Patricia Starr
Listening to the very talented young DJ Patricia Starr is like listening to your new favorite album that takes you on an emotional journey and leaves you off with a tingle in your stomach wanting more. New York’s No. 1 female DJ and huge talent in her own right is a self described “music maniac” breaking down musical barriers between genres of electronic music. DJ Patricia Starr is an equal opportunity Mixmaster –Techno, Tribal, Minimal, Progressive,& Tech House music get mixed, blended and perfectly layered onto one another yet somehow it all makes sense like an interesting story with surprising twists and turns.
First being drown to turntables after being inspired by one of her favorite DJs Junior Vasquez, Patricia Started playing in the NYC club circuit in the late 90’s and very quickly became a key player working with major DJs in the early stages of her career. Subsequently she has landed residencies at NYC chic downtown hotspots NV and Chaos, making her one of the first ever female DJs to hold multiple residencies at the busiest celebrity infested parties and gaining her popularity among promoters. Moving on to reside on the main floor of the legendary China Club and DJing parties for celebrities like Tara Reid, Wycleff Jean, Tommy Hilfeiger, just to name a few Patricia Starr was becoming a well known face on the New York music scene. She was featured in 411 Magazine and in other key industry publications like DJ Times, Hamptons Magazine, RIX Mag, Amped, MoBounce, W.H.A.T. recently in New York Daily News and page 6 of the New York Postas well as Life & Style Mag. Patricia has also worked alongside many celebrity DJs like Dubfire, Robbie Rivera, Junior Jack, Pete Tong, Boris, Skribbles, Sizzahandz & David Waxman and extensively by herself throughout United States, Europe, Canada and Africa.
Nevertheless Patricia Starr aims to make her mark as a producer having one of her remixes contribute to reaching a 2 spot on Billboard hot dance breakouts chart for maxi singles sales for Aria “Ti Amo” OH Music in February 2003. For production Patricia chooses Apple Logic Pro 8 which she says fits her needs perfectly enabling her to express her musical personality. Having classical training in piano as well as New York University Music Technology training creates a perfect combination for an inspired young producer and DJ making a complete package.
To truly take in the DJ Patricia Starr experience it’s a must to catch her live, which these days seems to be in New York City’s hottest mega clubs and lounges like Avalon, Pacha or Moomia, or on festival stages scattered throughout the world, where she works her magic in front of thousands of fans. Patricia’s setup is more complex then a traditional DJ setup including: Technics SL-1200 Mk2 turntables, usually a Rane mixer, Pioneer CDJ 1000 DJ CD Players , Pioneer EFX 500 a Apple G4 laptop and her favorite toy Rane Serato System. “Serato is a real quality system” Starr says “It’s got the feel of real vinyl making it possible to make the switch from vinyl among many other benefits.” Patricia’s secret weapon however is her versatile music collection; her loaded G4 laptop has a music arsenal of a true pro. Currently Patricia holds a weekly residency at Cheetahs in Manhattan every friday, a weekly residency at THE WORLD PARTY @ Le Souk every tuesday and makes frequent guest appearances at Pacha NYC as well as European Mega Clubs.