“Tom chats to rising star, London based DJ, producer and label founder Elkka who also delivers the guest mix. She is appearing at the 6 Music festival.
She is the founder of record label and DIY art collective, femme culture. She says of her new EP ‘Every Body Is Welcome’, “Arriving in London in my early 20s I was a completely different person in every possible way and discovering club culture, the rave scene and queer spaces allowed me to explore myself fully as a woman and as a queer person. For me, the dance floor has been a place where I have felt the most liberated, the most myself, unified with friends and strangers by the music and moment we are sharing. This EP is a celebration of those moments, of the dance floor, of dance music that has inspired me creatively and personally. Every Body Is Welcome symbolises what I hope the dance floor to be – a music utopia or haven, somewhere for everyone to feel safe to express themselves, to find themselves, to be whoever they want to be and feel part of a community of acceptance and tolerance. Idealistic? Yes but I think art should be a space to express idealism and where we hope to be.””
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Tom Ravenscroft 2020-02-07 with Elkka [Uploaded.net download]
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