Trouble & Bass’ Star Eyes Turning Her Swag On

Being one of the two femme fatales (Jinder holding down the fort as the other femme) on hot Brooklyn bass crew Trouble & Bass, Star Eyes is proving to those all around that she’s ready for to turn her swag on and have people take note.

Her long standing career as DJ dates back to when she was just 15 years old – she’s been knocking down the door of the boy’s club and hasn’t looked back.  Her career brought her notoriety and some shine: being recognized in the press as one of the first female Drum & Bass DJs in the USA.  But also through these recognitions, she became the resident of San Francisco’s long-running Eklektic night and developed one-half of  the Syrup Grls: two lethal yet deadly girls spinning some of the hottest nights in NYC.

She has approached every day like it was a hustle, but has been able to have fun due to the family & crew that she’s maintained, “Trouble and Bass is the best crew I’ve ever been a part of. We’re the best looking and the coolest people,” she tells me with a laugh.  “But really, when we go on the road – it’s just a really exciting time and it’s great because we’re always thinking of new ideas, new parties and new music together.  We have a lot of ethusiam as a crew and it’s so exciting to be a part of.”

Being a female in the male dominated DJ scene can be tough, she tells me, “It’s like being female anywhere.  People either pay attention to you more, or just ignore you.  But I don’t have any complaints. Being a DJ – you always have to hustle and be competitive.  No matter if your male or female.  I’ve seen many female DJs who were resting on the laurels of being female and that’s just lame.” For an artist like Star Eyes who has been working in the studio so intensely (plus she let me in on a couple secrets on the upcoming T&B Miami Winter Music Conference events to happen), girlfriend is busy doing a lot more than resting on her laurels.  She’s busy travelling the world and spreading the gospel that is Trouble & Bass! As she tells me, “Most hurtful thing that people have said (to me is) ‘She’s only successful because she’s a girl.” But in all honesty, no one can say that about her.  Star Eyes can definitely earned her success.

With upcoming gigs at SXSW & WMC and TONIGHT for Canadian Music Fest with label mate, The Captian @ The Social, Star Eyes sent me a list of things where she’ll be drawing some inspiration from for her upcoming gigs.  If this list doesn’t inspire you, then I don’t know what will.

The Muppet Wiki
Cult of Santa Muerte
X-Mal Deutschland
Andrew Jeffrey Wright’s art jokes
Creepers
Snow White
My new juicer/making my own juice
Turning my swag on
Old Hyper-On Experience tunes
Forests
Reverb
Reverb that sounds like being in forests
Stefan Sagmeister
Chakra incense
Joan of Arc
Rapping (mostly when drunk)
Yemanya
Vibe props
Grime vids
Capes