Sandra Collins is an American
DJ,
record producer
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, and
remixer
A remix, also sometimes called reorchestration or rework, is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, poem, or photograph ca ...
.
Biography
Collins got her start on the West Coast of the
U.S.
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in
Phoenix, Arizona
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and then moved into residencies in
Los Angeles
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, and eventually moved towards
trance
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. She used American producers to give herself a unique sound. Collins performed for an estimated 80,000 people on the first night of
Woodstock '99
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, and was the first female DJ featured in the influential ''
Tranceport
Tranceport is a trance music DJ mix album series. The series debuted in November 1998 with Paul Oakenfold's '' Tranceport'', released on Kinetic Records. The album featured many trance songs that were receiving a lot of dance club play at the tim ...
'' recording series. She has released two
CD mixes under
Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto
Perfecto may refer to:
People
* Gregorio Perfecto (1891–1949), Filipino journalist, politician and jurist
* Mariano Perfecto (1853–1913), Filipino politician, writer, and father of Gregorio Perfecto
* Martín Perfecto de Cos (1800–1854), 19 ...
label.
Collins was the focus of a 2013 documentary, ''Girl'',
highlighting female DJs in
EDM subculture.
Discography
See also
*
List of HFStival acts
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Record producers from Nevada
American trance musicians
American club DJs
American women DJs
Living people
Musicians from Las Vegas
American remixers
American electronic dance music DJs
American women record producers
American women in electronic music
21st-century American women