About the Submersion DJ's

Tidbits about Madelyn (aka dj drown) and Her DJ Style

I used to be "the red-head" but now, with Alicia gone, I'm just "the girl DJ." You can catch me taking turns with Kevin and occasionally guest DJs throughout the night, spinning gothic rock, obscure goth-related stuff, old goth classics, silly vampire songs, and a smattering of electro-industrial and synthy-EBM.

Submersion was my first return to DJing after taking a sabbatical for many years, and it is dear to my heart. I briefly worked at some other Salt Lake clubs, but club life is often short-lived, so for now, you can only catch me at Area 51.

I DJ because I love to dance and I love to share music with others. I DJ'd at a nameless, faceless, horrible radio station somewhere in Louisiana for about 8 years, which is where I learned to love music and love the experience of sharing it. My specialties are old school goth-punk (like the Damned, Bauhaus, Nick Cave, and TSOL), 4AD-style (This Mortal Coil, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance), 2nd Wave Goth Rock from the mid to late 80s (the Church, the Bolshoi, Lords of the New Church), and 80s new wave/new romantic (Virgin Prunes, Duran Duran, Klaus Nomi, Alphaville, Mick Karn, and too many others to name). I also mix in the occasional synthpop number (Beborn Beton, Wolfsheim) and electro-industrial (Evils Toy, And One). Check out the playlists to see what I actually play in the club. I'm a dancer, first and foremost, so you'll see me writhing around the DJ booth or sneaking down to do the Gothic Slide whenever I can.

Feel free to bring your CD's to play (if I can fit it in -- sometmes it's really hard to do, though), and get out there and move when you hear a song you like, even if you don't think you've ever heard it before. The best thing you can do for a DJ is to dance, dance, dance!

As for my personal stats, you can check out my homepage, All the Things that We Have Lost. I work as a Lotus Notes developer by day, and hone my skills as a violent dominatrix with a heart of pure platinum by night... or something like that. In between, I am really into web site design, Middle Eastern dance, the Utah.Goth mailing list, working with G.O.T.H.I.C.S. and taking in strays, misfits and lost souls.

Tidbits about Kevin and His DJ Style

So who isn't a DJ these days?

I began my DJing life(or at least became exposed to the sordid world of the DJ) somewhere in the eighties (about 83 or 84). I began by hauling around thousands of pounds of records for a local mobile DJ. I dragged those records to an endless stream of church and school dances, weddings, office parties,etc; And while this DJ never actually let me spin during these events he did teach me all the basics of the craft. After my "internship" with him I became obsessed with idea of using music to create an artificial atmosphere. I began obsessively making mix tapes, trying to figure out the best way to make one song flow into another and instill a mood in the listener. FInally in 1992 I was aked by a local club owner to start a "Gothic night" at his club, The Ritz. This experience was short lived and did not go as well as was hoped, but it did give me a chance to actually test my theories of flow and atmosphere on a live audience. After it ended I mulled over these theories until 1995 when the owner of Club Confetti asked me to take over her "gothic/industrial room"(given the extremely gothic name of Streamers).I stayed there for about 5 years, sometimes DJing as often as 5 nights a week(at the very least 3) and continued with that particular owner until early 2000. Now I have turned my Full attention to Thursday night's Submersion at Area 51.

My philosophy of DJing is simple. I am there to entertain. I try to provide this best possible mix and flow of interesting music for dancing. I do not view the club as my own personal stereo and my style ranges from goth to industrial to new wave to Glam rock to Death rock to punk rock to the down right silly. I believe in a healthy blend of the old and the new and the totally obscure. I do not beat mix, as I do not think it is always necessary, but as previously stated, the flow of the mix is of the utmost importance, and despite what some of the more techno-fied DJs would tell you, assault with bombastic matched beats is not the only way to make a mix flow.

Tidbits about Former Submersion DJ Alicia

Former Submersion DJ Jeremiah doesn't really have any info online, but you can catch him spinning on Wednesdays and Saturdays.