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Rebekah (DJ)

Rebekah Teasdale (2 January 1980) is a British DJ and dance music producer, known professionally as DJ Rebekah. She runs the Decoy and Elements labels, and produces and deejays industrial techno.

Early life

Rebekah Teasdale grew up in Birmingham, going to techno parties at the Que Club and studying music production at Access Creative College. She also worked as a glamour model.[1][2]

Career

DJ Rebekah started to play records professionally whilst in her twenties, signing up with Judge Jules' agency Serious. She moved to London and then Berlin, making a name as a DJ for playing industrial techno sets.[1] She met Chris Liebing and was released on his CLR label.[3] She has released tracks on labels such as EarToGround, Gynoid Audio, Naked Lunch, Sleaze and Stolen Moments. She runs the record labels Decoy Records and Elements and released her first LP entitled Fear Paralysis in 2017.[4][5] She was voted best producer by DJ Mag in 2018.[6][7]

DJ Rebekah now performs sober.[8] In September 2020, she released an open letter to the music industry on Change.org following allegations of sexual assault against Eric Morrillo and Derrick May, launching a campaign called #ForTheMusic.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b Roberts, Joe (16 January 2019). "The haunting techno of Rebekah". DJ Mag. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. ^ Ross, Annabel (12 January 2021). "Rebekah: the techno DJ fighting sexual abuse in dance music". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. ^ Dover, Wanz (20 February 2018). "Rebekah Is Coming to Dallas in One of Her Only U.S. Gigs". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  4. ^ Cijffers, Charlotte Lucy (21 August 2017). "Rebekah talks the top 10 tracks that inspired her: LISTEN". DJ Mag. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  5. ^ "RA: Rebekah". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Discover DJ Mag Best Of British Awards 2018 Winners". Sidekick Music. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  7. ^ Ruellan, Léonie (28 September 2020). "La DJ Rebekah part en guerre contre les violences sexuelles dans la dance music". Tsugi (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  8. ^ Shortlidge, Chandler (27 November 2019). "The real life of an underground DJ: Part II". DJ Mag. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  9. ^ Malt, Andy (29 September 2020). "DJ Rebekah launches campaign against sexual harassment and assault in dance music industry". Complete Music Update. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  10. ^ Turner, Dave (28 September 2020). "Rebekah launches #ForTheMusic campaign against sexual harassment in dance music". Mixmag. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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