Saskia Slegers (born c. 1962),[1] known professionally as Miss Djax, is a Dutch DJ and producer who has run the influential music label Djax since 1989.
Saskia Slegers | |
|---|---|
 Miss Djax | |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, music producer |
Career
editBased in Eindhoven, Slegers started to DJ, make and release dance music in the 1980s. She set up the label Djax in 1989, investing 10,000 guilders. Her first release of 1,000 records sold out in a week, so she pressed up more copies and immediately recouped her start up costs. Looking back in 2009, she said "It was a question of the right time, the right decision and the right product".[2] Another early success was signing the Amsterdam hip hop group Osdorp Posse in 1991.[2] In the early 1990s, Slegers started to put on techno parties at the Effenaar in Eindhoven.[3] As well as techno and hip hop, Slegers made and released breakcore.[4] She was voted Best DJ by the German magazine Frontpage in 1992.[5]
Label
editSlegers' record label Djax and its subsidiaries played a large role in introducing Chicago-style techno to the Netherlands and promoting it around the world.[3] It has released artists such as Armando, Robert Armani and Mike Dearborn.[6] After ten years, she produced a book entitled 1989 – 1999 Djax Records. To celebrate thirty years of the label, Slegers organised a twelve-hour party at Elementenstraat in Amsterdam in late 2019.[6] The label has over 400 releases.[7]
References
edit- ^ Van der Doelen, Jaap (16 December 2019). "Miss Djax - Saskia Slegers uit Eindhoven - regeert in mannenwereld". ED. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ a b Van den Muijsenberg, Frank (28 August 2009). "Miss Djax wil geen digitale fabriek zijn". Het Parool (in Dutch).
Een kwestie van het juiste moment, de juiste beslissing en het juiste product.
- ^ a b Brewster, Bill; Broughton, Frank (13 May 2014). Last Night A DJ Saved My Life : the History Of The Disc Jockey. Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ISBN 9780802194367.
- ^ "Miss Djax Saskia Slegers: "Ik dacht: wat ben ik toch een niksnut, dat moet anders"". 3voor12 (in Dutch). VPRO. 26 March 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Djax Up Beats". Oxford Reference. Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ a b Koning, Alexander (11 December 2019). "Mother of acid-techno, Saskia Slegers, viert dertigjarig bestaan Djax Records". Maxazine (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ Güldenpfennig, Peter (2 May 2020). "Ondernemen in de underground: een interview met Saskia Slegers". Baaz (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
External links
edit- Dekmantel documentary about Djax
- Miss Djax discography at Discogs