Essential Nightlife is proud to present the return of ‘Fidelity’ --a periodical event ‘dedicated to the highest definition of sights and sounds.’ Truly an experience for music and luxury enthusiasts of all kinds, Fidelity will feature world class talent in one of the country’s best lounges; Vessel Nightclub. The Fall edition; Saturday November 15th will feature House music superstar and singer Colette!'
DJ Colette is one of the first DJ's to add her vocals to the record she spins, inspiring a new category of performance in the electronic world. As countless others begin to sing and spin, many can still not compare to the vocal/turntable sessions Colette delivers. There may not be any DJ today who can match the impressive pedigree of former music teacher turned mix-master DJ Colette.
Colette credits both her mixing style and her improvised vocals to coming up as part of the fertile Chicago house music scene at the turn of the Nineties. 'I'm very spoiled because Derrick Carter and Mark Farina were the first DJs I got to hear growing up. I taught myself how to spin by watching everyone else on the decks. Unlike today, there weren't any classes, or people, that were willing to instruct you. I remember when I was 16, I used to watch Diz and Lego; I'd watch every little thing that they were doing and just absorb it all.'
It was also at those house parties that Colette, a classical music student by day, began to find the liberation she still enjoys from singing over other people's records. 'I started singing with house music when I was 16 or 17. I would go to parties and freestyle over other DJs playing.' That spontaneous approach is something that has stuck with her through the present. To Colette, there is no better rush than the one that comes from improvising in front of a room full of clubgoers. 'It's very impromptu when I write a song over a record, many times I'll buy a record that day and when I'm playing it out, that's when I come up with the lyrics,' she says laughing. 'There's definitely something to be said for a practiced performance, but it's really freeing to just improvise. It's almost like you're one of the people in the party. It's just like dancing; you just feel it and you react to it. It's the same thing for me.
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