Artist of the Month: DAZZLE$
Welcome to the 2nd installment of AotM. For the month of March, we have local Bay Area EDM artist DAZZLE$! After sitting down with DAZZLE$ to learn more about her history, future goals, and ambitions within the EDM scene it became clear that she shows a lot of promise as an artist and event coordinator. DAZZLE$ moved to San Francisco, CA in 2016 from her home in Taiwan after becoming infatuated with Western culture.
Music being one of the most important parts of her life, DAZZLE$ reflects on her early interest in EDM dating back to high school mentioning that “One day I happened to pass a store with some interesting music that I had never heard before and I was fascinated by everything in the store which sold a bunch of DJ stuff that I didn’t recognize. The store also sold some CDs recorded by DJs, so I bought a few CDs from it and it became my favorite CD at the time. The CDs had playlists on the back, and I remember there were some songs from Avicii and David Guetta, so I googled them and tried searching for more EDM songs online. Later on, I found some songs from Skrillex and that was probably the first time I listened to dubstep, and I’ve been madly in love with it ever since.”
Among these early influences, another artist that influenced DAZZLE$ early on was NGHTMRE. Discovering NGHTMRE through his song “Street” that Skrillex played at Ultra in 2015, his music paved the way for DAZZLE$ growing interest in trap & future bass. DAZZLE$ stated that NGHTMRE is “one of the reasons (she) became a DJ” and what fueled her interest in enrolling as a student at the ICON Collective in Los Angeles, CA where her first mentor was Protohype.
Moving toward the future, DAZZLE$ is looking forward to playing more shows and spending more time on audio production. Last year she started her own event company called “REUNiON” and booked Codd Dubz in China as a part of his debut in Asia. The next event they are throwing will be on March 23rd with Usaybflow + special guest Bonker. DAZZLE$ anticipates on bringing more dubstep artist to China and is showing to be a prominent force in music both locally and internationally.
DAZZLE$ had a few words to say for her feature in this month’s AotM! She said:
“During the pandemic, I finally had the time to learn and become a DJ, as I was so busy with my double master’s degrees before that. I want to shout out the XILE team, because my U.S. debut was with them on April 16th, 2022 playing support for Autokorekt and Crowell. This show means a lot to me and helped me to play more shows in the Bay Area afterwards. Also, this helped me to gain more confidence and motivate me to continue to pursue my dreams.”