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Mixmag announced: THE BLACK MADONNA IS THE DJ OF THE YEAR

We are happy to congratulate amazing DJ and huge talent the Black Madonna! 

Mixmag’s DJ of the year isn’t just a fantastic, eclectic selector, capable of lifting a dancefloor to a state of euphoria, she’s a force for positivity and change at a time when we need it more than ever

As far as birthday presents go, The Black Madonna’s haul isn’t looking bad. She’s hardly five minutes into her set at Liverpool’s Invisible Wind Factory – and barely an hour into her 39th year – and she’s chalked up a jacket (directed to the DJ booth with an adulatory zeal), a stage invader (same, pretty much), and a greetings card from two people down the front (‘All You Need Is Love’ reads the message, of course). You could say The Black Madonna’s fans are demonstrative types, but then so is she. Whether it’s turning pirouettes in the booth to bathhouse disco or plunging the crowd into a 5AM singalong to ‘Pump Up The Jam’, Marea Stamper can convert the most resigned 1AM agnostic into a believer by closing time. But while a danced-out Mixmag seeks replenishment from a backstage birthday cake, she knows her limits. “It’s the last year of my dirty thirties,” she reflects, sagely, declining a celebratory bottle of bourbon. “You don’t have to end every birthday by barfing on your shoes.”...

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