Sandra Collins is an American
DJ,
record producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...
, and
remixer.
Biography
Collins got her start on the West Coast of the
U.S.
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in
Phoenix, Arizona
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and then moved into residencies in
Los Angeles
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, and eventually moved towards
trance
Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...
. She used American producers to give herself a unique sound. Collins performed for an estimated 80,000 people on the first night of
Woodstock '99, and was the first female DJ featured in the influential ''
Tranceport'' recording series. She has released two
CD mixes under
Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto label.
Collins was the focus of a 2013 documentary, ''Girl'',
highlighting female DJs in
EDM subculture.
Discography
See also
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List of HFStival acts
Acts performing at the HFStival, a Washington, DC/Baltimore outdoor alternative rock festival, 1990 – 2006. It was resurrected in 2010.
Bold text indicates a headlining artist.
0–9
*2 Cents (2006)
* 2 Skinnee J's (1999)
* 311 (1998, 1999)
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Record producers from Nevada
American trance musicians
American club DJs
American women DJs
Living people
Musicians from Las Vegas
American remixers
American electronic dance music DJs
American women record producers
American women in electronic music
21st-century American women