Alice Moxom, known professionally as Moxie, is a
London
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based
DJ, music publisher and event promoter.
Career
Learning to DJ from a young age,
her career as a radio DJ started in 2010 on
Kiss FM Kiss FM, Kiss Radio or variants may refer to:
Asia-Oceania
* Various Kiss FM-branded stations in the Philippines
** 95.1 Kiss FM, Lucena, Quezon
** 102.3 Kiss FM, Tagbilaran, Bohol
* Kiss92 FM, Singapore
* KISS 969, Sri Lanka
* Kiss Radio Taiwan ...
and she has subsequently held residencies at
BBC Radio 1
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as well as at
NTS Radio
NTS Radio (also known as NTS Live or simply NTS) is an online radio station and media platform started in the Hackney area of London. The station was founded in April 2011 by Femi Adeyemi "for an international community of music lovers". NTS b ...
. Her NTS residency is one of the longest running of the station and is currently a weekly slot.
In 2016 she founded the On Loop record label and events company, with the aim of promoting women in the electronic music industry,
which was considered one of
Mixmag’s Top 20 labels of 2017 and was nominated at the ''
DJ Mag
''DJ Magazine'' (also known as ''DJ Mag'') is a British monthly magazine dedicated to electronic dance music and DJs. Founded in 1991, the magazine is adapted for distribution in the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, France, Italy, Lat ...
'' awards for Best Compilation.
In 2017,
''Time Out'' rated her NTS radio show as one of London's top ten and ''
Mixmag
''Mixmag'' is a British electronic dance and clubbing magazine published in London. Launched in 1983 as a print magazine, it has branched into dance events, including festivals and club nights.
History
The first issue of ''Mixmag'' was prin ...
'' identified her as part of a growing trend favoring DJs as music "selectors" rather than traditional producers. In 2018, one of her DJ mixes was included in
Pitchfork's monthly top eight and
The List considered that she was "rapidly becoming one of the most prominent DJs in the UK, and beyond".
In 2019 she was nominated for
''DJ Mag'''s Best Of British awards 2019 in the Best Resident DJ category and performed at
Glastonbury Festival
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. ''
The Guardian
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'' claimed that she had "helped define a joyous,
breakbeat
Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that tends to use drum breaks sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as hip hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and UK ...
-friendly corner of the
house
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and
techno
Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time (4/4) and often ch ...
underground
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* Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth
Underground may also refer to:
Places
* The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
* The Underground (S ...
. ''
Resident Advisor
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'' list her as one of the top 1000
electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...
artists globally.
References
External links
*
NTS radio show
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Electronic dance music DJs
DJs from London
English DJs
British radio presenters
British women radio presenters
Women DJs
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people