what he believes in/ identifies with, even-though creating controversy & receiving a lot of hate. That is a form of freedom to me <3
At the time the following song came to mind & sealed the deal for my DJ name.
I dj & produce Drum and Bass, Breakz, Trip Hop, Downtempo, House or whatever bubbles out, because mainly I love music.
I am a versatile artist with roots in the underground electronic scene in Europe since 1993.
I first set foot behind the decks in 1996, started out djing oldschool breakbeats / drum&bass & that is what I mainly focused on.
My professional debut was in 1998 at the Carambolage in Karlsruhe Germany with my our, DJ Destiny's & my, event called "Planet DrumNBass".
As the only female DJ in Karlsruhe on the Risk Industrees label, I was in constant high demand for decades.
Two other Risk Indust members are also on Steemit, the label owner @madcracke & @jeffleinwand
I rocked venues all over Europe & over the big sea in Japan.
One of the best events ever in Europe, was in Paris on a ship / Night club called Batofar.
I moved to Okinawa 2008 where I became resident Dj to the Raw Fusion in the oldest electronic Club Hinotama Hall on the island.
I've been featured on radio shows in Egypt, New Zealand, Brazil, Cairo, Lebanon, the U.K., the USA, Belgium & Germany, just to name a few.
I am an "old skool" but flexible DJ who has a long history with vinyl but I also mastered the newest technologies.
Here is a lil snippet of me djing @ Jungle Unchained in Karlsruhe.
DJ D-VINE @ "Jungle Unchained" from DJ D-VINE on Vimeo.
I began amateur producing around 1998.
My first release came out on the label Risk Industrees in 2000.
It was „Life Witchu“ a song I dedicated to my son, on the ENTER @ YOUR OWN RISK Compilation.
Check out lil D-VINE
To really get into the depth of music production & mastering, I decided to get my certification as an audio engineer last year.
Another reason I was so driven was the fact that I was diagnosed with cancer, I finished a 2 year class in 6 month & cancer got kicked in it's behind.I have been cancer free for 1 year & 8 month now, whoop whoop!
Together with Jeff Leinwand aka @jeffleinwand I also form the producer team MaDe.
Check out the MaDe-Cave
I work as a freelance audio engineer now, so if any of you ever need some mastering, holler!!
Please check out my productions & collaborations here D-VINE on Choon
One of my latest collaborations is with my besty, the fabulous @darrenclaxton
Ray of Sunshine feat. Darren Claxton by D-VINE on Choon
As I mentioned above I am also into Photography & Art
Here I go by ELLi, a short version of my first name. It's a southern thing to be called by your middle name I reckon, hehe.
I create art using recycled materials under the project ELLicycling
I am a dog fanatic <3
Believe it or not, I use to have 8 dogs.
All of my dogs were/ are rescues, it was never planned, it was one of the biggest blessings though.
I grew so much with my responsibility!
Sadly due to a divorce, these are fun facts here so I won’t go into detail, we split the dogs.
Ella & the twins, Ryu & Kenta are still with me.
My Fuzz-Kids Kenta, Ella & Ryu from DJ D-VINE on Vimeo.
My latest achievement is a show called "Spotlight On The Artist" which I host with my besty Darren Claxton @darrenclaxton & Zig @onemedia
Artwork by @madcracke
SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTIST
..is a music based show that promotes Musicians, Songwriters, Producers and Music based projects on the Steemit Blockchain.
We give 6 guests a 20 minute slot to perform live and/or have their track played and talk about their music project.
Each guest will have their post promoted in live chat and shared with the listeners.
We highly encourage audience participation and thrive on listener engagement throughout the show.
As our audience grows we will provide cryptocurency incentives for artist participation and community stewardship in support of charity.
Do YOU want to join us this Friday and share your song, track or music project?
To be featured on the show you need to..
Musicians :
( To benefit from it, the post shouldn't be older then 7 days )
Send the link of your post plus a YouTube, Soundcloud or Choon link of the track to @d-vine over on Discord.
Music Project Creators:
Have or create a post with your project, send it to @d-vine on Discord.
Any other links to promote the artist or project are welcome as well.
Deadline for submissions Thursday Midnight!
CEST 12:00 am
You can check your timezone Here
I HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US THIS FRIDAY FOR
Artwork by @madcracke
Be sure to listen on the
MSP Waves Website for top quality sound
EVERY FRIDAY
CEST 08:00 pm - 10:00 pm
UTC/GMT 06:00 pm - 08:00 pm
EDT 02:00 pm - 04:00 pm
PDT 11:00 am - 01:00 pm
You can check you timezone Here
Much love & respect,
@d-vine, @onemedia & @darrenclaxton
"Spotlight on The Artist" proudly sponsors
GAIA INTERVENTION
Brought to Life by D-VINE
What is GAIA INTERVENTION?
GAIA INTERVENTION wants to promote a more united world & a more unified awareness!
Anyone who has the desire to help can act as an agent and speak through actions.
It’s a movement to inspire, a movement to nurture awareness of humanitarian and ecological, happenings, concerns, concepts and perspectives.
GAIA INTERVENTION is named to honor the global life force that connects wo/mankind, the planet and all that call GAIA home. The intervention aspect is up to us all.
Our goal is to connect, to promote global unity, to inspire, share ideas and potential so we can synergize the power of the collective energies.
That’s it!! Are you inspired yet?
If you agree that unity is the only way for wo/mankind to move forward on this amazing journey. If you believe that wo/man’s success and the planet’s success are one and the same.
Then you can agree that the concept of a GAIA INTERVENTION maybe our only hope to alter the self destructive course we are all on,
Together.
Like it or not we are in this, together.
So lets make the best of it, together!
Make a collective. Share ideas and resources. Help others because you can!
WAKE UP, STAND UP, SPEAK UP, TAKE ACTION!! ONE WORLD, ONE PLANET, ONE PEOPLE, GAIA INTERVENTION
It’s up to you now.
Thank you for your time,
WAKE UP, STAND
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Because we love your post!!
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We are all Denise!
Wow! you are super busy, super creative, come up with some awesome ideas and I am a huge fan of your personalised take on recycling 😁 I wish I had a tenth of your follow-through and awesome ability to just go do things my life would be far removed from what it is today...But hey wishing achieves nothing I am gonna use you as an inspiration for a lil while and see where it takes me...
20 months C-Free!
Wow that is something to truly celebrate. Your excellent and ethical take on nutrition no doubt has a lot to do with that ((mindset and fabulously positive nature make up a fair whack of the recipe's remaining ingredients too I am certain.))
I am super happy to have gotten to know about you properly this week...If there were many more of your kind on this lil blue/green orb we may not need a Gaia intervention!
Much love and best wishes for an epic, exciting, love and adventure-filled journey. 😃
Thank you for your empathy & wonderful words, you made me tear up my dear <3
I am happy our paths have crossed <3
Thank you so much for SNEKKING me <3 @stevenwood <3
Thanks for the big er introductory post! I've been seeing your name around for a while now on steemit and discord, now I know what you're about. :-)
That's quite the studio you have set up!
Yeah, I’ve seen you around too 👍😊
Thank you for stoppping by, taking the time to find out more about me & for reaching out 💕
I totally wasn't expecting to stumble upon this today. Nice!
Thank you for stumbling by, taking the time to read & for reaching out <3
Nice to see a lil bit more of you :) - your eyes are stunning <3 ....much love!!
Thank you sweet @psionic-tremors, I am really hoping we will get to see each other in real life someday <3
My favorite Denise on the blockchain!!!!
<3
Haha & you are so my fav Denise on the blockchain <3
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Cool, thanks for sharing your story with a great #introduceyourself post. Fun hearing your music and seeing your audio gear too. Interestingly, your ancestry is very similar to mine (according to my family history (I haven't done the DNA test yet)). By my family names, I am Scottish (Lindsay) and German (Fischer).
You are very welcome @cablelindsay, this is my re-introduce yourself, little more detailed & for the people that don’t know me yet 😊
Thank for stopping by & making contact!
That’s very interesting, now I want to know more about you!
Following you already, are you on Discord?
I am on Discord, although I'm kind of a newbie there. I'll you'll let me know where to find you there, I'll search.
I found you :)
I'm hands down impressed, really enjoying the music you share on this post I will definitely be looking up more of your work.
Your studio is like an aladdin's cave of musical devices, so many keyboards and wires and knobs to turn...and a super cute dog with the expression of "you disturbed my sleeping to photograph what exactly?"
#thealliance #witness
Well thank you dear @c0ff33a 🙏💕
I am ecstatic you are & that you enjoyed my music 🎶
It totally is, hehe.
Yes Kenta does have that expression, lol
Huggins to ya & I am looking forward to seeing you around 💕
One hell of a intro post! Loved reading the whole thing, and especially drooled at the studio pictures! That looks like a dream environment to produce awesome mucke! :P Also really cool projects you are part of, spotlight on the artist sounds like an awesome endeavour! Resonates knowing where that is coming from being an artist yourself, bring on the revolution of cooperation!
Also going to check out Gaia intervention! Need to look more into it :)
A pleasure getting to know you better, and also loved seeing your dogs! Really noble that you took them in from shelters and out of bad conditions! they look like they are in paradise now, looks like they are all smiling a big fat smile in the video :D
Ps. Is that a ferrero rocher improvised golden wig? Super funky idea, really cool :D
Thank you so much @ravenking23 for taking the time to find out more about me & for being inspired to dig more into who I am, what I do <3
I really am hoping to have you on the show sometime, hit me up on Discord :)
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I don't eat sweets, nor chocolate, so no it's not from the Ferrero, it's from a beer called Tannen Zäpfle from Rothaus.
All our guests had to take it off with care :)
Alright, homework assignment for you. We need details on- "One of the best events ever in Europe, was in Paris on a ship / Night club called Batofar." Don't leave us hanging beautiful lady!
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I defo won't leave ya hanging, already on it :) Will post a video & some pics tomorrow <3
We are very proud to have someone of your caliber on Steemit, and I feel blessed to know you :) and work with you!.
I actually did a lot of parties at the batofar, and some DnB once or twice, that would be funny if you were there too !
The rack that you guys have is insane!
That’s how I feel about you my sweet friend @edprivat!
It’s an honor to have crossed paths with you 🎶💕
I djed at Batofar in 2007, how odd would that be, that maybe we even stood next to each other at the bar back then 😎🎶
Sending you, @lionmom & the lil ones loads of love & huggins 💕🤗
Thanks so much lot's of huggins to ya guys :) sorry internet broke down I couldn't access it !!! Hope you are all good