Who is Dani Drops?

Since the sixth grade, Dani was the staple DJ among her peers, keeping the dance floors pumping by reading the crowd and reacting quickly on a 3-disc changer. Before the birth of Napster, she had set about in an ambition to build the ultimate archive of the influential tracks that defined the musical culture of the time. In doing so, she uncovered trance, and perceiving it as the closest thing to modern classical music, she became taken with collecting and studying this young genre as it began to flourish before her eyes. By 2001, Dani was a fan of a wide range of electronic music from world lounge to drum and bass, and she strayed from the masses and into the UK Garage scene that had formed in Dubai. She started experimenting with different DJ software but did not find satisfaction until, in 2005, she laid her hands on her CDJ-200s and mixer. With these she learned to mix classic, french and deep house, sharpening her ability to anticipate trends and favorites before they bloomed. Dani's desire to develop her craft drew her away from the commercial once more to Aria and Circus, where she attentively picked up DJ tricks while dancing the night away to progressive and tech house. Driven by a nostalgia for the joy of making people dance and encouraged by the popularity of her recorded sets, Dani sought out her first gigs: mostly spinning at McGill events where she became a trusted crowd pleaser, reaching up to 400 people at Studio Just for Laughs in 2007. By 2008, with critical acclaim from gigs at Academy, Koko and Koi bar under her belt, Dani landed her first residency at Alkemista on Tuesdays and Fridays. This is where she united with Sweidan to form the Head Nodders DJ duo, spinning mostly techno and groovy tech house. Dani also often appears alongside Jackie Spade mixing minimal, tech house, techno and progressive.