Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Laura Lynn

Years DJing: Seven.

Genre: Music that has soul or makes you feel tingly inside.

Where you can catch me regularly: I have a party called Modern Ritual at the Liquor Store that used to be monthly, but now is moving to quarterly.

Craziest gig: I played at a secret party in Zurich one time that was in an old underground bomb bunker. A collective of artists had converted it into one of the most bizarre and coolest clubs I have ever been to. You had to be invited via text by someone that was part of the collective, as the parties only happened randomly and were announced the night of. When you arrived, you had to check in with a classy secretary at the front door after you knocked on a foot-thick metal door. The DJ booth was a combination pirate ship, giant sea shell and couch. There were different areas surrounding the dance floor that were their own little hangouts, including a tiny house with a lawn and picket fence, a bed that hung from the ceiling and a small bar that looked like an old Western saloon. They hired stylists to make over friends of the collective, so the crowd was extremely interesting and beautiful. It was by far the most amazing crowd I ever played to.

My go-to records: Hot Chocolate, "Cadillac (The Revenge Edit)"; Tiger & Woods, "Gin Nation"; Suzanne Kraft, "Morning Come"; Motor City Drum Ensemble, "Raw Cuts #3."

Don't ever ask me to play…: "Something with a beat."

NEXT GIG: Laura Lynn spins at Fomo Disco at the Liquor Store, 3341 SE Belmont St., with Maxx Bass, Andy Warren and Montel Spinozza, on Thursday, Sept. 1. 9 pm. Free. 21+.

Willamette Week

Willamette Week’s reporting has concrete impacts that change laws, force action from civic leaders, and drive compromised politicians from public office. Support WW's journalism today.