Name: Lady Tazz
Nationality: Canadian/Bangladeshi
Occupation: DJ, producer, label founder at Mind Medizin
Current release: Lady Tazz launches her new series of compilation albums Lady Tazz presents Hermanas with a five-track EP. It features contributions by herself as well as RUIZ OSC1, Milena Adamis, Victoria Mussi, and Amanda Mussi. Order it via Mind Medizin.
Recommendations: 100 years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marques. Intense, mind altering book on human condition.
Keith Jarret, Köln Concert. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

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Do you think that some of your earliest musical experiences planted a seed for your interest in DJing?

Growing up in Toronto to Bangladeshi parents my musical influences were rather eclectic. I would say growing out of my teenage years, electronic music was the first time I truly felt like I connected to something.

When I moved back to Bangladesh I started my own radio show so the interest in DJing kind of grew from there.

I have always loved club music, but I was not initially a dancer very much. What was this like for you? How does being – or not being – a passionate dancer influence the way you deejay?

Dancing is the point.

The idea that as a DJ you can make people step out of their boundaries and dance, how sexy is that for a job description?

For me, club music was the first time I experienced that high that comes with letting go of your inhibitions and control. That is the moment one can hope for when DJing.

For your own DJing, what were some of the most important things you learned from teachers/tutorials, other DJs, or personal experience?

To be yourself and trust your instincts.

How do you approach digging, what are you looking for, and what were some of the best finds of the past few weeks for you?

Discovering a track and going down the rabbit hole trying to find more releases by the artist, label or era.

I have been lucky enough to sign to my label some of the artists that blew me away this year. Tall Fussman as an example, incredible talent.

How important is dancing for our wellbeing on a personal and even on a societal level?

It’s an expression, a way to show feelings that otherwise might stay hidden. It’s way to break control, feel free and connect.

On a societal level the importance is immense. For a long time for many, many people, time was infinitely related to those moments when they could let loose and be themselves.

Especially in the light of advances in AI, where do you see the role of humans in DJing versus that of technology? Can AI act as a collaborator or creative stimulus?

I think it’s the oddity and imperfections that make things compelling. In that sense AI is not there yet.

I think as far as the role of the DJ goes, DJing is about more than just being a flawless selector of music, a lot of it is stage presence, ability to read the room and react. It is more complex than that, the story and history of the artist also play a huge role in how you perceive the music. It’s the X factor that makes you become a fan.

Once AI can replicate that, we are in trouble.

Do you feel as though DJing is inherently different from something like making a great cup of coffee? What do you express through music that you couldn't or wouldn't in more 'mundane' tasks?

Absolutely! A great cup of coffee might make you move, a little, but a great DJ will make you feel, connect and lose yourself  in a way no caffeine could.

The thing with music is, it makes you feel things, whether you want it or not.

Let's imagine you lost all your music for one night and all there is left at the venue is a crate of records containing a random selection of music. How would you approach this set?

Are we talking 90s, 2000s vinyl? I guess just going for B sides.

Later than this,  not sure I would be comfortable with a random box to do the job to be honest.