Published
Sun, Jan 31, 2021, 07:00
- Motor City house at its finest.
As part of our new Re-record feature focusing on Black artists in electronic music from 2001 through 2020, we're doing a week-long Mix Of The Day takeover.
DJ Holographic's style embodies the long-lasting impact and influence of the Motor City on music both mainstream and underground. She connects the dots between R&B, funk, soul, disco, house and garage—connections that seem obvious, but aren't always easy to pull off on the dance floor. In Holographic's hands, though, it sounds smooth as butter. She can tell a history of Detroit dance music in just an hour or two.
A core part of the modern Detroit scene and a regular at places like Tangent Gallery, Marble Bar and TV Lounge, Corley has also become an international star in her own right over the last few years. She reps her city in a comprehensive, multi-faceted way that's all her own. Beyond just mixing genres, she mixes styles and scenes too—you'll hear tracks as suited for the dance floor at a Circo Loco party in Ibiza as tracks you might hear in an opening set at a sweaty Detroit basement or hands-in-the-air anthems for a big festival stage.
Speaking of big festival stages, listen to this mix she did a few weeks ago for Junction 2: Connections. (And a bonus listen: last year's RA Podcast.)