Mrs Wood Overcomes Her (Techno) Midlife Crisis

London techno pioneer Mrs Wood chatted to Skrufff this week's about the upcoming launch of her new monthly London event Think Techno, and revealed that she'd got so fed up with techno, she'd quit DJing altogether 2 years ago.

"I was totally out of love with the music, I hated it and everything to do with it," Mrs (Jane) Wood admitted.

"For a long time I'd been hanging on, doing a gig here and another one there, gradually losing faith in myself until I'd eventually come to terms with thinking I was never going to be asked to play again. It was the hardest thing to do, having to let go little by little, and feeling really desolate."

Walking away from the decks, she downsized dramatically, avoided clubs altogether and ended up 'living like a hermit' as she put it.

"I had a little money put aside to pay my rent with and I just ended up living really, really cheaply," said Jane.

"You're very spoiled when you're a DJ, or just when you've got money, you spend it here and there on this and that and you don't need any of the things you spend it on.

It was quite good for me, in fact, very good, to strip away all the trimmings and extras since they weren't bringing anything into my life anyway. And then going back out again 18 months later has brought me completely freshly back into the music; taking a break has been the best thing I ever did."

Her return came via her DJ flatmate, who dragged her out to Twist (where she ended up with a residency) though she's now launching her own night Think Techno, with fellow DJ Lady Bianca, joined by the Liberator DJs in Room 2 (at south London club Fire, on the first Wednesday of the month.

"We are starting this night purely because we love techno," she said.

"After years of playing techno we still firmly believe that it is the only way forward, always fresh and looking to the future."
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