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Marcia Carr

28/06/2019, 10:00 pm - 3:00 am

Marcia Carr is a woman of many talents – a the long standing club DJ and radio presenter and producer of Everything Good – a regular presentation on London station Rinse.fm, and also the curator and director of the all-vinyl, female DJ squad Girlz B Like.

The vinyl connoisseur, aka Marcia DaVinylMC is a stalwart of the UK Dance music scene with over 35 years experience steeped in the culture with a multitude of skills.

As a former street/jazz dancer she knows how to work up crowds – from festivals to nightclubs, to DJ’ing in a castle to a horse-box – taking audiences on a musical journey that nearly always veers off in to sheer eclectism.

Her club DJ sets of deeper, soulful, jazzy style encompassing tech house, Afro, gospel house, disco, broken beat, nu jazz and dubstep have also featured on air of a variety of radio stations as far flung as Singapore and Sri Lanka to a host of European neighbours – Estonia, Finland, Norway, Luxembourg, Greece, Ireland, Switzerland, Scotland – to Mi-Soul radio, and venues like the Ministry Of Sound radio, alongside the likes of Bob Sinclair, David Morales and MAW. Invitations to spin around the world have continued to find favour and appreciation for Marcia gaining new fans everywhere she goes.

Billed with new rising talents such as Josey Rebelle, Shy One, DJ Spinna, EVM128, Horsemeat Disco, Melvo Baptiste, Simbad, BBZ crew, A-Traxx, AfroChick at a variety of gigs, has proven Marcia’s versatility to appeal to many generations.
As well as having spun with many honorary names over the years that include Kerri Chandler, Norman Jay MBE, Larry Heard, Joey Negro, Dego (2000Black), Phil Asher, Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson, Marc Mac (4Hero), Rahaan Rah, Frankie Valentine, Jeremy Newall, Seamus Haji, Teddy Douglas (The Basement Boys), Marc Mac (4Hero), Ricky Morrison, Bert Bevans, DJ Paulette, Kev Beadle, Johnny Reckless, Jazzie B, DJ Cosmo, Rachel Aubern – she is known as the DJ’s DJ.

On a night off Marcia still has a yearning to take to the dance floor – she’s definitely a girl about town [always supporting the underground electronic dance scene].

As a renowned music journalist Marcia’s scribes have appeared in many a dance publication over the years. Marcia Carr also runs music PR / Artist agency company Talking Music Productions, is a host of numerous different events (both club and charity events). From time to time she has been involved with studio production and remix work, has also provided independent music consultancy to many organisations, all of which illustrate exactly why she is a tour de force, and still very much in demand around the world.