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Stefny’s true love has always been music. She came from a classical background, playing the flute and self taught the piano. At this time she was able to pick up just about any instrument and play it. Later her influences came from 70’s and 80’s electronica, new wave, pop, underground hip hop, dancehall, and classic rock.

After discovering the sound of raves in the early nineties from California where she was born and raised, it wasn’t until she moved to Colorado that she naturally started to DJ in various events in 1996. Inspired by Californian collectives such as The Wicked Crew & Funky Techno tribe, she brought with her a strong background of various influences that ranged from acid house to techno, and eventually brought her to drum n’ bass.

Her unique way to be able to bring a mix from one style to another drew more and more attention as an original way to bring life to a party. She always has been “behind the curtain” so to speak, she doesn’t want to be a dj icon, her goal is to have people just dance and let go no matter who is behind the decks.

2002 she relocated to New York. A Brooklyn-based DJ/producer recently relocated to Montreal. Stefny Winter, spent a lot of time dedicated to the studio. After being a resident of Direct Drive and part of a women collective in NYC as well as organizing events altered her musical direction to something more stripped down with a slower bpm. She also gained inspiration from volunteering on WBAI’s, Jeannie Hopper’s Liquid Sound Lounge. So she strongly became influenced from the bouncy rhythms of house, and the depth of bass in drum n’ bass, she felt she could bring something of her own into her productions.

“I hear the rhythms and melodies of everyday life and try to
translate them into my production. Taking it to an intensity of deep,
dark, melodic, and driving bass, however I interpret a feeling at
a given moment.”

Stefny played in numerous events in NYC, the most recently renowned being The Bunker and the Resolute Events. Also playing Chicago and Detroit, Montreal’s Picnik Electronik, in early 2009 toured Japan and most recently debuted London’s, fabric. She had the floors moving with her funky, deep and quirky sound.

Stefny’s first release, a remix on SF’s label Hector Works in 2005. Soon after she lost her hearing in one ear and it actually made her focus more on her compositions’ for she was unable to DJ for a while. It was her way to keep her sanity. You can read a complete interview about it on FWD.DJ. Her debut single that had caught recognition was released in October of 2007 on Dietrich Schoenemann’s Addon imprint and was supported by Ryan Elliot of Spectral. In March of 2008 she contributed two tracks to the DJ tools compilation
Assignment 3, on Pheek’s Archipel label. A Digital EP on Archipel, Migratory Insertion was supported by Matthew Dear and Three. Stefny also did remixes for San Francisco’s label De’fchild Recordings and has also produced remixes with Nick Chacona for DJ Ulysses Sodium label out of New York , and Darko’s Lucy Lee Quality Recordings.

For 2009 she has an EP with Pheek Japan Excursions Joint 3, and a single on Contexterrior, Speakeasy EP. Coming is a remix compilation on Three’s Hallucination Limited as well as an EP on Archipel, with Isomer Transition, Flourish, and Bruno Pronsato remixes.