Honey Redmond (known professionally as Honey Dijon) is an American DJ, producer, and electronic musician. She was born in Chicago and is based in New York City and Berlin. She has performed at clubs, festivals, art fairs, galleries and fashion events internationally.

Biography

Honey Dijon grew up in the 1970s on the south side of Chicago, in what she has described as a "very middle-class, loving African-American family” that was very musical. She began clubbing during her mid-teens with her parents' acceptance as long as her academics did not suffer. In the 1990s, she began to perform as a DJ. Around 2000, she also became active as a producer. During her time in Chicago she met and was mentored by DJs and producers such as

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. In the late 1990s, Honey Dijon moved to New York, where she was introduced to

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. After first being exposed to

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in Chicago's house scene, she performed on New York City's underground club circuit and played sets at fashion shows. In 2017 Dijon released her debut album titled ''The Best of Both Worlds''. Dijon has collaborated with

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and

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for several years providing soundtracks for their runway presentations. Dijon was described as a "popular house-music D.J." by the New York Times in 2013. In 2018,

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stated that she had popularized "a rambunctious DJ style that leans heavily on golden-era disco, techno and house", while Dijon herself acknowledged that "a lot of people still associate me with swingy

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and classic house and disco, but I can rock dirty rhythmic techno as well."

Activism and public image

Redmond is transgender. She has been a vocal advocate for

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rights and awareness, speaking from her experience as a black trans woman DJ in dance music. In 2016, she was interviewed by the British television channel

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on the issue of trans visibility. At a 2017 event hosted by the

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museum in New York City, she led a roundtable discussion "focused on those who have, like her, found safety and creative expression within the New York club scene."

Discography

Artist Albums

* '' The Best of Both Worlds'', Classic Records, 2017. *'' Black Girl Magic'', Defected, 2022.

Compilations

*''Classic Through the Eyes Of: Honey Dijon'', Classic Records, 2013.

Remixes

*" Free Woman oney Dijon Realness Remix, Interscope, 2020.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dijon, Miss Honey African-American musicians American women in electronic music LGBT African Americans American LGBT musicians LGBT people from Illinois Living people Musicians from Chicago DJs from Chicago LGBT DJs Transgender musicians Transgender women musicians Year of birth missing (living people) African-American women musicians 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women Electronic dance music DJs