DJ Zita at Sisters In Sound

When have you ever peeped a fly sister smashing classic records all night long with shine, authority and pure flair? Don’t trip, that baddest mamma jamma is Bay Area veteran lady DJ Zita, who brings her unforgettable mix of versatility and femininity to the turntables every time she puts needle to vinyl. Her sound spans the eras and blends genres of good music; she’ll seamlessly segue from boombox classic hip hop to mothership trunk funk, spin smooth R&B treats along with timeless soul heroines and heroes, flip reggae dancehall riddims to ’80s pop freestyle, all the while rocking a gardenia in her hair and grooving like Prince made that jam especially for her to dance to…and you too will have no choice but move if MamaZita’s on the decks. Since 2000, the incomparable DJ Zita has shocked dancefloors from Honolulu to New York to Sactown, the Bay Area and back down to Los Angeles and San Diego.

From that first brown plastic Fisher-Price record player she rocked her Salt-N-Pepa and Lisa Lisa 12″ singles on as a girl, to over 10 years of training in various forms of dance, to establishing Hawaii’s first all-female DJ collective in 2002 – the URB Magazine-lauded Sisters in Sound, to becoming a staple (and one of few women) in the San Francisco Bay Area club scene, DJ Zita has been putting it down for hip hop, artistry, and sisterhood, and she continues to grace the game and the wheels of steel with her golden touch.

MIXTAPES
DJ Zita’s ever-growing catalog of vinyl-only live mixes includes: Contagious, Night Flight, Blu Soul, One, Mama Mix 1, Mama Mix 2, Mama Mix 4: Reggae Dancehall Classics, GET UP ON THIS! Throwback Party Mix, and TOOOOO FUNKY! Old School Funk Mix.

RESIDENCIES
DJ Zita can be heard and seen regularly as resident dj and host at GOLDEN every third Saturday at the Laszlo Bar in SF’s Mission District together with her Golden Soundscapes crew partner Dmadness. She also holds down a residency at the ArtNowSF/Juxtapoz Magazine/Upper Playground monthly jumpoff GET EXPOSED at 111 Minna and is a frequent player at the Shattuck Down Low in Berkeley… and everywhere in between: she might be seen blazing a party like DeeCee’s Soul Shakedown one weekend and dropping a signature cd release at Milk the next. View DJ Zita’s upcoming events here.

SHARED THE STAGE
She has spun alongside renowned artists and selectors including Q-Bert, ShortKut (Triple Threat/BeatJunkies), Neil Armstrong (5th Platoon), DJ Vadim & Yarah Bravo (One Self, BBE Records), Sake 1 (((Local 1200))), Mr. E (Papalote Hi-Fi), Spair & Platurn (Oakland Faders), Goldenchyld (Fingerbangers), Pam the Funkstress (The Coup), J-Boogie (Om Records), Agua Libre, Jennifer Johns (Nayo Movement Music), Mark Farina (OM Records), and Miguel Migs & Lisa Shaw (Naked Music). View DJ Zita’s flyer archive here.

SPONSORS
She is sponsored by two San Francisco-based streetwear designers: Mama and Mixerfriendly.

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