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Mea

Mixing expertise with innovation, combining her powerful voice with a dazzling stage presence, Méa pioneers a new place for women in the dj world. Her bold style and turntable mastery prompted DMA magazine to hail this petite performer "The Madonna of the New Millennium" on its July 2001cover. In an always exciting show this dynamic diva combines live freestyle vocals over a versatile set ranging from tech house to hard trance to intelligent breaks, often introducing a new single with catchy lyrics written by Méa herself. Although she spent several dedicated years in Chicago launching her career and now travels worldwide from a home base in Los Angeles, her roots are in Kansas City. She grew up in a musical household: her father played in various jazz bands and has always been Méa's foremost source of inspiration. From her youth Méa was schooled in violin, guitar, drums, dance, and, of course, voice; but she gives Madonna credit for motivating her to take on music as a career. One considerable obstacle was earning the right to be taken seriously as a female in the dj profession. She is proud to have long since overcome doubts and will never again be underestimated, due to the skills that surpass pretty packaging, and the hard work that won her the success she now enjoys. Her first globally distributed CD was released, entitled "Shaken, Not Stirred" on July 11, 2000 on the Afterhours label, featuring the handiwork of Rick Garcia (check out the track “Everything”) alongside Méa's vocals layered over a house mix, creating a unique effect that would become her trademark. As a rising star of the new millennium, she earned the honor of playing alongside world famous dj talent that included the incomparable Donald Glaude, DJ Dan, DJ Sneak, and DJ Rap as the sole female resident on the Bay-area based Funky Tekno Tribe tour. Her next CD, "Welcome to My House" was released through FTT in January of 2001, a vibrant live recording from the Metro in Chicago where she played the final show of that tour. Having established her reputation on the West Coast, she fused with Los Angeles producer Nynex to create the dance floor hit "The Simplest of Things", which showcases Méa's vocal strengths while demonstrating a new maturity in her musical evolution. Her April 2001 self-released CD, "Lunar Rebirth" contains the single as a bonus track to another live recording, featuring a new, multi-faceted sound. 2002 brought Méa's second self-released project, "Respect," (March of 2002) - consisting of a two-disc set; one audio CD of a live dj/vocal set with additional original tracks, and a second one including a 19-minute video of live performances and interviews. More studio work is on the horizon with Méa, as she recently signed on with leading independent Electronic label, Moonshine Music. With her experience behind the decks solidly in place, Méa is stepping up her production efforts and is currently working on her debut artist album, expected in August 2003.

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