Madame
Mercury, west coast breaks dj, has been a dj in the
San Francisco underground dance scene since 1996.
She has a passion for break beats and has been supporting
them since her professional debut. Madame Mercury
discovered her love for funky break beats and electro
dancing at the raves of the mid 1990’s admiring
the likes of DJ Dan, Simply Jeff, DJ Voodoo, Uberzone
and Icey as well as San Francisco’s own local
underground breaks djs. She took this admiration and
taught herself how to spin as well as coordinating
with her LiquidMercury group to produce events focusing
on the break beat sound.
After receiving her B.A. in industrial arts and computer
graphics, she soon released a few underground mix
tapes and began entertaining both underground audiences
as well as those at San Francisco’s largest
dance events. Then, along with the start of her promo
CD series “UPS” (underground promo series)
and a new MadameMercury.com website, she began DJing
not only throughout the San Francisco bay area but
also in the clubs and all night dance parties across
the U.S. and even up to Canada.
She did not stop here but moved forward to release
her album “Alive” and single “Rhythm
Rock” on Streetbeat records. Shortly after this
she launched her Mad Wax record label and began working
with fellow local artists and releasing her own works.
She then joined with local booking agency, The Agency
San Francisco, to help her with her bookings. She
also continued to throw now larger all night dance
events still focusing on the break beat sound under
the LiquidMercury name.
The year 2002 brought Madame Mercury to work with
Tascam on the release of their line of dj equipment
as well as holding a residency and coordinating her
own monthly (5 star funk) with San Francisco’s
largest club, Ten15 (host of Spundae). That summer
amidst the many bookings and her career taking off,
the scene and economy slumped and things were not
what they used to be. By September Madame takes time
out for an unknown amount of time, if she'd be back
no one knew, and she thought she'd never be back.
However, in her time off, amidst much soul searching
and seeing what life was like without the music, she
came to realize that she truly does love the music
and that this is her path in life. Thus....
Enter 2003 Madame Mercury is back and stronger than
ever. Slamming down her new mix CD “I Wanna
Dance” and playing across the country and in
Europe, she was quickly back into the swing of things.
She teamed up with DJ Whatt and they created EMUOR
(Electronic Music Under One Roof). EMUOR will finally
give her the outlet that she has always wanted to
let the world know that break beats is a global language
that should be spoken and heard by all.
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