Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Princess Dimebag

Her go-to records, her craziest gig and the music you should never ask her to play.

IMAGE: Rakeem.

Years DJing: Almost four years.

Genres: I always hate this question. If I had to describe the kind of music I play, it would be everything from club, hip-hop, R&B, grime, bounce, vogue, acid house, techno and throwbacks. I don't want to play some safe, boring shit. No genres, no rules, no control.

Where you can catch me regularly: I am currently without a regular night, but I do DJ pretty regularly with my crew, No Control, and you can find out where I'm DJing at nocontrolx.com.

Craziest gig: My craziest gig was probably playing this all-women motorcycle fest called the Dream Roll. It was three-day camping trip in the Washington wilderness. I started DJing around noon in, like, 90-degree weather, and late into the night. It started getting really wild as soon as the sun went down. Girls were topless on-stage feeding me mushrooms and pouring whiskey down my throat. I never ingested more dust in my life and felt like I was an extra in Mad Max. It was a crazy experience.

My go-to records: T.A.T.U.'s "Not Gonna Get Us (Ida Dillan Remix)"; "Down 4 Whatever" by Kingdom (featuring SZA; "Dark N Lovely" by davOmakesbeats featuring Bbymutha; "Waitin'" by Kelela; "Lost in love" by L-vis 1990 featuring Javeon McCarthy.

Don't ever ask me to play…: Anything. I meticulously curate my sets for whatever event I'm playing. If people don't know the songs I'm playing at the time, guaranteed they'll be bumping it months later. People have to just let go and dance.

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