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CMD+JAZMINE

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CMD+JAZMINE

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CMD+JAZMINE is the electronic music project of Jazmine (JT) Green, combining her love of percussive builds, vocal samples, and complex blends through the lens of a cyborg who desperately wants to be human.

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  1. What are your “tells” behind the decks — what makes a set feel like you?

    Each of my sets weaves ambient textures with hard drums and vocal moments, a kind of communication between me and the dancer. I have a deep love of the low end, so the bass has to rumble through your chest while you float above the dancefloor. To me, genre is just a categorization of drum patterns, so my sets move across styles to capture whatever mood I'm hoping to translate to the listener.

  2. What do you pay the most attention to while you’re mixing?

    The biggest thing I pay attention to is which elements of the song are center stage, and whether my levels are sitting in the right places. Often I'm manipulating 3 to 4 CDJs at once, so there are many opportunities for a particular portion of a mix, whether it's the whine of a synthesizer or the whimper of a kick drum, to evoke a reaction from a dancer that I can see on the floor. There's something beautiful about shifting, on the fly, how people interact with the sounds they hear, and how you can direct them on the journey you hope to take them on.

  3. Has producing influenced the way you DJ (and vice versa)?

    Absolutely. I've been producing for roughly twelve years, and started DJing three years ago, so knowing song structure is incredibly helpful when selecting and mixing tracks. Thinking of the entire set as one long experience, with rises and falls and unexpected turns, leads me to treat each track as a piece of a larger composition. Producing also means that if there's an element missing in a larger mix, I can create it quickly instead of spending time digging to fill that gap.

  4. What does “a safer dancefloor” actually mean to you (before, during, after the night)?

    A safer dancefloor is one where each participant is safe to express themselves in their most freest expression while navigating the safety of everyone else. This can be reinforced by the removal of personal surveillance technology on the dancefloor like smartphones, safe space monitors that are there for the care and safety of dancers, and a clear communication of a space’s politics and intentions upon entry. Adults deserve places to not only play, but do so safely.

  5. What’s something you’ve learned about vulnerability — behind the decks and on the dance floor?

    Lately, I've been sobbing a lot after sets, particularly the ones that run 2-4 hours. Performing is an intensely emotional experience, giving so much of yourself to a group of strangers and hoping they receive what you're trying to say. To look out and see people losing themselves in sound, heads tilted back, faces pressed against other faces, gesticulating wildly, is an absolute emotional privilege.

  6. When people listen back to your radio set, what do you hope stays with them?

    I hope that listeners are able to feel the emotional state that I am in and translate that story for their own body to ingest and communicate through movement.