![]() ![]() She is from the Rio Grande Valley and just completed her MFA at University of Michigan - Ann you like what you hear, feel free to send me a tip to my Venmo: Various - Poesia Romantica - Mexico - 196?Ģ. Natalia aka DJ DADA (she/her) is an audio/ visual artist experimenting with broadcasts and dreams. This mix comes from DJ DADA from Ypsilanti, MI and our national #CVCCrew. It just creates that space for women, and that’s why I feel it’s a movement.”įor additional information on joining Chulita Vinyl Club contact DJ Tear Drop at /chulitavinylclub.Today, we feature a mix from one of our very own Chulitxs - the tunes come directly from their vinyl collection. “Above anything, support for the club, especially from women just wanting to know more about it and be a part of it because they’re vinyl collectors themselves. “I’ve gotten a lot of resistance, but I’ve also gotten so much support,” Saenz continues. “I didn’t start this as a movement,” admits Saenz, “But it became a movement because there was resistance with it and we didn’t know our place in the DJ world since we’re an all genre club.” The quartet of DJ’s and their sprawling vinyl command the cozy stage as young tatted raza dance the weekend away. The contrast in tones imbues the set with energy that brings the records alive, lifting the crowd above pops and scratches. We hope it really hits someone in the heart, whether they love it because it’s a good beat to dance to or they heard it on their car ride to church with their Grandpa.”īack in San Anto, DJ Sucia Q has the dance floor moving with an array of cumbias, a rousing complement to Tear Drop’s Chicano oldies. So when we perform, when we DJ, it’s very special to each one of us individually because we took the time to play this record for you. ![]() “We spend a lot of time and effort, a lot of money too, to collect. “Our collections are very personal,” says Saenz. Included in their ranks is Girl in a Coma and Fea drummer Phanie Diaz who spins riot grrrl and punk records as DJ Phanie D. Outside the Lone Star State there are members in California, and the club has drawn interest from young women in Brazil and Italy. I just thought why not?”Ĭhulita Vinyl Club currently has 14 active members sprinkled throughout South Texas, in Austin, San Marcos, San Antonio, and the Valley. It just came about because I have vinyl and a friend of mine was already DJing. “I wasn’t a very avid collector until recently, but I was a collector before I started DJing. “In Austin vinyl is a big thing,” says Saenz. Frustrated by the lack of female representation at shows, Saenz adopted the Tear Drop moniker from her favorite music label and started spinning vinyl from her personal collection. She currently resides in Austin where the idea for Chulita Vinyl Club sprung forth. When the family briefly relocated to Houston, Saenz’s devotion to Selena was ignited after attending a couple of her concerts.Ī post shared by Chulita Vinyl Club on at 7:42pm PDTĪfter graduating from high school, Saenz attended college in San Antonio, before returning to the Valley to earn her bachelor’s degree. Corridos were usually the soundtrack for outdoor unwinding sessions, with Tejano and Conjunto fueling the dance floor at weddings and quinceñeras. Growing up in the Rio Grande Valley, music was a regular fixture in the Saenz home, often accompanying meals and daily chores. Especially for women of color, women overall that collect vinyl. “It creates a space for women that want to DJ. “I created this because I knew there were girl collectors, vinyl collectors out there,” says Saenz. As DJ Tear Drop, Saenz is the founder of the burgeoning collective, which the Edinburg native describes as a movement. Flanked by DJ’s Miklas and Xolotl, amidst assorted Chicano signifiers including a portrait of Selena and neon Con Safos, Claudia Saenz blasts her signature brown-eyed soul. It’s Saturday night in San Antonio and Chulita Vinyl Club is spinning wax.
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