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DJ NAHA
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Background information
Genre(s)	Breakcore Techno Breakbeats Digital Hardcore Hip-hop Jungle
Occupation(s)	DJ
Years active	1996-present
Associated acts	Exorcismo System 6 Entertainment Truskool Entertainment
Website	http://www.djnaha.homestead.com/new2.html

In her ten years behind the decks, NAHA has crafted her mixing style and technique which is as diverse as the genres she spins, including techno, breakbeats, digital hardcore, hip-hop, and jungle. She has found an amalgamation of these sounds in her specialty, breakcore.

Contents 1 History 1.1 The Beginning 1.2 Internet broadcast 1.3 System 6 Entertainment 1.4 Northwest Hardcore Scene 2 Discography 2.1 Mix tapes/CDs 2.2 Compilation album tracks 3 Noticeable performance 4 Currently 5 Featured 6 Collaborators 7 External Links

In 1996 NAHA began collecting vinyl and took up djing as a hobby. Her first records were breakbeats, but in 1997 when she got her first taste of playing on a large sound system NAHA knew that she needed something harder and faster and started playing techno. In the middle of 1997 she became a resident DJ at Machinewerks, an underground afterhours club in downtown Seattle. At the end of that year she joined Truskool Entertainment, a relatively new production company which included DJs Delirium (Sea.) and Static . Truskool gained recognition for doing things unconventionally, having thrown the biggest event in Seattle at that time ~ with hardcore and jungle headliners. Over the next few years she would experiment with different styles from deep techno to Chicago hard house, yet stayed true to her original love for breakbeats by throwing them into her techno sets.

In December of 1998 NAHA started her weekly internet broadcast show on www.Groovetech.com, which allowed her to further her expansion of mixable genres and refine her skills, often playing everything from hip-hop and downtempo to hard techno and breaks. Her 3 hour weekly internet radio broadcast on Groovetech.com ran every week from December 1998 through 2003. The show still airs every Tuesday from 3-6 pm pacific time.

1999 brought a promoter split, and NAHA joined 2 of Truskool's original members to form System 6 Entertainment, who have since brought headliners such as Frankie Bones, Ritchie Hawtin, DJ Dan, Donald Glaude, Robert Armani, Diesel Boy, DJ Dara, AK 1200, Omar Santana, Steve Loria, R.A.W., Tim and Misjah, Supa DJ Dmitri, Adam X, Demigod, DJ Fury, Kenny Ken and MC Fearless, Mistress Barbara, the Toxic Twins, DJ Hardware, Richard Humpty Vission, Disco D, DJ Fixx, and DJ Rap.

In 98 NAHA also added hardcore to her repertoire, and set out to create a new scene in Seattle.

In 2000 NAHA decided to bring hardcore to Seattle full-force. Where there had been no hardcore scene a few years before, she quickly began winning people over with her fresh style of hard beats overlaid with hard jungle and hip-hop, proving that hardcore could be both funky and danceable. It was a combination that worked, and has made NAHA one of the most popular dj's in the northwest. She released Some Like It Hard, a 90 minute mix that finally broke her out of Seattle and started her down the coast, headlining parties in Portland, Eugene, Medford, and San Francisco. She was offered residencies at three of Seattle's most popular clubs; Graceland, I-SPY and Arospace. NAHA was named "Best Seattle Club DJ of 2000" by the editors of CitySearch.com

• Some Like it Hard (2000) - Tape
• Bring it to the Table (2001) - CD
• The Art of Fighting Without Fighting (2002) - CD

• Is It Dead? a study in Northwest Hardcore (2001) - SubPop's compilation album

Equally at home at smaller venues or full-scale productions, she can rock a nightclub or a packed warehouse. Some of last years large events include Monster Massive at the LA Sports Arena, Unite and Its Still Like That at the Seattle Stadium Exhibition Center, as well as representing the electronic stages at Bumbershoot and Endfest the Northwest's two largest music festivals, and playing at the Winter Music Conference in Miami. One of Seattle's hardest working DJs, she played over 160 shows in 2001.

NAHA has staked her claim as one of Seattle's premier DJs, her unique style has taken her all across the U.S. including Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Oklahoma, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona, Washington D.C., and multiple cities in Canada. Her current residencies BUMP at the Last Supper Club and Family Style at DV8 in Portland, OR let her focus on nu-skool breaks while incorporating all of the aspects of that genre from electro to funky and acid breaks.

In 2002 she did a 10 city tour releasing her breakbeat mix CD "The Art of Fighting Without Fighting". In 2003 System 6 merged with 360 BPM and with the help of Marcus Lalario and Brian Rauschenbach (owners of The War Room) started an artist collaborative called Graylife, which combines art, music, and fashion shows into their events.

NAHA has been featured in Minty magazine, the Unscene, The Noize (Phoenix, AZ), and Lotus Magazine. She has appeared on the Coolout 2GX network along with national hip-hop and electronic artists.

NAHA also performs with live hardcore PA group Exorcismo (with Yva Las Vegas formerly of Sweet 75 and J.Starr from the hip-hop duo Sofcon).

• DJ NAHA Hardcore Heroine
• DJ NAHA MySpace