DJ Abby Norml

(the DJ formerly known as Con'fuschia '95 til 2002)

A brief herstory:
'89 experienced Acid Hou! se @ an underground in Manhatten (thought, "what i s this all about and how do Iget more?!")
'92 ...Yep, I was a raver. Inspirations from the gods @ Aahz and Sunday School- Orlando FL. Influences at the time: Rabbit in the Moon, Kimball Collins, Andy Hughes, Chris Fortier, the Orb and of course DeeLite.
'95 moved to San Diego and began learning to DJ. After a couple years I put on my first events My Friends' Place (in honor of my homelands ie: Simon's G'ville, FL) and Music for your Head. MFYH was a downtempo and ambient (what I was mixing at the time) weekly that ran over a year. Soon I was overcome by the bass.....
'98 began mixing more and more jungle/d&b sets. In '98 & again in 2001 put on and DJed a drum & bass/lo-tempo monthly called Congregation (joined by the famous Goff Brothers & Brokenbe! at friends). We were lucky enough to share w/ the Basement Jaxx, Thunderball, Sage, Empress, Current Value (Position Chrome, Germany), SubCode and many others, along with our residents Tom B. and the occasional Kojak along with the best drum & bass DJs in San Diego.


Stuff:
Warped Tour '98 (TX, AZ & CA), opening DJ for Moby/Boom Boom Satellites, played mainroom/prime slot @ 611 Records' Summer Tour/AZ, 2001 Braindance (Reflex Rec.) Tour, 2001 Mush Recordings Tour @ the Casbah, CA.
I have also had the pleasure of playing alongside Sage, AlleyCat, Polywog, the Empress, ReidSpeed, Jo-S, Hazen, Roxanne, Ras and TechItch all who have given me inspiration and/or joy.

Favorite Labels (ever):
! Certificate 18, Metalheadz, Rising High, LiquidSky, LGR/Good Looking and more than anything else, those weird & quirky lil' gems that no one else finds.

Specialties:
*Ambient, experimental headtrips through sound
*Atmospheric and/or cerebral drum & bass

For the Future:
I hope to travel abroad to learn from and share with as many new faces as I can that share a love for art and music; especially music as art.

I want to help break down the genre barriers that limit the dance community. Although I love the dancefloor, I strive to affect more than just the physical plane with a unique, cerebral sound that's everchanging...

People very often ask me if and when I will produce my own tunes. I see that in the future, but I'm not in a huge r! ush; there's still so much to learn with my mixing. When it does happen, I see myself being particularly drawn to soundtracking for independent filmmakers; something more on the experimental tip.

To contact Abby for bookings email her at artistanorml@yahoo.com