International News: Misstress Barbara to Release New Mix Compilation

Bounding out from her techno roots, Misstress Barbara takes off in this new release, showcasing her love for all that is GOOD music. Refusing the standard one-genre-one-sound that most DJs get pushed into, she walks over her own boundaries and treads off into the world of other genres. While stripping away the hard driven beats her fans relate her name to, she moves through an electro funk minimal spell, throwing in the occasional floor hitter that she will never really leave behind.

With her new release Come With Me.., Misstress Barbara asks her listeners to remain with her through this adventure of techy rhythms, fusing together a sound from the past and her present adventure. Complete with two of her own new tracks I Love You and Eleven O Seven that represent the new fashion of once deemed queen of Techno, this is Misstress Barbara at her best.-
'Come With Me' will be released on Koch - 7/2/06

Tracklisting:
1 SEBO K - TOO HOT
2 LORNA - FEEL GOOD
3 ANDREA BERTOLINI - MY WAV Club mix
4 TRENTEMOLLER - BETA BOY
5 ZDAR - DON'T YOU WANT
6 BOYSNOIZE - HE-MAN
7 MISSTRESS BARBARA - I LOVE YOU
8 BAD PIMPS - PIMP THE BOX
9 LEMON 8 - MODEL 8 Lemon 8 remix
10 ARGY - LOVE DOSE Luciano remix
11 DONNACHA COSTELLO - RUSTY STICKS
12 MISSTRESS BARBARA - ELEVEN O SEVEN
13 NATHAN FAKE - DINAMO Dominik Eulberg remix
14 ALEX UNDER - ADITAH, LA GRANJERITA
15 MOVE D - ANNE WILL
16 TRENTEMOLLER - CHAMELEON
17 OLIVER KOLETZKI - DER MÜCKENSCHWARM Dominik Eulberg remix

Misstress Barbara's Biography

Born under the Sagittarius sign, in Sicily, Italy, 1975, Misstress Barbara (spelled with 4"s" to understand 'miss' and 'stress') moved to Montreal at age 8, where she has lived ever since. She holds a degree in Communication Studies, specialized in Film, and obtained a license to fly gliders and Cessna airplanes at age 16. Her creative involvement with music began when she picked up the drums at age 12 and started playing in bands. For the next seven years she was absorbed by classic rock, by punk music, and all the hard music of the time.

In 1994 her musical interests shifted to electronic music. While attending numerous events, she literally fell in love with watching DJs work. Amazed by the beauty of the movement of their hands, she wanted to achieve the same talent and make everyone dance, so a year later she traded in her drum kit for two turntables and a mixer. In the spring of 1996, she got her first booking and hasn't looked back since; playing all the major cities from North to South America, Europe and Asia, along with Australia. Misstress Barbara has played alongside the most respected artists such as Björk, Thievery Corporation, Front 242, Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Masters at Work, Tiesto, Sven Väth and many others. Her various musical tastes have led her to play many important clubs worldwide like Twilo (NYC, USA), Velvet Underground (London, UK), The Womb (Tokyo, Japan), Stereo (Montreal, Canada), Florida 135 (Fraga, Spain), Zouk (Singapore), Rex (Paris, France), Aloca (Sao Paulo, Brazil), just to name a few. She is also a regular at the Godskitchen Events around the UK and in their Birmingham club Air. She has also played many big events like SONAR (Spain), AWAKENINGS (Holland), I LOVE TECHNO (Belgium), MONEGROS (Spain), and one of her highlights from the beginnings of her DJ career was playing at "Fashion Cares" in Toronto; a 5000 people AIDS-Benefit fashion show party, hosted by K.D. Lang and Rupaul.

When she first began performing she described her main style as "Drummy Funky Pumpin' Techno" and her most important musical influences came from the shuffling of Jazz and from the repetitive grooves of Latin Music. Regardless of the influences, her typical hard beats had always been the driving force in her sets and these elements were immediately recognizable in her productions. Progression is natural in an artist's career and Barbara is no different. These days she is pl Tags

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