For as long as there is music and those who faithfully dance, there will always be a need for the Godmother of House Music, DJ Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale. Detroit’s first female of house music plays dance floor bangers and orchestral melodies with live music fusions. Hotwaxx Hale has made a massive impact in the American music culture, whether it’s playing in famous theaters like the Apollo, or legendary underground dance music clubs like ‘Studio 54,’ and ‘The Warehouse.’ She also has an international presence, which includes past performances in London, Ibiza, Berlin, Amsterdam, Toronto, and across the USA.
Hotwaxx Hale is the first female DJ who played house music on the radio in Detroit in the late 80s, and continues as a DJ to play a major role in curating the soundtrack of our lives for several decades. Thriving in the city that started techno, she somehow maintains a perfect flow by tastefully blending house and techno with funk, hip hop and Motown soul, which is why she continues to have a diverse, multi aged devoted following.
Stacey loves Detroit “because through the many challenges this city has had, we are strong and survive. The love of music is more than anywhere else. Jazz, Techno, R&B, House, Salsa, Reggae and all of it’s derivatives we love it and will dance to it.
I’ve been blessed to have seen the multitude of people here really enjoy and dance to it. As a DJ I LOVE to see people dance.”
On being a Detroit DJ
“Detroit love is like nowhere else. The people of all ages, colors, orientation have embraced me as I’ve embraced them. That is a love I know that does NOT exist anywhere else.”
Track List
Don’t You Know : GZZ
Hopeless (JT Donaldson Remix) : Dirtytwo, JT Donaldson Miriam
You Are My Air (El Barrio Mix) : Miriam Love, Jasn Wilkes
Second Chance (Club Mix) : The Shapeshifters
Umuntu Wam (Sean Ali & Murk) : Deepconsoul, Mimie
The Calling (Ralf GUM Main Mix) : Ralf GUM, Joseph Junior
You Bring Me Joy : The Journeymen
Believe : DJ Spen and Michelle
Higher Ground : Random Soul
Here For It : Terrence Downs
Believe (Hotwaxx Mix) : Inner City featuring Steff Christian
Found Him : Studio Apartment
Getting Crazy In The Ghetto : DJ Sneak
If You Take My Love : Booker T
Gypsy Woman : Kaytronik
New Reality : Alton Miller, Eman and Doc Link
Still Wondering : Time Line
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