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Hey Heidi, how are you doing? 2016 treating you well so far? 2016 has been treating me fantastic. A fresh start and new beginnings. Jackathon Jams is back, bigger and better than ever. What prompted the hiatus? The hiatus happened because the people behind the distribution and back office dropped me. It was a bitter personal thing on their side but all darks clouds have a silver lining. I now have a great team behind me and we're back with a vengeance. How has the label changed? Only the people who are helping me run it have changed. I still have the same approach to it musically. A variety of sounds. Something for everyone. I try and get a few people to remix the ep so it's more diverse than a straight forward release. The first release was a three-track EP from DJ T. vs Emanuel Satie, why did you choose those artists and that record for the relaunch? I picked that ep because first of all it's an absolute bomb and secondly it was made by DJ.T and friends. Dj. T aka Thomas was there at the very beginning of my career and helped launch me into the world. He has the best taste in music and we share a serious passion for the sounds that came and come from Chicago. I just wanted to give something back to him and let the world know that he is still killing it. And of course the Jackathon parties are still killing it, how do you keep turning out these amazing nights? With a hell of a lot of patience and my lovely friend Damian Simon who also works for the Warehouse Project. I needed help because i was pretty much doing everything alone for 10 years and it got pretty hectic. The whole dj world changed so much in the past 5 years. People that played for me at the beginning are now some of the worlds biggest underground dj's and money can change people. I still have those incredible friends who will play for me but i've lost some along the way. It's inevitable. Such is life. I just want good people around me and i always want that family vibe. So when people come and play at a Jackathon they leave with that warm feeling and possibly made some new friends along the way. You're playing Creamfields this year, what is it about the Cream brand and the festival that attracts you as an artist? Last year was the first time i ever played for creamfields in the uk. I did one in Peru in 2008 and that's it. I'm new to this brand. I have patience when it comes to playing at certain festivals. I have worked really hard over the past 10 years and i guess it took a bit longer for them to take notice. So when i come to play i bring 110% always. I'm happy to be part of the family now. Yourself and Annie Mac are taking over Space Ibiza for two special Sundays this summer, which sounds amazing, what have you guys got planned? Well we started talking about it last year. We wanted to combine our nights and do a few huge parties in ibiza. Finally it all happened this year. The final year of Space. Annie will be hosting her AMP party in the Discoteca & i'll be in my second home the Terrazza. I love playing there. For the first show i brought a taste of some of the best house dj's this world has to offer and for the second date i went more towards a fresh approach to the acid/techno side of things. I'm not going to give anything away just yet but just know both of the line-ups are going to blow the roof off the space terrace. The way it used to be when there was no ceiling. Your Radio 1 residency is still going strong, how do you prepare for the shows each month? Is it a different process to preparing for set? I feel honoured to have been part of the radio 1 team for so long now. I've had the opportunity to play music that i want & have guests on that i adore. I was flying the flag for music that wasn't really being played on a station like that back then. Now that music has become extremely popular which always makes me smile. Seeing my friends succeed in ways that I don't even think they thought would happen. I try and dig deep for the music on my show. I play a lot of old stuff because I know the majority of this generation haven't heard the pioneers of where most of the stuff I play came from. I basically mix the old school with the new school. There is plenty of cross over now on radio 1 now so my job is to dig even further underground and pluck out some gems. I saw that you posted on Facebook about the DJ Mag pioneers of dance music list and the follow up article by the editor about why there were no women on the list. Both the original list and the article were ridiculous, but what was it that compelled you to comment? I just think the whole situation is ridiculous. The fact that not one woman even made that "list" is beyond me. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for some of the female pioneers of dance music (as that's what the article was about) Pioneers. Ellen Allien, Miss Kitten, Magda, Honey Dijon ect. To be honest if we could just stop with all of these fucking lists our scene would be a hell of a lot nicer. These lists are the opinions of who? Why is there a need for them? We are all in it together. Doing the same thing. Trying to make people forget about their worries and problems in life. We're here to try and help them feel good about themselves. Letting go and feeling free by dancing and sweating out those weekly demons that creep up on us. We are all one in the club. Men, Women, White, Black, Gay, Straight.......whatever and whoever you are or want to be and that is what I have to say about that. Annie Mac, Maya Jane Cole and Anja Schneider are just three of the DJs who have spoken about the stupid questions they get asked because they are female - is this still happening to you? And why are people so obsessed with the "female DJ" thing? This doesn't happen to me anymore because I refuse to answer those dumb ass questions. People know not to ask it anymore because even if they try I won't feed into it. It's all bullshit. Annie Mac's article she wrote for Thump magazine sums it up perfectly. I usually copy and paste the link to that as my answer. She nailed it. It was funny because she told me after that she had me in mind when she wrote it. I thought it was brilliantly written, extremely intelligent & funny and completely on point. That's my girl. If you could play b2b with any other artist, past or present, who would you choose and why? Well my wish came true last year in ibiza. I played a 3 hour back to back session with Cajmere. He is one of the greats. As a human, dj & producer. That man has kept ISSUE 87 / 2016 Ahead of her performance at this years award winning Creamfields, we hook up with one of the leading lights of the underground Heidi… HOUSE "We are all one in the club. Men, Women, 26 Christina Dean | Guestlist.net