DJ Miss World (Margreet Stol) draait de hele wereld rond. Haar muziek staat voor een
swingende cross-over sound, veelal met een elektronische beat.
De meest funky, dansbare Afro, Balkan, Bollywood, Arabic, Latin en Ska knallen uit haar draaitafel.
Als percussionist heeft Miss World altijd al een voorliefde gehad voor funky etnische grooves.
Om ze 'bereikbaar' te maken voor het grote publiek, gaat Miss World voor een cross-over met westerse dance.
Ze mixt zonder problemen balkan hoempa met afro house op de beat.
Ze past haar set aan bij het evenement.
Zo draait ze op dance 'trance parties graag een harde mix met o.a. arabische trance tot indiase electro en afrikaanse minimal.
Op multiculturele evenementen serveert ze een veel organischere mix maar evenwel grenzeloos dansbaar!
Ze heeft haar eigen radioprogramma bij de Concertzender (Solta a Franga, een feest zonder grenzen, elke derde vrijdag-op-zaterdag van de maand tussen 24:00 en 1:00 uur) met een uur lang aanééngemixte wereldse dance .
Miss World draait zowel in haar eentje als met DJ PolyEsta (www.polyesta.net); een inmiddels bekende naam op het gebied van global beat.
Miss World is in 2005 begonnen met draaien in Bar en Boos te Leiden.
Inmiddels heeft ze al vele zalen en parties op zijn kop gezet en draait ze nog steeds op elke laatste vrijdag van de maand in Bar en Boos te Leiden.
Naast Bar en Boos is DJ Miss World een vaak geziene gast bij Wereldmuziekcentrum De X.
Sinds kort draait ze ook bij wereldmuziek concerten in het Paard van Troje.
Miss World werkt graag samen met diverse party collectives zoals Psytech, NRcake en Cosmic Combination.
Miss World heeft onder meer gedraaid bij:
LVC, Leiden,
Museum van Volkenkunde, Leiden,
Paradiso, Amsterdam,
Badcuijp, Amsterdam,
Vrankrijk, Amsterdam,
Zaal 100, Amsterdam,
Paard van Troje, Den Haag,
Lokaal Vredebreuk, Den Haag,
Internationale Vrouwendag, Delft,
Wereldmuziekcentrum De X, Leiden,
Bar en Boos, Leiden
Salsiando, Leiden,
Multipleks Leiden,
Eurodusnie, Leiden,
SLV Catena, Leiden,
Triptitukkerland, Twente,
Grensgeval, Baarle-Nassau
The Couch, Leiden,
Concertzender Radio (Solta a Franga)
Holland Centraal Radio (Next Groove)
"Oh troops of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words"
Rabindranath Tagore
Well, I guess I am a vagrant as such..
Having travelled to places, mainly busking, juggling in the streets, I have come to love different countries, cultures, languages. Every culture, language has it's own feel, rhythm and temperament, just like music. I like to cook them up, bit of salt, lots of pepper, stir it up.. whooohoo.. this is HOT! Get your feet off the floor!
A lot of western music I find like a teabag that's been used lots of times. That's why I like to find new grooves, something I haven't heard before. However, not all world music is easy listening to for people who are not familiar with it. That's why I like multi-culti-crossover grooves. A mix of ethnic traditional with western dance beats. As long as it grooves 'n moves!
I tune my style of music to the character of the event; at world music events I tend to spin a lot more organic sounding party music than I would on a trance party. On trance parties I like to spin uptempo electronic etnobeat.
Being a percussionist as well, I have always had an interest for non-western grooves from a wide range of backgrounds. Late 20th century I owned a shop with stuff from all over the world, as were my customers. I liked to create a positive vibe by playing and selling world music and instruments. There were spontaneous jams and interesting meetings with people from all around.
In this period I got into world music even more, searching for new stuff together with my friend Esta (www.myspace.com/djpolyesta). While she started flowering as a great, renewing DJ, I was still mainly busy with other stuff, like making music and organising events at Bar en Boos (www.barenboos.org), where I DJ on a monthly basis since 2005. Esta encouraged me to develop the DJ-ing more. Thanks for that!
I love this music so much, I feel the whole world should hear it! That's my main motivation, my passion to spin the decks!
DJ Miss World is Great..
ehh, I mean Margreet!
I have always enjoyed walking my own way but I do like to broaden my horizon and work together with other inspiring people.
Like I love to spin together with DJ PolyEsta! (See top of Friends list), my long time friend.
Esta and me have actually founded a new collective called Dunya Soundsystem, which we launched at the Balloonparty at Paradiso at the end of 2008.
Since January 2009, I have my own Radioshow at the Concertzender (on internet, cable and satelite), together with three other Global Beats DJ's; PolyEsta, Safri and Nohmada... It's called 'Solta a Franga' and I will be broadcasting every Third Friday of the month from midnight till one (GMT -1hr).
Check my past shows by clicking on the following links:
Solta a Franga, Concertzender January 2009
Solta a Franga, Concertzender February 2009
Solta a Franga, Concertzender March 2009
Solta a Franga, Concertzender April 2009
Apart from all this, I am a resident DJ at Bar & Boos and Multipleks as well as a regular seen guest at World Music Centre 'de X', played on a number of multicultural events, International Women's Day, clubs like LVC, het Paard van Troje and a number of underground dance 'n trance parties around the country. I sometimes have joint ventures with Project Twilight, Psytech and NRcake party collectives.
And maybe with you as well? Let me know something!
I also organise and perform other stuff, such as a monthly jam session, a drumcircle, theme parties and theater. I like to experiment by mixing different disciplines into something new. Some projects are in the make!
I spin grooves from all corners of the world. Afro, Arabic, Latin, Bollywood, Balkan beats.. versus dance, ska, funk, electro etc..... as long as it makes you jiggle 'n jump.
I don't like to categorise as a person, so with music I also like it mixed. A chameleon flaring rainbow coulors, taking people on a real trip adventure. Let me surprise you with beats from far out places, varying from party music with a fairly organic feel to real up-tempo electronic etnobeat!
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