Interview: 5 Mins with… Ms. Giinja

We grab 5 minutes with some of our favourite DJ’s and ask them… Well… Just about anything we feel like!!!

elf proclaimed first lady DJ of the North West, Ms. Giinja has been a guest DJ in most clubs… well the one’s that matter she says. Having started playing only a handful of years back (on both vinyl and CD… impressive, Ed) Giinja has been featured on various radio and TV shows. She also completed a sound engineering course at the Sound Audio Industry (Johannesburg) in 2003. Giinja says she prides herself as a versatile DJ playing a mix of tech/electro house, fidget, kwaito and hip hop. “It’s all about playing the right type of groove for the right dancefloor.”Currently she is producing her own tunes and working at a local community radio station – Aganang FM, 90 MHz doing the morning show from 06h00 to 09h00, Monday to Friday.

1.  What’s the best thing about being a DJ in South Africa?

Playing for a rainbow nation that can Dance.

2.  And the worst?

I guess its being a female DJ… lotsa vendettas out there!!!

3.  If I wasn’t a DJ I would get my kicks from….

Radio DJ; which I am doing currently anyway.

4.  The last time I deejayed this guy came up to me and said….

Hey! You play better than a guy.

5.  Don’t you just hate people who stand in the front of the dancefloor but don’t dance?

I like the attention, because it shows that I’m pulling the crowd “literally.”

6.  Complete the sentence… ‘House music is…..

Zinnia (you can never explain it).

7.  Favourite SA DJ/producer and why….

Black Coffee…he is a mentor

8.  Favourite international DJ/Producer and why…

Atjazz, he’s the best remixer around in my opinion; he never disappoints.

9.  What’s always in your fridge?

A bottle of my Giinja branded mineral water.

10.  The first thing I look for when I wake up is….

My radio switch so that I can listen to the presenter before my morning drive show.

11.  Any phobias or pre-set rituals to calm yourself down?

I like to listen to some jazz, to ease the mind beforehand.

12.  What word describes you best?

“Ginger” the life of the party.

13.  What’s the sexiest part of a man’s body?

The hands, as they always show how gentle he can be (or not, Ed).What’s more important – personality or good

14.  What’s more important  personality or good looks?

Personality.

15.  Ever taken advantage of a groupie/fan just because you could?

Yep I sure did; I made them carry my bag before and after my set.

16.  Favourite restaurant?

Beefboys in Potch – you have to go there to understand.

17.  Dancing means….

Letting go and losing yourself completely.