DJ Rap

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DJ Rap

Background information
Birth name Charissa Saverio
Born 1969 in Singapore
Genre(s) Electronica, Drum and bass, Dance
Occupation(s) Record producer, DJ
Years active 1990-present
Associated
acts		 BT
Website http://www.dj-rap.com/

Charissa Saverio (also known as DJ Rap, born 1969) is a British drum and bass disc jockey. While the majority of her work is in the jungle style, her more popular work is in traditional electronic music. Her most well-known CD, Learning Curve, was released in 1999 to critical acclaim and resulted in several highly stylized music videos, including 2 versions of "Good To Be Alive" (one for the CD version and another for the rarer radio remix) and "Bad Girl," a song about having to be a strong woman to survive in today's world (which puts her previous occupation as a topless dancer in sharp relief).

Since Learning Curve, Saverio has focused more on DJ set CDs, including Touching Bass, a 2-CD set with drum and bass and breaks tracks. She is planning on a follow-up in 2007, this time with drum and bass and house tracks.

DJ Rap has also done vocals for several artists, including BT (for Giving Up The Ghost, Believer) and Art of Trance (for Madagascar - Domi Nation Remix).

She once appeared in a commercial for Twix candy bars.

In BT's hit "Never Gonna Come Back Down", Mike Doughty asks "Donde estas los digits du DJ Rap?" and remarks "English girls named Charissa, blonde English girls with ghetto names, you know what I'm saying? I love that shit." Rap appeared in the video for this song, as well as the video for "Simply Being Loved" (she and BT are good friends).

Contents

  • Intelligence (1995)
  • Journeys Through the Land of Drum N Bass (1995)
  • Learning Curve (1999)
  • Propa Talent Classics, Volume 1 (2001)
  • Touching Bass (2003)
  • Bulletproof (2005)
  • Up All Night (2006)

  • Spiritual Aura
  • Digable Bass
  • Intelligent Woman
  • I'm So
  • Tibetan Jungle
  • Bad Girl
  • Everyday Girl
  • Good To Be Alive (US Dance Chart #5)

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